Touring History

🎙️ TOURING HISTORY – May 3 Edition As told by Lane & Dave     LANE (with incredulity): It's May 3rd—a date that, like most of history, will make you say: "Oh, that's fascinating!" followed quickly by, "Wait, that's real?!" DAVE (dry): A day with Machiavelli, Bing Crosby, student riots, legal victories, and the reason we have an entire aisle of plastic potatoes at Target.     🎉 Birthday Roll Call...

🎙️ TOURING HISTORY – May 2 Edition As told by Lane & Dave     LANE (brightly indignant): It's May 2nd, a date that celebrates literature, beauty, war crimes, and royalty—which, honestly, is just a typical Tuesday in British history. DAVE (deadpan): It's a day where the Bible gets rebranded, Berlin gets captured, and Apple reminds you that even dystopia can be sold in a sleek aluminum shell.     🎉...

🎙️ TOURING HISTORY – May 1 Edition     LANE : It's May 1st, also known as May Day—a day for workers' rights, political protests, and deeply uncomfortable flash mobs involving people dressed as anthropomorphic hammers. DAVE: Or as Americans call it: Monday, with more yelling.     🎉 Birthday Roll Call LANE: Happy birthday to Tim McGraw—country music legend, actor, and the only man who can turn a sl...

- Good day and welcome back to Touring History, the only show where we recap humanity's greatest hits and even more of its total misses. I'm Lane. - And I'm Dave. It's April 30th. And if you like presidential drama, which there tends to be a lot of these days, awkward land deals, tech breakthroughs and charming bunker endings. Oh boy, do we have a show for you. - But first, birthdays. First up, ha...

Welcome to Touring History of the Only podcast where we revisit major historical moments with the enthusiasm of a sleep -deprived Wikipedia editor. I'm Lane. - And I'm Dave. It's April 29th, and today's timeline has everything. Saint and armor, a dictator in a tox, riots in the streets, and a bear selling soda. So, buckle up folks, we're ready. - Let's start with birthdays. Born today in 1899, Duk...

Welcome to Touring History, the podcast where every day is a history lesson and every lesson ends in existential dread. I'm Lane. And I'm Dave, existential dread. Today is April 28th, which means we're talking war, space tourists, controversial ad campaigns, and one very, very famous mutiny. First, it's 1958 James Monroe fifth US president and owner of the Monroe Doctrine, which basically said Eur...

- Welcome back to Touring History, the only show that asks what happened today and then says, oh, wow, that's dark. I'm Lane. - Hey, and I'm Dave. Today is April 27th, and we've got steamboat explosions, papal promotions, royalty and, that's right, the Energizer Bunny. So yeah, basically a normal Tuesday in history. - Let's start off with our birthday roll calls. - Born today in 1822, you Lissie's...

Hello and welcome back to Touring History, the only show where we time travel with zero supervision and even less emotional maturity. I'm Lane, and I'm the other emotional one. I'm Dave, and today is April 26th, which in history terms is what you'd call absolutely insane. We've got war crimes, nuclear meltdowns, groundbreaking elections, and a in camel who just wants to know what day it is. Clu -c...

Hello, and welcome to Touring History, the only historical recap show where we mind humanity's worst decisions for your entertainment. I'm Lane. - And I'm Dave. And if you're enjoying this on the toilet, well, congratulations. You're smarter than the Ottoman Empire. So, let's begin. - On this day in 1800, the Library of Congress was founded. It now holds over 170 million items, including books, ma...

Touring History April 24th, 2025   LANE: Hello, and welcome to Touring History —the only historical recap show where we mine humanity's worst decisions… for your entertainment. I'm Lane. DAVE: And I'm Dave. And if you're enjoying this on the toilet, congratulations—you're smarter than the Ottoman Empire. Let's begin.     📚 1800: The Library of Congress is founded LANE: On this day in 1800, the Li...

Welcome back to Touring History , the podcast that pokes through the pages of the past and asks, "Wait… we did what now?" I'm Alain Touring, and today is March 16th—a date that, like your group chat after midnight, includes moments of genius, disasters, and at least one "how did that even happen?" Let's start with some notable birthdays. James Madison , born in 1751—Founding Father, fourth U.S. pr...

Welcome back to Touring History , the podcast that opens the attic of the past, dusts off old stories, and holds them up to the light—only to discover that, yes, history was just as chaotic, ridiculous, and occasionally inspiring as the present. I'm Alain Touring, and today is March 15th—also known as the Ides of March, or as I like to call it, "a friendly reminder to watch your back in staff meet...

Welcome back to Touring History, the podcast where we rummage through the dusty attic of human civilization and pull out the oddities, the breakthroughs, and the deeply unsettling patterns that, frankly, we still haven't learned from. I'm Alain Touring, and today is March 14th.  Pi Day for the math nerds, a reason to eat pie for everyone else, and a chance to marvel at just how weirdly circular hi...

Welcome back to Touring History, the podcast that reminds you history isn't just old, it's unsettlingly familiar.  I'm Alain Touring, and today is March 13th.  Yes, you've made it to a Friday the 13th, so well done.  And if you're tuning in while watching your retirement savings evaporate in what some economists are now calling "The Tesla Chainsaw Massacre," this episode might help you feel better...

Hey there, welcome back to Touring History—the show where we flip through the old, dusty pages of the past and realize, "Oh wow, we've been doing this nonsense for centuries." I'm your host, Alain Touring, and today is March 12th—a day packed with revolution, ridiculousness, and just enough progress to make you say, "Alright, maybe we're not completely doomed." Let's start with some famous birthda...

Welcome back to Touring History, the podcast that rummages through humanity's past, points at the weird, the wild, and the worryingly familiar, and says, "Huh, we've done this before." I'm Alain Touring, and today, we're looking at March 11th—a day that reminds us that history is like your Wi-Fi: occasionally brilliant, but mostly full of repeated errors. Let's start with birthdays. Douglas Adams,...

Welcome back to Touring History, the podcast that rummages through humanity's attic, dusts off the weird, the wild, and the downright depressing, and says, "Well, we did that." I'm Alain Touring, and today, we're diving into March 10th—a day that proves history repeats itself like a bad sequel. Let's kick off with birthdays. Chuck Norris, born in 1940, became a martial arts legend and meme icon. I...

Touring History – This Day in History March 9, 2025 Hello fellow history traveler, and welcome back to Touring History. I'm your host, Alain Touring, here to guide you through the fascinating moments that happened on this day, March 9th. Let's explore the stories that shaped history on March 9th—with a few fun facts along the way. First, some notable birthdays.  Amerigo Vespucci, born in 1454, was...

Touring History – This Day in History - March 8, 2025 Welcome back to Touring History, the podcast that takes you on a daily journey through history. I'm your host, Alain Touring, here to guide you through the fascinating moments in history that all happened on today's date March 8th. From revolutionary movements to technological breakthroughs, let's explore the events that shaped history. We begi...

Touring History – This Day in History, March 7, 2025 Welcome back to Touring History, the podcast that takes you on a daily journey through history. I'm your host, Alain Touring, here to guide you through the fascinating moments that happened on this day, March 7th.  From civil rights struggles to major scientific breakthroughs, let's explore the events that shaped history. We begin with some nota...

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0000038A 0000038B 00003924 00003924 0001E7F5 0001E7F5 00007E86 00007E86 00008EC1 00008EC1 Touring History – This Day in History (March 5, 2025) Welcome back to Touring History, the podcast that takes you on a daily journey through history. I'm your host, Alain Touring, here to guide you through the fascinating moments that happened on this day, March 5th. From revolutions to tech breakthroughs, we...