Half-Arsed History

By Riley Knight

Welcome 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 histo

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July 07, 2024 Announcing: Half-Arsed History LIVE!
Half-Arsed History is taking to the stage this August, in Melbourne and Sydney! We'll have a great time getting across the histories of these two cities, and there's plenty of other stuff planned - Q&As, meet and greets, tour merch, a song or two, all sorts of things. Hope to see you there!

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6min
July 07, 2024 Episode 315: The Rosetta Stone
In this week's episode, discover the story of the Rosetta Stone, a series of 2,000-year-old texts written that became the key to our modern understanding of the Ancient Egyptian language.

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59min
July 05, 2024 Monuments Episode 27: Machu Picchu
This week's monument is Machu Picchu, a mountaintop citadel found in Peru, which served as an imperial retreat during the heyday of the Inca Empire.
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20min
July 03, 2024 QAH Episode 65: Edward Dando, the Oyster Thief
Quarter-Arsed History presents: Edward Dando, a bloke who became infamous in 1830s London for eating vast quantities of oysters, without ever paying for them.
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17min
June 30, 2024 Episode 314: Frederic Chopin, the Virtuosic Pianist
In this week's episode, meet Frédéric Chopin, one of the most famous and celebrated composers and pianists of the Romantic Era, and learn about his life, work, and relationships.
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49min
June 28, 2024 Monuments Episode 26: The Forbidden City
This week's monument is the Forbidden City, a huge palace complex in central Beijing, China, which served as the imperial seat of government for over 500 years.
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19min
June 26, 2024 QAH Episode 64: The Ball of the Burning Men
Quarter-Arsed History presents: the Ball of the Burning Men, a wedding celebration at which the reigning French king, Charles the Mad, was almost burnt to a crisp.
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17min
June 23, 2024 Episode 313: Alan Turing and the Enigma Machine
In this week's episode, learn the incredible story of Alan Turing - a man who not only laid the foundations of modern computer science, but also had an immense impact on the Second World War due to his work in deciphering the Enigma code.
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1h 5min
June 21, 2024 Monuments Episode 25: Kinkaku-ji
This week's monument is Kinkaku-ji, also known as Rokuon-ji, a Buddhist temple in the Japanese city of Kyoto, famous for the fact that much of its exterior is completely covered in gold.
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16min
June 19, 2024 QAH Episode 63: Mark Thatcher and the Paris-Dakar Rally
Quarter-Arsed History presents: the time Mark Thatcher, the son of a sitting UK prime minister, decided he wanted to be a racecar driver and got stranded in the middle of the Sahara Desert.
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23min

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