Halfwit History

Send us Fan Mail Kiley takes a look at a time when women used radio for evil, in a rare trip for us back to WWII. Topic: Mildred Gillars and Rita Zucca's alias Axis Sally, the women who spread Nazi propaganda and fear over the airwaves of World War II.  Support the show ✨ Subscribe on Buzzsprout to get bonus episodes of Half-Pint History right in your RSS! ✨( https://www.halfwit-history.com...

Send us Fan Mail This week Jonathan teams up with a video terrorist to take down HBO, sort of... Topic: Captain Midnight, aka John R. MacDougall, hijacks HBO's broadcast satellite.  Support the show ✨ Subscribe on Buzzsprout to get bonus episodes of Half-Pint History right in your RSS! ✨( https://www.halfwit-history.com/308030/supporters/new ) Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman...

Send us Fan Mail This week Kiley flexes her history muscles with some bread, a guillotine, and a song in her heart. At least that's all Jonathan understands. Topic: Creation of the French National Anthem, The Marseillaise Local Forecast - Elevator Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ).  Support the show ✨ Subscribe on Buzzsprout to get bonus episodes of Half-Pint History right in your RSS! ✨( h...

Send us Fan Mail This week Jonathan travels far, far away, in search of the death star that kills dinosaurs every 26 million years, and will some day come for us! Topic: The Theory of the Dwarf Star Nemesis.  Support the show ✨ Subscribe on Buzzsprout to get bonus episodes of Half-Pint History right in your RSS! ✨( https://www.halfwit-history.com/308030/supporters/new ) Music: "Another Day&...

Send us Fan Mail This week Kiley takes a twisty trip up the Tower of London as she tries to uncover the mystery of two disappeared princes in a murder most royal. Topic: The Death of King Edward IV, and the disappearance of his sons.  Support the show ✨ Subscribe on Buzzsprout to get bonus episodes of Half-Pint History right in your RSS! ✨( https://www.halfwit-history.com/308030/supporters/new )...

Send us Fan Mail This week Jonathan takes the reigns and makes a much needed return trip Down Under, this time sans bad accent, and with more animals. Which is obviously the superior combo in every way. Topic: The Crocodile Hunter.  Support the show ✨ Subscribe on Buzzsprout to get bonus episodes of Half-Pint History right in your RSS! ✨( https://www.halfwit-history.com/308030/supporters/new ) M...

Send us Fan Mail This week Kiley learns a bit more about where we live when she discovers a forefather of women's bodily autonomy just down the road! Topic: John Rock and the Birth Control Pill.  Support the show ✨ Subscribe on Buzzsprout to get bonus episodes of Half-Pint History right in your RSS! ✨( https://www.halfwit-history.com/308030/supporters/new ) Music: "Another Day" by...

Send us Fan Mail This week Kiley misses the apocalypse and is invited to a sketchy after party, and Jonathan gets baptized in a punch bowl for his first delve into sports. Topics: The Stanley Cup, The Movement for the Restoration for the Ten Commandments of God Cult Mass Murder.   Podcast Spotlight: The History Cache .  Support the show ✨ Subscribe on Buzzsprout to get bonus episodes of Half-Pint...

Send us Fan Mail This week Kiley articulates an innovative toy turned role model, and Jonathan goes to a banquet with some barbarians... what can go wrong? Topics: Odoacer the First Barbarian King of Italy, The History of the Barbie Doll Podcast Spotlight: That Was Genius .  Support the show ✨ Subscribe on Buzzsprout to get bonus episodes of Half-Pint History right in your RSS! ✨( https://www.ha...

Send us Fan Mail This week Kiley raises up old letters about the founding of an important school, while Jonathan raises his thumb, much unlike a pile of bricks. Topics: The Founding of Perkins School for the Blind, The 42nd Anniversary of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.   Podcast Spotlight: Ransack History .  Support the show ✨ Subscribe on Buzzsprout to get bonus episodes...

Send us Fan Mail This week Kiley brings a special dictionary to scrabble night so she can use fake words, and Jonathan visits Dr. Bug, creator of the highest grossing entertainment franchise of all time. Topics: The Accidental Word Dord, Pokemon Day & Twitch Plays Pokemon.  Support the show ✨ Subscribe on Buzzsprout to get bonus episodes of Half-Pint History right in your RSS! ✨( https://www...

Send us Fan Mail This week Kiley tells the wisest riddles in history that were created by someone who likely didn't exist, while Jonathan gives instant tattoos to some pirates with a good old fashion BIFF! BAM!! KAPOW!!! Topics: The Queen of Sheba, The Phantom!  Support the show ✨ Subscribe on Buzzsprout to get bonus episodes of Half-Pint History right in your RSS! ✨( https://www.halfwit-hi...

Send us Fan Mail This week Kiley spills the beans on what really happens in Maine, while Jonathan discovers that people can be less human than the things we create. Topics: The Pork and Beans War, Rossum's Universal Robots.  Support the show ✨ Subscribe on Buzzsprout to get bonus episodes of Half-Pint History right in your RSS! ✨( https://www.halfwit-history.com/308030/supporters/new ) Musi...

Send us Fan Mail This week Kiley hears a rumor in St. Petersburg, while Jonathan bankrupts some corporate shills! Topics: Anna "Anastasia" Anderson, Monopoly / Anti-Monopoly / The Landlords Game.  Support the show ✨ Subscribe on Buzzsprout to get bonus episodes of Half-Pint History right in your RSS! ✨( https://www.halfwit-history.com/308030/supporters/new ) Music: "Another Day&qu...

Send us Fan Mail This week Kiley takes some dogs on a long cold run, and Jonathan does exactly the opposite and strolls through the dynasty of a very tropical monarchy. Topics: The Serum Run with Balto and Togo, Queen Regent Lili'uokalani of the Hawiian Kingdom.  Support the show ✨ Subscribe on Buzzsprout to get bonus episodes of Half-Pint History right in your RSS! ✨( https://www.halfwit-h...

Send us Fan Mail This week Kiley loses her head over a ghost who appears at court, and Jonathan rolls a natural one trying to contain his excitement for his topic, and our new project! Topics: The Greenbrier Ghost, Dungeons & Dragons, Halfwits & Failed Crits Halfwits & Failed Crits Theme: Crunk Knight Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com )  Support the show ✨ Subscribe on Buzzsprout to get...

Send us Fan Mail This week Kiley takes over the Byzantine Empire, by popular vote? Jonathan crawls into a chilly chamber and hopefully smart future people can reanimate him! Topics: Theodora III Queen of the Byzantine Empire, Dr. James Bedford First Cryonaut.  Support the show ✨ Subscribe on Buzzsprout to get bonus episodes of Half-Pint History right in your RSS! ✨( https://www.halfwit-history.c...

Send us Fan Mail This week Kiley tries to survive a wicked sticky mess, and Jonathan gets told he can't multiply. Topics: The Boston Molasses Flood, The Act Against Multipliers.  Support the show ✨ Subscribe on Buzzsprout to get bonus episodes of Half-Pint History right in your RSS! ✨( https://www.halfwit-history.com/308030/supporters/new ) Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman ....

Send us Fan Mail This week Kiley has done her waiting, 100 years of it, in France! Meanwhile, Jonathan has trust issues when it comes to how few pounds of cotton he'll have when the government collapses. Topics: Joan of Arc, Bitcoin.  Support the show ✨ Subscribe on Buzzsprout to get bonus episodes of Half-Pint History right in your RSS! ✨( https://www.halfwit-history.com/308030/supporters/...

Send us Fan Mail This week Kiley goes sings a carol from the trenches, and Jonathan goes fishing for living fossils. We also got new recording equipment! While also being more clear, this episode (and future episodes) will be louder to reflect the industry standard. Sorry if you don't read this before adjusting your volume! Topics: The Origins and History of Silent Night, The Discovery of the...

Send us Fan Mail This week Kiley talks about some spooky German librarians, and Jonathan meets a federal official desperately trying to profit from their title...wait...that's most of them... Topics: The First Impeachment of a US Senator, The Brothers Grimm.  Support the show ✨ Subscribe on Buzzsprout to get bonus episodes of Half-Pint History right in your RSS! ✨( https://www.halfwit-histo...

Send us Fan Mail This week Kiley starts keeping ten dimes in her pocket in case Jonathan ever gets kidnapped, and oops Jonathan gets kidnapped while peacefully sailing on a South American treasure ship! Topics: Sir Francis Drake's Circumnavigation of the Globe, The Kidnapping of Frank Sinatra Jr.  Support the show ✨ Subscribe on Buzzsprout to get bonus episodes of Half-Pint History right in...

Send us Fan Mail This week Kiley digs into a one sided war, and Jonathan walks the plank of a ghost ship! Topics: The Eureka Rebellion, The Ghost Ship Mary Celeste.  Support the show ✨ Subscribe on Buzzsprout to get bonus episodes of Half-Pint History right in your RSS! ✨( https://www.halfwit-history.com/308030/supporters/new ) Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezul...

Send us Fan Mail This week Kiley is thankful for some rebellious sisters, and Jonathan is thankful that he's not being dragged to the underworld. Happy Thanksgiving! Topics: The Mirabel Butterfly Sisters of the Dominican Republic, The First Exoplanet HD 209458 b Osiris the Dying Planet.  Support the show ✨ Subscribe on Buzzsprout to get bonus episodes of Half-Pint History right in your RSS!...

Send us Fan Mail This week Kiley burns the midnight oil for an unexpectedly long time, and Jonathan takes a walk with the living goddess of Yusmalos. Topics: The First Hanukkah, The Geat White Brotherhood.  Support the show ✨ Subscribe on Buzzsprout to get bonus episodes of Half-Pint History right in your RSS! ✨( https://www.halfwit-history.com/308030/supporters/new ) Music: "Another Day&qu...