Episodes

  • Inventions Episode 1: The Wheel

    Inventions Episode 1: The Wheel
    Jan 31 2025
    The wheel was and still is a revolutionary invention, transforming transportation, agriculture, and industry, while laying a technological foundation for countless other immensely significant innovations.

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    22 mins
  • Update: Taking a Mulligan on Inventions

    Update: Taking a Mulligan on Inventions
    Jan 31 2025
    The launch of the new Inventions series hasn't gone to plan - here is an explanation of how the series will be reset and (hopefully) get off to a fresh start.

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    11 mins
  • QAH Episode 95: The War of Jenkins’ Ear

    QAH Episode 95: The War of Jenkins’ Ear
    Jan 29 2025
    Quarter-Arsed History presents: a brief account of how a relatively minor colonial spat between Britain and Spain became known by one of the silliest names in history - the War of Jenkins' Ear.

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    20 mins
  • Episode 344: The Mutiny on the Wager

    Episode 344: The Mutiny on the Wager
    Jan 26 2025
    In this week's episode, hear the tale of the mutiny on the Wager, when a group of sailors stranded off the South American coast rose up against their stubborn captain, leaving him for dead.

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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • Inventions Episode 3: Seafaring

    Inventions Episode 3: Seafaring
    Jan 24 2025
    This week's invention is seafaring, a cornerstone of humanity's history as we have explored the world, chased down the horizon, and - very importantly - moved things from one place to another.

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    23 mins
  • QAH Episode 94: Samuel Pepys’ Account of the Great Fire of London

    QAH Episode 94: Samuel Pepys’ Account of the Great Fire of London
    Jan 22 2025
    Quarter-Arsed History presents: the biggest cop-out episode in this podcast's entire history, one that involves Riley just reading out a week of entries from Samuel Pepys' diary. More like Eighth-Arsed History tbh

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    36 mins
  • Episode 343: The Great Fire of London

    Episode 343: The Great Fire of London
    Jan 19 2025
    In this week's episode, learn all about the Great Fire of London, which ripped through the city in 1666, turning it into a smoking ruin.

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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • QAH Episode 93: Kubla Khan, Coleridge’s Opium-Induced Masterpiece

    QAH Episode 93: Kubla Khan, Coleridge’s Opium-Induced Masterpiece
    Jan 15 2025
    Quarter-Arsed History presents: the supposed tale behind the creation of the poem Kubla Khan, one of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's most famous works.

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    16 mins