The Mysterious Historian Podcast

The Mysterious Historian sits down with Mr. Clarence Mills to discuss The History of Baseball! Starring: Colleen Smith Special Guest: Hal Rudnick Music by: Ian Smith

The Mysterious Historian sits down with Prof. Gregory Staph to discuss the History of Brass Instruments. Fake historians, real history! Starring: Colleen Smith Special Guest: Tom Lenk Music by: Ian Smith

The Mysterious Historian sits down with Mr Alfie Bowman to discuss the History of Soccer Fake historians, real history! Starring: Colleen Smith Special Guest: Andrew Friedman Music by: Ian Smith

The Mysterious Historian sits down with Prof. Irina Reveskya to discuss Halloween! Starring: Colleen Smith Special Guest: Peggy Etra Music by: Ianscreams

The Mysterious Historian sits down with Dr. Gavin Phelps to discuss the history of puppetry! Starring: Colleen Smith Special Guest: Grant Baciocco Music by: Ian Smith Fake Historians! Real History!

The Mysterious Historian sits down with Dr. Rogelio "Hot Rod" Hernandez to discuss Professional Wrestling! Starring: Colleen Smith Special Guest: Ithamar Enriquez Music by: Ian Smith Fake Historians! Real History!

The Mysterious Historian sits down with Journalist Shame Albert to discuss Prince and Barbara Streisand! Starring: Colleen Smith Special Guest: Jordan Black Music by: Ian Smith Fake Historians! Real History!

The Mysterious Historian sits down with Prof. Loretta Bones-Cornbush to discuss the Plastic Surgery! Starring: Colleen Smith Special Guest: Margee Magee Music by: Ian Smith Fake Historians! Real History!

The Mysterious Historian sits down with Prof. Lyman J Logan to discuss the history of US Presidents. Real history! Fake Historians! In this mostly true, entirely improvised podcast! Starring: Colleen Smith With Special Guest: Kevin Berntson Music by Ian Smith @theianscreams on TikTok

The Mysterious Historian sits down with Dr. Buddy Corman to discuss the Oscars! Starring: Colleen Smith Special Guest: Mitch Silpa Music by: Ian Smith Fake Historians! Real History!

The Mysterious Historian sits down with Prof. Margaret Andrew Higgenbothem to discuss Medieval Times! Starring: Colleen Smith Special Guest: Dana Powell Music by: Ianscreams

The Mysterious Historian and her friends discuss what time period they'd like to live in.

The Mysterious Historian asks her two friends Dr. Jean Stripe and Prof. Peppercorn Pockets who they would kill if they could go back in time.

Won't you be our neighbor... in our second quarantine episode? This month's guests discuss the people who live around them and make their lives... better? Worse? Or at least, more interesting. Special Guests: Nicol Paone Derek Ringold Alex Stein

Hello, and welcome to the Apocalypse! How is your quarantine going? Do you see light at the end of the tunnel? This month's guests discuss the ways they are coping/thriving/unraveling in these unique (or not unique?) times. Special Guests: Patrick Bristow Amanda Maddock Sam Pancake

This month we stripped down to basics and did another roundtable of themes. They're like our cheesecake episodes. Google Golden Girls and Cheesecake episodes if you don't understand the reference. Enjoy!

The first of all firsts! This month we traveled to San Francisco SketchFest and told the ultimate first times. Special Guests: Patty Guggenheim Oscar Nunez Bryan Safi

Africa is so huge you could fit 2 or 3 other continents inside of it. It's the origin of civilization and of mankind. It's ancient and new. And our guests have touched just the slightest bit of it. This month they tell the story of their first trip to Africa! And sorry, but no one blessed any rains. Special Guests: Kelly Ewing Roxana Ortega

When was the first time you kept your mouth shut? And when did you first let out a delicious secret? This month we discuss the shame, joy and confusion of the truth and all it's lies. Special Guest: Raymond Carr

For the first time, we're doing something for the second time. We've gathered the family around a bowl of random topics and a time limit. It's all over the place! (In a good way) Special Guests: T. Chick McClure Jennifer Smith

Stop thief! Have you ever broken the 8th commandment? What have you stolen? Money? Drugs? Hearts? This months guests confess their crimes. Special Guests: Jay Keith Van Straaten Julie Welch and Ian Smith

Calling all Florence Nightingales! This months episode focuses on the call to heal and care. Oh and maggots! Special Guests: Sherieda Black Brenda Dixon-Smith

Tis the season! Hark the herald! May the 4th be with you! This month's guests discuss holidays away from home, and the havoc they wrought. Special Guests: Margee Magee Jack Plotnick

Dating is the worst! But our guests still chose to brave the dangers. This month we cover all the horrors of searching for Mr. or Mrs. Right! Special Guests: Alex Enriquez Jeff Galante Kimrie Lewis

Calling all booze hounds! Listen up, you winos! Snap to, you functioning alcoholics! This month's episode is all about the sauce. Special Guests: Rachel Ramras Derek Ringold & T. Chick McClure

What was your first porn? Did you sneak a peek? Did you rub one out? This weeks episode is XXX, Hard-Core storytelling. Special Guests: Natasha Estrada Mick Morgana Ignis Sheila Traviss

Who lied to you first? Who made you a foolish fool of a fool? What was the grift, the scam, the con? This month's guests tell tales of the first time they were bamboozled. Special Guests: Katierose Donohue Ian Gary

This month we decided to keep it in the family with a round robin of random topics and wine! Special Guests: T Chick McClure Jennifer Smith

How crafty are you? What have you made, built, sewn, baked or birthed? This month's guests spill their DIY secrets. Special Guests: Tom Lenk Drew Massey Christine McConnell

Have you ever traveled with your parents? Was is a dream vacation or a series of horrors that you're still recovering from? This months guests tell the tales of their journeys with the ones that made em. Special Guests: Chris Farah Stephen Kearin Hal Rudnick

Happy Halloween! Mmwwhahaha! Welcome to an episode of horror! Our guests discuss their most memorable Halloweens and spooky encounters! Special Guests: Jordan Black "Cat crossing your path" Misty "Haunted Hilltop with the ghost of Marilyn" Monroe-Clark Patton "Pending on horror" Oswalt

What is your first movie? Did you see it in the theater? Did you make it? Did you make it AND see it in the theaters?! This months guests discuss the insides and outsides of the art called Cinema! Special Guests: Todd Berger Ethan Erwin Dana Powell

Have you ever left town for work? Did you need a visa, or a translation app or several vaccines? This months guests discuss the first time they worked away from home.

The great outdoors! When was the first time you communed with Mother Nature? This month's guests tell us harrowing and hilarious tales of the wild. Special Guests: Steven Cragg Mike Rose Ian Smith

School is back in session. We have tales from Boarding schools, Catholic schools, Military schools, Home schools and Cold War era Russian schools. We went all out for this deluxe episode. Special Guests: Tony Cavalero Katya Duft Brian Henson Danielle Morrow

Have you ever been lost? Physically? Emotionally? Physically and emotionally? How did you find your way back? Did you find your way back? This month's guests tell tales of when they got off track and how they made it home. Special Guests: Erica Blumfield Margee Magee Jonathan Tipton Meyer

Have you ever had a baby? Pushed life out between your legs and stared screaming into the void!? Well our guests have! We've got your miracle of life right here. Special Guests: Abby Cohen Michelle Noh Christen Sussin

Have you ever left the country? Did it involve drugs, knives, nudity, crime, cops, ambassadors, porn, vomit and weeping? Well our stories do. Take a listen to our tales of international intrigue. Special Guests: Eliot Schwartz Ian Bond-Smith Alex Staggs

Have you ever bought a house? You appraised and escrowed and mortgaged! Was it a dream house or a HELL HOUSE? This months guests talk about the first time they took that risk to be a part of the American Dream. Special Guests: Damon Jones Kate Frisbee

Happy New Year! So what do you despise? What crawls under your skin and festers and rots till you're filled with a boiling rage that threatens to consume you alive?!?! This months guests tell us the people and things that drive them insane. Special Guests: Diana Dinerman Stephen Guarino Mindy Sterling

Come on Champs! Get in the game! Do you love sports? Or do they make you break out in a cold sweat? This months guests discuss their physical aptitude and their love for the game. Special Guests: Bill Barretta Taran Killam Nicol Paone

Have you ever taken a huge risk? Have you ever made that huge leap of faith that changed your life? This months guests discuss the irresponsible, reckless and brave things they did that changed their lives. If only for a brief time. Special Guests: Charlotte Newhouse Jim Rash Lynne Stewart

Well aren't you the trickster! Playing games on people! You filthy prankster! Do you feel terrible for what you did? Or horribly alive? This months guests discuss the first prank they committed or were the victim of. Special Guests Jillian Bell Tessa Goss Michael Oosterom

When did you first feel sexual feelings? Who was that forbidden crush? What was your first dirty book? And why did it all feel so bad and sooooo good? This months guests talk about those moments in their lives when their hearts were racing and their loins were inflamed! Special Guests: Nicole Burch Navaris Darson Natasha Estrada

What is your relationship with boobs, breast, honkers? Do you love them or hate them? This months guests discuss their complicated relationship with their fun bags. Special Guests: Ally Loprete Chick McClure Allison Wolcott

Fatherhood! What does it mean to be a father? How do you take care of a tiny human life? Our dads tell the tales of biological, foster and adopted children. Special Guests: Jason Allen Andrew Friedman Mike Loprete

When did you first win? How did victory taste? Like a sweet delicious elixir of power and life? This month's guests do not have stories like that. But still they're all winners! Special Guests: Sarah Baker Bronston Jones Pete Zias

This month our guests open up about a very intense subject. It's hard to describe and so we won't. Special Guests: Poorna Jagannathan Amy Smallman-Winston

My First Time - Apartment Small by Mysterious Historian

Where was the first place you landed after you left your parents house? Was is everything you dreamed of? Or was it a horrible pit of loneliness and grief? Either way, Happy Housewarming! Special Guests: Michael Hitchcock Tom Lenk Paul F. Tompkins