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Ridiculous History

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History is beautiful, brutal and, often, ridiculous. Join Ben Bowlin and Noel Brown as they dive into some of the weirdest stories from across the span of human civilization in Ridiculous History, a podcast by iHeartRadio.

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"CLASSIC: Cow Shoe Camouflage: How Prohibition-era Moonshiners Outsmarted the Feds " 2026-11-07 · 31m
The Ridiculous History of Estate Sales 2026-11-05 · 37m
The Sound of Silence: What's Up With Silent Lettters? 2026-11-03 · 36m
CLASSIC: Castle Itter: When Germans and Americans Joined Forces in World War II 2026-10-31 · 25m
The Rasputin Episode, Part Two: A Death and Mysterious Rumors 2026-10-29 · 53m
The Rasputin Episode, Part One: A Young Mystic On The Rise 2026-10-27 · 44m
CLASSIC: A Grave Mistake: The Story of Patton's "Abandoned Rear" 2026-10-24 · 26m
The Unsung Bravery of Martha Gellhorn 2026-10-22 · 29m
The Millionaires and Wild Horses of Cumberland Island 2026-10-20 · 37m
CLASSIC: Did the US Mafia actually start in New Orleans? 2026-10-17 · 28m
The Weird Afterlife of The Zombies 2026-10-15 · 42m
The Fascinating History of Fountain Pens 2026-10-13 · 37m
CLASSIC: Meet Albert Cashier, the Trans Man Who Fought for the Union in the Civil War 2026-10-10 · 28m
Ridiculous Stuff We Didn't Get To in 2026, Part Two: Apple Trees, Ice Cream Wars and Weird Nuclear Gadgets 2026-10-09 · 28m
Ridiculous Stuff We Didn't Get To in 2026, Part Two: Apple Trees, Ice Cream Wars and Weird Nuclear Gadgets 2026-10-08 · 34m
Ridiculous Stuff We Didn't Get To in 2026, Part One: 60 Minutes and Other Natural Wonders 2026-10-06 · 36m
"CLASSIC: Operation Northwoods: How the US Planned to Attack Itself and Start a War with Cuba" 2026-10-03 · 42m
Death by Honey: The Legend of the Mellified Man 2026-10-01 · 42m
Let's Cook on Perpetual Stew 2026-09-29 · 40m
CLASSIC: That Time Irish Separatists Invaded Canada 2026-09-26 · 29m
Getting High with Ridiculous Crime: Reindeer Trips and Soothing Syrup 2026-09-24 · 34m
Getting High with Ridiculous Crime: Betel Nut and 'Asthma Cigarettes' 2026-09-22 · 40m
CLASSIC: The Night Witches: How an All-female Soviet Bomb Squad Terrorized Nazi Germany 2026-09-19 · 32m
Mata Hari: Courtesan Turned WWI Double Agent? 2026-09-17 · 37m
That Time We Made Backpack Nukes 2026-09-15 · 31m
CLASSIC: Bug Wars: When We Tried to Turn Insects into Soldiers 2026-09-12 · 32m
CLASSIC: Yasuke, the African Samurai 2026-09-10 · 30m
CLASSIC: The Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm I Tried To Make An Army of Super Tall Soldiers 2026-09-08 · 34m
CLASSIC: Playboy, Progressive Politics and Stand-up: The Dick Gregory Story, with Wayne Federman 2026-09-05 · 50m
The Ridiculous Racist Origin of Tipping, Part Two: The Great Debate and Anti-tipping Crusades 2026-09-03 · 43m
The Ridiculous Racist Origin of Tipping, Part One: A Gratuitous History of Gratuity 2026-09-01 · 36m
CLASSIC: I Modi: The Scandalous Erotic Blockbuster Banned By The Vatican 2026-08-29 · 35m
The Dark Side of Frank Lloyd Wright, Part Two: Mass Murder, Cults, and the FBI 2026-08-27 · 35m
The Dark Side of Frank Lloyd Wright, Part One: Professional Success and Personal Turmoil 2026-08-25 · 45m
CLASSIC: Patriots, Prisoners and Plants: The World of Political Body Doubles 2026-08-22 · 50m
Who Took William Lilly’s Fish? 2026-08-20 · 44m
Francis Scott Key was Kind of a Jerk 2026-08-18 · 43m
CLASSIC: Fort Blunder: The US Fort Mistakenly Built in Canada 2026-08-15 · 35m
Mastodons and 'Murica, with Lauren Vogelbaum, Part Two: A Grudge Match with the French 2026-08-13 · 34m
Mastodons and 'Murica, with Lauren Vogelbaum, Part One: American Degeneracy 2026-08-11 · 37m
CLASSIC: The Duke of Edinburgh is Literally a God in Vanuatu 2026-08-08 · 26m
Oof! A Lot of Baby Gear was Absolutely Ridiculous 2026-08-06 · 32m
A Ridiculous History of 'Soft Serve' 2026-08-04 · 51m
CLASSIC: The Honorary Citizens of the United States 2026-08-01 · 42m
Who was the real John Henry? 2026-07-30 · 35m
From Slaves to Superpower: The Rise and Fall of the Ottoman Janissaries 2026-07-28 · 39m
CLASSIC: The Nature of Ephemera, with Alex Williams 2026-07-25 · 40m
Badass of the Week Returns, Part Two: Chesapeake Capes 2026-07-23 · 46m
Badass of the Week Returns, Part One: George Rogers Clark 2026-07-21 · 62m
CLASSIC: That Time Ohio and Michigan Almost Went To War 2026-07-18 · 35m
The Ridiculously Inspiring Story of Free Public Restrooms, Part Two: The Rise of CEPTIA 2026-07-16 · 33m
The Ridiculously Inspiring Story of Free Public Restrooms, Part One: Everyone Has To Poop 2026-07-15 · 37m
CLASSIC: The Rise and Fall of Local Scrip: Alternative Currencies of the Great Depression 2026-07-11 · 39m
The Kingdom of Callaway: That Time One Missouri County (Sort Of, Maybe) Became An Independent Nation 2026-07-09 · 37m
The Ridiculous History of Saturday Morning Cartoons, Part Two: The Fall of a Grift 2026-07-07 · 45m
CLASSIC: The Attack of the Japanese Balloon Bombs 2026-07-04 · 35m
The Ridiculous History of Saturday Morning Cartoons, Part One: A Golden Age 2026-07-02 · 43m
People Used to Do Very Weird Drugs, Part One: Broomsticks, Sailors and Vikings 2026-06-30 · 42m
CLASSIC: Marie Antoinette and the Diamond Necklace Hoax 2026-06-27 · 45m
Berserkers: Violent Viking Villains, Unverified 2026-06-25 · 31m
Did Knights Really Wear Suits of Armor? 2026-06-23 · 38m
CLASSIC: Nosy Boraha: The Pirate's Paradise (And Cemetery) 2026-06-20 · 25m
The Outlaw Origins of NASCAR: From Moonshine to Racing 2026-06-18 · 44m
The Real Johnny Appleseed was SUPER WEIRD (and Pretty Cool) 2026-06-16 · 53m
CLASSIC: How the Black Death Came To Norway On A Ghost Ship 2026-06-13 · 35m
Germans, Sausages and Dachshunds: Oh, My! 2026-06-11 · 51m
The Ridiculous History of Atlanta's Street Names 2026-06-09 · 44m
CLASSIC: Susanna Caroline Matilda: The Colonial Grifter Princess 2026-06-06 · 55m
A Samurai Walks Into The White House 2026-06-04 · 36m
What is SantaCon -- and Why Do So Many People Hate it? 2026-06-02 · 36m
CLASSIC: History's Weirdest Flexes, Part Two 2026-05-30 · 27m
CLASSIC: History's Weirdest Flexes, Part One 2026-05-28 · 31m
The Bizarre Parable of New Coke, Chapter Two: A Rise. A Fall. A Conspiracy? 2026-05-26 · 45m
CLASSIC: How Robert "The Fastest Knife In The West End" Liston Conducted A Surgery With A 300% Mortality Rate 2026-05-23 · 29m
The Bizarre Parable of New Coke, Chapter One: Sweeter, Stranger, Strange 2026-05-21 · 36m
"Resting Bicycle Face": Bikes and Women's Rights 2026-05-19 · 44m
CLASSIC: How Oliver Cromwell Got Executed Several Years After His Death 2026-05-15 · 27m
The Bizarre Life of Elvis, Part Two: Public Fame, Private Chaos 2026-05-14 · 36m
The Bizarre Life of Elvis, Part One: From Poverty to Pop Stardom 2026-05-12 · 32m
CLASSIC:Hong Xiuquan: The Younger Brother of Jesus Christ Who Led a Bloody Rebellion in China 2026-05-09 · 38m
The Bizarre Saga of the Red Solo Cup 2026-05-07 · 40m
The Day a Dalí Escaped From Prison 2026-05-05 · 52m
CLASSIC: How Big Bill Speakman Fought Off North Korea With Beer Bottles 2026-05-02 · 26m
A Ridiculous History of Potatoes, Part One: the Origin Story 2026-04-30 · 49m
When Did We All Start Saying "Bulls*t"? 2026-04-28 · 39m
CLASSIC: New Providence: That Time Pirates Had A Government 2026-04-25 · 59m
The Ridiculous Truth About Pirates, Chapter Two: History's Most Successful Pirate Was A Woman 2026-04-23 · 44m
The Ridiculous Truth About Pirates, Chapter One: The Caribbean 2026-04-21 · 39m
CLASSIC: Teddy Roosevelt May Just Have Saved Modern (American) Football 2026-04-17 · 25m
Eurovision, Chapter Two: Pop Music as Problematic Diplomacy 2026-04-16 · 44m
Eurovision, Chapter One: A Ridiculous Origin Story -- and A Smash Success 2026-04-14 · 42m
CLASSIC: Prohibition, Prescriptions and the Rise of 'Medicinal' Booze 2026-04-11 · 32m
Fort Sauerkraut: North Dakota’s Strange, Ill-Planned Origin Story 2026-04-09 · 38m
The Bizarre Tale of the 1909 Catnip Riot 2026-04-07 · 36m
CLASSIC: Did Robert E. Lee hate Confederate Memorials? 2026-04-04 · 30m
IQ Tests are (Kind of) Dumb 2026-04-02 · 56m
Did Lead Lead to the Fall of the Roman Empire? 2026-03-31 · 50m
CLASSIC: California Schoolchildren and the Great Squirrel War 2026-03-28 · 28m
Don’t Be a Schmo Yo, Try a Yoyo! 2026-03-26 · 42m
The Ridiculous Secret of "Supreme" Pizza 2026-03-24 · 49m
CLASSIC: When West Virginia Begged the USSR for Foreign Aid 2026-03-21 · 30m
Knitting as Espionage, Part Two: Legendary Spies -- and One Traitor 2026-03-19 · 34m
Knitting as Espionage, Part One: Secrets in the Stitch 2026-03-17 · 32m
CLASSIC: Idiomatic for the People II, Part II 2026-03-14 · 39m
Inventors Who Died Due To Their Own Inventions: The Irrational Death of Hippasus 2026-03-12 · 35m
The Spiritualism Movement Was Utterly Ridiculous, Part Two: Con Artists, Skeptics, and Ghosts 2026-03-10 · 53m
CLASSIC: Idiomatic for the People II, Part I: What's in a word? 2026-03-07 · 50m
The Spiritualism Movement Was Utterly Ridiculous, Part One: A Prank Goes Viral 2026-03-05 · 54m
History's Weirdest National Anthems 2026-03-03 · 34m
CLASSIC: The Statue of Liberty Almost Lived in Egypt 2026-02-28 · 34m
Vacuum Cleaners are Ridiculous! 2026-02-26 · 35m
The Ridiculously Adorable, Feminist History of Kewpie Dolls 2026-02-24 · 34m
CLASSIC: Agent Garbo: The Strange Tale of the Man Who Saved D-Day 2026-02-21 · 41m
The Most-hated Condiment? A Ridiculous History of Mayonnaise 2026-02-19 · 47m
The Gang Goes To Waffle House 2026-02-17 · 43m
CLASSIC: The War of the Stray Dog: How Far Would You Go For Your Pet? 2026-02-14 · 37m
Ancient Wonders of the Modern World: the Lighthouse of Alexandria 2026-02-12 · 28m
People Knew the Earth Was Round Way Earlier Than You Think 2026-02-11 · 42m
CLASSIC: The Tragic Origin Story of Morse Code 2026-02-07 · 35m
The Secret World Of Roald Dahl, with Aaron Tracy, Part Two: the Man Behind the Author 2026-02-05 · 35m
The Secret World Of Roald Dahl, Part One: A "Noisy" Life 2026-02-03 · 37m
CLASSIC: Operation Gunnerside: How a Crew of Military Skiers Ruined the Nazi Bomb 2026-01-31 · 27m
The Thai Restaurant Conspiracy 2026-01-29 · 44m
The Ridiculous History of Ping Pong 2026-01-28 · 51m
CLASSIC: How far did Isaac Newton go to hunt down forgers? 2026-01-24 · 29m
A Ridiculous Love Letter to Atari, Part Two: a Rise, a Fall, and a Legacy 2026-01-22 · 41m
A Ridiculous Love Letter to Atari, Part One: From Pings to Pongs 2026-01-20 · 42m
CLASSIC: How Admiral Horatio Nelson Ended Up Dead in a Barrel of Brandy 2026-01-17 · 35m
What makes a word a 'word'? 2026-01-15 · 47m
The Rise (and Crash) of the Concorde Jet 2026-01-13 · 44m
CLASSIC: English Men Used to Sell Their Wives 2026-01-12 · 23m
A Ridiculous History of "Fad Diets," Part Two: Beverly Hills, Scarsdale and More 2026-01-08 · 45m
CLASSIC: How Louisiana Almost Became a Hippo Ranching Hub 2026-01-06 · 43m
CLASSIC: Who was the highest paid athlete in history? 2026-01-03 · 30m
Unplugged: Adventures from MTV to Timbuktu, with Tom Freston 2026-01-01 · 48m
CLASSIC: The Weird Life of George Washington, Part 2 2025-12-30 · 33m
CLASSIC: The Weird Life of George Washington, Part 1 2025-12-27 · 44m
Folks, We're Doing A Clip Show: Leftovers, 2025 2025-12-25 · 37m
Was 536 Really the Worst Year in History? 2025-12-23 · 43m
CLASSIC: Clara, The World's Most Famous Rhinoceros 2025-12-22 · 45m
Christmas Traditions Are So Incredibly Weird! 2025-12-18 · 44m
The Grim Christmas Folklore of Johnny Ace, with Jake Brennan 2025-12-16 · 41m
CLASSIC: How the Monopoly Board Game Became a World War II Escape Kit 2025-12-13 · 30m
The Deliciously Ridiculous History of Fruitcakes 2025-12-11 · 39m
That Time the US Government Brainwashed America into DIY Bomb Shelters 2025-12-09 · 39m
CLASSIC: Idiomatic For The People, Part I 2025-12-06 · 64m
Spontaneous Human Combustion: A Bizarre Controversy 2025-12-04 · 32m
CLASSIC: Was there a real-life Rapunzel? 2025-11-29 · 29m
Ridiculous Maps: That Time Everyone Thought California Was An Island 2025-11-27 · 35m
The Chicago Tylenol Murders 2025-11-25 · 39m
CLASSIC: Benjamin Franklin's Advice On "Finding A Mistress" 2025-11-22 · 32m
Wait! Can a tree really own itself? 2025-11-20 · 42m
Doc Holliday Was, In Fact, A Deadly Dentist 2025-11-18 · 41m
CLASSIC: What does "Idaho" actually mean? 2025-11-14 · 25m
The Ridiculous History of Dog Food 2025-11-13 · 36m
Bir Tawil: The Ridiculous Tale of "Earth's Worst Real Estate" 2025-11-11 · 31m
CLASSIC: Uncle Sam Tried to End World War II With Bat Bombs 2025-11-08 · 38m
The Ridiculous History of the "Ice Cream Sundae" 2025-11-06 · 35m
Introducing: Health Stuff 2025-11-05 · 2m
Zombies, Part Two: The Movies! 2025-11-04 · 53m
CLASSIC: The American Soldiers Who Defected to North Korea and Became Movie Stars 2025-11-01 · 37m
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: The Temple of Artemis 2025-10-30 · 32m
That Time Everyone Loved Radium: What Could Go Wrong? 2025-10-28 · 51m
CLASSIC: How a Broken Toilet Foiled a German Sub 2025-10-25 · 26m
CLASSIC: Creature Feature: The Dark Tetrad 2025-10-23 · 64m
CLASSIC: Gustaf Broman Tried to Cross the Atlantic in a Canoe . . . Or Did He? 2025-10-21 · 39m
CLASSIC: The Weird, Surprisingly Recent Origin of the Tooth Fairy 2025-10-18 · 27m
CLASSIC: When Vikings Loot The Wrong Town 2025-10-16 · 39m
CLASSIC: Were Tulips Really The Bitcoin of the 1600s? 2025-10-14 · 30m
CLASSIC: (Some of) History's Dumbest Military Prototypes 2025-10-11 · 56m
The Dumbest Mobster Ever Tried To Steal Ruby Slippers 2025-10-09 · 40m
The Ridiculously Disturbing History of North Korea 2025-10-07 · 48m
CLASSIC: The Forty Elephants: London’s All-Female Jewel Thieves 2025-10-04 · 42m
Disco Balls are Ridiculous, and We Love Them 2025-10-02 · 39m
The Truth About "Zombies" 2025-09-30 · 50m
CLASSIC: The Malleus Maleficarum: A Real-life Witch Hunter's Bible 2025-09-27 · 34m
How the Kentucky Derby Became a Thing 2025-09-25 · 38m
The Ridiculous History of the 90s and Low Culture, with Ross Benes 2025-09-23 · 44m
CLASSIC: The Great London Beer Flood of 1814 2025-09-20 · 26m
The True Story of Pac Man -- and a Ton of Weird Theories 2025-09-18 · 38m
The Ridiculous Origin of the the Word "Ridiculous" 2025-09-16 · 39m
CLASSIC: Dr. Seuss Wrote His Most Famous Book On A Bet 2025-09-13 · 35m
The Terrifying Science of Tiny Subs and D-Day, Part Two: The Rise of the Chamber Divers 2025-09-11 · 47m
The Terrifying Science of Tiny Subs and D-Day, Part One: The Return of Dr. Rachel "Big Spinach" Lance 2025-09-09 · 43m
CLASSIC: Feral Children and the True Story Behind The Jungle Book 2025-09-06 · 30m
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: The Colossus of Rhodes 2025-09-04 · 29m
Unlucky Numbers Across The Globe -- And Why They Are Ridiculous 2025-09-02 · 41m
CLASSIC: The Ridiculously Laxative-laden Journey of Lewis and Clark 2025-08-30 · 31m
Moon Rock Heists, Part Two: The Romantic Misadventures of Thad Roberts 2025-08-28 · 40m
Moon Rock Heists, Part One: Lunatic Heists and Space Law 2025-08-27 · 50m
CLASSIC: The Strange and Spectacularly Disgusting Story of the Great Kentucky Meat Shower 2025-08-23 · 36m
The Ridiculously Energetic History of Energy Drinks! 2025-08-22 · 47m
Japan is Overrun By Raccoons Entirely Due to a Single Cartoon 2025-08-19 · 41m
CLASSIC: The Bizarre Origin of the Oxford English Dictionary 2025-08-16 · 45m
Hoax! With Dana Schwartz and Lizzie Logan 2025-08-14 · 47m
Fabergé Eggs Are Ridiculous (And Fascinating) 2025-08-12 · 45m
The World of Non-Gregorian Calendars: What Day Is It, Really? 2025-08-07 · 39m
The Ridiculous Origin of the Modern Calendar 2025-08-05 · 40m
CLASSIC: George Carlin Gets Quoted in the Supreme Court: Ridiculous Stand-up Stories with Wayne Federman 2025-08-02 · 26m
The Ridiculous History of Fantasy Sports, Part Two 2025-08-01 · 35m
The Ridiculous History of Fantasy Sports, Part One 2025-07-29 · 32m
CLASSIC: The People vs. Lenny Bruce: Ridiculous Stand-up Stories with Wayne Federman 2025-07-26 · 33m
First Ladies Who Weren't Wives, Part Two, Part Two: Some Folks Didn't Want The Job 2025-07-24 · 28m
First Ladies Who Weren't Wives, Part Two, Part One: James "The Bachelor" Buchanan 2025-07-22 · 34m
CLASSIC: The Life and Times of Ol' Knife Hand 2025-07-19 · 28m
Batman, or Bat-Man? A Ridiculously Comical Feud For The Ages 2025-07-17 · 46m
Introducing: American History Hotline 2025-07-16 · 1m
Three Ridiculous Histories of "Bloody Mary" 2025-07-16 · 47m
CLASSIC: The Ridiculous Story of the World’s First (Documented) Serial Killer 2025-07-12 · 36m
A Ridiculous History of "Fad Diets" 2025-07-10 · 44m
A Titanic Disaster: That Time An Entire Production Crew Tripped Off Bad Chowder 2025-07-08 · 45m
CLASSIC: Back When the Rich Ate Corpses 2025-07-03 · 36m
Introducing: United States of Kennedy 2025-07-02 · 2m
A Ridiculous History of Sex, with Ross Benes 2025-07-01 · 49m
CLASSIC: The Mummies of Guanajuato 2025-06-28 · 30m
A Ridiculous History of Brain Science, with Jorge Cham 2025-06-26 · 56m
Jorge Cham Teaches Us The Universe: Big Bangs and Quantum Hangs 2025-06-24 · 53m
CLASSIC: The Curious Rise of SPAM 2025-06-21 · 47m
The Ridiclulous Hsitory of Typos 2025-06-20 · 39m
Come For the Palooka, Stay For the Farts! 2025-06-17 · 47m
CLASSIC: The Origins Of, and Backlash Against, Father's Day 2025-06-14 · 43m
Father's Day, Around the World 2025-06-12 · 36m
The History of Morning Routines, Part Two: All Hail The Toothbrush! And Deodorant! 2025-06-10 · 42m
CLASSIC: The Smooth-talking Takeover of Tabor Bridge: "Yes And-ing" Your Way To Victory 2025-06-07 · 31m
CLASSIC: History's Coolest (Non-Human) Political Candidates, Part I 2025-06-05 · 55m
The History of Morning Routines, Part One: Thank Goodness People Learned to Wash Themselves 2025-06-03 · 35m
CLASSIC: Attack of the Aswang: How the CIA Used Vampires as Weapons of War 2025-05-31 · 31m
The Ridiculous -- and Surprisingly Dangerous -- History of Hair Dye 2025-05-29 · 45m
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: That Super Humble Statue of Zeus 2025-05-27 · 35m
CLASSIC: Who are the Hartlepudlian Monkey Hangers? 2025-05-27 · 34m
HP Lovecraft Was A Super Weird Dude, Part Two: The Horror Stories That Changed The World 2025-05-22 · 56m
HP Lovecraft Was A Super Weird Dude, Part One: Childhood Tragedy 2025-05-20 · 53m
CLASSIC: William Walker: Filibuster and (Fantastically Bad) President 2025-05-17 · 42m
Accidental Inventions of the 20th Century, Part Two: The Slinky and the Post-it Note 2025-05-15 · 38m
Accidental Inventions of the 20th Century, Part One: Penicillin, X-Rays and the Microwave Oven 2025-05-13 · 43m
CLASSIC: Lawsonomy: How the Father of the Modern Airline Started His Own Religion 2025-05-10 · 52m
Did Pirates Really Ruin the US Dream of the Metric System? 2025-05-08 · 37m
Yet More Ridiculous Historical Honorifics: Ethelred Just Ain't Ready 2025-05-06 · 42m
CLASSIC: A Dead Pope Goes To Court 2025-05-03 · 27m
History's Most Ridiculous Clothing, with AJ Jacobs: Part Two 2025-05-01 · 37m
History's Most Ridiculous Clothing, with AJ Jacobs: Part One 2025-04-29 · 29m
CLASSIC: War and Candy: The Infamous Tootsie Roll Air Drop 2025-04-26 · 33m
A Ridiculous History of Tupperware 2025-04-24 · 45m
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - Mausoleum at Halicarnassus 2025-04-22 · 39m
CLASSIC: The Man Who Assassinated Abe Lincoln's Assassin 2025-04-19 · 35m
Paul Is Dead, Part Two: Welcome to the Walrus 2025-04-17 · 45m
Paul Is Dead, Part One: The Beatles versus MI5 2025-04-15 · 51m
CLASSIC: The Cock Lane Ghost: Haunting, Hoax, Hysteria… or Hilarious? 2025-04-12 · 40m
CLASSIC: Roland the Farter and the Weird World of Professional Flatulence 2025-04-10 · 35m
CLASSIC: Gregor MacGregor Invented a Country and Convinced People to Invest in It 2025-04-08 · 57m
CLASSIC: Angry Feds and Deadly Booze: The Story of the Chemists' War 2025-04-05 · 29m
We're Late for the April Fools' Episode 2025-04-03 · 43m
The Ridiculous History of Vending Machines 2025-04-01 · 62m
CLASSIC: Fanny and Stella: The Cross-Dressing Scandal of Victorian England 2025-03-29 · 36m
Badass of the Week, with Ben Thompson - Part 2: the Battle of Karánsebes 2025-03-27 · 44m
Badass of the Week, with Ben Thompson - Part 1: History's Most Ridiculous Friendly-fire Incident 2025-03-25 · 37m
CLASSIC: That Time Kansas Imprisoned Women For Having STDs 2025-03-22 · 31m
A Ridiculous History of Processed Cheese 2025-03-20 · 32m
The Darién Gap, or: the Real Reason Scotland Lost Its Independence 2025-03-18 · 39m
CLASSIC: Oregon Was a White Supremacist Paradise 2025-03-15 · 44m
Introducing: ScienceStuff 2025-03-15 · 1m
Introducing: SNAFU Season 3: Formula 6 2025-03-14 · 2m
Apple Versus Apple: The Beatles' Decades-long IP War 2025-03-13 · 38m
Ancient Wonders of the Modern World: The (Alleged) Hanging Gardens of Babylon 2025-03-11 · 41m
CLASSIC: Project A119: The Cold War Plan to Nuke the Moon! 2025-03-08 · 30m
The US Camel Corps, Part Two: The Legend of the Red Ghost 2025-03-06 · 50m
The US Camel Corps, Part One: Several People With A Really Weird Dream 2025-03-04 · 46m
CLASSIC: Adidas Versus Puma: A Tale of Two Brothers 2025-03-01 · 46m
CLASSIC: The WWII Naval Battle Won Using Potatoes 2025-02-27 · 34m
CLASSIC: The Korean Soldier Who Fought for 3 Armies During WWII 2025-02-25 · 24m
CLASSIC: Philadelphia's Transylvanian Doomsday Cult: The Cave of Kelpius 2025-02-22 · 46m
CLASSIC: Weird Wars Fought For Dumb Reasons 2025-02-20 · 45m
CLASSIC: The FBI's Quest to Understand "Louie, Louie" 2025-02-18 · 47m
CLASSIC: The Time a Soviet Premier Was Banned From Disneyland 2025-02-15 · 44m
That Time Japan Absolutely Rinsed Russia, Part Two: The Togo Turn 2025-02-13 · 38m
That Time Japan Absolutely Rinsed Russia, Part One: The Race For Manchuria 2025-02-11 · 35m
CLASSIC: Kidnapping, Binge Drinking and Costumes: Voter Fraud in the 1800s 2025-02-08 · 34m
Victorians Got Super Weird With Flirting, Part Two: Courtship and Calling Cards 2025-02-06 · 37m
Victorians Got Super Weird With Flirting, Part One: "Fan Fiction" 2025-02-04 · 41m
Why did people hate the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge? 2025-02-01 · 32m
First Ladies Who Weren't Wives, Part One: The Niece Will Have To Do 2025-01-30 · 41m
Some of History's Funniest Honorifics, Part One: The Babymaker, the Debauchee, and More 2025-01-28 · 40m
IP, Part Two: The Baffling World of Trademarks 2025-01-23 · 50m
A Ton of Inventors Died Due To Their Own Inventions, Chapter Two: Li Si and the Five Pains 2025-01-22 · 37m
CLASSIC: The 1904 Racist Summer Olympic Games in St. Louis 2025-01-18 · 34m
The Ridiculously Ambitious History of the World's Fair, Part Two: Things Don't Always Work Out 2025-01-16 · 45m
The Ridiculously Ambitious History of the World's Fair, Part One: A Crazy Plan, and Crazy Success 2025-01-14 · 47m
CLASSIC: Why British Soccer Players Saluted the Nazis 2025-01-11 · 41m
How Dogs Went Domestic, Part Two: Yes, Dogs Know What You're Thinking 2025-01-09 · 51m
How Dogs Went Domestic, Part One: Classic Rom-Com 2025-01-07 · 53m
CLASSIC: Why don't Americans use bidets? 2025-01-04 · 33m
CLASSIC: The Earliest Recorded Mooning Killed Thousands 2025-01-02 · 37m
The Story of Claudette Colvin, with Nimene Wureh 2024-12-31 · 41m
CLASSIC: How did Fido become the default name for dogs? 2024-12-28 · 39m
Whatever Happened to Mac Tonight? 2024-12-26 · 47m
The First Recorded Christmas Was The Latest Birthday Party Ever 2024-12-24 · 36m
CLASSIC: Dock Ellis and the Legend of the LSD No-hitter 2024-12-21 · 37m
Whoops! All Quizster, Part Two: A Ridiculous History of HowStuffWorks 2024-12-19 · 43m
Whoops! All Quizster, Part One: The Gang Reunites 2024-12-17 · 40m
CLASSIC: Maryland’s State Song was a Diss Track 2024-12-14 · 40m
How The (English) Alphabet Became A Thing, Part Two: Each Letter Has A Story 2024-12-12 · 48m
Big Parma 2024-12-11 · 41m
How The (English) Alphabet Became A Thing, Part One: Writing Stuff Down Is A Bonkers Idea 2024-12-10 · 33m
CLASSIC: The Story of Max, South Africa's Famous, Crime-fighting Gorilla 2024-12-07 · 52m
History's Famous Mistranslations, Part Two: Life on Mars, the Cold War, and FARTFULL 2024-12-05 · 36m
Neckties are Utterly Ridiculous 2024-12-03 · 41m
CLASSIC: How Santa Anna Lost His Leg Twice, and Held a Funeral for It 2024-11-30 · 43m
The History of the Super Bowl Halftime Show, Part Two: A World-Class Show 2024-11-28 · 46m
The History of the Super Bowl Halftime Show, Part One: From Marching Bands to Celebrities 2024-11-26 · 49m
CLASSIC: That Time Chewbacca Needed Bodyguards 2024-11-23 · 41m
How Emergency Call Lines Became A Thing 2024-11-21 · 52m
Are the Vikings to Blame for Cats? 2024-11-19 · 31m
CLASSIC: Napoleon Bonaparte Was Attacked by Bunnies -- And Lost 2024-11-16 · 36m
The Most Ridiculous Weather of Baseball 2024-11-14 · 41m
Bhutan Grades Itself On Happiness 2024-11-12 · 45m
CLASSIC: California Was Named for a Fictional Island Ruled by a Black Amazon Queen 2024-11-09 · 32m
The World's Weirdest Sports, Part Two: Literal Murderball 2024-11-07 · 43m
The World's Weirdest Sports, Part One: Buzkashī is Where You Fight Over A Dead Goat 2024-11-05 · 52m
CLASSIC: Ancient Mayan Ritual Alcohol Enemas 2024-11-02 · 50m
One Guy Was So Good At Violin That People Thought He Worshipped Satan 2024-10-31 · 54m
Credit Scores are Absolutely Ridiculous 2024-10-29 · 49m
CLASSIC: That Time Vermont Was an Independent Republic 2024-10-26 · 45m
Spontaneous Generation, Part Two: "Broth Science" 2024-10-24 · 35m
Spontaneous Generation, Part One: Mice and Grain 2024-10-22 · 40m
CLASSIC: The Capture of Guam Was Bloodless and Quick, All Due to a Misunderstanding 2024-10-19 · 39m
Ridiculous Royal Deaths, Part 5: A Blind and Bloody Finale (For Now) 2024-10-17 · 39m
Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart was Darn Near Unkillable 2024-10-15 · 38m
CLASSIC: Are All US Presidents Actually Related? 2024-10-12 · 32m
Post-Presidential Careers, Part Two: Adams, Taft, And More 2024-10-10 · 43m
Post-Presidential Careers, Part One: Happy Birthday, Jimmy! 2024-10-08 · 37m
CLASSIC: What's the deal with two-dollar bills? 2024-10-05 · 59m
Mark Twain Was a Terrible Investor, Part Two: Typesetters, Steam Pulleys and Tesla 2024-10-03 · 43m
Mark Twain Was a Terrible Investor, Part One: The Legend of "Josh" 2024-10-01 · 43m
CLASSIC: How James Bond Created a Mexican Dia de los Muertos Tradition 2024-09-28 · 27m
What is Karaoke? Part Two: Going Global; Careful What You Sing 2024-09-26 · 35m
What is Karaoke? Part One: An Origin Story 2024-09-24 · 35m
CLASSIC: Did Richard Nixon Unwittingly Smuggle Drugs for Louis Armstrong? 2024-09-21 · 38m
The Nebraska Episode 2024-09-19 · 32m
Occupy Alcatraz! 2024-09-17 · 40m
CLASSIC: 3 Times Society Refused to Accept New Books on Science 2024-09-14 · 51m
The Ridiculous, Murky Origins of Pasta, Part Two: From Myth to the Modern Day 2024-09-12 · 37m
The Ridiculous, Murky Origins of Pasta, Part One: Basic Ingredients, Delicious Results 2024-09-10 · 33m
CLASSIC: That Time We Erased a (HUGE) Waterfall 2024-09-07 · 29m
Patents Are Absolutely Bonkers: An Origin Story 2024-09-05 · 49m
That Time a Swedish Queen Became So Enlightened, She Quit Being the Queen 2024-09-03 · 44m
CLASSIC: The Poetic Justice of Death by Molten Gold 2024-08-31 · 33m
You Auto-go to the Drive-in, Part Two: Driving In and Out of History 2024-08-29 · 45m
You Auto-go to the Drive-in, Part One: Cars Meet Cinema 2024-08-27 · 35m
CLASSIC: Japan, Baseball and the Curse of the Colonel 2024-08-24 · 38m
The Disturbing History of Last Meals, Part Two: Famous Final Snacks 2024-08-22 · 39m
The Disturbing History of Last Meals, Part One: A Creepy Origin Story 2024-08-20 · 36m
CLASSIC: That Time the US Built a Flying Aircraft Carrier 2024-08-17 · 33m
CLASSIC: Yes, Those are Corpses in the Diorama 2024-08-15 · 39m
CLASSIC: Weird People Who Built Weird Things 2024-08-13 · 36m
CLASSIC: What was the West Point Eggnog Riot? 2024-08-10 · 44m
The Noble -- and Kind of Ridiculous -- History of Butlers 2024-08-08 · 38m
CLASSIC: Lyndon Johnson Chatted on the Phone More than a Teenager 2024-08-06 · 29m
The Founding of the Smithsonian, Part Two: James Gives America a Fortune -- and a Mission 2024-08-01 · 33m
The Founding of the Smithsonian, Part One: The Remains of the James 2024-07-30 · 30m
CLASSIC: Arsenic: The Assassin's Dream Weapon 2024-07-27 · 39m
The Orphan Train: That Time the US Auctioned Children Via Rail 2024-07-25 · 43m
20 Questions: A Ridiculous Crossover, Part Two 2024-07-23 · 74m
CLASSIC: The Killer Marketing Campaign Behind Guy Fawkes 2024-07-20 · 47m
CLASSIC: When Ancient India Beat Machiavelli to the Punch 2024-07-18 · 30m
The Preposterous History of Artificial Flavors, Part Two: Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing 2024-07-16 · 51m
CLASSIC: The Rise of Harvey Wiley's Poison Squad 2024-07-13 · 35m
The Preposterous History of Artificial Flavors, Part One: The Vanilla Problem 2024-07-11 · 37m
"Right on," Said the Pope: How the Swiss Guard became the Elite Protectors of the Vatican 2024-07-09 · 47m
CLASSIC: Step Aside, James Bond: The Strange Stories of Espionage Animals 2024-07-06 · 54m
Ottoman Harems Were Disturbing and Ridiculous, Part Two: A Real-life Game of Thrones 2024-07-04 · 34m
Ottoman Harems Were Disturbing and Ridiculous, Part One: Busting Myths 2024-07-02 · 31m
CLASSIC: How Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Influenced Star Trek 2024-06-29 · 33m
Popeye Changed America, Part Two: Popeye Ain't Perfect 2024-06-27 · 37m
Popeye Changed America, Part One: A Breakout Star 2024-06-25 · 37m
CLASSIC: What was the 'Great Stink' of London? 2024-06-23 · 41m
The Constitution is Amazing (and Ridiculous), Part Two: The Game of Amendments 2024-06-20 · 46m
The Constitution is Amazing (and Ridiculous), Part One: A Troubled, Ambitious Origin Story 2024-06-18 · 34m
CLASSIC: How Farmers Built A Barbed Wire Phone Network 2024-06-15 · 33m
Ridiculous Video Game Tie-ins, Part Two: The Olympics and the Great Game of Chex Quest 2024-06-13 · 48m
Ridiculous Video Game Tie-ins, Part One: The Rise of Cool Spot -- and Fall of the Noid 2024-06-11 · 38m
CLASSIC: The Strange Story of Canadian Margarine Bootleggers 2024-06-08 · 41m
Malta: Tiny and Amazing, Just Like The Dog 2024-06-06 · 39m
The Ridiculous History of Credit Cards 2024-06-04 · 57m
CLASSIC: San Francisco's Egg War 2024-06-01 · 40m
Introducing: Sixteenth Minute (of Fame) 2024-06-01 · 4m
Skyscrapers, Part Two: An Arms Race to the Sky 2024-05-30 · 37m
Skyscrapers, Part One: A Guy and a Birdcage 2024-05-28 · 37m
CLASSIC: The Wild West Was Actually Pretty Chill 2024-05-28 · 34m
On Theme, Part Two: The Cyclical Evolution of Music 2024-05-23 · 48m
On Theme, Part One: Ernest Hogan's Success and Regret 2024-05-21 · 37m
CLASSIC: How A Grudge Match Launched the Ford GT40 2024-05-18 · 51m
The QWERTY Keyboard is Purposely Bad 2024-05-16 · 42m
Auction Houses: It's Not *All* Money Laundering 2024-05-14 · 53m
CLASSIC: "Vitamin Donuts" Were A Real Thing 2024-05-11 · 33m
Thomas Nast, Part Two: A Cartoonist Conquers Corruption (and Moves to Ecuador) 2024-05-09 · 36m
Thomas Nast, Part One: The Cartoonist Who Shaped America 2024-05-07 · 32m
CLASSIC: The Rotten, Sausagey Secret Origin of Botox 2024-05-04 · 35m
Books You Can't Read -- By Design! 2024-05-02 · 44m
La Maupin: The Swordfighting Opera Singer of France 2024-04-30 · 59m
CLASSIC: The Weird World of Meat Jell-O (A Gelatin Origin Story) 2024-04-27 · 38m
A History of Roller Coasters, Part Two: Higher, Faster, More Expensive 2024-04-25 · 49m
A History of Roller Coasters, Part One: Early Ups and Downs 2024-04-23 · 46m
CLASSIC: London Made a Train for the Dead 2024-04-20 · 33m
The Page-turning Evolution of the Encyclopædia Britannica 2024-04-18 · 47m
A Ridiculous History of Worcestershire Sauce 2024-04-16 · 42m
CLASSIC: Roald Dahl: Children's Author and Secret Agent 2024-04-13 · 40m
Micronations: How Liechtenstein Became A Country 2024-04-11 · 37m
Why Are There So Many Captain Marvels? 2024-04-09 · 53m
CLASSIC: When did ALL-CAPS type become YELLING? 2024-04-06 · 37m
Look at Us, Late to the Ridiculous History of Easter 2024-04-04 · 47m
Royal Deaths, Part Four: The Unfortunate Lives of Scottish Kings 2024-04-02 · 34m
The Delaware Wedge, Part Two: The Wedge and The Horn 2024-03-28 · 31m
The Delaware Wedge, Part One: A Tiny State with Massive History 2024-03-26 · 28m
Back to the Choo-ture: the Enduring Nostalgia of Model Trains 2024-03-21 · 54m
PEZ: Candy or Anti-smoking Aid? 2024-03-19 · 42m
Mobituaries with Mo Rocca, Part Two: What's Past is Prologue 2024-03-14 · 43m
Mobituaries with Mo Rocca, Part One: Mo Eulogizes The Pager 2024-03-12 · 44m
Awful Candy, Part Two: Peeps, Licorice, Wax Lips and More 2024-03-07 · 29m
Awful Candy, Part One: Tootsie Rolls Saved the War -- and Divided the World 2024-03-05 · 31m
It Is Literally Time For The Leap Year Episode 2024-02-29 · 49m
The Ridiculous History of Hot Sauce 2024-02-27 · 56m
CLASSIC: Why does the Guinness Beer Company Track World Records? 2024-02-22 · 32m
20 Questions: A Ridiculous Crossover, Part One 2024-02-20 · 65m
Tecumseh's Curse, Part Two: Boy, It's Tough to be President 2024-02-15 · 56m
Tecumseh's Curse, Part One: Rise of The Prophet 2024-02-13 · 48m
History Is Absolutely Riddled With Famous Mistranslations 2024-02-08 · 49m
Stuff That Got Left Over, Part Two: Hot Tubs, The Last Shantyman, President Taft Had Pet Cows 2024-02-06 · 34m
The Puzzler Returns, Part Two: A Field Trip to the CIA 2024-02-01 · 43m
The Puzzler Returns, Part One: Puzzles and Spies 2024-01-30 · 45m
A Boeing Wonderland, Part Two: A Fake Rooftop City For All! 2024-01-25 · 45m
A Boeing Wonderland, Part One: A Magician Tries to Camouflage Entire Airfields 2024-01-24 · 51m
Calvin Coolidge Was Super Weird...and Surprisingly Cool 2024-01-19 · 45m
The Ridiculous History of Baseball Caps: How One Hat Traveled the World 2024-01-16 · 49m
Breeching: A Weird Historical Obsession with Children's Pants 2024-01-11 · 41m
The Salton Sea: How A Little Whoopsie Turned into Ecological Disaster 2024-01-09 · 44m
CLASSIC: Digging Up James K Polk (For the Third Time) 2024-01-04 · 34m
CLASSIC: The Atomic Whoops: When the US Air Force Bombed South Carolina 2024-01-02 · 32m
The History of Soda Pop is So Weird, Part Two: Nostalgia is a Heck of a Drug 2023-12-29 · 42m
The History of Soda Pop is So Weird, Part One: The Saga of Spicy Water 2023-12-26 · 47m
The Puzzler, Part Two: Waldo, Rubik, and More 2023-12-21 · 44m
The Puzzler, Part One: The Crossword Moral Panic 2023-12-19 · 32m
Christmas Has A Dark Side: The Krampus Episode 2023-12-14 · 46m
A House Divided: Various Times Congress Tried to Beat the Snot Out of Each Other 2023-12-12 · 55m
Scientists Who Were Horrifically Persecuted, Part Two: Alan Turing 2023-12-07 · 31m
Serious Diseases with Seriously Funny Names, Part Two: Rickets, Brain Fever, and Maple Syrup 2023-12-05 · 41m
Serious Diseases with Seriously Funny Names, Part One: Dropsy 2023-11-30 · 37m
Oh Man, James Joyce was a Dirty Dude! 2023-11-28 · 42m
What's the Deal with Turkey on Thanksgiving? 2023-11-23 · 47m
Tammany Hall: America's Early Puppet Masters 2023-11-21 · 54m
The Hoover Dam is Ridiculous, Part Two: The Audacity! 2023-11-16 · 32m
The Hoover Dam is Ridiculous, Part One: Man Versus Nature 2023-11-14 · 40m
CLASSIC: Waging War With Hallucinogenic Honey 2023-11-09 · 24m
CLASSIC: Ben Franklin Tried To Reinvent the Alphabet 2023-11-07 · 29m
CLASSIC: When the Puritans Canceled Christmas 2023-11-02 · 28m
How Did Trick-Or-Treating Become a Thing? 2023-10-31 · 59m
The Tangled History of Topiary, Part Two: That Shrub Is Looking at Me Funny 2023-10-26 · 27m
The Tangled History of Topiary, Part One: The Ancient Art of Fancy Plants 2023-10-24 · 31m
Scientists Who Were Horrifically Persecuted, Part One 2023-10-20 · 53m
The Crappy, Commodious History of Toilets 2023-10-17 · 48m
Aaron Burr, Part Two: The Fall of a Guy Nobody Liked 2023-10-12 · 46m
Aaron Burr, Part One: The Rise of a Guy Nobody Liked 2023-10-10 · 43m
Introducing: McCartney A Life in Lyrics 2023-10-06 · 8m
Royals Who Died on the Toilet: Our Classiest Episode Yet 2023-10-05 · 35m
That Time Indiana Tried to Change Pi 2023-10-03 · 41m
Why Don't People Wear White After Labor Day? 2023-09-28 · 30m
Michigan Has Its Own Bermuda Triangle 2023-09-26 · 46m
The Road to Modern Basketball, Part Two: How Dribbling Became A Thing 2023-09-21 · 50m
The Road to Modern Basketball, Part One: Naismith and "The Incorrigibles" 2023-09-19 · 40m
The 10th President's Grandson is Alive Today 2023-09-15 · 38m
Stuff That Got Left Over: Nukes 2023-09-12 · 34m
Ralph Nader Versus Big Auto 2023-09-08 · 44m
CLASSIC: Baguettes and Vacation: France versus Bakers 2023-09-05 · 25m
Everyone Was Covered in Poop: A Grimy History of Soap 2023-08-31 · 45m
Behind the Logo: The Story of the Nike Swoosh 2023-08-30 · 37m
The Architecture of Spite, Part Three: The Pie House and a Scorned Argentine 2023-08-24 · 40m
The Architecture of Spite, Part Two: Macy's and The Skinny House 2023-08-22 · 34m
The Ridiculous History of Intellectual Property, Part 2: When Things Get Weird 2023-08-17 · 45m
The Ridiculous History of Intellectual Property, Part 1: The Ancient Past 2023-08-15 · 39m
World War II's Alaskan Front: The Aleutian Island Campaign 2023-08-10 · 47m
Micronations: The Amazing Story of Vatican City 2023-08-08 · 49m
The FBI versus Hip-Hop 2023-08-03 · 49m
The Inventor of the Saxophone Had Some of the World's Worst Luck 2023-08-02 · 54m
Animals On Trial, Part 2: Legal Personhood "Goes Wild" 2023-07-27 · 42m
Animals On Trial, Part 1: Tons of Animals Went to Kangaroo Courts 2023-07-25 · 50m
Broken Arrows, Part 2: In Which Actions Have Consequence 2023-07-20 · 50m
Broken Arrows, Part 1: Whoops, Where's Our Nuke? 2023-07-18 · 39m
New Providence: That Time Pirates Had A Government 2023-07-13 · 57m
Tons of People Married Their First Cousins 2023-07-11 · 51m
Lost Media, Part 2: The Magnificent Ambersons 2023-07-06 · 39m
The Ridiculous History of "Snake Oil" 2023-07-04 · 52m
Badass of the Week, Part 2: Rise of the Kung Fu Werewolf 2023-06-29 · 41m
Badass of the Week, Part 1: An Origin Story 2023-06-27 · 33m
That Time Abe Lincoln Trolled His Way Into a Real-life Duel 2023-06-22 · 37m
The Creation of (and Backlash Against) Father's Day 2023-06-20 · 41m
Colorado's Ridiculous, Disturbingly Corrupt 1904 Election, Part Two: Everyone Resigns 2023-06-15 · 36m
Colorado's Ridiculous, Disturbingly Corrupt 1904 Election, Part One: Let's Jump Off The Train 2023-06-13 · 38m
How Horrible Chocolate Helped Win World War II 2023-06-08 · 31m
Micronations: How a Guy Got Ran Out of Town and Created San Marino 2023-06-06 · 44m
The Library of Congress is Full of Super Weird Stuff 2023-06-01 · 37m
That Time A Guy Literally Bought The London Bridge 2023-05-30 · 40m
We Got Super Into Toy Cars, Part Two: Rivalry and Nostalgia 2023-05-25 · 30m
We Got Super Into Toy Cars, Part One: Matchbox versus Hot Wheels 2023-05-23 · 43m
Why The Creator of Mother's Day Got So Mad About Mothers' Day 2023-05-18 · 32m
Micronations: Monaco is More than a Casino! 2023-05-16 · 55m
Fonts They Love to Hate, Part Two: Papyrus, Times New Roman and Beyond 2023-05-11 · 47m
Fonts They Love to Hate, Part One: Origins of Comic Sans 2023-05-09 · 34m
Even More Ridiculous Royal Deaths 2023-05-04 · 43m
A (Completely Different) History of Sampling: Free Stuff 2023-05-02 · 45m
A History of Sampling, Part Two: Creativity in Court 2023-04-27 · 57m
A History of Sampling, Part One: An Origin Story 2023-04-25 · 53m
How Did Monster Trucks Become a Thing? 2023-04-20 · 53m
The Ridiculous, Scrumptious Desserts of Mardi Gras 2023-04-18 · 51m
The Amazing History of Japanese Toys, Part Two: The World Takeover 2023-04-13 · 33m
The Amazing History of Japanese Toys, Part One: A Serious Business 2023-04-11 · 32m
The Weird Journey of the $2 Bill 2023-04-06 · 32m
The Fascinating History of Ice Cream Trucks 2023-04-04 · 48m
The Strange Tale of Charles Entertainment Cheese, Part Two: Betrayal and Nostalgia 2023-03-30 · 59m
The Strange Tale of Charles Entertainment Cheese, Part One: Atari and Pizza 2023-03-28 · 38m
CLASSIC: What's the Deal with Smashing Cake at Weddings? 2023-03-23 · 30m
THE LAST SOVIET - EP 5: Three Hot Days in August 2023-03-22 · 29m
CLASSIC: Conquest via Bird Poop: One Island at a Time 2023-03-21 · 33m
The Architecture of Spite, Part One: Lovers, Loiterers and Murderers 2023-03-16 · 44m
Turn, Turn, Turn: A History of Turn Signals 2023-03-14 · 32m
A Legally Haunted House 2023-03-08 · 41m
The Oddly Dark History of Crash Test Dummies (Not The Band) 2023-03-07 · 51m
The Deeply Weird Stories of Patron Saints 2023-03-02 · 41m
Svetlana! Svetlana! The Strange Life of Josef Stalin's Daughter, with Dan Kitrosser 2023-02-28 · 39m
Let's Start a Coup! Ep 1 – A Basket Full of Fascists 2023-02-27 · 40m
Weird Epidemics, Part One: From Sweating to Pokemon 2023-02-23 · 50m
CLASSIC: When Scientists Hid Under Beds To Spy On Kids 2023-02-21 · 37m
Surprising Former Careers, Part III: Goldberg, Trudeau and Buscemi 2023-02-16 · 32m
Introducing: The Last Soviet 2023-02-15 · 4m
It Turns Out Blue Laws Aren't Entirely Terrible 2023-02-14 · 47m
The Origin of Moby Dick, Part Two: Horrors At Sea 2023-02-09 · 45m
The Origin of Moby Dick, Part One: Mocha Dick 2023-02-07 · 28m
The (Weirdly Crooked) History of the Food Pyramid 2023-02-02 · 46m
That Time Europeans Went Nuts For Dancing 2023-01-31 · 38m
Star Trek Almost Never Happened, Part Two: In Which We Boldly Go 2023-01-26 · 44m
Star Trek Almost Never Happened, Part One: Pilots and Peril 2023-01-24 · 40m
“It’s Edible!” The Origin of Breakfast Cereal, Part Two 2023-01-19 · 54m
“It’s Edible!” The Origin of Breakfast Cereal, Part One 2023-01-17 · 38m
Would-be Presidents, Part One: If At First You Don't Succeed... 2023-01-12 · 51m
The Leaf Blower Episode 2023-01-11 · 44m
The US Navy Teamed Up With Mobsters, Part Two: The Mob Goes to War 2023-01-05 · 43m
The US Navy Teamed Up With Mobsters, Part One: Luciano Gets Lucky 2023-01-03 · 55m
CLASSIC: When People Thought They Were Made of Glass 2022-12-29 · 29m
CLASSIC: Nazis, Churchill and Chocolate 2022-12-27 · 27m
Ridiculous Royal Deaths, Part Two: Don't Drink Mercury 2022-12-22 · 45m
Ridiculous Royal Deaths, Part One: Revenge of the Buck-Toothed 2022-12-20 · 38m
CLASSIC: When Dentist Sold Dentures Made with Corpse Teeth 2022-12-15 · 33m
From Mesopotamia to Hot Dogs: A History of Mustard 2022-12-13 · 50m
Coca-Cola, Dr. King, and the Civil Rights 2022-12-08 · 37m
William Mitchell Was Basically a Real-life Willy Wonka 2022-12-06 · 41m
The Olympics Used to Have an... Extraordinarily Weird Art Competition 2022-12-01 · 40m
A Circus, or a Cult? The Strange Story of Shen Yun 2022-11-29 · 36m
How A Massive Turkey Screw-up Created TV Dinners 2022-11-24 · 53m
J. Paul Getty, Part Two: A Kidnapping Discount 2022-11-22 · 33m
J. Paul Getty, Part One: Money Doesn't Make You Happy 2022-11-17 · 36m
Have you heard of Andorra? 2022-11-15 · 31m
How Smart Was Alex the Grey Parrot? 2022-11-10 · 41m
Surprising Former Careers, Part 2: Truman Can't Sell Hats 2022-11-08 · 41m
The Ancient -- and Surprisingly Divisive! -- Story of Ketchup 2022-11-03 · 56m
The Bizarrely Xenophobic Origins of Scotch Tape 2022-11-01 · 49m
Lost Media, Part Two: We Didn't Start The Fire 2022-10-27 · 30m
Lost Media, Part One: What Happened to All Those Silent Films? 2022-10-26 · 38m
A Ridiculous History of Hot Tubs 2022-10-20 · 45m
Eugene V Debs, Part Two: A Prisoner Runs For President 2022-10-18 · 63m
Eugene V Debs, Part One: Railroad Workers Fight The Power 2022-10-13 · 35m
The Michelin Man was an Unhinged Lunatic 2022-10-11 · 52m
The Yukio Mishima Story, Part Two: Mishima's End 2022-10-06 · 50m
The Yukio Mishima Story, Part One: Confessions of a Mask 2022-10-05 · 46m
Wait, How Do I Know It's Funny? A Rollicking History of Laugh Tracks 2022-09-29 · 48m
Who, exactly, were the Luddites? 2022-09-27 · 43m
Instant Noodles Changed The World, Part Two: Going Global 2022-09-22 · 34m
Instant Noodles Changed The World, Part One: An Origin Story 2022-09-20 · 31m
The Accidental Invention of Holding Music 2022-09-15 · 31m
Inventors Killed By Their Own Inventions: Flyin' or Dyin', Part Two 2022-09-13 · 40m
Inventors Killed By Their Own Inventions: Flyin' or Dyin', Part One 2022-09-08 · 32m
Wilhelm Reich and Orgone, Part 2: Willy vs. The Feds 2022-09-07 · 51m
Wilhelm Reich and Orgone, Part 1: Sexy Psychoanalysis 2022-09-01 · 48m
The History of Pringles: Once You Pop... 2022-08-30 · 56m
Lincoln Loved Cats, and Other Presidential Pets 2022-08-25 · 45m
CLASSIC - Presidents Love Their Ridiculous Pets 2022-08-23 · 32m
What Happened to Ronald McDonald? Part Two: Supersizing A Mystery 2022-08-18 · 60m
What Happened to Ronald McDonald? Part One: Everybody Loves A Clown 2022-08-16 · 56m
The 1904 St. Louis Marathon Was Absolutely Bonkers 2022-08-11 · 59m
Andrew Jackson Beat the Snot Out of His Would-be Assassin 2022-08-09 · 58m
CLASSIC: When (and why) did the US start calling its citizens consumers? 2022-08-04 · 42m
A Ridiculous History of Reality TV, Part Two: Reality Goes Global 2022-08-02 · 41m
A Ridiculous History of Reality TV, Part One: An Origin Story 2022-07-28 · 42m
Surprising Former Careers of the Famous 2022-07-26 · 48m
A Humorous History of Genetics 2022-07-21 · 50m
Tsutomu Yamaguchi: The World's Only (Recognized) Double Atomic Bomb Victim 2022-07-19 · 37m
Gods of Deception, Part II: Art, History, Fiction and War 2022-07-14 · 30m
Gods of Deception, Part I: Alger Hiss in the Halls of Power 2022-07-12 · 32m
Operation LAC: That Time Uncle Sam Sprayed Poison Across St. Louis 2022-07-07 · 40m
CLASSIC - Does the US Confederacy Still Exist in Americana, Brazil? 2022-07-05 · 35m
Millerism, Part II: The Great Disappointment (and the Aftermath) 2022-06-30 · 42m
CLASSIC - Did a Real-Life Rainmaker Almost Drown San Diego? 2022-06-28 · 29m
Millerism: America’s First End Times Gospel 2022-06-23 · 47m
Ben Franklin Faked a Rival's Death to Promote His Almanac 2022-06-21 · 33m
Why was Phrenology a Thing? Part II: A Pseudoscience (Sort of) Informs the Modern Day 2022-06-16 · 54m
Why was Phrenology a Thing? Part I: The Rise of Dr. Finger 2022-06-14 · 45m
Nancy Wake, the White Mouse of the French Resistance 2022-06-09 · 44m
The US Boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympics, and Puerto Rican Boxers Went Anyway 2022-06-07 · 42m
Disco Demolition Night: How Disco Died at a White Sox Game 2022-06-02 · 50m
Bolivia Fought -- And Lost -- A War For Bird Poop 2022-05-31 · 30m
Why You Can't Say "MacBeth" in a Theater 2022-05-26 · 54m
Operation Mincemeat: Britain's Ghoulish Plan to Fool the Nazis 2022-05-24 · 44m
Who the heck was Joseph Warren? 2022-05-19 · 42m
Chocolate Syrup: From Medicine to Dessert 2022-05-17 · 43m
Historical Hypocrisy: The Confederacy's Weird Stance on "Individual Rights" 2022-05-12 · 40m
Juana Maria: The Real-life Story Behind "Island of the Blue Dolphins" 2022-05-10 · 31m
Curling: The Most Ridiculous Sport? 2022-05-05 · 44m
Nobuo Fujita Bombed Brookings, Oregon -- and Then Became a Town Hero 2022-05-03 · 28m
A Teetotaling Preacher Basically Invented Modern Tourism 2022-04-28 · 33m
Ira Aldridge: Actor, Activist and Record-breaker 2022-04-26 · 47m
Lithuanian Book Smugglers Vs. The Russian Empire 2022-04-21 · 43m
The Yule Lads Terrified Children Across Iceland 2022-04-19 · 34m
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The US Literally Had Nazi Summer Camps 2022-01-19 · 41m
The Emperor of the United States 2022-01-13 · 52m
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The US Literally Threw Pianos From Planes During World War II 2021-12-07 · 30m
The Sinister Side of Little Orphan Annie, Part Two: Drink Your Ovaltine 2021-12-02 · 37m
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CLASSIC: How White America Tried To Destroy Chinese Restaurants 2021-11-25 · 36m
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King for a Week: The Strange Story of Otto I 2021-11-10 · 38m
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Modern Thanksgiving, Part One: A Culture War 2021-10-28 · 34m
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Ada Lovelace, Part Two: The Analytical Engine 2021-10-15 · 39m
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The Rum Riot of Portland, Maine 2021-10-05 · 42m
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The Australian Prison Break of 1876, Part 2 2021-09-28 · 32m
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37 Days of Peril, with Alex Williams 2021-09-21 · 58m
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Ridiculous Live: The Humor and the Heavy 2021-09-02 · 57m
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Weird Courtship Rituals, Part Two 2021-07-22 · 52m
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Painless Parker and the Dental Circus 2021-07-01 · 48m
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The Mysterious Dark Day That Terrified New England 2021-04-08 · 34m
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The Rise and Fall of the Flea Circus, Part 2 2021-03-11 · 45m
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Turtle Soup, Part 2: Rise of the Mock Turtle 2021-02-12 · 24m
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Holiday Classic: When the Puritans Canceled Christmas 2020-12-24 · 29m
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Goodyear and the Mystery of the Ghost Blimp 2020-12-18 · 39m
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Snowmen as Protest: The Miracle of 1511 2020-12-11 · 30m
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That Time the US was Terrified of Tomatoes 2020-12-02 · 40m
How the Pandemic Helped (and Hurt) the Struggle for Women's Rights 2020-11-26 · 29m
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The Weird Origin of Pink Lemonade, Part 2: The Rise of Clown Pants 2020-11-19 · 27m
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An Elephant in the Vatican, Part 1: The Discovery of Hanno 2020-11-11 · 31m
S T O V E G O B L I N 2020-11-05 · 30m
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The Case of the Greenbrier Ghost, Part 2: The Court 2020-10-29 · 38m
Ridiculous History Presents: Criminalia 2020-10-28 · 39m
The Case of the Greenbrier Ghost, Part 1: An 'Everlasting Faint' 2020-10-28 · 38m
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The Misadventures of Wade Boggs, Part 2 2020-09-25 · 34m
The Misadventures of Wade Boggs, Part 1 2020-09-22 · 49m
The Tragic Tale of the 'Turnspit Dog' 2020-09-17 · 37m
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The Weird Life of George Washington, Part 2 2019-02-08 · 32m
The Weird Life of George Washington, Part 1 2019-02-05 · 43m
Who was the highest paid athlete in history? 2019-01-31 · 28m
Clara, The World's Most Famous Rhinoceros 2019-01-30 · 44m
How the Monopoly Board Game Became a World War II Escape Kit 2019-01-24 · 29m
Idiomatic For The People, Part 1 2019-01-23 · 62m
Was there a real-life Rapunzel? 2019-01-17 · 28m
Benjamin Franklin's Advice on 'Finding a Mistress' 2019-01-15 · 29m
What does 'Idaho' actually mean? 2019-01-10 · 23m
Uncle Sam Tried to End World War II With Bat Bombs 2019-01-08 · 35m
The American Soldiers Who Defected to North Korea and Became Movie Stars 2019-01-04 · 33m
How a Broken Toilet Foiled a German Sub 2019-01-01 · 23m
Creature Feature: The Dark Tetrad 2018-12-27 · 63m
Gustaf Broman Tried to Cross the Atlantic in a Canoe . . . Or Did He? 2018-12-25 · 38m
The Weird, Surprisingly Recent Origin of the Tooth Fairy 2018-12-20 · 27m
When Vikings Loot The Wrong Town 2018-12-18 · 38m
Were Tulips Really The Bitcoin of the 1600s? 2018-12-13 · 29m
(Some of) History's Dumbest Military Prototypes 2018-12-11 · 54m
The Forty Elephants: London’s All-Female Jewel Thieves 2018-12-06 · 41m
The Malleus Maleficarum: A Real-life Witch Hunter's Bible 2018-12-04 · 33m
The Great London Beer Flood of 1814 2018-11-29 · 25m
Dr. Seuss Wrote His Most Famous Book On A Bet 2018-11-27 · 34m
Feral Children and the True Story Behind The Jungle Book 2018-11-22 · 28m
When Dentist Sold Dentures Made with Corpse Teeth 2018-11-21 · 31m
The Laxative-laden Journey of Lewis and Clark 2018-11-15 · 29m
The Strange and Spectacularly Disgusting Story of the Great Kentucky Meat Shower 2018-11-13 · 35m
The Bizarre Origin of the Oxford English Dictionary 2018-11-08 · 43m
How Conman Victor Lustig Sold The Eiffel Tower (Twice) 2018-11-06 · 60m
George Carlin Gets Quoted in the Supreme Court: Ridiculous Stand-up Stories with Wayne Federman 2018-11-02 · 24m
The People vs. Lenny Bruce: Ridiculous Stand-up Stories with Wayne Federman 2018-10-31 · 31m
The Life and Times of Ol' Knife Hand 2018-10-23 · 27m
The Ridiculous Story of the World’s First (Documented) Serial Killer 2018-10-18 · 35m
Back When the Rich Ate Corpses 2018-10-16 · 34m
The Mummies of Guanajuato 2018-10-11 · 29m
The Curious Rise of SPAM 2018-10-09 · 46m
The Smooth-talking Takeover of Tabor Bridge 2018-10-04 · 30m
History's Coolest (Non-Human) Political Candidates, Part I 2018-10-02 · 54m
Attack of the Aswang: How the CIA Used Vampires as Weapons of War 2018-09-27 · 30m
A Dead Pope Goes To Court 2018-09-25 · 25m
Who are the Hartlepudlian Monkey Hangers? 2018-09-20 · 31m
William Walker: Filibuster and (Fantastically Bad) President 2018-09-18 · 41m
Lawsonomy: How the Father of the Modern Airline Started His Own Religion 2018-09-13 · 50m
War and Candy: The Infamous Tootsie Roll Air Drop 2018-09-11 · 30m
The Man Who Assassinated Abe Lincoln's Assassin 2018-09-06 · 33m
The Cock Lane Ghost: Haunting, Hoax, Hysteria… or Hilarious? 2018-09-05 · 39m
Roland the Farter and the Weird World of Professional Flatulence 2018-08-30 · 34m
Gregor MacGregor Invented a Country and Convinced People to Invest in It 2018-08-28 · 55m
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