Episodes

  • The Man Who Wrongly Thought He Could Fly

    The Man Who Wrongly Thought He Could Fly
    Jan 19 2026
    Franz Reichelt was an Austrian born tailor who became obsessed with the idea of creating a wearable parachute for pilots and aviators. This passion was only fueled by the many peers who doubted his invention and it ultimately led to a day of destiny at the Eiffel Tower in 1912.

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    Rob Fox
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    48 mins
  • Left Handers Are The Most Oppressed People In Human History

    Left Handers Are The Most Oppressed People In Human History
    Jan 12 2026
    Rob, a southpaw survivor of human society’s systemic left-handedness oppression, breaks down all the horrible ways basically every civilization throughout human history has demonized, ostracized, and genocided left-handers.

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    Rob Fox
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    Dan Regester
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    59 mins
  • The Last Viking

    The Last Viking
    Jan 5 2026
    Harald "Hardrada" Sigurdsson was a Viking mercenary in the Byzantine Varangian Guard and eventual King of Norway who threw his hat in the ring to conquer England in 1066. He lived an extraordinary life traveling far and wide participating in campaigns against Muslim Caliphates, Bulgarian rebels, and other Norsemen. Find out why he is often considered "The Last Viking."


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    Rob Fox
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • The Spy Who Shagged BP

    The Spy Who Shagged BP
    Dec 29 2025
    Moe Berg was a defense-first journeyman catcher for the Dodgers, White Sox, Indians, and Red Sox who faced the likes of Babe Ruth and Joe DiMaggio. He also had multiple Ivy League degrees and was such a trusted spy for the OSS during World War II that FDR personally sent him on missions. But above all, he was kind of a weird guy.

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    Rob Fox
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    Dan Regester
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • The Eggnog Riot

    The Eggnog Riot
    Dec 22 2025
    Jefferson Davis was a malcontent long before the American Civil War. The Eggnog Riot or Grog Mutiny was an 1826 drunken Christmas rebellion by dozens of cadets at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point including the future President of the Confederate State of America firmly in the midst of the party gone horribly wrong.

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    Rob Fox
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    Dan Regester
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    1 hr
  • The Worst Company Christmas Party in History

    The Worst Company Christmas Party in History
    Dec 15 2025
    Forget puking secretaries and handsy office creeps, BY FAR the worst company Christmas party in American history happened on Christmas Eve in Michigan in 1913 when a group of striking miners had their party tragically and violently ruined by strike breaking goons.

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    Rob Fox
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Flying Drunk At Pearl Harbor

    Flying Drunk At Pearl Harbor
    Dec 8 2025
    U.S. Army Air Corps pilots Kenneth Taylor and George Welch had a few days off in tropical paradise and decided to let loose at an officer Christmas party. They parlay that into an all night poker game before eventually getting to bed -- three sheets to the wind -- at around 7 am...December 7th, 1941.

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    Rob Fox
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    59 mins
  • Who Was The Best General Of All Time?

    Who Was The Best General Of All Time?
    Dec 4 2025
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    Rob Fox
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    1 hr and 9 mins