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Ridiculous History
History is beautiful, brutal and, often, ridiculous. Join Ben Bowlin and Noel Brown as they dive into some of the weirdest stories from across the span of human civilization in Ridiculous History, a podcast by iHeartRadio.
Hoax! With Dana Schwartz and Lizzie Logan
47 mins; August 14, 2025
Fabergé Eggs Are Ridiculous (And Fascinating)
45 mins; August 12, 2025
The World of Non-Gregorian Calendars: What Day Is It, Really?
39 mins; August 07, 2025
The Ridiculous Origin of the Modern Calendar
39 mins; August 05, 2025
CLASSIC: George Carlin Gets Quoted in the Supreme Court: Ridiculous Stand-up Stories with Wayne Federman
26 mins; August 02, 2025
The Ridiculous History of Fantasy Sports, Part Two
35 mins; July 31, 2025
The Ridiculous History of Fantasy Sports, Part One
32 mins; July 29, 2025
CLASSIC: The People vs. Lenny Bruce: Ridiculous Stand-up Stories with Wayne Federman
33 mins; July 26, 2025
First Ladies Who Weren't Wives, Part Two, Part Two: Some Folks Didn't Want The Job
27 mins; July 24, 2025
First Ladies Who Weren't Wives, Part Two, Part One: James "The Bachelor" Buchanan
33 mins; July 22, 2025
CLASSIC: The Life and Times of Ol' Knife Hand
28 mins; July 19, 2025
Batman, or Bat-Man? A Ridiculously Comical Feud For The Ages
45 mins; July 17, 2025
Introducing: American History Hotline
1 min; July 16, 2025
Three Ridiculous Histories of "Bloody Mary"
47 mins; July 15, 2025
CLASSIC: The Ridiculous Story of the World’s First (Documented) Serial Killer
35 mins; July 12, 2025
A Ridiculous History of "Fad Diets"
43 mins; July 10, 2025
A Titanic Disaster: That Time An Entire Production Crew Tripped Off Bad Chowder
44 mins; July 08, 2025
CLASSIC: Back When the Rich Ate Corpses
36 mins; July 03, 2025
Introducing: United States of Kennedy
2 mins; July 02, 2025
A Ridiculous History of Sex, with Ross Benes
48 mins; July 01, 2025
CLASSIC: The Mummies of Guanajuato
30 mins; June 28, 2025
A Ridiculous History of Brain Science, with Jorge Cham
56 mins; June 26, 2025
Jorge Cham Teaches Us The Universe: Big Bangs and Quantum Hangs
53 mins; June 24, 2025
CLASSIC: The Curious Rise of SPAM
47 mins; June 21, 2025
The Ridiclulous Hsitory of Typos
38 mins; June 19, 2025
Come For the Palooka, Stay For the Farts!
47 mins; June 17, 2025
CLASSIC: The Origins Of, and Backlash Against, Father's Day
42 mins; June 14, 2025
Father's Day, Around the World
36 mins; June 12, 2025
The History of Morning Routines, Part Two: All Hail The Toothbrush! And Deodorant!
42 mins; June 10, 2025
CLASSIC: The Smooth-talking Takeover of Tabor Bridge: "Yes And-ing" Your Way To Victory
31 mins; June 07, 2025
CLASSIC: History's Coolest (Non-Human) Political Candidates, Part I
54 mins; June 05, 2025
The History of Morning Routines, Part One: Thank Goodness People Learned to Wash Themselves
34 mins; June 03, 2025
CLASSIC: Attack of the Aswang: How the CIA Used Vampires as Weapons of War
31 mins; May 31, 2025
The Ridiculous -- and Surprisingly Dangerous -- History of Hair Dye
45 mins; May 29, 2025
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: That Super Humble Statue of Zeus
35 mins; May 27, 2025
CLASSIC: Who are the Hartlepudlian Monkey Hangers?
34 mins; May 27, 2025
HP Lovecraft Was A Super Weird Dude, Part Two: The Horror Stories That Changed The World
56 mins; May 22, 2025
HP Lovecraft Was A Super Weird Dude, Part One: Childhood Tragedy
52 mins; May 20, 2025
CLASSIC: William Walker: Filibuster and (Fantastically Bad) President
42 mins; May 17, 2025
Accidental Inventions of the 20th Century, Part Two: The Slinky and the Post-it Note
37 mins; May 15, 2025
Accidental Inventions of the 20th Century, Part One: Penicillin, X-Rays and the Microwave Oven
42 mins; May 13, 2025
CLASSIC: Lawsonomy: How the Father of the Modern Airline Started His Own Religion
51 mins; May 10, 2025
Did Pirates Really Ruin the US Dream of the Metric System?
36 mins; May 08, 2025
Yet More Ridiculous Historical Honorifics: Ethelred Just Ain't Ready
42 mins; May 06, 2025
CLASSIC: A Dead Pope Goes To Court
27 mins; May 03, 2025
History's Most Ridiculous Clothing, with AJ Jacobs: Part Two
36 mins; May 01, 2025
History's Most Ridiculous Clothing, with AJ Jacobs: Part One
29 mins; April 29, 2025
CLASSIC: War and Candy: The Infamous Tootsie Roll Air Drop
33 mins; April 26, 2025
A Ridiculous History of Tupperware
45 mins; April 24, 2025
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
38 mins; April 22, 2025
CLASSIC: The Man Who Assassinated Abe Lincoln's Assassin
34 mins; April 19, 2025
Paul Is Dead, Part Two: Welcome to the Walrus
45 mins; April 17, 2025
Paul Is Dead, Part One: The Beatles versus MI5
50 mins; April 15, 2025
CLASSIC: The Cock Lane Ghost: Haunting, Hoax, Hysteria… or Hilarious?
39 mins; April 12, 2025
CLASSIC: Roland the Farter and the Weird World of Professional Flatulence
34 mins; April 10, 2025
CLASSIC: Gregor MacGregor Invented a Country and Convinced People to Invest in It
57 mins; April 08, 2025
CLASSIC: Angry Feds and Deadly Booze: The Story of the Chemists' War
29 mins; April 05, 2025
We're Late for the April Fools' Episode
42 mins; April 03, 2025
The Ridiculous History of Vending Machines
62 hours 21 mins; April 01, 2025
CLASSIC: Fanny and Stella: The Cross-Dressing Scandal of Victorian England
36 mins; March 29, 2025
Badass of the Week, with Ben Thompson - Part 2: the Battle of Karánsebes
43 mins; March 27, 2025
Badass of the Week, with Ben Thompson - Part 1: History's Most Ridiculous Friendly-fire Incident
37 mins; March 25, 2025
CLASSIC: That Time Kansas Imprisoned Women For Having STDs
30 mins; March 22, 2025
A Ridiculous History of Processed Cheese
32 mins; March 20, 2025
The Darién Gap, or: the Real Reason Scotland Lost Its Independence
39 mins; March 18, 2025
CLASSIC: Oregon Was a White Supremacist Paradise
43 mins; March 15, 2025
Introducing: ScienceStuff
59 secs; March 14, 2025
Introducing: SNAFU Season 3: Formula 6
2 mins; March 14, 2025
Apple Versus Apple: The Beatles' Decades-long IP War
38 mins; March 13, 2025
Ancient Wonders of the Modern World: The (Alleged) Hanging Gardens of Babylon
40 mins; March 11, 2025
CLASSIC: Project A119: The Cold War Plan to Nuke the Moon!
30 mins; March 08, 2025
The US Camel Corps, Part Two: The Legend of the Red Ghost
49 mins; March 06, 2025
The US Camel Corps, Part One: Several People With A Really Weird Dream
46 mins; March 04, 2025
CLASSIC: Adidas Versus Puma: A Tale of Two Brothers
45 mins; March 01, 2025
CLASSIC: The WWII Naval Battle Won Using Potatoes
33 mins; February 27, 2025
CLASSIC: The Korean Soldier Who Fought for 3 Armies During WWII
23 mins; February 25, 2025
CLASSIC: Philadelphia's Transylvanian Doomsday Cult: The Cave of Kelpius
45 mins; February 22, 2025
CLASSIC: Weird Wars Fought For Dumb Reasons
44 mins; February 20, 2025
CLASSIC: The FBI's Quest to Understand "Louie, Louie"
47 mins; February 18, 2025
CLASSIC: The Time a Soviet Premier Was Banned From Disneyland
43 mins; February 15, 2025
That Time Japan Absolutely Rinsed Russia, Part Two: The Togo Turn
38 mins; February 13, 2025
That Time Japan Absolutely Rinsed Russia, Part One: The Race For Manchuria
35 mins; February 11, 2025
CLASSIC: Kidnapping, Binge Drinking and Costumes: Voter Fraud in the 1800s
33 mins; February 08, 2025
Victorians Got Super Weird With Flirting, Part Two: Courtship and Calling Cards
37 mins; February 06, 2025
Victorians Got Super Weird With Flirting, Part One: "Fan Fiction"
41 mins; February 04, 2025
Why did people hate the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge?
31 mins; February 01, 2025
First Ladies Who Weren't Wives, Part One: The Niece Will Have To Do
40 mins; January 30, 2025
Some of History's Funniest Honorifics, Part One: The Babymaker, the Debauchee, and More
39 mins; January 28, 2025
IP, Part Two: The Baffling World of Trademarks
49 mins; January 23, 2025
A Ton of Inventors Died Due To Their Own Inventions, Chapter Two: Li Si and the Five Pains
36 mins; January 21, 2025
CLASSIC: The 1904 Racist Summer Olympic Games in St. Louis
33 mins; January 18, 2025
The Ridiculously Ambitious History of the World's Fair, Part Two: Things Don't Always Work Out
44 mins; January 16, 2025
The Ridiculously Ambitious History of the World's Fair, Part One: A Crazy Plan, and Crazy Success
47 mins; January 14, 2025
CLASSIC: Why British Soccer Players Saluted the Nazis
40 mins; January 11, 2025
How Dogs Went Domestic, Part Two: Yes, Dogs Know What You're Thinking
51 mins; January 09, 2025
How Dogs Went Domestic, Part One: Classic Rom-Com
52 mins; January 07, 2025
CLASSIC: Why don't Americans use bidets?
32 mins; January 04, 2025
CLASSIC: The Earliest Recorded Mooning Killed Thousands
37 mins; January 02, 2025
The Story of Claudette Colvin, with Nimene Wureh
40 mins; December 31, 2024
CLASSIC: How did Fido become the default name for dogs?
39 mins; December 28, 2024
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