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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

88:36

Ancient Birth Control Was A Little Dicey

Softcore History ·

2021/04/13

Rob Fox, Dan Regester, and special guest Veronica Ruckh talk about what it was like to get and be pregnant in ancient times, including the birth control plant that was so popular that the Romans banged it into extinction, other birth control theories ancient doctors had like “Just the tip!”, birthing practices such as tying a woman to a ladder and shaking her so the baby would fall out, and ancient pregnancy tests that sound really not fun for the woman.

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83:17

East India Company: Drugs, Pirates, And Corporate...

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2021/04/06

The East India Company helped shape the modern world in the worst possible ways. Dan, Rob, and Jake break down the true "enemy of the human race" that terrorized the globe for over 200 years on an empire's dime.

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48:35

The Countess Who Bathed In Virgin Blood

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2021/03/30

Rob, Dan, and Jake break down the horrifying story of Elizabeth Bathory, the Hungarian Countess who bathed in blood, beat virgins senseless, and could easily take Rob or Dan home after they had a few drinks.

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61:29

The Worst Year In Human History

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2021/03/23

Rob Fox, Dan Regester, and Jake Goldman break down the worst year in human history, a year so bad it makes 2020 look like the Roaring Twenties. We’re talking 536 A.D., when the whole world literally lost most of its food and sunlight for 18 months and most of the world was at war. Then, a few years later, a 200 year Bubonic Plague pandemic hit (and the wars didn’t stop).

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75:56

The Spy Who Sold Soviets Secrets For Stacks And Snatch

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2021/03/16

The boys go deep into the life of CIA mole Aldrich Ames. This giant piece is solely responsible for the most deaths of American field agents and is the ultimate simp who committed treason to pay off his alimony and mistress's shopping hobby.

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66:34

Night Witches vs.

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2021/03/09

Jake, Dan, and Rob discuss the women of the Soviet 588th night bombing regiment. These ladies dropped bombs from the equivalent of wooden RC planes and took out some along the way, all while suffering minimal casualties. Tune in for babes and bombs, stay for Rob defending Hitler.

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63:01

Punting On Black History Month

Softcore History ·

2021/03/02

Rob Fox, Dan Regester, and Jake Goldman discuss the Land of Punt, the ultra wealthy ancient African kingdom that Egyptian Pharaohs traded with for gold, super inadvisable pet baboons, perfume, and dwarves.

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84:55

Behind The Lens With The Tuskegee Airmen, Malcolm X,...

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2021/02/23

Gordon Parks went from playing the piano at a Minnesota brothel to becoming the first black director in Hollywood. Dan, Jake, and Rob go through the insanely jam-packed life of the man behind the creation of Blaxploitation and some of the most iconic photographs of the 20th century.

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89:13

Three Heroes Describe Surviving The Texas Freeze

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2021/02/19

Rob, Dan, and Jake break down what it’s like to live through a historic event — the Texas freeze. We break down what happened to us and the people we know this past week in Austin, how awful Texans are at handling weather, how much we want to punch all of our politicians (left and right) in their stupid faces, and if we think Texas learned ANY lessons.

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80:35

The Black Pirate Who Threw A No-No On LSD

Softcore History ·

2021/02/09

Jake, Dan, and Rob break down the antics of 70s Pittsburgh Pirate pitcher, Dock Ellis. Between advocating for numerous causes to throwing a no-hitter whacked out on LSD, Dock lived a wild life and led an even more redeeming story in his later years.

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91:23

Enron Was Ahead Of Its Time

Softcore History ·

2021/02/02

Enron went from blue chip stock to pennies on the dollar overnight. From cooking the books to shifting their business model several times the rise and fall of this Houston based energy company was an absolute nightmare for its 29,000 employees in 2001.

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77:43

America Used to Think Catholics Were Wizard...

Softcore History ·

2021/01/26

With Joe Biden becoming the second Catholic president ever Rob, Dan, and Jake break down the hilariously absurd bigotry that was freely lobbed at Al Smith and JFK, the first two Catholics who ran for president — basically the KKK and Protestant leaders tried to convince America that Catholics were slaves to a wizard king (the Pope) and would betray America.

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80:35

The CIA Has A Bit Of A Drug Problem

Softcore History ·

2021/01/19

From shipping a ton of cocaine to spiking the office coffee with LSD, get your tinfoil hats ready as we discuss the wild and (mostly) true cases of the CIA and their antics involving narcotics.

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70:05

That Other Time They Stormed The Capitol

Softcore History ·

2021/01/13

Burning government buildings, a president leaving his wife to go down in flames, and a hurricane tornado that saved the day from our country's oldest foe. Dan, Rob, and Jake cover the capture and arson of Washington D.C. in 1814

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68:37

Russia’s First Queen Tricked A Lot of People Into...

Softcore History ·

2021/01/05

Rob, Dan, and Jake break down the history of Saint Olga of Kiev, the first queen of Russia and the woman who introduced Christianity to the country — specifically her year long rampage in which she kept (really easily) tricking the people of the country that assassinated her husband into getting brutally murdered. She isn’t the patron saint of revenge but she should be.

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69:49

The Rasputin Episode

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2020/12/29

Much like the Russian man of mystery himself, this episode gets off the rails quick and refuses to die.

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82:42

John Dillinger: The Bank Robbing Shortstop Who Stole...

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2020/12/22

We go deep into the short but jam-packed life of American gangster and minor league shortstop John Dillinger.

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74:40

Hanukkah Can Kick Rocks, Jewish Mardi Gras - Purim -...

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2020/12/15

Tis the season to celebrate fighting off mass extermination. Jake leads Dan and Rob through the ancient Jewish holiday of Purim.

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69:54

Saturnalia: The Roman Christmas

Softcore History ·

2020/12/08

Held in mid-December, Saturnalia is an ancient Roman pagan festival honoring the agricultural god Saturn. It's the source of many traditions we now associate with Christmas but with orgies.

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75:58

Viking Jesus Ragnar Lothbrok

Softcore History ·

2020/12/02

Ragnar Lothbrok. What's true? What's myth? We break down the demigod of Viking past and his invasion of Paris.

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