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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September 15, 2024 Episode 325: The History of Sydney LIVE
In this week's episode, get across the history of the Australian city of Sydney, recorded live at the Factory Theatre in Sydney itself.

Here is a PDF of the slides used during the show: https://drive.google.com/file/d/19mUubwXufZeVjq9Z_uRnqF1kdBUDG3Jj/view
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1h 34min
September 13, 2024 Monuments Episode 37: The Brandenburg Gate
This week's monument is the Brandenburg Gate, one of Germany's most famous national icons and a monument that I have visited I don't know how many hundreds of times when I used to work in Berlin as a tour guide.
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20min
September 11, 2024 QAH Episode 75: Project Habakkuk
Quarter-Arsed History presents: Project Habakkuk, the time when - in all seriousness - the Allies tried to build a massive aircraft carrier out of ice.
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26min
September 08, 2024 Episode 324: The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
In this week's episode, hear the tale of the Battle of the Teutoberg Forest, and understand why it such a monumentally important event in human history.
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54min
September 06, 2024 Monuments Episode 36: The Grand Palace
This week's monument is the Grand Palace complex, found in the Thai capital of Bangkok, which has been the official residence of the Thai roayl family since the last 18th century.
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16min
September 04, 2024 QAH Episode 74: John Dee, Queen Elizabeth's Pet Wizard
Quarter-Arsed History presents: John Dee, the royal astronomer at Queen Elizabeth's court, whose longstanding interest in the mystical and the occult resulted in him... honestly, just listen to the episode, you really won't believe what ended up happening.
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24min
September 01, 2024 Episode 323: Elizabeth I, the Golden Age Queen
In this week's episode, meet Elizabeth I, one of the most famous and important monarchs in English and British history, whose legacy helped to build modern English culture, language, and politics.
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1h
August 30, 2024 Monuments Episode 35: Buckingham Palace
This week's monument is Buckingham Palace, the official residence of the British royal family and one of the most popular tourist attractions in the British capital of London.
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19min
August 28, 2024 QAH Episode 73: Emmerich Juettner, the Terrible Forger
Quarter-Arsed History presents: Emmerich Juettner, a forger who was both completely terrible at forging banknotes, but very good at not getting caught.
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20min
August 25, 2024 Episode 322: The Panama Canal
In this week's episode, hear the history of the construction of the Panama Canal, which links the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans across Central America.
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55min

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