HILF: History I'd Like to F**k

By Dawn Brodey

Host, comedian Dawn Brodey, takes you through the annals of history with a special guest and history subject each episode. From Dillinger to Frankenstein, from The Crusades to Freak Shows - Dawn bring... more

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How many episodes does HILF: History I'd Like to F**k have?

The podcast currently has 108 episodes available.

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December 03, 2025HILF SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
2026 is going to be a big year for HILF! Find out what annals Dawn will be exploring next, and what it means for you!
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🎟️ Get tickets to 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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5min
November 26, 2025HILF 94.- The Rosetta Stone with Maggie Melby
Before it was a modern language-learning program, the Rosetta Stone was the ancient world’s ultimate decoder ring—a 2,200-year-old decree carved in stone that finally unlocked Egyptian hieroglyphics. Without it, your favorite stories and lives from ancient Egypt might’ve stayed silent forever! Join Dawn and guest, her sister-in-law Maggie, who is a former linguistics major and maker of fine martinis.
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🎟️ Get tickets to HILF Public School - the live, interactive version of HILF: First Thursdays at Flappers Comedy Club - Burbank, CA
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SILF's (Source's I'd Like to F*ck)
BOOK - The Riddle of Rosetta by Jed Z Buchwald and Diane Greco Josefowicz
BOOK - The Rosetta Stone by Omar Khalil
PODCAST - Short History, THE ROSETTA STONE, Dec. 5th, 2022
The British Museum
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.
...more
1h 9min
November 12, 2025HILF 93 - Catherine the Great, Part Two with Kelly Vrooman
Return with Dawn and guest, improvisor Kelly Vrooman, as they follow Catherine the Great from the dramatic coup that brought her power, through her rein as The Last Empress of Russia. Forbidden pregnancies, secret letters, and of course... that whole thing with the horse that allegedly fucked her death.
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✅ Listen to Catherine the Great, Part One
✅ Follow Kelly Vrooman on Instagram.
🎟️ Get tickets to HILF Public School - the live, interactive version of HILF: First Thursdays at Flappers Comedy Club - Burbank, CA
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SILF's (Source's I'd Like to F*ck)
BOOK - LAST EMPRESS OF RUSSIA by Michael W. Simmons (2016, 170 pages)
BOOK - CATHERINE THE GREAT, PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN by Robert K Massie (2012, 650+ pages)
MEMOIR - THE MEMOIR OF CATHERINE THE GREAT (Published posthumously, 1859. Contains works collected throughout her life, 1750 until her death in 1796)
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
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1h 26min
October 29, 2025HILF 92 - Catherine the Great with Kelly Vrooman
Join Dawn and the hilarious, Kelly Vrooman, as they saddle up with Catherine the Great. Hear how a young German girl in middle-nobility finds herself the Last Empress of Russia. You'll love the torrid story of Catherine's rise, you'll fall for at least one of her many lovers, and find out why she is well-remembered as one of the HILF-iest HILFs of all time.
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✅ Follow Kelly Vrooman on Instagram.
🎟️ Get tickets to HILF Public School - the live, interactive version of HILF: First Thursdays at Flappers Comedy Club - Burbank, CA
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SILF's (Source's I'd Like to F*ck)
BOOK - LAST EMPRESS OF RUSSIA by Michael W. Simmons (2016, 170 pages)
BOOK - CATHERINE THE GREAT, PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN by Robert K Massie (2012, 650+ pages)
MEMOIR - THE MEMOIR OF CATHERINE THE GREAT (Published posthumously, 1859. Contains works collected throughout her life, 1750 until her death in 1796)
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
...more
1h 15min
October 15, 2025HILF 91 - Frankenstein with Helen Shephard [ RE-RELEASE ]
Mary Shelley began writing her novel, Frankenstein, in 1816 when she was only 17 years old. Today it remains one of the most-assigned books of all time, finding it's way into classes ranging from Law to Scientific Ethics to Fashion to Politics. As a new film by Guillermo del Toro is set to debut on Netflix, re-join Dawn for the episode that started the podcast!
Guest, Helen Shephard, is a British TV Host, model and comedian, who has no recollection of ever reading the book - and only cursory memory of the early film versions. However, as the original recording took place right around Halloween, 2021 - she was intrigued by this ubiquitous monster and wanted to know the sexy story about his real origin.
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🎟️ Get tickets to HILF Public School - the live, interactive version of HILF: First Thursdays at Flappers Comedy Club - Burbank, CA
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SILF's (Source's I'd Like to F*ck)
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein [ Project Gutenberg ]
More about Guillermo del Toro's take on Frankenstein [ Debuts on Netflix, Nov 2025]
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
...more
1h 25min
October 01, 2025HILF 90 - The Black Dahlia Murder with Kaycee Conlee
On a chilly January morning in 1947, officers arrived to what they were told was "a broken mannequin" lying in a field. They discovered instead, the body of a woman cut completely in half at the waist. She lay naked and drained of blood, her two halves a foot apart, arms draped almost elegantly over her head.

Yikes, right?

Nearly 80 years later, the case remains both unforgotten and unsolved.

Join Dawn and guest, Kaycee Conlee, as they explore the crime scene and sort through the suspects.
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🎧 Hear Kaycee's podcast, Wife Support.
🎟️ Get tickets to HILF Public School - the live, interactive version of HILF: First Thursdays at Flappers Comedy Club - Burbank, CA
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SILF's (Source's I'd Like to F*ck)
48 Hour Documentary (2004)
Steve Hodel who is featured in the documentary above, wrote a book. The Black Dahlia Avenger (there are several editions).
Book - Black Dahlia, Red Rose by Piu Eatwell. This one covers both the corruption of the LAPD, and points to suspect Leslie Dillon.
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
...more
1h 24min
September 17, 2025HILF 89 - George Washington with Ryan Keeley [HILF Public School - RECORDED LIVE]
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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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
...more
1h 27min
September 03, 2025HILF 88 - Karl Marx VS Adam Smith with Mary Gallagher
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?
Find us on Instagram or email us [email protected]
Theme song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins
Podcast art: Designed by Joe Dressel
...more
1h 4min
August 20, 2025HILF 87 - Billy the Kid with Kerstin Porter
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?
Find us on Instagram or email us [email protected]
Theme song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins
Podcast art: Designed by Joe Dressel
...more
1h 29min
August 06, 2025BONE-US EP86 - Religion in America with Ryan Ripple
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?
Find us on Instagram or email us [email protected]
Theme song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins
Podcast art: Designed by Joe Dressel
...more
37min

FAQs about HILF: History I'd Like to F**k:

How many episodes does HILF: History I'd Like to F**k have?

The podcast currently has 108 episodes available.

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