Rafiq Taylor
Garbled Twistory: A US History Podcast told through elections!
Garbled Twistory is a podcast that's primary objective is to humanize history, through humorizing history. It re-tells history in a way that places special emphasis on the most unusual elements and indiscriminately injects F.U.N by the bucketload! The first season's focus is US History: as told by all of its presidential elections and all of its presidential election candidates! There will be biographical episodes for every presidential candidate, episodes for every election, and episodes for the years in between them! Get Excited! Expect a new episode to pop up here every Sunday! You can list...
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Rafiq Taylor
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Oct 29, 2023
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Episodes
1806: Life is a Highway! 13.01.2019 6:31
For this cute little in-between-election episode, I need you to pack your bags! Cuz we're looking at the history behind the USA's FIRST! Federal National Highway! Become a Patron!
1805: Harmony with a Chance of Meatballs 06.01.2019 12:48
It's about a buncha culty German Christian weirdos named the Harmony Society who showed up in Pennsylvania with some radical ideas that are shockingly ahead of their time... An interesting case study of how the social ideas of today would (or would not) have a significant effect on how religious societies would have gone about their business. Gotta love in-between-election episodes! Become a Patr...
ELECTION #5! 30.12.2018 15:10
We are FINALLY at the 1804 ELECTION, and while it's looking like the most obvious outcome since daytime coming after nighttime, the circumstances leading to this total freakin' sweep are super fascinating! And yes, Yu-Gi-Oh is involved.
Thomas Jefferson: vs. The Ottoman Empire 23.12.2018 43:50
Yep. That title is the real deal. We're looking at the second and FINAL presidential candidate for 1804, and it's the reigning champ! So yes, this is a REBROADCAST with the wild, updated info at the 21:24 mark! Buckle your seatbelts, this story gets crazy! Become a Patron!
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney: Doesn't Stand a Chance 16.12.2018 18:29
We're looking at the first Prezzy Candidate for 1804! Since we've talked about this man before, it's a REBROADCAST with the updated info at the 14:45 mark! And trust me, there isn't a whole lot of updating to do here. The Federalist Party is in the doldrums.
George Clinton: Retired? SIKE!! 09.12.2018 22:05
We're looking at the final VICE presidential candidate for 1804! And guess what? Remember that guy who said he was gonna retire because of his arthritis? Yeah. Not happening. So this is a REBROADCAST of George Clinton's story. If you just want to see the new developments, you can find them at the 16:09 mark! Become a Patron!
Rufus King: Cool Dude, Cooler Wife 02.12.2018 11:47
We're looking at VP candidate #6 for the 1804 election while quietly acknowledging the fact he is both a Street Fighter and a Tekken character. And also admiring his wife. Because his wife was really really cool. Become a Patron!
John Breckinridge: Libraries Built on Blood 25.11.2018 37:14
We're looking at VP Candidate #5 for the 1804 election! This guy is your friendly neighborhood slaveowner librarian who regularly conspires with Thomas Jefferson and is a first in a long like of Breckinridges who probably just as conspiratorial and crafty as this guy right here!!! No big deal. Become a Patron!
Levi Lincoln: An Honestly Sassy Jean Manufacturer! 18.11.2018 11:51
This episode, we're looking at VP Candidate #4 and let me tell ya, this dude has got enough sass and savagery to spend on all of your jeans, not just his own, alright!? This one's gonna be wild! Become a Patron!
John Langdon: Harvester of Pigeons 11.11.2018 7:43
In this episode, we're looking at the third VP candidate for the 1804 election! John Claude Lang Don! I mean, he did lead a relatively normal rich founding father guy's life... But he does get into a wild slavery snafu! Become a Patron!
Gideon Granger: The Purest Mudblood! 04.11.2018 5:07
We're looking at our second vice prezzy wezzy candidate for 1804, Gideon Granger! Everything seems pretty normal about this guy to be honest... Well, except for the names of his family and his aliases and like... Why does it have to be the names? Whatever. Become a Patron!
William Maclay: Masamune's Right Eye 28.10.2018 6:56
We have just finished a set of nifty in-between-election episodes, and it's time for the election of 1804! Woo to the Who? William Maclay! But why this guy? He's not a presidential candidate, he's a Vice Principal candidate! What do you mean? Like I'm gonna let some piece of legislation reduce the number of episodes. Bah humbug! It's the same ticket anyways! Become a Patron!
1803: 530,000,000 ACRES OF LAND ON THE WALL! 21.10.2018 17:19
It's time for the final in-between-election episode in our post-1800 series! For the year of 1803, we're gonna go mainstream, cuz it's gonna be difficult to NOT talk about Napoleon giving away an entire third of the North American continent! I also give you the cheat codes as to where and how you will be able to unlock/create some epic bonus content!
1802: Bobby, we're sending you to military school. 14.10.2018 10:28
It is the second in-between election episode in the 1800 series! Yessiree! It's time to talk about the founding of the US Military Academy at West Point. And I'm telling you right now, it's a good candidate for "strangest educational facility in the country".
1801: Rich people are so very very strange... 07.10.2018 5:36
This is the first in-between election episode since the turn of the century!! So what's the scoop for 1801? Why, it's the first time someone in America built one of those crazy yacht things. So yeah it's a fun little human interest story... A cute little blurb about some stubby rich wannabe vigilante.
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