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
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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 co...
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 T...
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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Music: "Ano...
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 Th...
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 s...
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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Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman.
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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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