Major League Wife Swap

Major League Wife Swap

Author: Softcore History June 8, 2026 Duration: 53:50
Softcore History
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In 1973, the strangest trade broke out between two New York Yankees teammates. This is the career defining story of both Fritz Peterson and Mike Kekich. Subscribe to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠the Softcore History Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for hundreds of hours of extra history content including episodes like this, listener voicemails, movie watch-alongs, and weekly bonus episodes.  Get 10% off ZIppix Toothpicks with code SOFTCORE at ⁠⁠https://zippixtoothpicks.com/discount/SOFTCORE⁠⁠ Rob Fox⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/robfoxthree/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/RobFoxThree ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@robfoxthree ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Dan Regester ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/danregester/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 100

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The Man Who Wrongly Thought He Could Fly [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 51:17
Franz Reichelt was an Austrian born tailor who became obsessed with the idea of creating a wearable parachute for pilots and aviators. This passion was only fueled by the many peers who doubted his invention and it ultim…
Left Handers Are The Most Oppressed People In Human History [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:02:12
Rob, a southpaw survivor of human society’s systemic left-handedness oppression, breaks down all the horrible ways basically every civilization throughout human history has demonized, ostracized, and genocided left-hande…
The Last Viking [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:06:33
Harald "Hardrada" Sigurdsson was a Viking mercenary in the Byzantine Varangian Guard and eventual King of Norway who threw his hat in the ring to conquer England in 1066. He lived an extraordinary life traveling far and…
The Spy Who Shagged BP [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:06:08
Moe Berg was a defense-first journeyman catcher for the Dodgers, White Sox, Indians, and Red Sox who faced the likes of Babe Ruth and Joe DiMaggio. He also had multiple Ivy League degrees and was such a trusted spy for t…
The Eggnog Riot [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:03:19
Jefferson Davis was a malcontent long before the American Civil War. The Eggnog Riot or Grog Mutiny was an 1826 drunken Christmas rebellion by dozens of cadets at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point including the fut…
The Worst Company Christmas Party in History [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:10:16
Forget puking secretaries and handsy office creeps, BY FAR the worst company Christmas party in American history happened on Christmas Eve in Michigan in 1913 when a group of striking miners had their party tragically an…
Flying Drunk At Pearl Harbor [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:02:06
U.S. Army Air Corps pilots Kenneth Taylor and George Welch had a few days off in tropical paradise and decided to let loose at an officer Christmas party. They parlay that into an all night poker game before eventually g…
Who Was The Best General Of All Time? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:12:02
This is a free preview of the content we offer on the Softcore History Patreon.It is the best way to support Dan and Rob and keeps the podcast going.Subscribe to the Softcore History Patreon for hundreds of hours of extr…
The Geriatric Masshole Who Murdered Redcoats [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:10:05
Samuel Whittemore fought in the American Revolution. He fought despite the fact that he was born in 1696. At 78 years old, Whittemore, who'd already served in two wars prior to the American Revolution, ambushed a British…
The Pilgrims Actually Helped the Indians…To Murder [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:05:05
The real story behind Thanksgiving.Subscribe to the Softcore History Patreon for hundreds of hours of extra history content including episodes like this, listener voicemails, movie watch-alongs, and weekly bonus episodes…

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