Halfwit History
Hosts Jonathan & Kiley talk about the history of the upcoming week, but a long time ago (and sometimes not so long ago). Occasionally, they even know what they are talking about! Join them in exploring topics like Space Monkeys, Teleportation, Viking Battles, Death Poems, and more!
(Produced by Halfwit Podcasts)
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 45 minutes
- Episodes
- 112
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2024
Presenting: This Machine Belongs To
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Hi everybody its Kiley popping in to share the new project that we’ve been working on called "This Machine Belongs To…
Bonus - Japan Trip!
This week Kiley and Jonathan take you along on their big trip to Japan! Full of fun facts and a few bigger topics like Japanese Bathing Culture and the history of Arcades!
109 - Ethel Barrymore
This week Kiley dons the glitz and glam and rubs elbows with some original Hollywood royalty!
Topic: The Duchess of Theater, Ethel Barrymore.
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108 - The Whiskey Rebellion
This week Kiley gets a little tipsy and throws a tantrum at taxes!
Topic: The 7,000 persons strong protests at Braddock's Field in western Philadelphia as part of the Whiskey Rebellion.
107 - The Deer Island Disaster
This week Kiley takes a long walk down a stinky tunnel to fix yet another Boston infrastructure disaster.
Topic: The Deer Island Sewer Project and Deadly Disaster.
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106 - Pirate William Kidd
This week Kiley returns to the open seas to collect some booty and show some booty to taunt the navy as part of the crew of the Antigua.
Topic: The Pirate to Privateer to Pirate roller c…
105 - Disney's The Rescuers
This week Kiley joins the Rescue Aid Society, hops on an Albatross, and catches a kidnapper and diamond thief!
Topic: The critically acclaimed 1977 American animated adventure, The Rescu…
104 - Homer Adolph Plessy
This week Kiley takes a train ride that challenged the meaning of equal rights.
Topic: Plessy v Ferguson
***Correction to the episode, there were in fact 9 justices on the supreme court, …
103 - Casper Hauser
This week Kiley finds the coolest gravestone quote in existence "Casper Hauser: A Riddle of His Time" and Jonathan gets to writing that request into his will.
Topic: Casper Hauser, the G…
102 - The Diamond Sutra
This week Kiley takes us waaaay back to the origins of history so we can get an enlightened look at the origins of communication and preservation of that knowledge.
Topic: The Diamond Su…
101 - Is Paul McCartney Dead?
This week Kiley throws some records on reverse as we talk about the cover up to prevent the lonely hearts of music fans everywhere.
Topic: Is Paul McCartney Dead? The Conspiracy that the…
100 - The Murders in the Rue Morgue
This week Kiley doffs a deerstalker to unravel the mystery of the first detective fiction narratives!
Topic: The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe
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99 - The Stone of Scone
This week Kiley learns not about boulders or rocks, but stones and the miles they've traveled.
Topic: The Christmas Caper of the Coronation Stone of Scone!
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98 - Empress Elizabeth of Russia
This week Kiley steals the throne from a baby so she can have gender swap galas and repair our broken roadway infrastructure. If only this were a "not so long ago" episode...
Topic: Eliz…
97 - D. B. Cooper
This week Kiley takes us on a flight to Reno! But why did she pack parachutes?
Topic: The only unsolved sky heist, D. B. Cooper's one way trip with Northwest Airlines, $200,000, and a b…
96 - The Disappearance of the Earl of Lucan
This week Kiley could have had had it all, wealth, fame, fortune, but instead she developed a gambling addiction and became weirdly focused on ruining my life. Wait no that's our subjec…
95 - The Founding of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
This week Kiley hits the battlefield with a fancy new emblem that protects her from the wrath of the enemy... as long as the many kingdoms decide to recognize it.
Topic: The Founding of …
94 - The Knights Templar
This week Kiley joins (yet another) secret organization and swears that there's nothing conspiracy about it. Jonathan is not so sure and looks to Papal Bull: Attorney at Law for more co…
93 - Antipope Benedict XIII
This week Kiley decides that she wants to be Pope. I mean why not? All the cool Popes did it!
Topic: Antipope Benedict XIII and the Western Schism
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92 - The Kidnapping of Patricia Hearst
This week Kiley joins a guerilla movement for anti-racism, feminism, and overall equality... and it turns out to be a very bad choice. The Hydra Flag maybe should have been a dead give …