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Fellow historians. It's our last EVER episode. What a blast we've had. And we're going out with a ruddy big bang - our rudest episode yet (by far)!Sam kicks us off with a tour of medieval swearing, and how rudely named streets can be used to t
It's time to lean back and take stock(market), as we look at all things boom and bust.Tom kicks us off with a look at the Drunk Oil Trading Incident, and the Great Comic Book Bubble. Meanwhile Sam's been looking at Tulip Mania and the South Se
We got confused! It's medical procedures week, but Sam jumped the gun and did a man behaving badly. Doh.Tom kicks us off with a look at the early 20th century obsession with grafting bits of animal (or criminal) testicle onto the knackers of w
Choo choo, steaming in two months late, we're back!This week it's all about trains. Sam kicks us off with a look at the Australian 'Afghan' or 'Ghan' camel trains of the 19th century. Next, Tom's looking at the ancient Greek sort-of-railway,
Hi everyone, We've taken the decision to give ourselves a few weeks break from the podcast to reset and get ourselves sorted out. Sam's daughter has just started nursery so is perennially low-level ill, and his day job is going through a busy
Like carving a pumpkin at Halloween, sprouts at Christmas, and burning policemen in giant wicker cages, this week it's all about traditions!Sam kicks us off this week with a look at the not-as-nice-as-it-sounds Aztec tradition of the Flower Wa
Well we nearly didn't make this one (Tom's mic broke). But we survived and we're back with an episode all about feats of survival!Tom's up first this week, with the parallel tales of H.M. Stanley and Dr David Livingstone, whose lives collided
It's internet week (Beep beep, boop boop, modem screeching noises)!Sam starts us off with a look at project CyberSyn, a 1970s attempt by communist Chile to let a computer with a millionth the power of an iPhone run its entire economy.Next, To
It's been... A While. But we're back, tanned, and ready to go!This week it's all about Italy. Tom has been looking at operation Mincemeat, the allied attempts to thwart Axis intelligence in the lead up to the Italian campaign in WW2.Meanwhile
This episode was a patron exclusive, which we're releasing to the public as we're taking a short summer break. Want to join and get more than two dozen exclusive episodes? Find us at patreon.com/thatwasgenius. We'll be back in two weeks!Dow
I can see clearly now the pane has come. It's glass week!Sam kicks us off with a (tenuously connected to the theme) look at the Great Moon Hoax of 1835, in which a New York newspaper's series of increasingly bizarre articles about a moon civil
Edison and Tesla. Hunt and Louda. Tom and Sam. This week we're exploring rivalries!Apologies for Sam's iffy sound quality this week, not sure what happened there. Normal service will resume next week!Tom's up first with a bold and ambitious a
Maple syrup. Tim Hortons. Burning down the White House. This week we're celebrating all things Canadian!Sam kicks us off with a look at The Great Antonio - Montreal-based strongman, wrestler, and eccentric.Next, Tom's all over the Halifax Exp
Doctor Doctor, I feel like a history podcast!Well you're in luck, it's medicine week! Tom kicks us off with a look at the Ebers Papyri, a very, very long ancient Egyptian scroll full of bizarre and filthy cures for common ailments, with some r
Like an eel on a bobsleigh track, we're ploughing headfirst into a slippery situation this week!Sam's up first this week with a look at the cursed (but very successful) life of Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone and dodger of multiple near
Ooh Arr, it's farming week!Tom starts us off with a look at Fritz Haber, the German chemist who, on the one hand, revolutionised farming and fed the world. On the other hand, he also led Germany's chemical weapons programme in World War One. T
And we're off, on a look into some of the most bizarre races ever to have taken place.Sam starts off with a look at the 1907 Peking to Paris rally, and the trials of adventurer, conman and bacon-mechanic Charles Godard. Meanwhile, Tom's been
It's a comedy wild west gunfight this week, as we take ten paces and draw (yes, it's cartoons week)!Sam kicks us off with a look at the Illustrated Police News, the world's first tabloid newspaper which delighted audiences with graphic illustr
Oh go on, just one wafer thin episode... It's small things week!Tom starts off with the British bantams, the pint-sized soldiers who were small in size, but large in grit, number, and ability to start a fight in a town square.Next, Sam takes
100 ruddy episodes, we did it!To celebrate, we're taking a look at the number 100 in history, which is a surprisingly difficult topic, actually.Sam kicks us off with a look at Tsukumogami, the Japanese belief that household objects gain a sou
Oh I do like to be beside the seaside... We're celebrating all things aquatic today!Which basically means shipwrecks, sorry (not sorry, they are great). Sam starts us off with an honourable mention for the only ship ever sunk by a meteor, befo
It's coups week! Which was a lot harder to research and less funny than we were anticipating, to be honest. But we made it work!Tom kicks us off with the overthrow of King Wanda, who woke up one day drunk, shaved and living in a monastery. Bes
This isn't a democracy, you can't tell us what to do! Apart from the audience member who told us to do tyrants and despots, which is exactly what we've done this week.Sam starts us off this week with a look at The Zhengde Emperor - the mad Min
Boom! It's weapons week. And our first episode of 2021!Tom starts the year off with a bang, with a look at the first ever military submarine, the Turtle of 1776. He also gives an honorable mention to Dazzle camouflage - the idea you can mask a
What a year! And how better to say goodbye to it than reminding ourselves how things were crappy in the olden days, too.So, here we have our end of year quiz, with audience suggestions too (the questions were posted on our Facebook page and Pa
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