594 Episodes

  1. Update: Growth, Ads, and More Content

    Published: 3/1/2023
  2. Episode 244: Fritz Haber, the Man Who Fed the World

    Published: 2/26/2023
  3. Episode 243: Mutiny on the Hermione

    Published: 2/19/2023
  4. Episode 242: The Race to the North Pole

    Published: 2/12/2023
  5. Episode 241: History's Weirdest Deaths - Part 3

    Published: 2/5/2023
  6. Episode 240: The Federation of Australia

    Published: 1/29/2023
  7. Episode 239: The Colonisation of Australia

    Published: 1/22/2023
  8. Episode 238: Hatshepsut, the Builder Queen

    Published: 1/15/2023
  9. Episode 237: The Funniest Art Heists in History - Part 1

    Published: 1/8/2023
  10. Episode 236: The Gregorian Calendar

    Published: 1/1/2023
  11. Episode 235: Frederick Douglass, the Voice of Abolitionism - Part 2

    Published: 12/25/2022
  12. Apologies for the Current Issues

    Published: 12/19/2022
  13. Episode 234: Frederick Douglass, Part 1

    Published: 12/18/2022
  14. Episode 233: The 1930 FIFA World Cup

    Published: 12/11/2022
  15. Episode 232: Tokugawa Ieyasu

    Published: 12/4/2022
  16. Episode 231: Toyotomi Hideyoshi

    Published: 11/27/2022
  17. Episode 230: Oda Nobunaga

    Published: 11/20/2022
  18. Episode 229: The World’s Smallest Nations

    Published: 11/13/2022
  19. Episode 228: Benedict Arnold

    Published: 11/6/2022
  20. Episode 227: Isabella I of Castile

    Published: 10/30/2022

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Half-Arsed History's first book, History's Strangest Deaths, is now available: https://www.booktopia.com.au/history-s-strangest-deaths-riley-knight/book/9781761472589.htmlWelcome along to Half-Arsed History! It's a weekly podcast highlighting absurd and entertaining stories from history. Three times a week, it helps host Riley Knight feel as though his useless history degree has some kind of real-world relevance.Get in touch: [email protected] the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/halfarsedhistorySubscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/halfarsedhistoryBuy Half-Arsed History merch: https://halfarsedhistory.theprintbar.comIf you've just discovered the show and aren't sure which of the 350+ episodes to start with, here are some suggestions:Episode 139: The History of the Toilet - https://sptfy.com/PK3J • https://apple.co/3Giftt3Episode 75: The Great Emu War - https://sptfy.com/PK3K • https://apple.co/4jKCvr7Episode 197: The History of Nuclear Weapons - https://sptfy.com/PK3L • https://apple.co/4jygYlcEpisode 233: The 1930 FIFA World Cup - https://sptfy.com/PK3M • https://apple.co/4iltL9PEpisode 106: The First Circumnavigation - https://sptfy.com/PK3N • https://apple.co/4jewsLjHalf-Arsed History acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the unceded Gubbi Gubbi (Kabi Kabi) Land on which the podcast is written and recorded, and pays respect to First Nations Elders past, present, and emerging. Indigenous sovereignty was never ceded. This continent always was, and always will be, Aboriginal Land. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.