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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

102:35

John Smith’s Mercenary Pirate Life Before Pocahontas

Softcore History ·

2020/11/24

We cover the rad and insane life of John Smith before his years with Pocahontas.

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83:28

Pompeii’s Graffiti Proves Ancient Rome Had Twitter...

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2020/11/17

Pompeii's perfectly preserved and absurdly raunchy graffiti is proof that the ancient world had social media and that people have always thought and are funny.

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61:09

Catapulting Messengers And Comedic Relief War Dwarfs:...

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2020/11/10

From farting songs for the laughter of kings to taunting dying enemies on medieval battlefields, we break down the long, bizarre history of jesters.

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81:48

The Time A Presidential Candidate Died Mid-Election

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2020/11/03

Boosh fills in for Rob to talk about the only US election where one of the two presidential candidates died in the middle of voting.

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93:13

New Orleans’ Most Evil Citizen Was A Bipolar Cougar

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2020/10/27

Madame Delphine LaLaurie, the most evil resident in the history of New Orleans, was run out of the city for torturing and mutilating her slaves. She was also a gold digging cougar and a real buzzkill on ghost tours.

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96:11

The Witch Who Was Actually Pretty Rad Other Than The...

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2020/10/20

Noted witch expert and ex-TSM show runner Veronica Ruckh joins Softcore History to read Dan’s fortune with Tarot cards and discuss La Voisin, a purveyor of black masses and one of the most infamous witches in history.

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72:04

The KGB Is Great At Framing Aliens For Mass Murder

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2020/10/13

The boys breakdown the Dyatlov Pass Incident where 9 Russian hikers died in the Northern Ural Mountains in extremely mysterious ways.

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75:26

H.H. Holmes Built A Murder Castle In Chicago Because...

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2020/10/06

Alex Buscemi joins the boys to talk about the first known serial killer in American history, H.H. Holmes.

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82:19

The Civil War Was Won By A Hooker Loving Murderer And...

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2020/09/29

Gettysburg was won by two unlikely heroes and a decision to completely defy orders. We dive into one of the most important days in American history and the rogue officer who stumped the Confederacy with his dopey pivot.

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62:44

Was The 1518 Dancing Plague Caused By A Tween Ghost?

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2020/09/22

In 1518 hundreds of people literally danced to death in what's now France. What caused an estimated 400 people to footloose into an early grave? Jake, Rob, and Dan investigate.

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83:19

The Mad Hatter That Avenged Abe Lincoln

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2020/09/14

Boston Corbett went from small town hat maker to the national hero who gunned down John Wilkes Booth. His life was more insane than his mercury soaked brain.

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78:32

The First Joke Ever Recorded, Temple Orgies, And Con...

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2020/09/08

We dive into the first known human civilization of Sumer and find common ground with this ancient group of people who really just wanted to get drunk, fire off some jokes, and vent about their problems in a lion infested Middle East.

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64:38

The Time A Rotting Corpse Was Put On Trial By The Pope

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2020/09/01

Cancel culture is nothing new. We dive into The Cadaver Synod where a dead man was wheeled into an actual court room by the Pope to answer for the crimes of his life.

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77:32

The Tennessee Vampire Who Conquered Latin America

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2020/08/31

William Walker was a lawyer, doctor, and complete lunatic from Tennessee who conquered and took control of multiple Latin American countries in the mid 1800s. We take a deep dive into "The Grey Eyed Man of Destiny" and the true power of self-belief.

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