Ridiculous History
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The Fascinating History of Fountain Pens
Oct 13, 202636 min
CLASSIC: Meet Albert Cashier, the Trans Man Who Fought for the Union in the Civil War
Oct 10, 202628 min
Ridiculous Stuff We Didn't Get To in 2026, Part Two: Apple Trees, Ice Cream Wars and Weird Nuclear Gadgets
Oct 9, 202628 min
Ridiculous Stuff We Didn't Get To in 2026, Part Two: Apple Trees, Ice Cream Wars and Weird Nuclear Gadgets
Oct 8, 202633 min
Ridiculous Stuff We Didn't Get To in 2026, Part One: 60 Minutes and Other Natural Wonders
Oct 6, 202636 min
"CLASSIC: Operation Northwoods: How the US Planned to Attack Itself and Start a War with Cuba"
Oct 3, 202642 min
Death by Honey: The Legend of the Mellified Man
Oct 1, 202641 min
Let's Cook on Perpetual Stew
Sep 29, 202639 min
CLASSIC: That Time Irish Separatists Invaded Canada
Sep 26, 202628 min
Getting High with Ridiculous Crime: Reindeer Trips and Soothing Syrup
Sep 24, 202634 min
Getting High with Ridiculous Crime: Betel Nut and 'Asthma Cigarettes'
Sep 22, 202639 min
CLASSIC: The Night Witches: How an All-female Soviet Bomb Squad Terrorized Nazi Germany
Sep 19, 202631 min
Mata Hari: Courtesan Turned WWI Double Agent?
Sep 17, 202636 min
That Time We Made Backpack Nukes
Sep 15, 202631 min
CLASSIC: Bug Wars: When We Tried to Turn Insects into Soldiers
Sep 12, 202631 min
CLASSIC: Yasuke, the African Samurai
Sep 10, 202629 min
CLASSIC: The Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm I Tried To Make An Army of Super Tall Soldiers
Sep 8, 202634 min
CLASSIC: Playboy, Progressive Politics and Stand-up: The Dick Gregory Story, with Wayne Federman
Sep 5, 202650 min
The Ridiculous Racist Origin of Tipping, Part Two: The Great Debate and Anti-tipping Crusades
Sep 3, 202642 min
The Ridiculous Racist Origin of Tipping, Part One: A Gratuitous History of Gratuity
Sep 1, 202636 min
CLASSIC: I Modi: The Scandalous Erotic Blockbuster Banned By The Vatican
Aug 29, 202634 min
The Dark Side of Frank Lloyd Wright, Part Two: Mass Murder, Cults, and the FBI
Aug 27, 202634 min
The Dark Side of Frank Lloyd Wright, Part One: Professional Success and Personal Turmoil
Aug 25, 202644 min
CLASSIC: Patriots, Prisoners and Plants: The World of Political Body Doubles
Aug 22, 202650 min
Who Took William Lilly’s Fish?
Aug 20, 202644 min
Francis Scott Key was Kind of a Jerk
Aug 18, 202643 min
CLASSIC: Fort Blunder: The US Fort Mistakenly Built in Canada
Aug 15, 202634 min
Mastodons and 'Murica, with Lauren Vogelbaum, Part Two: A Grudge Match with the French
Aug 13, 202633 min
Mastodons and 'Murica, with Lauren Vogelbaum, Part One: American Degeneracy
Aug 11, 202637 min
CLASSIC: The Duke of Edinburgh is Literally a God in Vanuatu
Aug 8, 202625 min
Oof! A Lot of Baby Gear was Absolutely Ridiculous
Aug 6, 202631 min
A Ridiculous History of 'Soft Serve'
Aug 4, 202650 min
CLASSIC: The Honorary Citizens of the United States
Aug 1, 202642 min
Who was the real John Henry?
Jul 30, 202635 min
From Slaves to Superpower: The Rise and Fall of the Ottoman Janissaries
Jul 28, 202638 min
CLASSIC: The Nature of Ephemera, with Alex Williams
Jul 25, 202640 min
Badass of the Week Returns, Part Two: Chesapeake Capes
Jul 23, 202646 min
Badass of the Week Returns, Part One: George Rogers Clark
Jul 21, 20261h 2m
CLASSIC: That Time Ohio and Michigan Almost Went To War
Jul 18, 202634 min
The Ridiculously Inspiring Story of Free Public Restrooms, Part Two: The Rise of CEPTIA
Jul 16, 202633 min
The Ridiculously Inspiring Story of Free Public Restrooms, Part One: Everyone Has To Poop
Jul 15, 202636 min
CLASSIC: The Rise and Fall of Local Scrip: Alternative Currencies of the Great Depression
Jul 11, 202639 min
The Kingdom of Callaway: That Time One Missouri County (Sort Of, Maybe) Became An Independent Nation
Jul 9, 202637 min
The Ridiculous History of Saturday Morning Cartoons, Part Two: The Fall of a Grift
Jul 7, 202645 min
CLASSIC: The Attack of the Japanese Balloon Bombs
Jul 4, 202634 min
The Ridiculous History of Saturday Morning Cartoons, Part One: A Golden Age
Jul 2, 202642 min
People Used to Do Very Weird Drugs, Part One: Broomsticks, Sailors and Vikings
Jun 30, 202642 min
CLASSIC: Marie Antoinette and the Diamond Necklace Hoax
Jun 27, 202644 min
Berserkers: Violent Viking Villains, Unverified
Jun 25, 202631 min
Did Knights Really Wear Suits of Armor?
Jun 23, 202637 min