LearnOutLoud.com Audio - The Weird History Podcast

238 In the Garden of Monsters with Crystal King (Mon, Sep 30, 2024)
237 A Danger Shared with Bill Lascher (Tue, Mar 26, 2024)
236 Piracy in the South China Sea with Rita Chang-Eppig (Fri, May 12, 2023)
235 Shakespeare Versus Hedgehogs (Wed, Mar 01, 2023)
234 Lupercalia (Mon, Feb 13, 2023)
233 The Golden Fortress with Bill Lascher (Sun, Oct 09, 2022)
232 Navigating the Asian Maritime World with Eric Tagliacozzo (Mon, Jul 11, 2022)
231 The History of Archaeology with Ann R. Williams (Sun, Jan 23, 2022)
230 The Adventures of Mussolini’s Corpse (Mon, Nov 08, 2021)
229 Douglas Wolk on All of the Marvels (Tue, Oct 12, 2021)
228 The Mustache Strike (Mon, Sep 06, 2021)
227 The Rasputin Disclaimer (Wed, Aug 11, 2021)
August 2021 Announcement (Mon, Aug 02, 2021)
226 Sara and Jack Gorman on Denying to the Grave (Thu, Jul 15, 2021)
225 Los San Patricios (Wed, Mar 17, 2021)
224 Carlton F.W. Larson on Treason in the U.S. (Sun, Jan 24, 2021)
223 Grand Guignol Part Two: Tales of Terror! (Sat, Oct 31, 2020)
222 Grand Guignol Part One: Theater of Horror! (Sun, Oct 25, 2020)
221 Sasha Abramsky on Lottie Dod (Fri, Sep 18, 2020)
220 Michel Paradis on Last Mission to Tokyo (Fri, Aug 07, 2020)
219 Patient Zero (Sat, Jul 11, 2020)
218 Juneteenth (Fri, Jun 19, 2020)
An Update From Joe (Sun, Apr 26, 2020)
217 The War of 1812 Part Two: Other Causes (Sun, Mar 22, 2020)
216 The War of 1812, Part One: Surface Causes (Sun, Mar 01, 2020)
215 Vortex One: An Excerpt From Storied and Scandalous Portland, Oregon (Sun, Feb 16, 2020)
214 In Which Loki Ruins a Dinner Party (Sun, Jan 26, 2020)
Bonus: A Visit From the Spirit of Vengeance or Ghost Rider Saves Christmas (Tue, Dec 24, 2019)
213 Where Does Santa Claus Come From? (Mon, Dec 23, 2019)
212 St. Nicholas (Thu, Dec 12, 2019)
211 Stonehenges (Tue, Nov 26, 2019)
210 Soviet Pepsi (Tue, Nov 19, 2019)
209 The Ribbon Around Her Neck (Thu, Oct 31, 2019)
208 Nosferatu (Sat, Oct 26, 2019)
207 Les Klinger on H.P. Lovecraft (Sun, Oct 20, 2019)
206 The Adventures of Franz Joseph Haydn’s Severed Head (Wed, Oct 09, 2019)
205 Live at Rose City Comic Con: Roy Lichtenstein, Comics Stealer (Mon, Sep 23, 2019)
204 The Life and Lies of George Psalmanazar (Tue, Sep 10, 2019)
203 Iran-Contra Part, Four: Fallout (Mon, Aug 26, 2019)
202 The Solitude of Michael Collins (Sat, Jul 20, 2019)
201 Duncan Ryuken Williams on American Sutra (Tue, Jul 02, 2019)
200 Q&A Dinosaur Party Extravaganza! (Mon, Jun 24, 2019)
199 Melissa Kwasny on Putting on the Dog (Sun, Jun 16, 2019)
198 Iran-Contra, Part Three: Secret Wars (Tue, Jun 04, 2019)
197 Joshua Specht on Red Meat Republic (Fri, May 24, 2019)
196 Iran-Contra Part Two: The Boland Amendments (Fri, May 10, 2019)
195 Iran-Contra, Part One: Revolution in Nicaragua (Fri, May 03, 2019)
194 Shakespeare Was Shakespeare (Fri, Apr 26, 2019)
193 The Many Lives of Notre Dame (Fri, Apr 19, 2019)
192 False Alarm (Thu, Apr 11, 2019)
191 The Black Paintings (Thu, Apr 04, 2019)
Very Important Announcement (Mon, Apr 01, 2019)
190 Faro, the Hottest Game in the West (Wed, Mar 27, 2019)
189 Thom Wall on The History of Juggling (Mon, Mar 18, 2019)
188 Swingin’ on the Flippity-Flop (Mon, Mar 04, 2019)
187 Presidential Pets (Thu, Feb 14, 2019)
186 Crystal King on The Chef’s Secret (Mon, Feb 04, 2019)
185 The Georgia Guidestones (Sun, Jan 27, 2019)
184 Is Taiwan a Country? (Thu, Jan 10, 2019)
Big News for 2019 (Thu, Dec 20, 2018)(1:54 +0000, )
183 Krampus and Friends (Sun, Dec 16, 2018)
182 Atlantropa, the Plan to Drain the Mediterranean (Mon, Dec 03, 2018)
181 Thanksgiving Mummery (Tue, Nov 20, 2018)
180 Lucy Bellwood on Sailor Tattoos (Sun, Nov 04, 2018)
179 Buried Alive! (Wed, Oct 31, 2018)
178 Wendigo (Tue, Oct 23, 2018)
177 How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Be Okay With Ghost Tours (Tue, Oct 09, 2018)
176 The Cadaver Synod (Mon, Oct 01, 2018)
175 Approved by the Comics Code Authority, Part Two (Mon, Sep 24, 2018)( +0000, )
174 Approved by the Comics Code Authority, Part One (Fri, Sep 14, 2018)
173 Roanoke (Wed, Aug 29, 2018)
172 Live at the Steep and Thorny Way to Heaven, The Tempest and the New World (Mon, Aug 20, 2018)
171 Live at Floyd’s, The Mythical Geography of the Pacific Northwest (Thu, Aug 02, 2018)
170 Phreak Out! (Mon, Jul 23, 2018)
169 The Telharmonium (Mon, Jul 09, 2018)
168 Dorothy and Friends (Sat, Jun 30, 2018)
167 North Korea Part Fifteen, How North Korea Ends (Sat, Jun 23, 2018)
166 North Korea Part Fourteen, How to Escape From North Korea (Tue, Jun 05, 2018)
165 Happy Defenestration Day! (Wed, May 23, 2018)
164 North Korea Part Thirteen, How North Korea Got Nukes (Tue, May 22, 2018)
163 North Korea Part Twelve, Kim Jong Il and the Arduous March of Famine (Thu, May 10, 2018)
162 Michael P. Daley on Bobby Bluejacket (Tue, May 01, 2018)
161 North Korea Part Eleven, The Tomb of the Eternal President (Wed, Apr 25, 2018)
160 North Korea Part Ten, “Meanwhile, in South Korea!” (Fri, Apr 13, 2018)
159 Spaghetti Trees (Sun, Apr 01, 2018)
158 North Korea Part Nine, The DMZ, Assassinations, and the USS Pueblo (Thu, Mar 29, 2018)
157 North Korea Part Eight, Juche (Tue, Mar 20, 2018)
156 North Korea Part Seven, The Good Old Days (Wed, Mar 07, 2018)
155 North Korea Part Six: War and No Peace (Mon, Feb 26, 2018)
154 North Korea Part Five, The Spark of War (Mon, Feb 12, 2018)
153 North Korea, Part Four: Red(ish) Dawn (Wed, Feb 07, 2018)
152 North Korea, Part Three: Collaborators, Resistors, and Kim Il Sung (Mon, Jan 29, 2018)
151 North Korea, Part Two: Japanese Occupation (Mon, Jan 22, 2018)
150 North Korea, Part One: The Peaceful Peninsula (Mon, Jan 15, 2018)
149 Sarah Fraser on The Last Highlander (Mon, Jan 08, 2018)
New Series Announcement (Mon, Dec 25, 2017)
148 In Which Your Christmas Decorations Are Wrong and Spain is Into Some Weird Stuff (Mon, Dec 18, 2017)
147 David Goldfield on The Gifted Generation (Mon, Dec 11, 2017)
146 The Lost City of Vanport (Wed, Dec 06, 2017)
145 Bonnie MacBird on Unquiet Spirits (Mon, Nov 27, 2017)
Thankful (Thu, Nov 23, 2017)
144 The Immovable Ladder of Jerusalem (Mon, Nov 20, 2017)
143 Brandon Seifert on Werewolves (Sat, Nov 11, 2017)
142 Icelandic Dracula (Tue, Oct 31, 2017)
141 How Dracula Was Dracula? (Tue, Oct 24, 2017)
140 The Adventures of Oliver Cromwell’s Severed Head (Sun, Oct 15, 2017)
139 Rosenstrasse (Fri, Oct 06, 2017)
September (Mon, Sep 04, 2017)
138 Confederate Statues (Tue, Aug 22, 2017)
137 Isaac Newton and the Cat Door (Mon, Aug 07, 2017)
136 Durer’s Rhinoceros (Mon, Jul 31, 2017)
135 Pad Thai, Nationalism, and Mandatory Hats (Tue, Jul 18, 2017)
134 The Imaginary Islands of Benjamin Morrell (Mon, Jul 10, 2017)
133 Hachiko (Wed, Jul 05, 2017)
132 Crystal King on Feast of Sorrow (Mon, Jun 19, 2017)
131 Polyamory, Polygraphs, and Wonder Woman (Tue, Jun 13, 2017)
130 Human Mail (Mon, Jun 05, 2017)
129 Phantom Time, the Dumbest Conspiracy Theory Ever (Tue, May 30, 2017)
128 Quest For Thundercows (Mon, May 22, 2017)
127 Bummer and Lazarus, the San Francisco Superdogs (Mon, May 15, 2017)
126 Jenni L. Walsh on Becoming Bonnie (Mon, May 08, 2017)
125 Italian Fascism Part Fourteen, The Fall of Fascism (Thu, May 04, 2017)
124 Italian Fascism Part Thirteen, Italy in WWII (Mon, Apr 24, 2017)
75 Redux, About Mussolini and Those Trains… (Mon, Apr 17, 2017)
123 Italian Fascism Part Twelve, Eve of Destruction (Mon, Apr 10, 2017)
122 Italian Fascism Part Eleven, Race and Racism in Mussolini’s Italy (Mon, Apr 03, 2017)
121 Italian Fascism Part Ten, Mussolini and Hitler (Mon, Mar 27, 2017)
120 Italian Fascism Part Nine, War With Ethiopia (Mon, Mar 20, 2017)
119 Italian Fascism Part Eight, Illusions of Empire (Mon, Mar 13, 2017)
Monday is the New Thursday (Thu, Mar 09, 2017)
118 Italian Fascism Part Seven, Meagan Zurn on Antonio Gramsci (Thu, Mar 02, 2017)
117 Italian Fascism Part Six, Church and State (Thu, Feb 23, 2017)
Plague Has Taken Me (Thu, Feb 16, 2017)
116 Italian Fascism Part Five, “All Within the State” (Fri, Feb 10, 2017)
115 Italian Fascism Part Four, Voter Suppression and Murder (Thu, Feb 02, 2017)
114 Italian Fascism Part Three, The March on Rome (Thu, Jan 26, 2017)
113 Italian Fascism Part Two, What is Fascism, Anyway? (Thu, Jan 19, 2017)
112 Italian Fascism Part One: The Idea of Italy (Thu, Jan 12, 2017)
111 Heather Arndt Anderson on Chilies (Thu, Jan 05, 2017)
Mystery Series Announcement! (Thu, Dec 29, 2016)
110 Years of the Reaper (Thu, Dec 15, 2016)
109 Moose Cavalry (Thu, Dec 08, 2016)
108 How Not to Kill Fidel Castro (Thu, Dec 01, 2016)
107 Squanto, Tisquantum (Thu, Nov 24, 2016)
106 Live at the Jack London, the Portland Vice Scandal (Thu, Nov 17, 2016)
105 The Giants of Patagonia (Thu, Nov 10, 2016)
104 Thomas Jefferson, Mastodon Hunter (Thu, Nov 03, 2016)
103 How Gothic Got Goth (Thu, Oct 27, 2016)
102 Five Scary Clowns (Thu, Oct 20, 2016)
101 Kara Helgren on Witches, Puritans, and the Salem Tourist Experience (Thu, Oct 13, 2016)
100 Q & A (Thu, Oct 06, 2016)
99 Live Your Life Like You’re Examining a Platypus (Thu, Sep 29, 2016)
98 Blood and Types (Thu, Sep 22, 2016)
97 American Exiles (Thu, Sep 15, 2016)
I’m Not Dead (Thu, Sep 08, 2016)
96 Funeral on the Moon, the Story of Fallen Astronaut (Thu, Sep 01, 2016)
95 Live at the Jack London Bar: Teddy Roosevelt and the Mystery of the Missing Time Capsule (Thu, Aug 25, 2016)
94 The Know-Nothings, Part Two (Thu, Aug 18, 2016)
93 The Know-Nothings, Part One (Thu, Aug 11, 2016)
92 We Don’t Know Things About the Mesoamerican Ball Game (Thu, Aug 04, 2016)
91 Kory Bing on Dinosaurs and Other Extinct Megafauna (Thu, Jul 28, 2016)
90 The Fiji Mermaid (Thu, Jul 21, 2016)
89 Live at the Jack London, Robertson V Baldwin (Thu, Jul 14, 2016)
88 The Unknown Origins of Pasta, A Wonder of the World (Thu, Jul 07, 2016)
87 Stalin’s Nonexistent Human/Chimp Hybrid Supersoldiers (Thu, Jun 30, 2016)
86 Mandeville, Part Three (Thu, Jun 23, 2016)
85 Mandeville, Part Two (Thu, Jun 16, 2016)
84 Mandeville, Part One (Thu, Jun 09, 2016)
83 Bill Lascher on Eve of a Hundred Midnights (Thu, Jun 02, 2016)
82 For Amusement Only (Thu, May 26, 2016)
81 Dancing Goats and Other Coffee Legends (Thu, May 19, 2016)
80 Live at the Jack London, the Rise and Fall of Claymation (Thu, May 12, 2016)
79 Cecelia Otto on the Music of the Lincoln Highway (Thu, May 05, 2016)
78 A Statue of Crazy Horse (Thu, Apr 28, 2016)
77 Molly Newman on Crafting Good Trivia Questions (Thu, Apr 21, 2016)
76 The Yellow Kid (Thu, Apr 14, 2016)
75 About Mussolini and Those Trains… (Thu, Apr 07, 2016)
74 The Wizard of Oz, Populism, and Dubious Fan Theories (Thu, Mar 31, 2016)
73 Jamie Jeffers on the Dating of Easter (Thu, Mar 24, 2016)
72 There’s No Such Thing As Lemuria (Thu, Mar 17, 2016)
71 Live at the Jack London, The Story of Oregon Trail (Thu, Mar 10, 2016)
70 Shirtless Zeus-Like George Washington Versus Alexander Hamilton (Thu, Mar 03, 2016)
69 Kingdom of the Mahdi, Part Three (Thu, Feb 25, 2016)
68 Kingdom of the Mahdi, Part Two (Thu, Feb 18, 2016)
67 Kingdom of the Mahdi, Part One (Thu, Feb 11, 2016)
66 Longest War Ever (Thu, Feb 04, 2016)
65 The Amazing Oceanic Adventure of 28,800 Adorable Rubber Duckies (Thu, Jan 28, 2016)
64 Yesterday’s Tomorrows (Thu, Jan 21, 2016)
63 The Forty-Seven Ronin, Part Two (Thu, Jan 14, 2016)
62 The Forty-Seven Ronin, Part One (Thu, Jan 07, 2016)
The Future! (Thu, Dec 31, 2015)
Remasters and an eBook (Thu, Dec 24, 2015)
61 Puritans Versus Christmas (Thu, Dec 17, 2015)
60 The Goose’s Crusade (Thu, Dec 10, 2015)
59 Man of Flames (Thu, Dec 03, 2015)
58 Malthus, Borlaug, and Feeding the World (Wed, Nov 25, 2015)
57 The Mysterious Affair of the Irish Crown Jewels (Thu, Nov 19, 2015)
56 Live at the Jack London, Lewis and Clark Through History (Thu, Nov 12, 2015)
55 The Pig War (Thu, Nov 05, 2015)
54 The Uses and Abuses of Mummies (Thu, Oct 29, 2015)
One Year Later (Tue, Oct 27, 2015)
53 Bathory (Thu, Oct 22, 2015)
52 Little Kill House on the Prairie (Thu, Oct 15, 2015)
51 The Ultimate Palindrome (Thu, Oct 08, 2015)
50 The Rise and Fall of Nauru (Thu, Oct 01, 2015)
49 Destroy All Emus! (Thu, Sep 24, 2015)
48 The Swedish Titanic (Thu, Sep 17, 2015)
47 Live at the Jack London Bar, The Postmodern Icon (Thu, Sep 10, 2015)
46 Paper Theater, Golden Bat (Thu, Sep 03, 2015)
45 The White City of the Monkey God (Thu, Aug 27, 2015)
44 Live at the Steep and Thorny Way to Heaven, Thoughts on Richard III (Thu, Aug 20, 2015)
43 Medusa (Thu, Aug 13, 2015)
42 An Invention of Writing! Maybe. (Fri, Aug 07, 2015)
41 His Majesty Gregor MacGregor, King of Con-Men and Cacique of Poyais (Fri, Jul 31, 2015)
40 Prison of the Mind (Thu, Jul 23, 2015)
39 How to Steal the Mona Lisa (Fri, Jul 17, 2015)
38 The Secret Plan to Nuke the Moon (Thu, Jul 09, 2015)
37 Roberts Versus Boswell (Fri, Jul 03, 2015)
36 Thirteen Ships (Fri, Jun 26, 2015)
35 Clairvoyance and Free Love on Campaign Trail ’72 (Fri, Jun 19, 2015)
34 Norton I, Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico (Thu, Jun 11, 2015)
33 Live at Velo Cult, the Legend of Polybius (Tue, Jun 02, 2015)
32 There’s No Such Thing as an Iron Maiden (Thu, May 28, 2015)
31 The Kingdom of North Sudan (Thu, May 21, 2015)
30 The Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace, Part Two (Fri, May 15, 2015)
29 The Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace, Part One (Fri, May 08, 2015)
28 Attack the Rock (Fri, May 01, 2015)
27 King of Jewels and Centaurs (Thu, Apr 23, 2015)
26 Joseph Barker on Artificial Intelligence, Strategy, and Games (Fri, Apr 17, 2015)
25 Clockwork Genius (Thu, Apr 09, 2015)
24 The Raider, the Playboy, the Sultan, and Roosevelt (Fri, Apr 03, 2015)
23 A Dinosaur Named Sue (Fri, Mar 27, 2015)
22 Live at the Clinton Street Theater: How Arthurian Legend is Like Comic Books (Thu, Mar 19, 2015)
21 Shanghaied! (Fri, Mar 13, 2015)
20 The Lost Empire of Scotland (Fri, Mar 06, 2015)
19 Hey Big Spender (Fri, Feb 27, 2015)
18 The Tulsa Race Riot (Fri, Feb 20, 2015)
17 Jaime Kirk on Piratical History (Fri, Feb 13, 2015)
16 The Siege of the Grand Mosque (Fri, Feb 06, 2015)
Announcement! (Tue, Feb 03, 2015)
15 Heather Arndt Anderson on the History of Breakfast (Thu, Jan 29, 2015)
14 Nellie Bly Versus Phileas Fogg (Fri, Jan 23, 2015)
13 Nellie Bly and the Asylum (Thu, Jan 15, 2015)
12 Shortest War Ever (Fri, Jan 09, 2015)
11 Maps of Time (Fri, Jan 02, 2015)
10 The Habsburg and Juarez, Part Two (Wed, Dec 24, 2014)
09 The Habsburg and Juarez, Part One (Fri, Dec 19, 2014)
08 Sealand (Thu, Dec 11, 2014)
07 The Mountain Range That Wasn’t There (Fri, Dec 05, 2014)
06 Franksgiving (Thu, Nov 27, 2014)
05 The Puppet Kingdom (Fri, Nov 21, 2014)
04 BONE WARS! (Fri, Nov 14, 2014)
03 Incorrect Ideas About Olmecs (Fri, Nov 07, 2014)
02 Axe Murder (Fri, Oct 31, 2014)
01 Ancient Propaganda (Tue, Oct 28, 2014)