Fin vs History
By Fin Taylor & Horatio Gould
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Aaron
Oct 26, 2025
Just spent 20 minutes listening to the subtleties in Asian dialects, and how this intersects with chairman Mao. very insightful history
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For people who like history but don't care what actually happened.
Join comedians Fin Taylor and Horatio Gould as they guess/explain every event in human history, from Neanderthals to 9/11.
Guaranteed to give you an entirely new and incorrect perspective on world events.
Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/fintaylor
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L.A.P.D (The Los Angeles Phrenology Department) | The People vs O.J. Simpson (Part 2/4)
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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OJ, Nicole, and Ron Place Ron Time | The People vs O.J. Simpson (Part 1/4)
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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White Slavery, Victorian ISIS and The Big Bunda Tree | Gordon of Khartoum (Part 2)
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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A Non-Offending Homosexual | Gordon of Khartoum (Part 1)
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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McHaggis Atta and The Hunt For Butcher’s Bin Laden | William Wallace (Part 2)
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Which Came First: The Toilet or The Deep Fried Roast Dinner? | William Wallace (Part 1)
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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A Voodoo Schizophrenic Molesting Himself | Papa Doc: Haitian Dictator (Part 2)
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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Don’t Even Talk To Me Before You’ve Picked My Coffee | Papa Doc: Haitian Dictator (Part 1)
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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Fleshlights to Fleshlights, Dust to Dust (with Joanne McNally!) | The History of Sex Work (Part 2)
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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When Britannia Kink-Shamed The Waves | The History of Sex Work (Part 1)
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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Pull Yourself Up By Your Buttplugs | Margaret Thatcher & The Falklands (Part 6/6)
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Jan 02, 2026 |
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The National Union of Racist Burnt Toast | Margaret Thatcher & The Falklands (Part 5/6)
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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A Duke of Edinburgh Award With Live Ammunition | Margaret Thatcher & The Falklands (Part 4/6)
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Dec 29, 2025 |
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The Belgrano was a War Fine | Margaret Thatcher & The Falklands (Part 3/6)
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Dec 26, 2025 |
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Our Poor, Innocent Antarctic Model Village | Margaret Thatcher & The Falklands (Part 2/6)
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Dec 25, 2025 |
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Smashing The Glass Floor As Well As The Ceiling | Margaret Thatcher & The Falklands (Part 1/6)
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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The Sound of Blue Balls | Beethoven: The Great Composers (Part 2)
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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A Fritzlian Slip | Mozart: The Great Composers (Part 1)
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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W.O.P. | The Mafia (Part 2)
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Natural Born Killers Who Kiss Their Mum On The Mouth | The Mafia (Part 1)
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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Buzzt-a-Nut Aldrin’s Lunar Land Acknowledgement | The Space Race (Part 2)
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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In Space No One Can Hear You Sieg Heil | The Space Race (Part 1)
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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Stagecoach W*anker (with James Buckley) | Dick Turpin & Highwaymen (Part 2)
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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Tough on Blackface, Tough on the Causes of Blackface | Dick Turpin & Highwaymen (Part 1)
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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Britain's Shiny New Pacific Toilet | Captain Cook & The First Fleet (Part 2)
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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Don't Topple Statues, Wedgie Them | Captain Cook & The First Fleet (Part 1)
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Cult of Zero Personality | Pol Pot (Part 4/4)
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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xG (Expected Genocide) | Pol Pot (Part 3/4)
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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A Tasting Menu of Napalm | Pol Pot (Part 2/4)
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Jungle Blair & The Boy Who Di Canio-d Cambodia | Pol Pot (Part 1/4)
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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BI BAM BINNOBENT BOF BALL BARGES | Caligula (Part 2)
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Foreign Accent P*do Syndrome | Caligula (Part 1)
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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History Fan TV | Prehistoric Man (Part 2)
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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Measuring Skulls When The Women Have Gone To Bed | Prehistoric Man (Part 1)
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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Chandler Bing & The Easy Peelers | Feudal Japan (Part 4)
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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19th Century Squid Porn | Feudal Japan (Part 3)
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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A Long Back and Sides | Feudal Japan (Part 2)
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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Men: Talk To Your Mates (and then Behead them) | Feudal Japan (Part 1)
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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Britain needs its Mummy: Jim Callaghan | Post War British Prime Ministers, 1945-1979
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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“Stop Pegging Grandad!”: Harold Wilson (Part 2) | Post War British Prime Ministers, 1945-1979
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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The Man Who Transcended Misogyny : Ted Heath | Post War British Prime Ministers, 1945-1979
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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Seatbelts are Anti-Tittist: Harold Wilson (Part 1) | Post War British Prime Ministers, 1945-1979
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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The Worst Prime Minister You’ve Never Heard Of: Alec Douglas-Home | Post War British Prime Ministers, 1945-1979
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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You've Never Had Your Prostate So Enlarged : Harold MacMillan | Post War British Prime Ministers, 1945-1979
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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“Show us your Sunday Roast, Love!”: Anthony Eden | Post War British Prime Ministers, 1945-1979
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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Bin Sniffers, Wicket Keepers, Lily Gilders & Chuff-Slingers: Winston Churchill | Post War British Prime Ministers, 1945-1979
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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Dropping the N-Bomb on Israel & Palestine: Clement Attlee (Part 2) | Post War British Prime Ministers, 1945-1979
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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Britain has a Cuck Dad and a Bitch Mum: Clement Attlee (Part 1) | Post War British Prime Ministers, 1945-1979
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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A Real Country Doesn’t Collapse Over Bananas (with Geoffrey Asmus) | The CIA Under Allen Dulles
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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Denying the Holocaust in a Female Body Inspector T-Shirt | The Origins of the CIA
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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In this House We Say Grace with Horse Cock | Vikings (Part 2)
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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The 9th Century #MeToo | Vikings (Part 1)
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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Start The Boats ! | Dunkirk Part 4: Miracle
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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Boss Baby’s Darkest Hour | Dunkirk Part 3: Cornered
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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Hitler’s Farty Pig Forest Party | Dunkirk Part 2: Blitzkrieg
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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Neville Chamberlain’s Broken Bum | Dunkirk Part 1: Phoney War
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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History’s Biggest Blabbermouths (with Bebe Cave) | Medieval Women
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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The Woman Who Died For A Pair of Trousers | Joan of Arc
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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France is a Toilet (with Tom Gilbey) | The History of Wine
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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No Bacon, No Beer, Loads and Loads of Gear | Dionysus & The Ancient Gods of Wine
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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Gunned Down in Diamanté Panties | The Russian Revolution of 1917 (Part 5/5)
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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Travelling Back In Time to Throw American Cheese at Lenin’s Head | The Russian Revolution of 1917 (Part 4/5)
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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The Original 'Worst Guys At A House Party' | The Russian Revolution of 1917 (Part 3/5)
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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Rasclaatputin & The Hebephile Prince | The Russian Revolution of 1917 (Part 2/5)
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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Why is Russia so F*cked in the Head? | The Russian Revolution of 1917 (Part 1/5)
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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Amelia Aircrash & The Big Nazi Tit In The Sky | The History of Flight (Part 2/2)
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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Fin Taylor - Ask Your Mother Comedy Special - Teaser
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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The Wright Brothers were Flap-Dodgers | The History of Flight (Part 1/2)
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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We’re Going to Need A Bigger Urn (with The Grade Cricketer) | The History of The Ashes (Part 2/2)
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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The Bowler’s Pegging, The Batsman’s Arsehole | The History of Cricket (Part 1/2)
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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A Suckling Biggins | The Aztecs (Part 5/5)
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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Dark Chocolate is Woke Nonsense | The Aztecs (Part 4/5)
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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Monty’s Mexican Special Needs Zoo | The Aztecs (Part 3/5)
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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Spanish Sailors Playing Pan Cum Tomate | The Aztecs (Part 2/5)
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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Heston Blumenthal’s Cannibal Tapas | The Aztecs (Part 1/5)
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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He Died Doing What He Loved (with Daniel Sloss) | The Rise and Fall of Colonel Gaddafi (Part 4/4)
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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It’s Raining Rubber Fists (with Daniel Sloss) | The Rise and Fall of Colonel Gaddafi (Part 3/4)
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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The People’s Republic of Jiblablabah | The Rise and Fall of Colonel Gaddafi (Part 2/4)
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May 29, 2025 |
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Why do Arab Men Smell So Good? | The Rise and Fall of Colonel Gaddafi (Part 1/4)
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May 26, 2025 |
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Soggy Biscuit is a White Dominated Sport | The Golden Age of Piracy (Part 2)
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May 22, 2025 |
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You think Fyre Festival was bad… | The Golden Age of Piracy (Part 1)
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May 19, 2025 |
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Look How Good I Am At Drawing Apples | The Renaissance Part 2: Holland
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May 15, 2025 |
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Trust The Italians to Rediscover Porn | The Renaissance Part 1: Italy
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May 12, 2025 |
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Justice for Naughty Francis Bourgeois | The Eichmann Trial: Jerusalem, 1961 (Part 4/4)
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May 08, 2025 |
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The Oi-Vey Team | The Eichmann Trial: Mossad Capture (Part 3/4)
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May 05, 2025 |
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Ricardo The Gaucho Gobbler | The Eichmann Trial : Nazi on the Run (Part 2/4)
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May 01, 2025 |
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My pronouns are He / Himmler | The Eichmann Trial: War Criminal (Part 1/4)
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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Instel (Involuntary Sterilised) | Charles Darwin & The Birth of Eugenics (Part 2)
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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When Birdwatching Goes Too Far | Charles Darwin & The Birth of Eugenics (Part 1)
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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I’m Not Racist, Some of My Best Hostages Are Black | The Iranian Revolution, 1979 (3/3)
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Apr 20, 2025 |
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Please Don’t Cut Our Heads Off | The Iranian Revolution, 1979 (2/3)
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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An MI6 Coup Against A Persian Power Bottom | The Iranian Revolution, 1979 (1/3)
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Only A True Artist Would Kick His Pregnant Wife Down The Stairs | Nero & the Emperors of Rome (Part 2) with James McCann
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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I’m A Stud Pig, Get Me Out Of Here | Nero & The Emperors of Rome (Part 1)
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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“My horse, my horse, oh sh*t I’ve lost my horse” | Richard III and The Princes in The Tower (Part 2)
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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A Spine Like A David Beckham Free Kick | Richard III and the Princes in the Tower (Part 1)
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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The Great Mongol Wedgie Tour | Genghis Khan (Part 2)
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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The Man Who Conquered Borat | Genghis Khan (Part 1)
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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Like Falling Into the 9/11 Memorial | The Titanic (Part 3/3)
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Mar 23, 2025 |
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This is Why You Should Always Upgrade | The Titanic (Part 2/3)
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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‘Fatberg, Dead Ahead!’ | The Titanic (Part 1/3)
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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PC Thicko is on the case | Jack the Ripper: The Suspects (Part 3/3)
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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How Annoying Were These Women Though? | Jack the Ripper: The Murders (Part 2/3)
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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Murder has never been so smelly | Jack The Ripper: London in 1888 (Part 1/3)
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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The Paras called it Sunday Funday | The Troubles (part 2) with Vittorio Angelone
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Back when Pooing Yourself meant something | The Troubles (part 1)
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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All torture is relaxing for the first bit | The Salem Witch Trials
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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Yet Again The Germans take it too far | Witch Hunts in Early Modern Europe
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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Was Socrates a Fraud? | The Golden Age of Athens (Part 2)
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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The birth of Democracy and Platonic Bum Stuff | The Golden Age of Athens (Part 1)
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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The Prequel to 9/11?| The First Crusade (Part 2)
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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Was this the worst time to be alive? | The First Crusade (Part 1)
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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The Swinging-from-a-Lamp-Post ‘60s | The Life of Chairman Mao (Part 3)
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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Is Mao's Famine the reason China eats pig d*cks? | The Life of Chairman Mao (Part 2)
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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Is Chairman Mao The G.O.A.T of Dictators? | The Life of Chairman Mao (Part 1)
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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The Cold War was an Ugly-Off | The Cuban Missile Crisis (Part 2)
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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Was JFK the Horniest President in history? | The Cuban Missile Crisis (Part 1)
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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Oliver Cromwell was a West African Warlord | The English Civil War (Part 2)
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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The most pointless war ever ? | The English Civil War (Part 1)
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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Jan 14, 2025 |