The Randomly Generated History Club

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we cover the year 1952 and all it entails, including: Five Theremin John, forward-facing flutes, crab-walk warfare, Hollywood’s Bronze Era, my horse’s bucket’s bucket, running a little short on tritium, sandy ringworm, and the Age of Swedish Dressage Supremacy.  Topics Discussed: John Cage’s 4’33”, the Hydrogen Bomb, and Egypt’s Black Saturday.  Find us:  Patreon: p...

In this very special Christmas Episode the team get together to learn things about Christmas! We'll be back to our regularly scheduled progrmaming in the new year! Topics Discussed: All things Christmas! Find us:  Patreon: patreon.com/randomlyhistory Instagram: @RandomlyHistory Twitter: @RandomlyHistory Website: randomlygeneratedhistory.com   Or find the co-hosts on Twitter: Ant: @AntRan...

In this episode, we cover the year 1664 and all it entails, including: Tormenting teen girls, Earthbound concepts of physics, the biggest pickle of all, a cheeseboard of empires, curiously quiet badgers, Steamboat Mickey, nosey babies, and Gone With the Wind 2: The Breezening.  Topics Discussed: The Great Red Spot, the Battle of Saint Gotthard, and Molière. Find us:  Patreon: patreon.com...

In this episode, we cover the year 800 and all it entails, including: Irish Nines, Iconophiles for Prince, Sylvan Fox Hunt, Charles Pepinson, Carl the Multi-Fingered, the icons under my pillow, the Winchester Swithies, and 600 Maliciously Broken Eggs.  Topics Discussed: Irene of Athens, Charlemagne, and Saint Swithun. Find us:  Patreon: patreon.com/randomlyhistory Instagram: @RandomlyHis...

In this episode, we cover the year 1743 and all it entails, including: The War of the Soggy Socks, American Zeus, Vikings stealing all the hot people, wolf-proof graves, air baths, The Great Swan Ball, deep-fried Mars Bars and haddock, weak cotton boys, and the Dark Wizard Woldemar. Topics Discussed: Benjamin Franklin, the Russo-Swedish War, and the end of wolves in Scotland. Find us:  Patreo...

In this episode, we cover the year 1989 and all it entails, including: Bad ends for helicopter priests, the average of AC/DC and Meatloaf, fashion-forward aliens, biolocation techniques, the Hamburg Bousquettes, Maximum Leader, a guy who died in Swindon, and the Boy Mayor of St. Petersburg. Topics Discussed: The US Invasion of Panama, the Voronezh UFO Incident, and the Galapagos Affair. Find us:&n...

In this episode, we cover the year 1841 and all it entails, including: Peter Coupon, clean ledgers, quick-release cravats, the pungent smell of rat poison, the finest bird guy, Dr Phillip Buster, exotic travels through the midlands, the most benecked of birds, and absolutely no beef.  Topics Discussed: The Invention of the Filibuster, Thomas Cook, and John C. Colt. Find us:  Patreon: pat...

Welcome to Season 2! In this episode, we cover the year 32 BCE and all it entails, including: Big Blimp Day, the first test tube baby (Jesus), a good fish knife, whether or not Bukayo Saka is a Magical Iranian Nomad, Mesoamerican Planning Permission, Finnegan O’Shaka, and pleasing piles. Topic Discussed: Cleopatra, the Saka People, and the Mayans. Find us:  Patreon: patreon.com/randomlyhistor...

In this episode, we cover the year 1328 and all it entails, including: The Gabagool Dynasty, Arsenio II of France, Archibald the Grim, Yes Anding all Over the Place, the World’s First Academy Award, the Murder Limit, Milking the Well, Isabella Fuhgeddaboudit, and a She-Wolf in the Castle. Topic Discussed: Charles the Fair, Mansa Musa, and Archibald Douglas. Find us:  Patreon: patreon.com/rand...

In this episode, we cover the year 1712 and all it entails, including: The Other Ludwig von Beethoven, transitioning to evil, unburied treasure and powdered wig shenanigans. Topics Discussed: Beethoven's Grandfather, Blackbeard the Pirate and Sir Richard Steele. Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/randomlyhistory Find us: Instagram: @RandomlyHistory Twitter: @RandomlyHistory Website: randomlygenera...

In this episode, we’re joined by special guest Paul Bavill from the podcast History Rage! We cover the year 1942 and all it entails, including: Mary Peppercorn, torches of freedom, shit pigeons, Jamon Radio, a litre of Glaswegian wine, skybreaking achievements, and torpedo segues. Topics Discussed: Hedy Lamarr and George Antheil, Casablanca and Propaganda, Codename Garbo, and the Women Airforce Se...

In this episode, we cover the year 1995 and all it entails, including: prank calling the Queen, the Rugby Messiah, untouchable charisma bombs, the looming Red Menace, confusingly worded ballot initiatives, buying the Beanie Dip, and a soupçon of ethnic nationalism.  Topics Discussed: The Quebec Referendum, professionalising rugby, and Beanie Babies. Find us:  Patreon: patreon.com/randoml...

In this episode, we cover the year 1187 and all it entails, including: the first person to wear Crocs, tardy scarpering, yeasty knights, Taira Banks, the Chrysanthemum Cradle, dope sword quests, the Mongols of Tewkesbury, the uses of an untrained child, and Edward Norton’s Method Leprosy. Topics Discussed: Balian of Ibelin, the Delhi Sultanate, and the Genpei War. Find us:  Patreon: patreon.c...

In this episode, we cover the year 1519 and all it entails, including: Nando Mags, courtly boys, boat-related astronomy, 16th century pogs, fungus acid trips, Sheeple Disease, the Greatest Dane, Tutburgian accents, the Great Flamborough Gathering, and the Patron Saint of Oversleeping. Topics Discussed: Ferdinand Magellan, the Dancing Plague of 1518, and Sir Marmaduke Constable. Find us:  Patr...

In this episode, we cover the year 777 and all it entails, including: Boss Orcs, overly strict zoning ordinances, Turnipdown Hill, urban learning, historic Geralds, the Father of Small Change, Charlemagne the Time Traveler, and a truly unhinged AntRant™. Topics Discussed: Al-Mansur and the Founding of Baghdad, Hildegard of the Vinzgau, and the Establishment of Kremsmünster Abbey (and the Phantom T...

In this episode, we cover the year 1977 and all it entails, including: Unlicensed foot weirdos, the British Solar System, Pseudo-Elmos, Doc NOS, Lambert Dolphin's microwave, spelunking the gaping hole, nine-point-purge, the pilot who drew the short straw, and snakestronauts.  Topics Discussed: The New York City Blackout, the Treasure of Victorio Peak, and the Voyager Space Program. Find us:&n...

For the second week in a row, we've had a bit of a whoopsie: the audio for the 1977 episode didn't record properly, so -- with the consent of the RNG -- we've entered a time vortex and are releasing the next episode, which is the year 1686. To be fair, we never claimed to know what we were doing... In this episode, we cover the year 1686 and all it entails, including: Moustachioed babies, copper l...

In this episode, we cover... nothing, really! With apologies for the short notice, we're actually taking this week off. It's entirely Will's fault, so please direct your angry letters to him.  Ant and Anna did hop on a quick call (don't worry, Anna is not trapped at the bottom of a well, it just sounds like it) to share a few 1977 nuggets to tide you over, so if you're in the mood for some fa...

In this episode, we cover the year 10 BCE and all it entails, including: Fecund geniuses, pretty up-there rivers, two rifles and a Big Mac, paxfulness, Catch-XXII, the Oaky-Oaky Armour Walk, brother-horses, pre-geography, and the last days of disco in Rome.  Topics Discussed: Drusus, Herod Agrippa, and Strabo. Find us:  Patreon: patreon.com/randomlyhistory Instagram: @RandomlyHistory Twi...

In this episode, we cover the year 1430 and all it entails, including: Indiana Jones and the Treasure of the City of Ladies, Charles the Princely Dolphin, at least 23 Erics, unbuckled swashes, the Astrologer Royal, slightly uneven paving slabs, and John the In-Retrospect-Not-Quite-Fearful-Enough.  Topics Discussed: Philip the Good, Eric of Pomerania, and Christine de Pizan. Find us:  Pat...

In this episode, we cover the year 1917 and all it entails, including: Smelting It, the Hackysack River, Tropical Frenzy, 17.5 Blorkbucks, octuple bluffing, Ant’s Exotic Dance Career, Comic Sans tramp stamps, America’s nerdiest president, and Aliens United for a Common Cause.  Topics Discussed: The Kingsland Explosion, Mata Hari, and the Pancho Villa Expedition. Find us:  Patreon: patreo...

In this episode, we cover the year 1102 and all it entails, including: The Wetland of the Thing, mediaeval jukeboxes, primitive dank memes, a tactically acumenical horse, chamber pot escalations, Baldwin the Lycra King, the Beard of Damocles, and a dry season for Ant’s Sword. Topics Discussed: El Cid, Robert Curthose, and the Battle of Ramla.  Find us:  Patreon: patreon.com/randomlyhisto...

In this episode, we cover the year 937 and all it entails, including: the Core of Pilates, hammers leavings, Rudolph’s Burgundy nose, coup-ing at a wedding, bagratoni with shallots, a prominent family of Aristocats, going to Liverpool for the Darts, and Welf the Decapitator of Germans. Topics Discussed: The Battle of Brunanburh, Hugh of Arles & Rudolph of Burgundy, and the Bagratoni Dynasty of...

In this episode, we cover the year 61 and all it entails, including: Recordius Maximus, drugged-up mystics, inefficient executions, scapula tattoos, Morgan Freedman, Bootlandia, druid apprenticeships, and Anna’s inexplicable hatred of Norfolk. Topics Discussed: Nero and Poppaea, the Druids of Mona, and Boudica. Find us:  Patreon: patreon.com/randomlyhistory Instagram: @RandomlyHistory Twitter...