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.
Mobituaries with Mo Rocca, Part Two: What's Past is Prologue
March 14, 2024
42:54
Mobituaries with Mo Rocca, Part One: Mo Eulogizes The Pager
March 12, 2024
44:29
Awful Candy, Part Two: Peeps, Licorice, Wax Lips and More
March 7, 2024
28:55
Awful Candy, Part One: Tootsie Rolls Saved the War -- and Divided the World
March 5, 2024
31:02
It Is Literally Time For The Leap Year Episode
Feb. 29, 2024
48:55
The Ridiculous History of Hot Sauce
Feb. 27, 2024
56:07
CLASSIC: Why does the Guinness Beer Company Track World Records?
Feb. 22, 2024
32:23
20 Questions: A Ridiculous Crossover, Part One
Feb. 20, 2024
1:05:04
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
History Is Absolutely Riddled With Famous Mistranslations
Feb. 8, 2024
48:59
Stuff That Got Left Over, Part Two: Hot Tubs, The Last Shantyman, President Taft Had Pet Cows
Feb. 6, 2024
34:00
The Puzzler Returns, Part Two: A Field Trip to the CIA
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
The Salton Sea: How A Little Whoopsie Turned into Ecological Disaster
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
The History of Soda Pop is So Weird, Part Two: Nostalgia is a Heck of a Drug
Dec. 29, 2023
41:56
The History of Soda Pop is So Weird, Part One: The Saga of Spicy Water
Dec. 26, 2023
46:47
The Puzzler, Part Two: Waldo, Rubik, and More
Dec. 21, 2023
43:55
The Puzzler, Part One: The Crossword Moral Panic
Dec. 19, 2023
32:17
Christmas Has A Dark Side: The Krampus Episode
Dec. 14, 2023
45:40
A House Divided: Various Times Congress Tried to Beat the Snot Out of Each Other
Dec. 12, 2023
54:36
Scientists Who Were Horrifically Persecuted, Part Two: Alan Turing
Dec. 7, 2023
31:04
Serious Diseases with Seriously Funny Names, Part Two: Rickets, Brain Fever, and Maple Syrup
Dec. 5, 2023
41:06
Serious Diseases with Seriously Funny Names, Part One: Dropsy
Nov. 30, 2023
37:25
Oh Man, James Joyce was a Dirty Dude!
Nov. 28, 2023
42:11
What's the Deal with Turkey on Thanksgiving?
Nov. 23, 2023
46:35
Tammany Hall: America's Early Puppet Masters
Nov. 21, 2023
53:39
The Hoover Dam is Ridiculous, Part Two: The Audacity!
Nov. 16, 2023
32:18
The Hoover Dam is Ridiculous, Part One: Man Versus Nature
Nov. 14, 2023
39:56
CLASSIC: Waging War With Hallucinogenic Honey
Nov. 9, 2023
23:55
CLASSIC: Ben Franklin Tried To Reinvent the Alphabet
Nov. 7, 2023
29:03
CLASSIC: When the Puritans Canceled Christmas
Nov. 2, 2023
28:16
How Did Trick-Or-Treating Become a Thing?
Oct. 31, 2023
59:04
The Tangled History of Topiary, Part Two: That Shrub Is Looking at Me Funny
Oct. 26, 2023
27:05
The Tangled History of Topiary, Part One: The Ancient Art of Fancy Plants
Oct. 24, 2023
31:28
Scientists Who Were Horrifically Persecuted, Part One
Oct. 20, 2023
52:43
The Crappy, Commodious History of Toilets
Oct. 17, 2023
47:49
Aaron Burr, Part Two: The Fall of a Guy Nobody Liked
Oct. 12, 2023
45:53
Aaron Burr, Part One: The Rise of a Guy Nobody Liked
Oct. 10, 2023
42:39
Royals Who Died on the Toilet: Our Classiest Episode Yet
Oct. 5, 2023
35:04
That Time Indiana Tried to Change Pi
Oct. 3, 2023
41:14
Why Don't People Wear White After Labor Day?
Sept. 28, 2023
30:08
Introducing: McCartney A Life in Lyrics
Oct. 6, 2023
8:17
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