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History Boiz

Jerry Nash, Christopher Wheadon, Zach Mech, Madi Moon

Meet Chris, Madi, Zach, and Jerry. They are the History Boiz. They’re going to tell you about historical figures and events and make you laugh at the same time. Drink a cheap beer, and get some history up in you. Like the founding fathers intended.

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02:40:13

Grace O’Malley

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2026/03/17

Grace O’Malley has become a legend as a swashbuckling Irish pirate that had terrorized, and then terrorized on behalf of, Queen Elizabeth I. The truth is much more complex. Join us for the Pirate Queen herself!Sources:Cook, Judith. PIRATE QUEEN : The Life of Grace O’malley. S.L., Birlinn Ltd, 2021.‌“Grace O’Malley.” Celtic Junction Arts Center, celticjunction.org/library/grace-omalley/.‌

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02:32:00

Bass Reeves

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2026/03/03

Marshal Bass Reeves was a legend of the Wild West. What sets him apart from the usual lexicon of Wild West legends wasn’t that he was black or a black law man, it’s because he was the real deal. Joining us is the incomparable Beau Binek from the How the West Was F#cked podcast!Sources:Burton, Arthur T. Black Gun, Silver Star : The Life and Legend of Frontier Marshal Bass Reeves. Lincoln, Neb., University Of Nebraska Press ; Chesham, 2008.

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01:50:20

Frank Gotch vs. George Hackenschmidt

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2026/02/17

In the early days of profession wrestling, a sport already rife with conmen and circus tricks, there would be one rivalry that would make, and simultaneously threaten to break, the sport across the globe. Two worlds collided with the rough and tumble American, Frank Gotch, and the first world heavyweight champion of the world, The Russian Lion, George Hackenschmidt. Joining us is Taylor, the host of the Wild Mouse podcast and a co-host of the Grave Plot Podcast!Sources:Jr, Ken Zimmerman. Gotch vs

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02:30:50

Chief Joseph Part 2

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2026/02/03

In part 2, Joseph is among the leaders who guided the Nez Perce during the subsequent war and harrowing retreat across some of the roughest terrain that North America has to offer. Joining us again is Will from How the West Was F#cked!Sources:Nerburn, Kent. Chief Joseph & the Flight of the Nez Perce : The Untold Story of an American Tragedy. New York, NY, Harpersanfrancicso, 2005.Sharfstein, Daniel J. Thunder in the Mountains : Chief Joseph, Oliver Otis Howard, and the Nez Perce War. New York, W.W

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02:08:04

Chief Joseph Part 1

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2026/01/19

Chief Joseph was a leader of a Wallowa band of Nez Perce that became a legend and myth in his own time. Joining us is Will from How the West Was F#cked!Sources:Nerburn, Kent. Chief Joseph & the Flight of the Nez Perce : The Untold Story of an American Tragedy. New York, NY, Harpersanfrancicso, 2005.Sharfstein, Daniel J. Thunder in the Mountains : Chief Joseph, Oliver Otis Howard, and the Nez Perce War. New York, W.W. Norton & Company, 2018.‌

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01:22:35

George Hearst Part 5

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2026/01/05

The last installment of Jerry joining How the West Was F#cked for the conclusion of George Hearst!

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01:04:44

George Hearst Part 4

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2025/12/29

Jerry joins How the West Was F#cked for part 4 of George Hearst!

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02:08:16

William the Conqueror

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2025/12/27

Also known as William the Bastard, the powerful Duke of Normandy would change the course of English history. Join us for our very special December episode!Sources:Mitchell, David. Unruly. Crown, 3 Oct. 2023.‌Morris, Marc. The Norman Conquest. Simon and Schuster, 13 Sept. 2022.

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01:04:44

George Hearst Part 4

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2025/12/27

Jerry joins How the West Was F#cked again to finish up George Hearst!

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01:08:30

George Hearst Part 3

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2025/12/10

Part 3 of George Hearst! Jerry joins How the West Was F#cked once again!

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02:30:28

The Edmund Fitzgerald

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2025/12/04

Maybe you’ve heard Gordon Lightfoot’s tribute song, here is the true story behind it! This Great Lakes tragedy still resonates today. Join us for our November special (a tad late, but well worth the wait)!Sources:Bacon, John U. The Gales of November. Liveright Publishing, 7 Oct. 2025.‌Detroit, WDIV. Backstory: The Edmund Fitzgerald. 6 Nov. 2025, youtu.be/8KpkceTklu0?si=_JBRo8D3Y07j1q28.‌The World’s Most Epic Sea Shanty by Alexander Nakarada (CreatorChords) | https://creatorchords.comMusic promoted

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01:24:52

How the West Was F#cked - George Hearst Part 2

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2025/11/28

Our very own Jerry fills in for Beau on How the West Was F#cked once again! We hope you enjoy it!

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01:15:55

How the West Was F#cked - George Hearst Part 1

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2025/11/19

Jerry recently filled in for our friend, Beau, on our brother podcast, How the West Was F#cked. Although he is hardly a replacement for Beau, we hope you enjoy it!

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02:44:51

Howard Carter and the Curse of the Pharaohs

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2025/10/31

The true story of the greatest archeological discovery in history and the rumors of a terrible ancient curse that swirled around the subsequent deaths of team members and tourists alike. Join us for this spooky season installment, HOWARD CARTER and the CURSE of the PHARAOHS!Sources:Brier, Bob. Tutankhamun and the Tomb That Changed the World. Oxford University Press, 15 Oct. 2022.‌Wilkinson, Toby. WORLD beneath the SANDS : Adventurers and Archaeologists in the Golden Age of Egyptology. S.L., Picador,

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01:27:44

The Aswang Vampire

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2025/10/09

On this spooky season edition, join us for the Filipino legend of the Aswang, and the CIA agent who used it as psychological warfare!Sources:Clark, Jordan. “The Maximo Ramos Taxonomical Classifications of the Aswang • the ASWANG PROJECT.” THE ASWANG PROJECT, 1 Oct. 2023, www.aswangproject.com/ramos_aswang/.Blum, William. Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions since World War II. London, Zed Books, 2014.Boot, Max. The Road Not Taken: Edward Lansdale and the American Tragedy in Vietnam

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01:40:26

The Marquis de Sade

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2025/09/25

The Marquis de Sade was a libertine French author and “philosopher” who penned “the most impure tale ever written since the world began”, The 120 Days of Sodom. His life was so outrageous and criminal that it landed him in multiple prisons, asylums, and a famous oubliette. Join us for the life of one of the most controversial historical figures in history!Sources:Sade, Marquis De, et al. The 120 Days of Sodom. 1785. London, Penguin Classics, 2016.Warner, Joel. The Curse of the Marquis de Sade

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01:22:03

The United Fruit Company

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2025/09/11

The United Fruit Company has directly shaped the course of history in every country in Middle America. All for bananas.THIS ONE IS FOR BEAUhttps://www.gofundme.com/f/help-beaus-family-be-by-his-sideSources:Chapman, Peter. Bananas. Canongate Books, 15 Dec. 2022.“Jorge Ubico | President of Guatemala | Britannica.” Www.britannica.com, www.britannica.com/biography/Jorge-Ubico.McCann, Thomas P. An American Company. 1976.‌“United Fruit Company | American Company.” Encyclopedia Britannica,

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02:22:17

Pythagoras

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2025/09/01

The murderous triangular cult may have indeed existed - join us for the Greek mathematician and cult leader, Pythagoras!Donate to help Beau:https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-beaus-family-be-by-his-side/cl/s?utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_content=amp13_t1&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link&lang=en_US&attribution_id=sl%3A07ce25ad-6a08-4f51-b9ec-bcc66220ed63&ts=1756705571Sources:Laertius Diogenes, and Pamela Mensch. Lives of the Eminent Philosophers. New York, Oxford University Press,

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01:57:35

Nancy Wake Part 3

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2025/08/13

Nancy parachutes into France and becomes an integral part of the French resistance. To make a vast understatement, her adventures in effort to put an end to the Nazi occupation of France were numerous and harrowing - using all of her faculties, and highly trained skills (and her ample amount of luck) from making and using bombs, right down to her bare hands. Join us for the thrilling conclusion of Nancy Wake AKA Hélène AKA Madame Andrea AKA The White Mouse!Sources:Fitzsimons, Peter. Nancy Wake : A

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01:33:09

Nancy Wake Part 2

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2025/08/01

Nancy becomes notorious for her courier work and staging prison breaks that she earns herself the code name, The White Mouse, from the Gestapo who were on to her. Join us for Nancy’s harrowing escape over the Pyrenees - not that she was done with the fight - in part 2!Sources:Fitzsimons, Peter. Nancy Wake : A Biography of Our Greatest War Heroine 1912-2011. Sydney, Harpercollins Publishers, 2011.Wake, Nancy. The White Mouse. Sydney, Pan Macmillan Australia, 1985.

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