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.
Thomas Nast, Part Two: A Cartoonist Conquers Corruption (and Moves to Ecuador)
35 mins; May 09, 2024
Thomas Nast, Part One: The Cartoonist Who Shaped America
32 mins; May 07, 2024
CLASSIC: The Rotten, Sausagey Secret Origin of Botox
34 mins; May 04, 2024
Books You Can't Read -- By Design!
44 mins; May 02, 2024
La Maupin: The Swordfighting Opera Singer of France
58 mins; April 30, 2024
CLASSIC: The Weird World of Meat Jell-O (A Gelatin Origin Story)
38 mins; April 27, 2024
A History of Roller Coasters, Part Two: Higher, Faster, More Expensive
48 mins; April 25, 2024
A History of Roller Coasters, Part One: Early Ups and Downs
45 mins; April 23, 2024
CLASSIC: London Made a Train for the Dead
32 mins; April 20, 2024
The Page-turning Evolution of the Encyclopædia Britannica
47 mins; April 18, 2024
A Ridiculous History of Worcestershire Sauce
42 mins; April 16, 2024
CLASSIC: Roald Dahl: Children's Author and Secret Agent
39 mins; April 13, 2024
Micronations: How Liechtenstein Became A Country
37 mins; April 11, 2024
Why Are There So Many Captain Marvels?
53 mins; April 09, 2024
CLASSIC: When did ALL-CAPS type become YELLING?
37 mins; April 06, 2024
Look at Us, Late to the Ridiculous History of Easter
47 mins; April 04, 2024
Royal Deaths, Part Four: The Unfortunate Lives of Scottish Kings
34 mins; April 02, 2024
The Delaware Wedge, Part Two: The Wedge and The Horn
30 mins; March 28, 2024
The Delaware Wedge, Part One: A Tiny State with Massive History
27 mins; March 26, 2024
Back to the Choo-ture: the Enduring Nostalgia of Model Trains
54 mins; March 21, 2024
PEZ: Candy or Anti-smoking Aid?
41 mins; March 19, 2024
Mobituaries with Mo Rocca, Part Two: What's Past is Prologue
42 mins; March 14, 2024
Mobituaries with Mo Rocca, Part One: Mo Eulogizes The Pager
44 mins; March 12, 2024
Awful Candy, Part Two: Peeps, Licorice, Wax Lips and More
28 mins; March 07, 2024
Awful Candy, Part One: Tootsie Rolls Saved the War -- and Divided the World
31 mins; March 05, 2024
It Is Literally Time For The Leap Year Episode
48 mins; February 29, 2024
The Ridiculous History of Hot Sauce
56 mins; February 27, 2024
CLASSIC: Why does the Guinness Beer Company Track World Records?
32 mins; February 22, 2024
20 Questions: A Ridiculous Crossover, Part One
65 hours 4 mins; February 20, 2024
Tecumseh's Curse, Part Two: Boy, It's Tough to be President
55 mins; February 15, 2024
Tecumseh's Curse, Part One: Rise of The Prophet
47 mins; February 13, 2024
History Is Absolutely Riddled With Famous Mistranslations
48 mins; February 08, 2024
Stuff That Got Left Over, Part Two: Hot Tubs, The Last Shantyman, President Taft Had Pet Cows
34 mins; February 06, 2024
The Puzzler Returns, Part Two: A Field Trip to the CIA
43 mins; February 01, 2024
The Puzzler Returns, Part One: Puzzles and Spies
44 mins; January 30, 2024
A Boeing Wonderland, Part Two: A Fake Rooftop City For All!
44 mins; January 25, 2024
A Boeing Wonderland, Part One: A Magician Tries to Camouflage Entire Airfields
51 mins; January 23, 2024
Calvin Coolidge Was Super Weird...and Surprisingly Cool
44 mins; January 18, 2024
The Ridiculous History of Baseball Caps: How One Hat Traveled the World
48 mins; January 16, 2024
Breeching: A Weird Historical Obsession with Children's Pants
40 mins; January 11, 2024
The Salton Sea: How A Little Whoopsie Turned into Ecological Disaster
43 mins; January 09, 2024
CLASSIC: Digging Up James K Polk (For the Third Time)
34 mins; January 04, 2024
CLASSIC: The Atomic Whoops: When the US Air Force Bombed South Carolina
31 mins; January 02, 2024
The History of Soda Pop is So Weird, Part Two: Nostalgia is a Heck of a Drug
41 mins; December 28, 2023
The History of Soda Pop is So Weird, Part One: The Saga of Spicy Water
46 mins; December 26, 2023
The Puzzler, Part Two: Waldo, Rubik, and More
43 mins; December 21, 2023
The Puzzler, Part One: The Crossword Moral Panic
32 mins; December 19, 2023
Christmas Has A Dark Side: The Krampus Episode
45 mins; December 14, 2023
A House Divided: Various Times Congress Tried to Beat the Snot Out of Each Other
54 mins; December 12, 2023
Scientists Who Were Horrifically Persecuted, Part Two: Alan Turing
31 mins; December 07, 2023
Serious Diseases with Seriously Funny Names, Part Two: Rickets, Brain Fever, and Maple Syrup
41 mins; December 05, 2023
Serious Diseases with Seriously Funny Names, Part One: Dropsy
37 mins; November 30, 2023
Oh Man, James Joyce was a Dirty Dude!
42 mins; November 28, 2023
What's the Deal with Turkey on Thanksgiving?
46 mins; November 23, 2023
Tammany Hall: America's Early Puppet Masters
53 mins; November 21, 2023
The Hoover Dam is Ridiculous, Part Two: The Audacity!
32 mins; November 16, 2023
The Hoover Dam is Ridiculous, Part One: Man Versus Nature
39 mins; November 14, 2023
CLASSIC: Waging War With Hallucinogenic Honey
23 mins; November 09, 2023
CLASSIC: Ben Franklin Tried To Reinvent the Alphabet
29 mins; November 07, 2023
CLASSIC: When the Puritans Canceled Christmas
28 mins; November 02, 2023
How Did Trick-Or-Treating Become a Thing?
59 mins; October 31, 2023
The Tangled History of Topiary, Part Two: That Shrub Is Looking at Me Funny
27 mins; October 26, 2023
The Tangled History of Topiary, Part One: The Ancient Art of Fancy Plants
31 mins; October 24, 2023
Scientists Who Were Horrifically Persecuted, Part One
52 mins; October 20, 2023
The Crappy, Commodious History of Toilets
47 mins; October 17, 2023
Aaron Burr, Part Two: The Fall of a Guy Nobody Liked
45 mins; October 12, 2023
Aaron Burr, Part One: The Rise of a Guy Nobody Liked
42 mins; October 10, 2023
Introducing: McCartney A Life in Lyrics
8 mins; October 05, 2023
Royals Who Died on the Toilet: Our Classiest Episode Yet
35 mins; October 05, 2023
That Time Indiana Tried to Change Pi
41 mins; October 03, 2023
Why Don't People Wear White After Labor Day?
30 mins; September 28, 2023
Michigan Has Its Own Bermuda Triangle
45 mins; September 26, 2023
The Road to Modern Basketball, Part Two: How Dribbling Became A Thing
50 mins; September 21, 2023
The Road to Modern Basketball, Part One: Naismith and "The Incorrigibles"
40 mins; September 19, 2023
The 10th President's Grandson is Alive Today
38 mins; September 14, 2023
Stuff That Got Left Over: Nukes
34 mins; September 12, 2023
Ralph Nader Versus Big Auto
43 mins; September 08, 2023
CLASSIC: Baguettes and Vacation: France versus Bakers
24 mins; September 05, 2023
Everyone Was Covered in Poop: A Grimy History of Soap
44 mins; August 31, 2023
Behind the Logo: The Story of the Nike Swoosh
37 mins; August 29, 2023
The Architecture of Spite, Part Three: The Pie House and a Scorned Argentine
40 mins; August 24, 2023
The Architecture of Spite, Part Two: Macy's and The Skinny House
34 mins; August 22, 2023
The Ridiculous History of Intellectual Property, Part 2: When Things Get Weird
45 mins; August 17, 2023
The Ridiculous History of Intellectual Property, Part 1: The Ancient Past
38 mins; August 15, 2023
World War II's Alaskan Front: The Aleutian Island Campaign
47 mins; August 10, 2023
Micronations: The Amazing Story of Vatican City
49 mins; August 08, 2023
The FBI versus Hip-Hop
49 mins; August 03, 2023
The Inventor of the Saxophone Had Some of the World's Worst Luck
54 mins; August 01, 2023
Animals On Trial, Part 2: Legal Personhood "Goes Wild"
41 mins; July 27, 2023
Animals On Trial, Part 1: Tons of Animals Went to Kangaroo Courts
50 mins; July 25, 2023
Broken Arrows, Part 2: In Which Actions Have Consequence
49 mins; July 20, 2023
Broken Arrows, Part 1: Whoops, Where's Our Nuke?
39 mins; July 18, 2023
New Providence: That Time Pirates Had A Government
56 mins; July 13, 2023
Tons of People Married Their First Cousins
51 mins; July 11, 2023
Lost Media, Part 2: The Magnificent Ambersons
39 mins; July 06, 2023
The Ridiculous History of "Snake Oil"
52 mins; July 04, 2023
Badass of the Week, Part 2: Rise of the Kung Fu Werewolf
41 mins; June 29, 2023
Badass of the Week, Part 1: An Origin Story
33 mins; June 27, 2023
That Time Abe Lincoln Trolled His Way Into a Real-life Duel
36 mins; June 22, 2023
The Creation of (and Backlash Against) Father's Day
