Ridiculous History

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History #86

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.

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    Apr 16, 2024 – 42:14
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    Apr 11, 2024 – 37:04
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    Apr 9, 2024 – 53:11
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    Mar 12, 2024 – 44:29
  • Awful Candy, Part Two: Peeps, Licorice, Wax Lips and More
    Mar 7, 2024 – 28:55
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    Mar 5, 2024 – 31:02
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    Feb 29, 2024 – 48:55
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    Feb 27, 2024 – 56:07
  • CLASSIC: Why does the Guinness Beer Company Track World Records?
    Feb 22, 2024 – 32:23
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    Feb 20, 2024 – 01:05:04
  • Tecumseh's Curse, Part Two: Boy, It's Tough to be President
    Feb 15, 2024 – 55:49
  • Tecumseh's Curse, Part One: Rise of The Prophet
    Feb 13, 2024 – 47:31
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    Feb 6, 2024 – 34:00
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    Feb 1, 2024 – 43:06
  • The Puzzler Returns, Part One: Puzzles and Spies
    Jan 30, 2024 – 44:49
  • A Boeing Wonderland, Part Two: A Fake Rooftop City For All!
    Jan 25, 2024 – 44:31
  • A Boeing Wonderland, Part One: A Magician Tries to Camouflage Entire Airfields
    Jan 24, 2024 – 51:21
  • Calvin Coolidge Was Super Weird...and Surprisingly Cool
    Jan 19, 2024 – 44:55
  • The Ridiculous History of Baseball Caps: How One Hat Traveled the World
    Jan 16, 2024 – 48:57
  • Breeching: A Weird Historical Obsession with Children's Pants
    Jan 11, 2024 – 40:56
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    Jan 9, 2024 – 43:52
  • CLASSIC: Digging Up James K Polk (For the Third Time)
    Jan 4, 2024 – 34:02
  • CLASSIC: The Atomic Whoops: When the US Air Force Bombed South Carolina
    Jan 2, 2024 – 31:49
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    Dec 29, 2023 – 41:56
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    Dec 26, 2023 – 46:47
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    Dec 21, 2023 – 43:55
  • The Puzzler, Part One: The Crossword Moral Panic
    Dec 19, 2023 – 32:17
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    Dec 14, 2023 – 45:40
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    Dec 12, 2023 – 54:36
  • Scientists Who Were Horrifically Persecuted, Part Two: Alan Turing
    Dec 7, 2023 – 31:04
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    Dec 5, 2023 – 41:06
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    Nov 30, 2023 – 37:25
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    Nov 28, 2023 – 42:11
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    Nov 23, 2023 – 46:35
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    Nov 21, 2023 – 53:39
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    Nov 16, 2023 – 32:18
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    Nov 14, 2023 – 39:56
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    Nov 9, 2023 – 23:55
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    Nov 7, 2023 – 29:03
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