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Responding to fifty genuine questions from the public, Greg Jenner takes you on an entertaining tour through history from the Stone Age to the Swinging Sixties, revealing the best and most surprising stories, facts and historical characters from the past. From ancient joke books, African empires and the invention of meringues, to mummies, mirrors and menstrual pads—Ask A Historian is a deliciously amusing and informative smorgasbord of historical curiosities.

Brother and sister in law Chris and Megan delve into history’s greatest mishaps, and try to figure out where it all went wrong, with varying degrees of success.Follow along if you’ve always been dying to know how a tree surgeon would have tackled life’s great tragedies, from Chernobyl to the Cuban missile crisis.No one is safePlease email any questions/recommendations or any inevitable corrections you have for the show!thebackseathistorians@gmail.com

A comedy podcast where Blair MacMillan and Carley Thorne attempt to be historians.For business inquiries, email us at uncarley@zigguratxyz.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to The Reluctant Historian, the podcast where I, a history teacher, try to show my husband that history IS actually pretty cool! Each week we sit down to talk about a different event in history. At the end, the reluctant historian gets to decide if history really is that boring. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

History as is it didn't necessarily happen. We've all heard those boring Today In History segments on the radio. We've read similar snippets in the paper and online. History can be hilarious. Tune in and have some fun with a satircal take on what happened on any particular day. Byron Fayette started his broadcasting career in 1994. He started his drinking career at the age of 8. His interest in history began even earlier. These days he wakes up early (usually in a ditch), finds his way home, and puts together five minutes of sometimes hilarious, often heartwarming, always hilarious insights ...

Comedian Shane Todd and author and director Hazel Hayes are on a mission to understand the colourful past of the island they call home. From the Bronze Age to Bono, Paganism to St. Patrick, every Tuesday they share a new tale from Ireland's history and have plenty of craic while they’re at it. So pull up a chair, pin back your ears, and get ready for an education in life on the Emerald Isle. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is a show for all the nerdy medical history people.Three modern emergency physicians and their show's "medical history intern" take a lighthearted, humorous quest through various stories in the history of medicine. Topics from ancient times to recent history, all related to important advancements, people, or discoveries in the history of medicine. New episodes every two weeks!

Join Britain’s Comedy Historian’s Gemma and Robert Ross, where they celebrate all things Comedy.

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Welcome to this shiny series about the power of history to help you understand the Strangeness of Now. Sure it may be disconcerting to find that you—and everyone else alive today—are a bunch of weirdos. But it's going to be okay; your host Doug Sofer is a doctor of history and has been trained to help people in situations exactly like yours.After all, he is a weirdo—just like you.