590 Episodes

  1. Inventions Episode 19: The Printing Press

    Published: 5/9/2025
  2. QAH Episode 109: The Cadaver Synod - Remastered

    Published: 5/7/2025
  3. Episode 358: History’s Weirdest Papal Conclaves

    Published: 5/4/2025
  4. Inventions Episode 18: The Mechanical Clock

    Published: 5/2/2025
  5. QAH Episode 108: The Defenestrations of Prague - Remastered

    Published: 4/30/2025
  6. Episode 357: The History of the Papal Conclave

    Published: 4/27/2025
  7. Inventions Episode 17: Eyeglasses

    Published: 4/25/2025
  8. QAH Episode 107: Lord Timothy Dexter, the Whacko Entrepreneur - Remastered

    Published: 4/23/2025
  9. Episode 356: A Guide to Australian Elections

    Published: 4/20/2025
  10. Inventions Episode 16: The Compass

    Published: 4/18/2025
  11. QAH Episode 106: Jeanne de Clisson, Lioness of Brittany - Remastered

    Published: 4/16/2025
  12. Episode 355: The Jacobite Risings and the Battle of Culloden

    Published: 4/13/2025
  13. Inventions Episode 15: Gunpowder

    Published: 4/11/2025
  14. QAH Episode 105: The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand - Remastered

    Published: 4/9/2025
  15. Episode 354: The Buried Treasure of William Kidd

    Published: 4/6/2025
  16. Inventions Episode 14: The Toothbrush

    Published: 4/4/2025
  17. QAH Episode 104: The War of the Oaken Bucket - Remastered

    Published: 4/2/2025
  18. Episode 353: The Historic Origins of Popular Sayings - Part 3, Nautical Edition

    Published: 3/30/2025
  19. Inventions Episode 13: Toilet Paper

    Published: 3/28/2025
  20. QAH Episode 103: The Affair of the Diamond Necklace - Remastered

    Published: 3/26/2025

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