It's July 3rd, 2025 and Dawn can hardly contain herself as she invites the audience at Flappers Comedy Club to fall down the rabbit hole of history along with her, LIVE! She is joined in this HILF-ing by two special guests: comedian Lauren Harding, who get's down with King George III; and then by America's favorite step-mom Ryan Keeley who helps Dawn undress George Washington. 

JOIN US AT THE NEXT SHOW!

🎟️ HILF Public School - the live, interactive version of HILF: First Thursdays at Flappers Comedy Club - Burbank, CA

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LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) 

• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)
• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich Ancients
• Check out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!
• HILF is now on Patreon!
• Buy Me a Coffee
• Find your next favorite podcast on BIG COMEDY NETWORK.

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Theme song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins

Podcast art: Designed by Joe Dressel 

If you get into a heated conversation on any subject these days (and who isn’t?) it often ends with someone being called a “F*cking Marxist” or “Capitalist PIG".  Join Dawn and comedian, Mary Gallagher, to find out which one YOU might be... and if it's a bad thing. 

Mary Gallagher on Instagram

Mary's upcoming events

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🎟️ HILF Public School - the live, interactive version of HILF: First Thursdays at Flappers Comedy Club - Burbank, CA

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SILF's (Sources I'd Like to F*ck)

• Great Courses Lecture  - The World Was Never the Same: 36 Events That Changed History with Dr. J. Rufus Fears (Listen FOR FREE on Hoopla with your library card!)
• Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith
• Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx
• Love this stuff? You'll love Freakonomics.

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LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) 

• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)
• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich Ancients
• Check out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!
• HILF is now on Patreon!
• Buy Me a Coffee
• Find your next favorite podcast on BIG COMEDY NETWORK.

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WANNA TALK? 

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Theme song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins

Podcast art: Designed by Joe Dressel 

Billy the Kid - like Black Beard and Al Capone - is one of those real historical characters whose life was so colorful and dramatic that the facts sound like fiction.  Dawn is joined by actress and comedian, Kerstin Porter, for a ride with one of the most famous figures of the old west. Get to know William H Bonney, aka: William Antrim, aka: Henry McCarty who would forever be remembered as Billy the Kid. 

KERSTIN PORTER on Instagram:

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SILF's (Sources I'd Like to F*ck)

• Book - The Authentic Life of Billy the Kid (1882) by Pat Garrett
• Doc - (With my favorite nerd, Jerry Skinner) Billy The Kid - Youtube 40 min. 
• Do you think Bushy Bill Roberts was the real Billy the Kid? This site does. 

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LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) 

• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)
• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich Ancients
• Check out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!
• HILF is now on Patreon!
• Buy Me a Coffee
• Find your next favorite podcast on BIG COMEDY NETWORK.

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WANNA TALK? 

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Theme song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins

Podcast art: Designed by Joe Dressel 

Hear the story of the so-called Scopes Money Trial from 1925, during which Americans debated if evolution should be taught in schools... a debate that continues now, 100 years later. Dawn also answers some of Ryan’s questions which run the gamut from her personal faith to pop-star divas. 

🎧 HILF EP86 - Religion in America with Ryan Ripple 

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In Los Angeles? Join Dawn LIVE for HILF Public School - 1st Thursdays of the month at Flappers Comedy Club in Burbank.

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SILF's (Sources I'd Like to F*ck)

• Book - AMERICA'S RELIGIOUS HISTORY Faith, Politics, and the Shaping of a Nation by Thomas S. Kidd
• Book - THE GREAT AWAKENING: A History of the Revival of Religion in the time of Edwards and Whitefiled  by Joseph Tracy
• Read more about The Dark Day from 1780
• PBS American Experience - The Amish in America
• One person's perspective from inside The Prosperity Gospel of today.

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LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) 

• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)
• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich Ancients
• Check out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!
• HILF is now on Patreon!
• Buy Me a Coffee
• Find your next favorite podcast on BIG COMEDY NETWORK.

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WANNA TALK? 

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Theme song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins

Podcast art: Designed by Joe Dressel 

Dawn and bestie, Ryan Ripple, take on the easy, non-controversial subject of Protestant Christianity in America. 

As your history books have told you, the earliest colonial settlers came seeking religious freedom, what few discuss is why these denominations were considered 'fringe' back in Europe. Walk with Dawn and Ryan down the holy road from the Shakers of the Revolutionary War, to the Prosperity Gospel of MAGA - and find yourself falling in love with Amish all over again. 

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SILF's (Sources I'd Like to F*ck)

• Book - AMERICA'S RELIGIOUS HISTORY Faith, Politics, and the Shaping of a Nation by Thomas S. Kidd
• Book - THE GREAT AWAKENING: A History of the Revival of Religion in the time of Edwards and Whitefiled  by Joseph Tracy
• Read more about The Dark Day from 1780
• PBS American Experience - The Amish in America
• One person's perspective from inside The Prosperity Gospel of today.

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LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) 

• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)
• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich Ancients
• Check out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!
• HILF is now on Patreon!
• Buy Me a Coffee
• Find your next favorite podcast on BIG COMEDY NETWORK.

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WANNA TALK? 

Find us on Instagram or email us [email protected]

Theme song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins

Podcast art: Designed by Joe Dressel 

"...education is in trouble, but they can't defund me - I work for beer!" - Dawn Brodey

The first Thursday of every month, fans of comedy and history unite at Flappers Comedy Club in Burbank, California whence we drink, laugh and learn stuff in the class you always wished you had!

This episode was recorded live on Thursday, June 5th, 2025 and includes a full 10 minute stand-up comedy set by comedian/historian, Jason Horton - after which he and I HILF Alcatraz.

Then you’ll meet the endlessly lovable, LA Radio and TV Personality - Chuey Martinez. He and Dawn have a blast HILF-ing the Menendez Brothers and Lizzie Borden in a HILF that truly kills…

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SILF's (Sources I'd Like to F*ck)

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LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) 

• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)
• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich Ancients
• Check out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!
• HILF is now on Patreon!
• Buy Me a Coffee
• Find your next favorite podcast on BIG COMEDY NETWORK.

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WANNA TALK? 

Find us on Instagram or email us [email protected]

Theme song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins

Podcast art: Designed by Joe Dressel 

In Part One of the Manson Family Murders, you went through the law-and-order portion of the history. Now settle in for some of Dawn's favorite mysteries, conspiracies and so much more.

🔔 This is the last episode before HILF Summer Break! Watch social media for updates and events throughout June/July and look forward to the next NEW EPISODE to come out August 6th.         

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SILF's (Sources I'd Like to F*ck)

• Book - Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi
• Book - Choas by Tom O'Neill
• Netflix Doc on book, Choas by Tom O'Neill
• YOUTUBE - Leslie Van Houten Interview
• YOUTUBE - Patricial Krenwinkel Interview
• YOUTUBE - Tex Watson and his spiritual journey while incarcerated.
• YOUTUBE - Susan Atkins Interview (1980's Australia 60 Minutes)
• YOUTUBE - Diane Sawyer Interview with multiple members of the family. (1994)

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LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) 

• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)
• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich Ancients
• Check out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!
• HILF is now on Patreon!
• Buy Me a Coffee
• Find your next favorite podcast on BIG COMEDY NETWORK.

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WANNA TALK? 

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Theme song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins

Podcast art: Designed by Joe Dressel 

Dawn is joined by her sister, Lisa; and niece, Ellie for the HILF-ing of Los Angeles’s most famous true-crime tragedy. Hear about Charles Manson and how the world learned about his sinister cult.

As Dawn is a resident of LA, you'll ride shot-gun briefly as they leave the studio and visit a crime scene in order to better understand this dark page from LA’s past.   Buckle up!

SILF's (Sources I'd Like to F*ck)

• Book - Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi
• Book - Choas by Tom O'Neill
• Netflix Doc on book, Choas by Tom O'Neill
• YOUTUBE - Leslie Van Houten Interview
• YOUTUBE - Patricial Krenwinkel Interview
• YOUTUBE - Tex Watson and his spiritual journey while incarcerated.
• YOUTUBE - Susan Atkins Interview (1980's Australia 60 Minutes)
• YOUTUBE - Diane Sawyer Interview with multiple members of the family. (1994)

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LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) 

• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)
• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich Ancients
• Check out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!
• HILF is now on Patreon!
• Buy Me a Coffee
• Find your next favorite podcast on BIG COMEDY NETWORK.

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WANNA TALK? 

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Theme song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins

Podcast art: Designed by Joe Dressel 

Hear the story of Rosemary Kennedy, sister to John F Kennedy, who goes from being the media-darling of a royal ball, to the the victim of a botched lobotomy at the age of 23. 

To thank for this sad and fascinating HILF is Molly McAleer who is a comedy writer, and behind the mic of a few hit podcasts including Trend Lightly, and Mother May I Sleep With - which is devoted to Lifetime movies!

Catch Molly's LIVE SHOW Friends Only Live! (June 25th, 2025 - BOSTON) 

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SILF's (Sources I'd Like to F*ck)

• Book - The Hidden Kennedy Daughter by Kate Clifford Larson (2016)
• Lecture - The Hidden Kennedy Daughter author, Kate Clifford Larson at George Washington University
• Film - The Lobotomist
• More Video about Dr. Watts, Lobotomist. 
• Watch news reel about Rosemary's appearance at the English Royal Court.

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LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) 

• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)
• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich Ancients
• Check out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!
• HILF is now on Patreon!
• Buy Me a Coffee
• Find your next favorite podcast on BIG COMEDY NETWORK.

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WANNA TALK? 

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Theme song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins

Welcome back! When last we met Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and their Corps of Discovery, our heroes had navigated over 2,000 miles. Up and down rivers, across the Continental Divide, and all way to the Northern Pacific Coast. They saw a dead whale, it was nuts. 

In the conclusion, learn why those who first saw present-day Yellowstone Park thought it was literal hell on earth; hear how Sacegewea’s son finds himself in the royal court of Germany; and so much more!

Along with Dawn on this historic journey, is comedian Alex Malt, whose first comedy album debuts this summer! 

Find Alex on Instagram!

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SILF's (Sources I'd Like to F*ck)

• Book - Lewis & Clark: An American Journey by Daniel B. Thorp.
• Journals of the Lewis & Clark Expedition - Amazing online educational resource.
• Project Gutenberg - The Journals of Lewis & Clark

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LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) 

• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)
• See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich Ancients
• Check out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!
• HILF is now on Patreon!
• Buy Me a Coffee
• Find your next favorite podcast on BIG COMEDY NETWORK.

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WANNA TALK? 

Find us on Instagram or email us [email protected]

Theme song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins

HILF artwork by Joe Dressel.