893 Episodes

  1. CLASSIC: How A Grudge Match Launched the Ford GT40

    Published: 5/18/2024
  2. The QWERTY Keyboard is Purposely Bad

    Published: 5/16/2024
  3. Auction Houses: It's Not *All* Money Laundering

    Published: 5/14/2024
  4. CLASSIC: "Vitamin Donuts" Were A Real Thing

    Published: 5/11/2024
  5. Thomas Nast, Part Two: A Cartoonist Conquers Corruption (and Moves to Ecuador)

    Published: 5/9/2024
  6. Thomas Nast, Part One: The Cartoonist Who Shaped America

    Published: 5/7/2024
  7. CLASSIC: The Rotten, Sausagey Secret Origin of Botox

    Published: 5/4/2024
  8. Books You Can't Read -- By Design!

    Published: 5/2/2024
  9. La Maupin: The Swordfighting Opera Singer of France

    Published: 4/30/2024
  10. CLASSIC: The Weird World of Meat Jell-O (A Gelatin Origin Story)

    Published: 4/27/2024
  11. A History of Roller Coasters, Part Two: Higher, Faster, More Expensive

    Published: 4/25/2024
  12. A History of Roller Coasters, Part One: Early Ups and Downs

    Published: 4/23/2024
  13. CLASSIC: London Made a Train for the Dead

    Published: 4/20/2024
  14. The Page-turning Evolution of the Encyclopædia Britannica

    Published: 4/18/2024
  15. A Ridiculous History of Worcestershire Sauce

    Published: 4/16/2024
  16. CLASSIC: Roald Dahl: Children's Author and Secret Agent

    Published: 4/13/2024
  17. Micronations: How Liechtenstein Became A Country

    Published: 4/11/2024
  18. Why Are There So Many Captain Marvels?

    Published: 4/9/2024
  19. CLASSIC: When did ALL-CAPS type become YELLING?

    Published: 4/6/2024
  20. Look at Us, Late to the Ridiculous History of Easter

    Published: 4/4/2024

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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.