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Ridiculous History
50 episodes available · plays inline · no app required
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The Kingdom of Callaway: That Time One Missouri County (Sort Of, Maybe) Became An Independent Nation
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The Ridiculous History of Saturday Morning Cartoons, Part Two: The Fall of a Grift
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CLASSIC: The Attack of the Japanese Balloon Bombs
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The Ridiculous History of Saturday Morning Cartoons, Part One: A Golden Age
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People Used to Do Very Weird Drugs, Part One: Broomsticks, Sailors and Vikings
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CLASSIC: Marie Antoinette and the Diamond Necklace Hoax
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Berserkers: Violent Viking Villains, Unverified
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Did Knights Really Wear Suits of Armor?
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CLASSIC: Nosy Boraha: The Pirate's Paradise (And Cemetery)
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The Outlaw Origins of NASCAR: From Moonshine to Racing
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The Real Johnny Appleseed was SUPER WEIRD (and Pretty Cool)
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CLASSIC: How the Black Death Came To Norway On A Ghost Ship
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Germans, Sausages and Dachshunds: Oh, My!
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The Ridiculous History of Atlanta's Street Names
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CLASSIC: Susanna Caroline Matilda: The Colonial Grifter Princess
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A Samurai Walks Into The White House
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What is SantaCon -- and Why Do So Many People Hate it?
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CLASSIC: History's Weirdest Flexes, Part Two
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CLASSIC: History's Weirdest Flexes, Part One
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The Bizarre Parable of New Coke, Chapter Two: A Rise. A Fall. A Conspiracy?
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CLASSIC: How Robert "The Fastest Knife In The West End" Liston Conducted A Surgery With A 300% Mortality Rate
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The Bizarre Parable of New Coke, Chapter One: Sweeter, Stranger, Strange
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"Resting Bicycle Face": Bikes and Women's Rights
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CLASSIC: How Oliver Cromwell Got Executed Several Years After His Death
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The Bizarre Life of Elvis, Part Two: Public Fame, Private Chaos
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The Bizarre Life of Elvis, Part One: From Poverty to Pop Stardom
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CLASSIC:Hong Xiuquan: The Younger Brother of Jesus Christ Who Led a Bloody Rebellion in China
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The Bizarre Saga of the Red Solo Cup
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The Day a Dalí Escaped From Prison
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CLASSIC: How Big Bill Speakman Fought Off North Korea With Beer Bottles
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A Ridiculous History of Potatoes, Part One: the Origin Story
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When Did We All Start Saying "Bulls*t"?
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CLASSIC: New Providence: That Time Pirates Had A Government
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The Ridiculous Truth About Pirates, Chapter Two: History's Most Successful Pirate Was A Woman
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The Ridiculous Truth About Pirates, Chapter One: The Caribbean
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CLASSIC: Teddy Roosevelt May Just Have Saved Modern (American) Football
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Eurovision, Chapter Two: Pop Music as Problematic Diplomacy
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Eurovision, Chapter One: A Ridiculous Origin Story -- and A Smash Success
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CLASSIC: Prohibition, Prescriptions and the Rise of 'Medicinal' Booze
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Fort Sauerkraut: North Dakota’s Strange, Ill-Planned Origin Story
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The Bizarre Tale of the 1909 Catnip Riot
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CLASSIC: Did Robert E. Lee hate Confederate Memorials?
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IQ Tests are (Kind of) Dumb
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Did Lead Lead to the Fall of the Roman Empire?
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CLASSIC: California Schoolchildren and the Great Squirrel War
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Don’t Be a Schmo Yo, Try a Yoyo!
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The Ridiculous Secret of "Supreme" Pizza
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CLASSIC: When West Virginia Begged the USSR for Foreign Aid
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Knitting as Espionage, Part Two: Legendary Spies -- and One Traitor
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Knitting as Espionage, Part One: Secrets in the Stitch
