History Go Time!

In which we celebrate the fabulous holiday tradition of Krampus - the terrifying German hell-monster who comes on December 5th to drag naughty children to a twisted hell dimension of infinite pain in a festive Lament Configuration. Happy Holidays!

A brief history of the worst smell ever in the history of mankind (unless you count my dog). Also a dive into why "Dickensian" is "Dickensian", I run out of metaphors for bodily expulsion, and I subvert expectations by never once using the Ruben Rabasa "stinky!" soundbite.

He ruled the Russian land and never mind the CzarBut the kazachok he danced really wunderbarIn all affairs of state he was the man to pleaseBut he was real great when he had a girl to squeezeFor the queen he was no wheeler dealerThough she'd heard the things he'd doneShe believed he was a holy healerWho would heal her son

The people who support this show on Patreon, the real heroes, they get some really cool stuff. Like bonus shows full of ideas that might be considered too niche, like a brief history of paint. Which is a tale that contains way more proto-German mad scientists than you're probably expecting. 

The people of Patreon were generous enough and thought this show was interesting enough, to share with the rest of the world. Consider this to be a teaser, a taster, a 'first hit is free' trial run of the awesome stuff you have access to if you help keep the HGT lights on.

That's great it starts with an earthquake, spears shake, a hydroplane, and Mycenae is not okay. It's the end of the Bronze Age as we know it (and I feel fine)

The rule of threes applies here - this is the third of the Khan trilogy, and it is fittingly three hours of Mongol intrigue and interest, from Ogedai to Kublai. Plus we delve into some weird side tangents like the 1979 Eurovision song contest, Christian sectarianism, and why the Great Wall wasn't built to keep the rabbits out.

Genghis Khan declares "Mission Accomplished" in the Middle East and sends two of his greatest generals, Subutai and Jebe, off to Europe to introduce themselves. They accidentally almost conquer it, before they remember they're not supposed to. It's a cracking yarn, stay a while and listen.

You wanted it, you got it. This one's all about Genghis Khan. You'll go where he goes, defile what he defiles, eat who he eats.

Kick the tyres and light the fires, this one is all about the space race! Yuri Gagarin's adolescent Nazi hunt, plenty of accent work, and what Neil Armstrong didn't want you to know!

“The last capitalist we hang shall be the one who sold us the rope.” - Karl Marx.

Damo, in his role as public prosecutor, outlines his arguments as to why such a sentence is necessary in a detailed analysis of the (Dodd) frankly terrifying number of times Wall Street has broken the entire world. Cash Rules Everything Around Me, get the money, dolla dolla bill y'all.