Idiots Talk History

Idiots Talk History

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Idiots Talk History episodes

  • 15 The Spanish Civil War

    With Innes away (unreliable), Lorna pitches in with a report about the Spanish Civil War. There’s everything you’d expect from such a topic (Franco, bombings, brutality), but also some things you might not. Like a bar named Bad Joe's and a big question about eating lizards. 

    Matt also creates a new favourite segment: the Bad Blokes List.

    Twitter: @IdiotHistoryPod

    Individual Twitters: @MattSingleton17  @lornabarryy    @InnesJackson

    55 min
  • 14 The Bender Family

    When the mysterious family, The Benders, turned up in Labette County, things started to get strange, and people started to go missing. This week Matt tells their tale.

    We’re so professional none of us could nail the intro so we have to settle for Innes’ disastrous attempt. There’s also talk about the pitfalls of modern art (how sophisticated!) and we begin naming places in England that begin with L. For the second week running we found out some people just don’t know what a souvenir is. And we can promise you this, you’ve never heard a podcast that talks so much about tarpaulin.

    Hi to Carl from Jamaica, thanks for listening.

    Twitter: @IdiotHistoryPod

    Individual Twitters: @MattSingleton17  @lornabarryy    @InnesJackson

    52 min
  • 13 Burke and Hare

    Lorna has chosen a topic which apparently everyone already knows about except her! But the show must go on! So this week we delve into the grisly tale of the murdering, bodysnatching, all round bad guys who went by the names Burke and Hare.

    Also, get ready to learn all about the art of the dreadful souvenir. And the gang even have a few of their own stories too.

    Twitter: @IdiotHistoryPod

    Individual Twitters: @MattSingleton17  @lornabarryy    @InnesJackson

    55 min
  • 12 Ziryab - "Should be famous but he's not"

    This week we travel back to the 9th century with Innes, who talks us through the life and times of Ziryab. A man responsible for a ton of innovations that you know about today!

    There’s also a rant about the popular process of instagramming your meal, and Lorna adds being a gastronomical expert to her CV.
    Our big question is a cracker this week, and Matt absolutely bottles it.

    Twitter: @IdiotHistoryPod

    Individual Twitters: @MattSingleton17  @lornabarryy    @InnesJackson

    56 min
  • 12 Ziryab - “Should be famous but he’s not”

    This week we travel back to the 9th century with Innes, who talks us through the life and times of Ziryab. A man responsible for a ton of innovations that you know about today!
    There’s also a rant about the popular process of instagramming your meal, and Lorna adds being a gastronomical expert to her CV.
    Our big question is a cracker this week, and Matt absolutely bottles it.


    Twitter: @IdiotHistoryPod


    Individual Twitters: @MattSingleton17  @lornabarryy    @InnesJackson

    56 min
  • 11 Halloween Special: The Werewolf Trials

    Ooooooh. It’s almost Halloween and so Matt (trick or) treats the gang to a handful of spoooookkkky stories! He tells the terrifying tales of the Werewolf trials in 16th and 17th century Europe.

    It turns out Innes and Lorna are werewolves whilst Matt is a snitch who can’t pronounce the name Thiess for the life of him.
    Plus after the super-duper success of Innes’ musical talents, Matt tries to keep up and fails spectacularly with his own Werewolf inspired ukulele tune.

    Twitter: @IdiotHistoryPod

    Individual Twitters: @MattSingleton17  @lornabarryy    @InnesJackson

    1 hr 6 min
  • 10 Cheiro the Palmist

    This episode Lorna tells the story of the clairvoyant Cheiro who read the palms of many famous people. She also really struggles to pronounce Cheiro and about a dozen other words this episode which is really just super professional.

    Was he genuine or just a con man? You decide!
    Get ready for some great anecdotes too like Lorna meeting a real life fortune teller and Matt crying when he googled the year he was going to die!

    Twitter: @IdiotHistoryPod

    Individual Twitters: @MattSingleton17  @lornabarryy    @InnesJackson

    55 min
  • 9 Easter Island (& Live Performance by Innes!)

    It’s Innes’ turn this week and he delves into the mystery behind the Easter Island heads, armed with bad puns and quite a lot of actual facts for him! Why did they make giant heads? How did they move them? All these fascinating questions are answered in this very podcast!

    Also there’s a lot of talk about giant rats this episode which I guess is fun.
    We’ve got our new favourite segment too: The Big Question!
    Enjoy!

    It feels like I have to write disclaimers every week now. We don’t own any rights to the Night at the Museum video we used.

    Twitter: @IdiotHistoryPod

    Individual Twitters: @MattSingleton17  @lornabarryy    @InnesJackson

    53 min
  • 8 The Saboteurs of Vemork

    Matt reports this week on the fascinating story of the hero Leif Tronstad and a group of Norwegian saboteurs who took on Hitler. Our boy Matt struggles with the science side of the tale but we forgive him because it’s a history podcast after all!

    A phone call interrupted this episode, and we had to cut 10 minutes of fabulous gossiping out! If you can spot the cut we’ll send you a free box of Krave!
    And of course as always we round out the episode by asking the Big Question:
    Would we have coped in the freezing wilderness?
    Definitely not Matt. And Lorna’s optimism would’ve grated on Innes no doubt.

    Twitter: @IdiotHistoryPod

    Individual Twitters: @MattSingleton17  @lornabarryy    @InnesJackson

    52 min
  • 7 The New World and the Treaty of Tordesillas

    Lorna talks us through the discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus and the subsequent Papal Bull Inter caetera and the Treaty of Tordesillas. That’s a lot to get through in fifty minutes! As well as all that historical goodness for your bellies, we’ve got a couple of added treats for you:

    Matt makes the same (edit: unfunny) joke three times.
    We realise none of us quite understand Mexican food.
    And put simply, Lorna asks us to guess too many dates.

    Twitter: @IdiotHistoryPod

    Individual Twitters: @MattSingleton17  @lornabarryy    @InnesJackson

    52 min

About Idiots Talk History

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A weekly history based podcast where we discuss lesser known moments from the past, or shine a new light on famous events, in our own distinctive British way.