594 Episodes

  1. Monuments Episode 32: The Taj Mahal

    Published: 8/9/2024
  2. QAH Episode 70: The 1968 Olympic Protest Salute

    Published: 8/7/2024
  3. Episode 319: The Modern Olympic Games - Part 2

    Published: 8/4/2024
  4. Monuments Episode 31: The Blue Mosque

    Published: 8/2/2024
  5. QAH Episode 69: Jim Thorpe, the Great Athlete

    Published: 7/31/2024
  6. Episode 318: The Modern Olympic Games - Part 1

    Published: 7/28/2024
  7. Monuments Episode 30: Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey

    Published: 7/26/2024
  8. QAH Episode 68: Pepsi’s Soviet Warships

    Published: 7/24/2024
  9. Episode 317: Assassination Attempts on US Presidents

    Published: 7/21/2024
  10. Monuments Episode 29: Red Square

    Published: 7/19/2024
  11. QAH Episode 67: A Brief History of the Necktie

    Published: 7/17/2024
  12. Episode 316: History’s Biggest Misconceptions - Part 2

    Published: 7/14/2024
  13. Monuments Episode 28: St Peter's Basilica & the Sistine Chapel

    Published: 7/12/2024
  14. QAH Episode 66: The Dublin Whiskey Fire

    Published: 7/10/2024
  15. Episode 315: The Rosetta Stone

    Published: 7/7/2024
  16. Monuments Episode 27: Machu Picchu

    Published: 7/5/2024
  17. QAH Episode 65: Edward Dando, the Oyster Thief

    Published: 7/3/2024
  18. Announcing: Half-Arsed History LIVE!

    Published: 7/1/2024
  19. Episode 314: Frederic Chopin, the Virtuosic Pianist

    Published: 6/30/2024
  20. Monuments Episode 26: The Forbidden City

    Published: 6/28/2024

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