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Half-Arsed History

Half-Arsed History"s first book, History"s Strangest Deaths, is now available: https://www.booktopia.com.au/history-s-strangest-deaths-riley-knight/book/9781761472589.htmlWelcome along to Half-Arsed History! It"s a weekly podcast highlighting absurd and entertaining stories from history. Three times a week, it helps host Riley Knight feel as though his useless history degree has some kind of real-world relevance.Get in touch: halfarsedhistory@gmail.comSupport the show on Patreon:

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23:53

Inventions Episode 21: The Telescope

Half-Arsed History ·

2025/05/23

The telescope is a device that, for the last four hundred years, has helped us unlock the mysteries and secrets of our solar system, galaxy, and indeed universe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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23:35

QAH Episode 111: The Egon Kisch Affair

Half-Arsed History ·

2025/05/21

Quarter-Arsed History presents: the Egon Kisch Affair, when the Australian government went to ludicrous and ultimately unsuccessful lengths to block an anti-Nazi campaigner from entering the country. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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59:28

Episode 360: The Knights Templar

Half-Arsed History ·

2025/05/18

In this week's episode, learn all about the Knights Templar - who they were, why they were founded, what they did, and what led to their ultimate downfall. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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24:48

Inventions Episode 20: The Flushing Toilet

Half-Arsed History ·

2025/05/16

The flushing toilet not only represents a very important development in the history of human sanitation and health, but is also a lot of fun to talk about on a tinpot history podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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33:12

QAH Episode 110: The Mary Celeste - Remastered

Half-Arsed History ·

2025/05/14

Quarter-Arsed History presents: the mysterious tale of the Mary Celeste - an abandoned, derelict ship that was discovered floating in the middle of the Atlantic, with no sign of what had happened to its crew. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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50:52

Episode 359: History’s Longest Unfought Wars

Half-Arsed History ·

2025/05/11

In this week's episode, hear about some of the longest wars that were never actually fought - four different conflicts where war was declared before being ignored or just plain forgotten about, in some cases for several centuries. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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26:08

Inventions Episode 19: The Printing Press

Half-Arsed History ·

2025/05/09

The printing press is one of or perhaps the most important invention in human history, inspiring revolutions across science, religion, society, culture, and politics by making information more accessible than ever before. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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18:02

QAH Episode 109: The Cadaver Synod - Remastered

Half-Arsed History ·

2025/05/07

Quarter-Arsed History presents: the Cadaver Synod, the time a dead pope was dug up out of the ground and put on trial as a corpse. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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57:40

Episode 358: History’s Weirdest Papal Conclaves

Half-Arsed History ·

2025/05/04

In this week's episode, hear about five of the most ridiculous stories to emerge from the history of papal conclaves - from foul-mouthed brawling, to papier-mache crowns, to the time there were four popes in a single year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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31:05

Inventions Episode 18: The Mechanical Clock

Half-Arsed History ·

2025/05/02

Clocks are everywhere - we are more or less always surrounded by timekeeping devices of all different kinds, but it was the mechanical clock, specifically, that ushered in an era of accurate, reliable horology.Marshall Sutcliffe from Wristwatch Revival working on the watches I wear:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJFNcfT-7HQhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5ziU2-9yOohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eQp4VAjZ00 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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20:19

QAH Episode 108: The Defenestrations of Prague -...

Half-Arsed History ·

2025/04/30

Quarter-Arsed History presents: the Defenestrations of Prague, an account of the multiple time that angry Bohemian Protestants have hurled Catholics out of windows as acts of political protest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:06:58

Episode 357: The History of the Papal Conclave

Half-Arsed History ·

2025/04/27

In this week's episode, learn all about the papal conclave: what preceded it, its origins, its centuries of history, and all that we know about how it elects popes today, in the 21st century. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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21:25

Inventions Episode 17: Eyeglasses

Half-Arsed History ·

2025/04/25

Eyeglasses, as a very important invention, have evolved from an expensive and somewhat unreliable piece of specialist equipment to something that half the world's population makes daily use of. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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25:52

QAH Episode 107: Lord Timothy Dexter, the Whacko...

Half-Arsed History ·

2025/04/23

Quarter-Arsed History presents: the (somewhat unverified) tale of Timothy Dexter, who amassed a vast fortune by making some of the most ludicrous business decisions you'll ever hear. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:19:53

Episode 356: A Guide to Australian Elections

Half-Arsed History ·

2025/04/20

In this week's episode, learn all about Australian elections - how they originated, how they've changed, how they work today, and how their results lead to parliamentary governments being formed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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25:40

Inventions Episode 16: The Compass

Half-Arsed History ·

2025/04/18

The compass has been used as a navigational tool for a thousand years, guiding ships and aeroplanes around the world - but for a thousand years before that, it served a different (and slightly less useful) role. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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19:18

QAH Episode 106: Jeanne de Clisson, Lioness of...

Half-Arsed History ·

2025/04/16

Quarter-Arsed History present: the tale of the 14th-century noblewoman Jeanne de Clisson, who, after the execution of her husband at the hands of the French king, turned to a life of piracy and terrorised French shipping in the English Channel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:06:50

Episode 355: The Jacobite Risings and the Battle of...

Half-Arsed History ·

2025/04/13

In this week's episode, get stuck into another tragic chapter in Scottish history with the stories of the Jacobite Risings and the famous Battle of Culloden. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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25:04

Inventions Episode 15: Gunpowder

Half-Arsed History ·

2025/04/11

Gunpowder revolutionised human warfare, ushering in a new chapter in the history of our species as we left behind swords and shields to fire guns and cannons instead. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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25:52

QAH Episode 105: The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand...

Half-Arsed History ·

2025/04/09

Quarter-Arsed History presents: the tale of the event that triggered the First World War - the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, complete with all the ludicrous misadventure that came with it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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