Ridiculous History
A podcast by iHeartPodcasts
895 Episodes
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Hong Xiuquan: The Younger Brother of Jesus Christ Who Led a Bloody Rebellion in China
Published: 4/11/2019 -
How Big Bill Speakman Fought Off North Korea With Beer Bottles
Published: 4/9/2019 -
Teddy Roosevelt May Just Have Saved Modern (American) Football
Published: 4/4/2019 -
Prohibition, Prescriptions and the Rise of 'Medicinal' Booze
Published: 4/2/2019 -
Did Robert E. Lee hate Confederate Memorials?
Published: 3/28/2019 -
California Schoolchildren and the Great Squirrel War
Published: 3/26/2019 -
When West Virginia Begged the USSR for Foreign Aid
Published: 3/21/2019 -
Idiomatic for the People II, Part 2
Published: 3/19/2019 -
Idiomatic for the People II, Part 1
Published: 3/14/2019 -
The Statue of Liberty Almost Lived in Egypt
Published: 3/12/2019 -
Agent Garbo: The Strange Tale of the Man Who Saved D-Day
Published: 3/7/2019 -
The War of the Stray Dog: How Far Would You Go For Your Pet?
Published: 3/5/2019 -
The Tragic Origin Story of Morse Code
Published: 2/28/2019 -
Operation Gunnerside: How a Crew of Military Skiers Ruined the Nazi Bomb
Published: 2/26/2019 -
How far did Isaac Newton go to hunt down forgers?
Published: 2/21/2019 -
How Admiral Horatio Nelson Ended Up Dead in a Barrel of Brandy
Published: 2/19/2019 -
English Men Used to Sell Their Wives
Published: 2/14/2019 -
How Louisiana Almost Became a Hippo Ranching Hub
Published: 2/12/2019 -
The Weird Life of George Washington, Part 2
Published: 2/8/2019 -
The Weird Life of George Washington, Part 1
Published: 2/5/2019
History is beautiful, brutal and, often, ridiculous. Join Ben Bowlin and Noel Brown as they dive into some of the weirdest stories from across the span of human civilization in Ridiculous History, a podcast by iHeartRadio.