910 Episodes

  1. A Ridiculous History of Reality TV, Part Two: Reality Goes Global

    Published: 8/2/2022
  2. A Ridiculous History of Reality TV, Part One: An Origin Story

    Published: 7/28/2022
  3. Surprising Former Careers of the Famous

    Published: 7/26/2022
  4. A Humorous History of Genetics

    Published: 7/21/2022
  5. Tsutomu Yamaguchi: The World's Only (Recognized) Double Atomic Bomb Victim

    Published: 7/19/2022
  6. Gods of Deception, Part II: Art, History, Fiction and War

    Published: 7/14/2022
  7. Gods of Deception, Part I: Alger Hiss in the Halls of Power

    Published: 7/12/2022
  8. Operation LAC: That Time Uncle Sam Sprayed Poison Across St. Louis

    Published: 7/7/2022
  9. CLASSIC - Does the US Confederacy Still Exist in Americana, Brazil?

    Published: 7/5/2022
  10. Millerism, Part II: The Great Disappointment (and the Aftermath)

    Published: 6/30/2022
  11. CLASSIC - Did a Real-Life Rainmaker Almost Drown San Diego?

    Published: 6/28/2022
  12. Millerism: America’s First End Times Gospel

    Published: 6/23/2022
  13. Ben Franklin Faked a Rival's Death to Promote His Almanac

    Published: 6/21/2022
  14. Why was Phrenology a Thing? Part II: A Pseudoscience (Sort of) Informs the Modern Day

    Published: 6/16/2022
  15. Why was Phrenology a Thing? Part I: The Rise of Dr. Finger

    Published: 6/14/2022
  16. Nancy Wake, the White Mouse of the French Resistance

    Published: 6/9/2022
  17. The US Boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympics, and Puerto Rican Boxers Went Anyway

    Published: 6/7/2022
  18. Disco Demolition Night: How Disco Died at a White Sox Game

    Published: 6/2/2022
  19. Bolivia Fought -- And Lost -- A War For Bird Poop

    Published: 5/31/2022
  20. Why You Can't Say "MacBeth" in a Theater

    Published: 5/26/2022

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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.