Halfwit History
Hosts Jonathan & Kiley talk about the history of the upcoming week, but a long time ago (and sometimes not so long ago). Occasionally, they even know what they are talking about! Join them in exploring topics like Space Monkeys, Teleportation, Viking Battles, Death Poems, and more! (Produced by Halfwit Podcasts)
Episodes
This month Kiley traces down the complex lineage and many artifacts held by a longstanding brotherhood that apparently has little to do with Jason and the Argonauts like Jonathan had assumed when he first picked the topic.
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This month Kiley learns how to code about 100 years before the first computer is ever invented.
Topic: Ada Lovelace, the first computer programmer.
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Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman.
Cover Art by Lezulla
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Kiley launches Jonathan into space aboard the Satellite of Love in order to subject him to the most inhuman science experiments, bad movies.
Topic: The rise and fall and rise and fall of Mystery Science Theater 3000.
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Half-Pint History is a little show with very little research but lots of laughs, tangents, and fun facts! This first episode is FREE so you know what you are getting before you decide to become a $3/month subscriber. New episodes every 15th of the month!
Here's a link to whatever made Kiley go "awwww", I have no idea which picture it was! ( https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-surprisingly-radical-...
Did you miss us? Kiley and Jonathan are back after a long hiatus to bring you stories about the upcoming Month but a long time ago.
This week Kiley takes us to Portugal to watch the weirdest sunset of all time, brought to you by Our Lady of Fátima.
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Hi everybody its Kiley popping in to share the new project that we’ve been working on called "This Machine Belongs To", a psychological horror story told in short 10 minute or less episodes. So while the trailer is family friendly, this show is explicit, meaning it contains more adult language and themes than our normal content. Li...
This week Kiley and Jonathan take you along on their big trip to Japan! Full of fun facts and a few bigger topics like Japanese Bathing Culture and the history of Arcades!
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Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman.
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This week Kiley dons the glitz and glam and rubs elbows with some original Hollywood royalty!
Topic: The Duchess of Theater, Ethel Barrymore.
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Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman.
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This week Kiley gets a little tipsy and throws a tantrum at taxes!
Topic: The 7,000 persons strong protests at Braddock's Field in western Philadelphia as part of the Whiskey Rebellion.
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Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman.
This week Kiley takes a long walk down a stinky tunnel to fix yet another Boston infrastructure disaster.
Topic: The Deer Island Sewer Project and Deadly Disaster.
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Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman.
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This week Kiley returns to the open seas to collect some booty and show some booty to taunt the navy as part of the crew of the Antigua.
Topic: The Pirate to Privateer to Pirate roller coaster of William Kidd.
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This week Kiley joins the Rescue Aid Society, hops on an Albatross, and catches a kidnapper and diamond thief!
Topic: The critically acclaimed 1977 American animated adventure, The Rescuers!
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Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman.
This week Kiley takes a train ride that challenged the meaning of equal rights.
Topic: Plessy v Ferguson
***Correction to the episode, there were in fact 9 justices on the supreme court, one was recused from the case due to family illness.
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This week Kiley finds the coolest gravestone quote in existence "Casper Hauser: A Riddle of His Time" and Jonathan gets to writing that request into his will.
Topic: Casper Hauser, the German Feral Child who was believed to be a lost Prince.
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This week Kiley takes us waaaay back to the origins of history so we can get an enlightened look at the origins of communication and preservation of that knowledge.
Topic: The Diamond Sutra, the earliest printed book.
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This week Kiley throws some records on reverse as we talk about the cover up to prevent the lonely hearts of music fans everywhere.
Topic: Is Paul McCartney Dead? The Conspiracy that the Beatles replaced Paul after a grizzly crash to boost Abbey Road record sales.
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This week Kiley doffs a deerstalker to unravel the mystery of the first detective fiction narratives!
Topic: The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe
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Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman.
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This week Kiley learns not about boulders or rocks, but stones and the miles they've traveled.
Topic: The Christmas Caper of the Coronation Stone of Scone!
P.S. - We'll be back soon but are taking a break. Happy Holidays & Happy New Year to all our Halfwit and Historians!
Editor's Note: It's cruel and unusual that Kiley decided to talk about traveling stones whe...
This week Kiley steals the throne from a baby so she can have gender swap galas and repair our broken roadway infrastructure. If only this were a "not so long ago" episode...
Topic: Elizabeth Petrovna's Imperial Coup to become Empress of Russia
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This week Kiley takes us on a flight to Reno! But why did she pack parachutes?
Topic: The only unsolved sky heist, D. B. Cooper's one way trip with Northwest Airlines, $200,000, and a bomb.
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