Half-Arsed History
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Episode 433: The Book Tour 2026 - LIVE in Adelaide
Oct 11, 202647 min
Week 38: The Straw Hat Riot
Oct 8, 202622 min
Episode 429: The Viking Age - Part 4: Society
Oct 4, 20261h 5m
Second Book Available Now & Live Show Tickets Running Out
Sep 29, 20264 min
Week 37: The Execution of “Martin Guerre”
Sep 27, 202625 min
Episode 428: The Viking Age - Part 3 Expansion
Sep 25, 202651 min
Week 36: The End of the Western Roman Empire
Sep 23, 202624 min
Episode 427: The Viking Age - Part 2 Conquest
Sep 22, 20261h 1m
Week 35: The Origin of Stockholm Syndrome
Sep 18, 202628 min
Episode 426: The Viking Age - Part 1: Raids
Sep 17, 202656 min
Update: Brisbane and Maroochydore Tickets, Date Change, Sorry for Lack of Episodes
Sep 10, 20263 min
Week 34: Edmund Halley Observes His Comet
Sep 4, 202623 min
Tickets for the 2026 Book Tour are now available!
Sep 2, 202611 min
Episode 425: The Capture of the USS Chesapeake
Aug 28, 202652 min
Week 33: The Bermuda Gunpowder Heist
Aug 26, 202626 min
Episode 424: Vincent van Gogh, the Tortured Artist
Aug 24, 202659 min
Week 32: Lt. General Patton Slaps a Soldier... Again
Aug 19, 202627 min
Episode 423: The Plague of Athens
Aug 9, 202652 min
Week 31: The Hammer and Feather on the Moon
Jul 29, 202624 min
Episode 422: Athens vs. Sparta - the Peloponnesian War
Jul 26, 202657 min
Apologies to Apple Podcasts Subscribers
Jul 26, 20262 min
Week 30: Tobacco Comes to England
Jul 25, 202627 min
Episode 421: The Successful Failure of Apollo 13
Jul 21, 202653 min
Week 29: The Football War
Jul 15, 202623 min
Episode 420: The History of Cannabis
Jul 12, 20261h 0m
Week 28: The First Ascent of the Matterhorn
Jul 8, 202624 min
Episode 419: Mata Hari, the Seductress-Turned-Spy
Jul 5, 20261h 2m
Week 27: Oxford University’s 500-Year Grudge
Jul 1, 202623 min
Announcing: The Most Interesting People You've Never Heard Of, the second Half-Arsed History book
Jul 1, 20269 min
Episode 418: The Stonewall Riots, the Origin of Pride
Jun 28, 202650 min
Week 26: The Tunguska Event
Jun 24, 202629 min
Episode 417: The History of the FIFA World Cup - Part 3
Jun 21, 20261h 7m
Week 25: The Hand of God
Jun 18, 202630 min
Episode 416: The History of the FIFA World Cup - Part 2
Jun 14, 20261h 2m
Week 24: The 1955 Le Mans Disaster
Jun 12, 202636 min
Episode 415: The History of the FIFA World Cup - Part 1
Jun 11, 202651 min
Week 23: The Treaty of Tordesillas
Jun 3, 202627 min
Episode 414: The Hindenburg Disaster
May 31, 202657 min
Week 22: The Disappearance of Maurice Wilson
May 27, 202630 min
Episode 413: J.R.R. Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings
May 24, 202658 min
Week 21: Pepsi Number Fever
May 20, 202631 min
Episode 412: The Seven Voyages of Zheng He
May 17, 20261h 3m
Week 20: The Fall of Acre
May 14, 202633 min
Episode 411: The True Story of Pocahontas
May 14, 202652 min
Week 19: The Assassination of Spencer Perceval
May 12, 202636 min
Update: I'm Really Sick So Episodes Will Be Delayed
May 6, 20261 min
Episode 410: John Harrison’s Marine Chronometer
May 2, 20261h 0m
Week 18: George Psalmanazar and the Formosa Hoax
Apr 29, 202636 min
Episode 409: The Donner Party
Apr 26, 20261h 4m
Week 17: The Battle of Clontarf
Apr 22, 202632 min