Ridiculous History

883 Episodes

1. The Puzzler, Part One: The Crossword Moral Panic

   Published: 12/19/2023
2. Christmas Has A Dark Side: The Krampus Episode

   Published: 12/14/2023
3. A House Divided: Various Times Congress Tried to Beat the Snot Out of Each Other

   Published: 12/12/2023
4. Scientists Who Were Horrifically Persecuted, Part Two: Alan Turing

   Published: 12/7/2023
5. Serious Diseases with Seriously Funny Names, Part Two: Rickets, Brain Fever, and Maple Syrup

   Published: 12/5/2023
6. Serious Diseases with Seriously Funny Names, Part One: Dropsy

   Published: 11/30/2023
7. Oh Man, James Joyce was a Dirty Dude!

   Published: 11/28/2023
8. What's the Deal with Turkey on Thanksgiving?

   Published: 11/23/2023
9. Tammany Hall: America's Early Puppet Masters

   Published: 11/21/2023
10. The Hoover Dam is Ridiculous, Part Two: The Audacity!

    Published: 11/16/2023
11. The Hoover Dam is Ridiculous, Part One: Man Versus Nature

    Published: 11/14/2023
12. CLASSIC: Waging War With Hallucinogenic Honey

    Published: 11/9/2023
13. CLASSIC: Ben Franklin Tried To Reinvent the Alphabet

    Published: 11/7/2023
14. CLASSIC: When the Puritans Canceled Christmas

    Published: 11/2/2023
15. How Did Trick-Or-Treating Become a Thing?

    Published: 10/31/2023
16. The Tangled History of Topiary, Part Two: That Shrub Is Looking at Me Funny

    Published: 10/26/2023
17. The Tangled History of Topiary, Part One: The Ancient Art of Fancy Plants

    Published: 10/24/2023
18. Scientists Who Were Horrifically Persecuted, Part One

    Published: 10/20/2023
19. The Crappy, Commodious History of Toilets

    Published: 10/17/2023
20. Aaron Burr, Part Two: The Fall of a Guy Nobody Liked

    Published: 10/12/2023