Softcore History

Softcore History

Author: Softcore History Language: English Episodes: 100
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A podcast for the casual fan of history. The Wikipedia reader. The kids who grew up with a dad who watched the same 10 hours of World War II specials on The History Channel. Join Dan Regester, Rob Fox, and a weekly guest as they tastefully insert themselves into the past. The only thing we don’t show is our research.
Episodes
The High Priestess of Anarchy [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:30:10
Emma Goldman, one of the most prolific anarchist activists of the Gilded Age, hated injustice and was willing to kill innocent people in order to combat it. She was a renowned anarchist orator who was drawn to the anarch…
The Sword Wielding Lunatic Of WWII [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 56:11
Jack Churchill was an eccentric British Army officer who brought a Scottish broadsword, long bow, and set of bagpipes onto the front lines of World War II. He led Commando missions taking entire towns and escaped from SS…
Boys Have Always Been Boys [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:13:27
“Boys will be boys” is, it turns out, a tale as old as time. We run through several historical examples of little boys f*cking sh*t up just for the fun of it, from a kid who started a full blown political riot because he…
The Black Lawman Who Arrested The Entire Wild West [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:15:14
Bass Reeves was a slave turned deputy U.S. Marshal who became one of the most prolific manhunters in the Wild West. He arrested over 3,000 outlaws, collected bounties on some of the biggest gangs of the time, and barely…
Russia's Coolest Tyrant [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:27:13
Czar Alexander III was Russia's second-to-last Czar. He was also, arguably, its coolest, and definitely one of its most oppressive. One day, he'd be lifting heavy deck furniture over his head to impress his in-laws or hu…
Are The Wright Brothers Underrated? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:03:41
Everyone is familiar with the names Wilbur and Orville Wright, but is it possible they are actually overlooked and don't get enough props for their insane accomplishments? We dig a little deeper into these strange men ob…
The Worst National Security Self-Own Ever [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:07:28
America didn’t want to join World War 1. America wasn’t going to join World War 1. But one German foreign minister who thought he was way smarter than he actually was had a self-own SO BAD that he forced the United State…
China's Worst Trade War Loss [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 57:36
The First Opium War was a series of military conflicts between the British Royal Navy and the Qing dynasty between 1839 to 1842. After tightening up and restricting trade for England creating a major deficit, China was f…
Tariffs Didn’t NOT Cause the Civil War [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:10:16
The United States has a long history of questionable tariffs but nothing compares to the “Tariff of Abominations” in 1828. It was an episode in American political and economic history so stupid that you’ll feel bad for a…
The Scrappy Sled Dog That Captivated Our Nation [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:02:35
Balto was a Siberian Husky sled dog who helped transport life saving medicine to a remote Alaskan settlement. Initially seen as a mediocre pup, this good boy proved his owner wrong and led a pack of 13 others through the…

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