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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 47 episodes available.
May 10, 2022S2E18: The Dogs of WarIt's WWII time! Adam digs into a unit devoted entirely to making fake armies; Anthony talks about Finland's deadliest sniper.Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten. Producer: Adam Azra'el...more22minPlay
May 03, 2022S2E17: Doctor, You've Done It!Next stop: medicine! Anthony talks about a doctor who changed the world forever. Adam talks about one who didn't change the world at all. Warning: parts of this episode are *spectacularly* gross. Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el Producer: Adam Azra'el...more23minPlay
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
FAQs about The Lesser Stories:How many episodes does The Lesser Stories have?The podcast currently has 47 episodes available.