Ridiculous History

867 Episodes

1. That Time Japan Absolutely Rinsed Russia, Part One: The Race For Manchuria

   Published: 2/11/2025
2. CLASSIC: Kidnapping, Binge Drinking and Costumes: Voter Fraud in the 1800s

   Published: 2/8/2025
3. Victorians Got Super Weird With Flirting, Part Two: Courtship and Calling Cards

   Published: 2/6/2025
4. Victorians Got Super Weird With Flirting, Part One: "Fan Fiction"

   Published: 2/4/2025
5. Why did people hate the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge?

   Published: 2/1/2025
6. First Ladies Who Weren't Wives, Part One: The Niece Will Have To Do

   Published: 1/30/2025
7. Some of History's Funniest Honorifics, Part One: The Babymaker, the Debauchee, and More

   Published: 1/28/2025
8. IP, Part Two: The Baffling World of Trademarks

   Published: 1/23/2025
9. A Ton of Inventors Died Due To Their Own Inventions, Chapter Two: Li Si and the Five Pains

   Published: 1/22/2025
10. CLASSIC: The 1904 Racist Summer Olympic Games in St. Louis

    Published: 1/18/2025
11. The Ridiculously Ambitious History of the World's Fair, Part Two: Things Don't Always Work Out

    Published: 1/16/2025
12. The Ridiculously Ambitious History of the World's Fair, Part One: A Crazy Plan, and Crazy Success

    Published: 1/14/2025
13. CLASSIC: Why British Soccer Players Saluted the Nazis

    Published: 1/11/2025
14. How Dogs Went Domestic, Part Two: Yes, Dogs Know What You're Thinking

    Published: 1/9/2025
15. How Dogs Went Domestic, Part One: Classic Rom-Com

    Published: 1/7/2025
16. CLASSIC: Why don't Americans use bidets?

    Published: 1/4/2025
17. CLASSIC: The Earliest Recorded Mooning Killed Thousands

    Published: 1/2/2025
18. The Story of Claudette Colvin, with Nimene Wureh

    Published: 12/31/2024
19. CLASSIC: How did Fido become the default name for dogs?

    Published: 12/28/2024
20. Whatever Happened to Mac Tonight?

    Published: 12/26/2024