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
51 - Bloody Tuesday
Anti-Racism Resources.
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50 - Our First Year
This week Kiley and Jonathan look back at the history of the show as we celebrate both our 50th episode and first full year of recording!
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49 - Axis Sally
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 propa…
48 - Captain Midnight
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.
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47 - Marseillaise-duck
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…
46 - Sun's Nemesis
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 Neme…
45 - Princes in the Tower
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 …
44 - Crocodile Hero
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.
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43 - The Rock Rebound
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.
42 - Cups & Cults
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 Mo…
41 - Barbarian Barbie
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 Ita…
40 - Braille Fish
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…
39 - Dord of the Unown
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…
38 - Phantom Queen
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 BI…
37 - I, Mainer
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…
36 - Oops! All Imposters!
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.
35 - Aloha Alaska
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 a…
34 - Games with Ghosts
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 Greenb…
32 - Frozen Empress
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…
33 - Water, Earth, Fire, Molasses
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.
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