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 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 when she knew goo...
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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This week Kiley could have had had it all, wealth, fame, fortune, but instead she developed a gambling addiction and became weirdly focused on ruining my life. Wait no that's our subject for today, Richard John Bingham. Though he did disappear.... I should sleep with one eye open...
Topic: Richard John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan, Murderer and Figurative.
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This week Kiley hits the battlefield with a fancy new emblem that protects her from the wrath of the enemy... as long as the many kingdoms decide to recognize it.
Topic: The Founding of the International Red Cross and the Red Crescent Movement
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This week Kiley joins (yet another) secret organization and swears that there's nothing conspiracy about it. Jonathan is not so sure and looks to Papal Bull: Attorney at Law for more concrete answers.
Topic: The Arrest of the Grand Master of The Knights Templar on charges of Idolatry and Corruption.
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This week Kiley decides that she wants to be Pope. I mean why not? All the cool Popes did it!
Topic: Antipope Benedict XIII and the Western Schism
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This week Kiley joins a guerilla movement for anti-racism, feminism, and overall equality... and it turns out to be a very bad choice. The Hydra Flag maybe should have been a dead give away.
Topic: The Kidnapping of Patricia Hearst and the Symbionese Liberation Army
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This week Kiley cracks open a cold case to track down the disappeared justice with the coolest name the legal system has even known.
Topic: The still unexplained disappearance of New York Supreme Court Justice Joseph Force Crater.
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This week Kiley takes a tour of an art museum and steals some nobody's unfinished painting. No one will miss it, right?
Topic: The Theft of the Mona Lisa and its unexpected rise to fame!
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This week Kiley cut a car into tiny pieces after the Crime of the Century in our old stomping grounds of Boston!
Topic: Anthony "Fats" Pino and the multi million dollar Brinks Robbery of 1950.
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This week Kiley is witness to a "secret" treason committee hearing that takes place in a public courtyard, creating a controversy that wouldn't be truly resolved for one hundred years.
Topic: The False Treason of Alfred Dreyfus known as the Dreyfus Affair.
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This week Jonathan gets arrested for diving into a pile of garbage to teach Kiley about the history of one of his family's favorite thanksgiving traditions.
Topic: The (Mostly) True History of "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" by Arlo Guthrie.
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This week Kiley takes on our first listener suggested topic! Thanks Hanna for bringing us on a wild underdog story with some good tunes to kick off this holiday season!
Topic: Hector Berlioz and his Symphonie Fantastique, one of the most innovative symphonies of the 19th century.
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This week Kiley is seeing double as another halfwit takes up the hot seat and whisks us both on a thrilling adventure through the life of the greatest pirate in history!
Topic: Pirate Queen Zheng Yi Sao, Commander of the Guangdong Pirate Confederation.
You can support our guest halfwit Matt by visiting their writing website at ( https://vocal.media/authors/matt-spaziani )
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This week Jonathan plugs in to some old games and learns about the humble but tumultuous beginnings of at home console gaming.
Topic: The Atari Video Computer System
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Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman.
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