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HILF: History I"d Like to F**k

Host, comedian Dawn Brodey, takes you through the annals of history with a special guest and history subject each episode. From Dillinger to Frankenstein, from The Crusades to Freak Shows - Dawn brings her history degree and unfiltered sense of humor to deliver well-researched deep-dives that strip history naked and serve it up raw.

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01:04:10

The Donner Party, Part One with Andy Kraft [RE-RELEASE]

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2024/12/25

This was no party...They were the group who got hopelessly stranded over a particularly harsh winter in the Sierra Nevadas - many of them starve to death and several of those who don’t starve to death, survived by resorting to cannibalism.Dawn's guest is actor and writer, Andy Kraft. He is a longtime friend and colleague - together they've done everything from romantic comedies on screen, to portraying water droplets on stage. Andy can be seen in countless commercials, episodes of television

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01:15:46

The Donner Party, Part Two with Andy Kraft [RE-RELEASE]

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2024/12/25

When last we met, Dawn and guest Andy Kraft were taking a shot of whiskey to prepare for the dark path ahead. Hear how it all ends up in the dark pages of history and why your high school teachers probably never told you the whole story. ---SILF's (Sources I'd Like to F*ck)See the map of the journey.Read the book - The History of The Donner Party by CF McGlashan---LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL!Crazy Rich AncientsHistories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)Check

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00:42:06

HILF 74 - The Christmas Miracle of WWI (Recorded LIVE)

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2024/12/15

Dawn has the benefit of a live audience and visual aides as she tells the story of the remarkable Christmas Truce of 1914. From the streets of Sarajevo to the trenches of France, it's a story of humanity and joy in the darkest of times. Recorded LIVE in Burbank, California - December 11th, 2024 at Flappers Comedy Club. Watch the full video of the show when you subscribe on Patreon! SILF's (Sources I'd Like to F*ck)Book - Silent Night: The Remarkable Christmas Truce of 1914 by Stanley WeintraubPlay/

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01:15:57

HILF 73 - The Toast with Jules and Uncle Brad

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2024/11/27

Dawn's guests are two connoisseurs of drinking, Juliana McIntosh and Brad Sutton - the neice-and-uncle-team behind the hit podcast, The Art of Drinking. Jules is an influencer in the craft cocktail space (what?); and her real-life uncle Brad serves up classic cocktail recipes and history. Swoon!GET JULE'S BOOK - Pretty Simple Cocktails**During the episode, we make and drink 2 cocktails! Recipes and approximate time-code in the episode when we start making ours is below so you can toast along with

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01:08:43

HILF 72 - The Black Death, Part 2 with Mary Ramos

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2024/11/13

Hear about the places that managed to avoid the plague, at least for a little while, and what a medieval haz-mat suit looked like. Also, continue to roll the 'Death Dice' along with celebrated music supervisor, Mary Ramos, to see if any of the characters we meet along the way manage to avoid the sickness and death that overcame half of the global population. ---Join us for HILF LIVE - Wednesday, Dec. 11th @8PM - Flappers Comedy Club. Burbank, CA---SILF's (Sources I'd Like to F*ck)The Great Courses -

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00:59:56

HILF 71 - The Black Death with Mary Ramos

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2024/10/30

Dawn is joined by celebrated Music Supervisor, Mary Ramos, who has worked on some of the most incredible film scores in movie history! A close collaborator with Quentin Tarantino, she’s had a hand in everything from Pulp Fiction to Django Unchained - and a slew of other favorites in-between.Join us as we discuss the very beginning of The Black Death, starting with Patient Zero in Italy and then follow us… and the rats, and the fleas… around the world and right to our own back door.---SILF's (Sources

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01:10:44

HILF 70 - Vampires with Macy Issacs

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2024/10/16

Dawn is joined by comedian, Macy Issacs, to talk about the origin of Vampire folklore and what - from the many stories about them - is actually real! We’ll go around the world and see how vampires in Japan and Alaska differ from the ones in Transylvania. Take notes, because we also discuss the most effective ways to fight them off… unless you chose to invite them in.Find Macy on InstagramHear Macy's Podcast, SSRI'M OK---SILF's (Sources I'd Like to F*ck)Essay - The History and Folklore of Vampires -

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01:20:14

Horror Movies with Jose Barrientos [RE-RELEASE]

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2024/10/10

Originally released in October of 2022, revisit Dawn and her guest, Jose Barrientos, for a rundown of the history of horror movies! From silent dancing skeletons, to The Wolfman, and all the way past The Walking Dead - we're here to tell you what has scared us collectively the most... and why! Find Jose on Youtube!Find Jose on Instagram!---SILF's (Sources I'd Like to F*ck)BOOK - Lost in the Dark by Brad Weismann DOCUMENTARY SERIES - The Movies That Made UsESSAY - A Brief History of Horror Films

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01:04:47

HILF 69 - Benjamin Franklin with Bryan Austin

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2024/10/01

To help tell the story of the man behind our 100-dollar bill, Dawn is joined by Benjamin Franklin expert, Bryan Austin. He portrays James Madison and Ben Franklin in Colonial Williamsburg and has walked much more than a mile in their shoes...Pull up a chair and hear the stories of Benjamin Franklin’s wild childhood, his multitude of lovers, and the parties that were so good, they saved America.Listen to Bryan's podcast, LET'S BE FRANKFollow Bryan on Instagram!---LEARN MORE about Benjamin

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01:14:18

HILF 68 - Mozart's Sister with LAZOU

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2024/09/17

Nannerl Mozart, Wolfgang Amadaeus's intriguing older sister, is the HILF of Dawn's guest, LAZOU. She is an award-winning podcast host and composer with work featured in film, television and a gazillion other places! Hear about her childhood growing up on the tiny island of Mauritius (the only place the Dodo bird ever lived) and how moving to Canada and then the US shaped both her perspective and her music. ---SILF’s (Sources I’d Like to F*ck)Book - Mozart's Women - His Family, His Friends, His

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01:08:28

HILF 67 - The Lost Island of Lemuria with Justin McHenry

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2024/09/03

Dawn's guest literally wrote the book on this mysterious and mythic place known by some as 'the Atlantis of the Pacific Ocean'. Historian and writer Justin McHenry joins her from his office in West Virginia to help tell this absolutely bananas tale of Lemuria: A True Story of a Fake Place. ---SILF’s (Sources I’d Like to F*ck)Justin's Book: Lemuria: A True Story of a Fake PlaceRead more about scientists who say Lemuria might actually have existed afterall?Think you had a past life on Lemuria? I

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01:12:31

HILF 66 - Mount Rushmore with Christine Blackburn

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2024/08/20

While many of us can easily picture Mount Rushmore in our heads, few of us know much about it beyond the heads. Even if you CAN name all four presidents featured (and only 30% of Americans can) the story of how and why this enormous feat of engineering - and total fuck-job on the Native Americans - came to pass.Guest, Christine Blackburn, is a comedian and story-teller located in LA, and the host of several wildly successful shows. Story Worthy is an epic podcast now in it’s 14th seasonStory Smash

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01:18:44

HILF 65 - The Constitution with AJ Jacobs

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2024/08/05

AJ Jacobs is a writer and humorist known for his immersive dedication to a variety of subjects. He spent a year attempting to follow EVERY rule in the Bible and wrote a NY TIMES best-seller, The Year of Living Biblically; and his latest book The Year of Living Constitutionally follows his journey through the lens of the 18th century. Join Dawn and AJ as they discuss what in the constitution they think is worth keeping, what could use some changes - and why 'cherry picking' isn't such a bad concept

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01:00:00

The Whiskey Rebellion with Rashid Green [RE-RELEASE]

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2024/07/17

Originally recorded recorded in April, 2022 - over 50 episodes ago - Dawn revisits The Whiskey Rebellion with bartender, Rashid Green. Learn how to make some of the best 18th Century cocktails AND get a dose of some founding daddy realness.--- Get Rashid's recipe for THE SHERRY FLIPGet Rashid's recipe for CLARET'S PUNCH---LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL!Crazy Rich AncientsHistories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)HILF is now on Patreon!Buy Me a Coffee---HILF

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01:14:37

HILF 64 - Doc Holliday with Brandon Gibson

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2024/06/18

Dawn is joined by actor and writer, Brandon Gibson (Black-ish, Fresh Off the Boat, Spilled Paint) who has long been fascinated by the the consumptive, former-dentist, with a southern drawl and a propensity for prostitutes… who isn't?SILF’s (Sources I’d Like to F*ck)Doc Holiday The Life and Legend by Gary L Roberts - Biography (2019)Tombstone, The Earp Brothers, Doc Holliday and the Vendetta Ride From Hell by Tom Clavin (2020)Clara Brown - The reporting short-term resident of TombstoneKate Elder -

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00:31:09

HILF 63 - HILF YOU Audience Request Show

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2024/06/04

Join Dawn as she strips down YOUR HILF's in the first-ever audience-request show. [00:01:13] The Great Emu War of 1932 which pitted a bunch of WWI veterans against a mob of flightless birds.[00:08:37] The Blood Countess, Elizabeth Bathory. Was she the first documented serial killer AND an inspiration for Dracula?[00:19:42] Hedy Lamarr who went from dinner parties with Hilter to inventing weapons to go right up Germany's ass. ---LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL!Crazy

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01:22:30

HILF 62 - How to Start a War with Michael Trapani

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2024/05/21

Maybe you think WW2 started when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor... but that was just when America got involved. Maybe you think WW2 started when Germany invaded Poland... but that was just when England and France had finally had enough. To really understand how WW2 started, historian Michael Trapani has written and produced an audio-book - HOW TO START A WAR - that is a vivid guide through the lurid and surprising events of the rise of the Third Reich. Together, Dawn and Michael highlight some of

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01:20:40

HILF 61 - Jesse James with Ryan Keely

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2024/05/07

Dawn's guest is adult-film actress, Ryan Keely who takes no offense to the term 'porn star'. Ryan is also a book-worm and one of the cast of the sensational new Dungeons and Dragons podcast, I Seduce The Dragon. @ISTDJoin Dawn and Ryan as two professional 'fuckers' in hot pursuit of history's hottest outlaw. Dawn's Sources Book - SHOT ALL TO HELL by Mark Lee GardnerVisit - Northfield, MN has an annual Jesse James Day Festival. It's fuckin' great.Podcast - LEGENDS OF THE OLD WEST: Season 7, Episode

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01:22:26

HILF 60 - Amelia Earhart with Fallon Morey

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2024/04/23

Climbing into the cockpit with Amelia and Dawn is guest, Fallon Morey of That's So Fucked Up. Fallon's knowledge of history and love of bad-ass women makes her a perfect navigator for this incredible story.Dawn's Sources Book - Amelia Earhart A Biography by Doris L. Rich. (1989)Article - Read more about her surprise landing in Derry. BBCMaps - Maps and details about her almost Around the World flight.---- Hear Dawn as a guest with Ashely on TSFU - Jonesin' for JonestownSee Dawn on THE HISTORY

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01:22:14

HILF 59 - Josephine Baker with Katy Hearne-Church

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2024/04/09

Dawn is joined by guest, Katy Hearne-Church one of the hosts of The Queens Podcast. Katy is not only a big fan of Josephine Baker, but she is whip-smart and enjoys a cocktail in the afternoon. Dawn's Sources Book - AGENT JOSEPHINE by Damien LewisPodcast - YOU'RE DEAD TO ME Video -See her dance in 1927, some of the faces that made her famousHear an interview with her in 1950Watch this BBC Retrospective with one of her kids. ----See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL!Crazy Rich AncientsHistories Greatest

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