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Softcore History

Softcore History

A podcast for the casual fan of history. The Wikipedia reader. The kids who grew up with a dad who watched the same 10 hours of World War II specials on The History Channel. Join Dan Regester, Rob Fox, and a weekly guest as they tastefully insert themselves into the past. The only thing we don’t show is our research.

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All Episodes

74:46

Talking Occultism With Jack Mandaville

Softcore History ·

2021/08/30

Special guest Jack Mandaville joins us to cover the occult inspiration for the Third Reich’s racial purity policies and obsession with mythical artifacts.

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76:13

She’d Do Anything...For The Story

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2021/08/24

Journalist Nellie Bly checked herself into a 19th Century insane asylum to expose its horrors, discovered Helen Keller, was captured in World War 1, tried and succeeded at going around the world in less than 80 days, and became one of America’s GOAT investigative journalists ever along the way.

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82:37

You Expect Me To Fly This Elevator?

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2021/08/17

The Elevator Operator Strike of 1945 was spurred by a desire for higher wages and better treatment after the end of World War 2. So, naturally, the building owners just switched to automatic elevators. But that wasn’t easy either, it turned out, because everyday people were terrified of operating an elevator without any training.

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103:42

The History Of Pets

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2021/08/10

The domestication of cats and dogs, wacky Russian Silver Foxes that wag their tails, and a bunch of weird pets owned by people throughout history - learn all about our furry best friends on this week’s episode.

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68:12

John Paul Jones: Sinking British Ships And Invading...

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2021/08/03

Dan, Rob, and Cooper talk about the complicated Scot who is often regarded as the father of the US Navy -- John Paul Jones. From helping the U.S. win independence to fighting Turks in the Black Sea on behalf of Catherine the Great, JPJ lived an action-packed 45 years mostly on water or inside the warm embrace of a European woman.

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91:58

The Worst Olympics Ever

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2021/07/27

The 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis were the worst Olympics ever held. The Marathon involved a purposeful dehydration experiment and a runner who cheated by riding 11 miles in a car, the swimming events were all done in a pond, and people from various third world countries were forced to compete in what the media dubbed the “Savage Olympics”.

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67:51

The Inept Train Robber Who Became A Must See Corpse

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2021/07/20

Elmer McCurdy was perhaps the worst outlaw in the Wild West but his dead body became a show stopping attraction in everything from back road carnivals to Hollywood films over the course of a literal half century. Dan, Rob, and Jake talk about the extreme embodiment of success after death.

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80:03

There Will Be Blood Feuds

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2021/07/13

Trying to handle that dispute over the fence line with your neighbor? Learn how not to as Jake, Dan, and Rob dive into the wild and wonderful world of blood feuds in 1800s America. To work out how much life insurance coverage you need, and compare personalized quotes to find your best price, head to Policygenius.com and get your best quote in minutes.

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81:00

Pregnant? Stop Being Such A Witch About It

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2021/07/05

Rob Fox, Dan Regester, and Jake Goldman are joined by Rob’s pregnant wife Courtney to talk about the history of pregnancy, birth control, pain management, and childbirth in the Middle Ages and why if a woman was good at any of that she was a witch and deserved to be burned alive.

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67:27

The One-Eyed Canadian Berserker Who Liberated A ...

Softcore History ·

2021/06/29

Dan, Jake, and Rob are joined by Iconoblast's Matt Cooper to talk about Leo Major -- a Canadian scout and sniper who stormed the beaches of Normandy, took hundreds of POWs, and liberated a Dutch town of 50,000 by himself.

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54:44

The Original Jaime Lannister

Softcore History ·

2021/06/22

Götz von Berlichingen was a mercenary knight during the end of one of the bloodiest eras in history. He had a metal hand, and also invented a common profanity all of us say every day.

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111:38

No One Cares About Lesbians

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2021/06/15

Rob Fox, Jake Goldman, Dan Regester and special guest Veronica Ruckh go through the history of lesbians from ancient Egypt's reputation for being a girl on girl sin-fest to medieval Middle East believing that women were attracted to other women because they ate too much celery.

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58:38

The Unkillable Irish Hobo

Softcore History ·

2021/06/08

In 1932 a New York bar owner and his connected friends took out an insurance policy on an alcoholic homeless man and did everything in their power to kill him. This is the story of how they failed over and over again.

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62:38

The Murdering Elephant That Made Hollywood Happen

Softcore History ·

2021/06/01

Jake, Dan, and Rob breakdown the life and trials of Topsy the elephant. Was she a serial killing beast? Or just a victim of circus circumstance? Find out the grizzly details of her death, and their consequences on this week’s episode.

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89:08

The Most Overrated Civilizations In History With Jack...

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2021/05/24

Rob Fox, Dan Regester, and special guest Jack Mandaville discuss the most overrated civilizations in world history.

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81:07

The Comically Bad Assassination Of Franz Ferdinand

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2021/05/18

Dan, Rob, and Jake break down the comedy of errors that somehow resulted into the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and the butterfly effect that has shaped our modern world as a result.

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70:31

P.T. Barnum’s Circus Of Dead Elephants, Boiling...

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2021/05/11

Jake, Dan, and Rob discuss P.T. Barnum’s rise to fame including leasing old slaves, sewing monkeys to fish, and adopting tiny boys from their parents and putting them in the circus.

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89:24

The Time New York City Tried To Kill All Doctors For...

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2021/05/04

Rob Fox, Dan Regester, and Jake Goldman explore the 1788 Doctors’ Riot in New York City, during which the people of New York formed a mob to attack doctors for allegedly grave robbing their deceased loved ones to use for anatomical dissection and other experiments. Once they got into the labs the mob saw… some messed up stuff.

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64:02

The Luckiest Moron To Ever Live

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2021/04/27

Dan, Rob, and Jake discuss the insanely dumb rags to riches story about a man who couldn't stop failing his way to success in Colonial America -- "Lord" Timothy Dexter.

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96:52

Most Of History’s Leaders Were Wasted

Softcore History ·

2021/04/20

Jake, Dan, and Rob explore the different substances that may have altered the course of human history and the leaders who imbibed in them.

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