History Go Time!

The 1904 St Louis Olympic Marathon: 32 people started the race, only 14 finished. And the guy in the thumbnail is running in a chopped-down business suit and a beret. You'd like to know more, wouldn't you?

Has the hysteria calmed down yet? I hope so. Here's 90 minutes of why Queen Elizabeth II was not a good person. Not in the slightest. I can't wait for the comment section on this one.

It's well past time we took a torch to this throne of lies. Why (almost) everything you ever knew about diamonds is a lie told as a part of the greatest con ever perpetrated.

In which I make a very extended case for why imperial measurements are stupid, why metric is objectively better, we go into the surprisingly fascinating history of paper sizes, and I explain why every eagle you've ever listened to has lied to you.

Featuring 6-10, in no particular order, on the arbitrary top-ten list of women who don't get as much attention as they deserve. We've got the greatest pirate you've never heard of, Civil War James Bond, a horny monarch, an overrated general, and one person who - if not for gender stereotypes - would have made Mars colonies possible by now.

This is a rebroadcast of a show from 2020 (with some additional commentary) explaining the origins of the phrase Vae Victis - woe to the vanquished. Coincidentally, Damo is also doing a live show at the Sydney Comedy Festival also called Vae Victis, so if you're wondering why it might behove you to give this a listen. 

(If you're looking for tickets to the live show head to Ticketek or sydneycomedyfest.com)

This show is all about the 51% of history that deserves a bit more attention. We're going to be looking at some of the perhaps lesser-known women in history who were utterly awesome. And let's all pretend that it actually came out during Women In History Month. “I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.” ~Douglas Adams

In a new segment for HGT we explore current events and try and get to the bottom of the Russo-Ukraine conflict. If you've asked why, where, what, or huh this is the show for you.

We've all done it. You try to fix a broken toaster with a radioactive isotope next thing you know you're hurtling backwards through time. Well, this doesn't have to ruin your day. In fact, there are a number of ways you can leverage your unique situation for fun and profit. Let Damo provide you with a friendly guide to becoming the most important person in history.

It's the classic question, isn't it? If you had a time machine, would you go back and kill Hitler? In this show we explore why that hypothetical isn't as clear cut as it might sound, we learn just how crazy Hitler was and why whatever you thought was way shy of the mark, and we take a sidebar to introduce people to the bizarre lunatic that was bestselling author Karl May.