Half-Arsed History
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Episode 424: Vincent van Gogh, the Tortured Artist
Week 32: Lt. General Patton Slaps a Soldier... Again
Episode 423: The Plague of Athens
Week 31: The Hammer and Feather on the Moon
Episode 422: Athens vs. Sparta - the Peloponnesian War
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Week 30: Tobacco Comes to England
Episode 421: The Successful Failure of Apollo 13
Week 29: The Football War
Episode 420: The History of Cannabis
Week 28: The First Ascent of the Matterhorn
Episode 419: Mata Hari, the Seductress-Turned-Spy
Week 27: Oxford University’s 500-Year Grudge
Announcing: The Most Interesting People You've Never Heard Of, the second Half-Arsed History book
Episode 418: The Stonewall Riots, the Origin of Pride
Week 26: The Tunguska Event
Episode 417: The History of the FIFA World Cup - Part 3
Week 25: The Hand of God
Episode 416: The History of the FIFA World Cup - Part 2
Week 24: The 1955 Le Mans Disaster
Episode 415: The History of the FIFA World Cup - Part 1
Week 23: The Treaty of Tordesillas
Episode 414: The Hindenburg Disaster
Week 22: The Disappearance of Maurice Wilson
Episode 413: J.R.R. Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings
Week 21: Pepsi Number Fever
Episode 412: The Seven Voyages of Zheng He
Week 20: The Fall of Acre
Episode 411: The True Story of Pocahontas
Week 19: The Assassination of Spencer Perceval
Update: I'm Really Sick So Episodes Will Be Delayed
Episode 410: John Harrison’s Marine Chronometer
Week 18: George Psalmanazar and the Formosa Hoax
Episode 409: The Donner Party
Week 17: The Battle of Clontarf
Episode 408: The 1973 Oil Crisis
Week 16: The Death of the Red Baron
Episode 407: The Avignon Papacy
Week 15: The Invention of Cornflakes
Episode 406: The East India Company - Part 6: Legacies and Lessons
Ep 50014Week 14: The Rescue of Poon Lim
This week in history we’ve got volcanic eruptions and famous statues, we’ve got the birthdays of royals, representatives, and root rats, and we’ve got a bloke catching seagulls and killing sharks in a months-long ordeal of lonely maritime survival. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep 10405Episode 405: The East India Company - Part 5: Downfall and Dissolution
In this week's episode, discover how and why the British East India Company, an immensely powerful and wealthy imperial institution, came crashing down after a slow and steady decline. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep 50013Week 13: The Spaghetti Tree Hoax
This week in history we’ve got the origin of gerrymandering, the renaming of Constantinople, we’ve got the birthdays of composers and scientists and painters, and we’ve got the time the BBC convinced half of Britain that spaghetti grew on trees. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep 10404Episode 404: The East India Company - Part 4 Expansion and Empire
In this week's episode, hear about the phase of conquest and expansion that transformed the British East India Company into one of the largest and most powerful imperial institutions on Earth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep 50012Week 12: England Loses the 1966 World Cup
This week in history we’ve got monuments both finished and unfinished, we’ve got great escapes, we’ve got the birthdays of clockmakers, filmmakers, and musicmakers, and we’ve got the time that England lost the World Cup in 1966. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep 10403Episode 403: The East India Company - Part 3: Conquest and Corruption
In this week's episode, get across how the British East India Company transformed from a purely commercial enterprise to a sovereign entity exercising colonial authority over a growing part of the Indian subcontinent. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep 50011Week 11: The Assassination of Julius Caesar
This week in history we’ve got the death of a saint, the discovery of a planet, and the theft of half a billion dollars of art, we’ve got the birthdays of scientists and explorers, and beware the Ides of March, we’ve got the assassination of Julius Caesar.Selene's Fun Animal Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/6LMIgPToyL63jhxRKddc0a?si=3a181b5c586449b3 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep 10402Episode 402: The East India Company - Part 2: Footholds and Factories
In this week's episode, hear about the early history of the English East India Company, and how it moved away from the Indonesian spice trade and instead gained a foothold on the Indian subcontinent under the Mughal Empire. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep 50010Week 10: The 13 Original Rules of Golf
This week in history we’ve got the foundation of the French Foreign Legion and frozen food, we’ve got the birthdays of explorers and artists and activists, and we’ve got the establishment of the original and sometimes very amusing rules of the game of golf. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep 10401Episode 401: The East India Company - Part 1: Spices and Stocks
In this week's episode, learn about the global 16th century trading conditions that ultimately led to the formation of the East India Company, an institution that would eventually grow to effectively rule as a nation in its own right. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.