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History's least-important bits....from the funny to the completely insane, and everything in between!Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony StatenProducer: Adam Azra'el... more
FAQs about The Lesser Stories:How many episodes does The Lesser Stories have?The podcast currently has 45 episodes available.
April 26, 2022S2E16: On The BorderAnthony unpacks how Michigan and Ohio both wanted Toledo (for some reason). Adam talks about Nicaragua and Honduras, and how the wrong color green in a stamp re-ignited a century-old border dispute. Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony StatenProducer: Adam Azra'el...more28minPlay
April 19, 2022S2E15: Under The SeaAdam, Anthony, and special guest Davey Jones (no, not really, don't be an idiot) discuss some stuff that happens where the sun don't shine. Mostly we mean at the bottom of the ocean, but in this case we also partly mean at the bottom of a person. Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten Producer: Adam Azra'el...more34minPlay
April 12, 2022S2E14: Two Headlines, One DayIf a tree falls in a forest but a BIGGER tree falls in a DIFFERENT forest, did the first tree even fall? Adam digs into the most important (and least-known) pharaoh ever discovered, and Anthony explores three deaths....two of which went totally unnoticed.Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony StatenProducer: Adam Azra'el...more23minPlay
April 05, 2022S2E13: Death Of A MonarchIt's not our last episode, but it was certainly theirs....Anthony closes the book on Charles The Bad, and Adam makes multiple attempts to kick Zog Of Albania's bucket. It's death, murder, mayhem, destruction....you know. Wholesome stuff. Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'elProducer: Adam Azra'el...more16minPlay
March 29, 2022S2E12: The Pen Is MightierCan a book save a cathedral from being demolished? Turns out....yeah. Do we have any idea what the Voynich Manuscript is? Turns out....no. Adam and Anthony sit down to very academically unpack two famous historical literary works.Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony StatenProducer: Adam Azra'el...more20minPlay
March 15, 2022S2E11: The Final Frontier, pt IIIIs it technically littering when a space station falls out of the sky and onto your town? Anthony thinks so. Meanwhile, Adam is busy unpacking the drama of The Corned Beef Sandwich Incident. Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el Producer: Adam Azra'el...more22minPlay
March 08, 2022S2E10: The Body PoliticAnthony talks about that one time that Ireland accidentally made drugs legal and same-sex marriage legally required. Adam digs into Honest Abe's dirty trick to win an election and end slavery in the United States....more19minPlay
March 01, 2022S2E9: Tiny Little WarsAnthony blows the dust off the Football War (4 days). Adam gets competitive and rolls out the Anglo-Zanzibar War (38 minutes). May history judge us all harshly. Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el Producer: Adam Azra'el...more24minPlay
February 22, 2022S2E8: Manmade DisastersPeople are the WORST, and the lads can prove it. Adam talks about a suspicious flood in Missouri in 1993; Anthony got the extra-hot gossip (on account of it's been on fire for 50 years) from the town of Centralia, Pennsylvania. Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten Producer: Adam Azra'el...more32minPlay
February 15, 2022S2E7: Popes, pt ISay three Hail Marys and get ready for some stories straight from the dude upstairs. Anthony talks about the death and subsequent troubles of Pope Formosus. Adam spills the beans on Pope John XII....and they're some spicy beans. If we're going to hell then we'll see at least one of these guys there. Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten Producer: Adam Azra'el...more27minPlay
FAQs about The Lesser Stories:How many episodes does The Lesser Stories have?The podcast currently has 45 episodes available.