Half-Arsed History

Half-Arsed History

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Episodes

Episode 381: Matthew Flinders, the Man Who Named Australia

October 11, 2025
In this week's episode, get to know Matthew Flinders, the explorer and navigator who was the first person to circumnavigate Australia - and later popularised the name we all use to refer to it today.
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Episode 380: History’s Biggest Misconceptions – Part 3

October 5, 2025
In this week's episode, uncover the truth behind five more historical misconceptions: what Roman vomitoriums were used for, mediaeval life expectancies, Dom Perignon inventing champagne, Mussolini making the trains run on time, and chloroform knocking you out instantly.
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Episode 379: Matilda of Tuscany, the Great Countess

September 28, 2025
In this week's episode, meet Matilda of Tuscany, also known as the "Great Countess", a woman who played a very important role in the politics of the Papacy and the Holy Roman Empire at the outset of the Investiture Controversy.
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Episode 378: Dick Turpin, the Infamous Highwayman

September 21, 2025
In this week's episode, meet Dick Turpin, an 18th-century highwayman who passed into English folklore for his daring predations as a violent criminal.
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Episode 377: Krum the Fearsome, Bane of Emperors

September 14, 2025
In this week's episode, get to know Khan Krum the Fearsome, a 9th-century leader of the Bulgarian Empire who is famous for, amongst other things, drinking from the skulls of his enemies.
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Episode 376: The Book Tour 2025 – LIVE in Maroochydore

September 7, 2025
In this week's episode, get the best kind of advice - unsolicited advice - as to how to bring your creative endeavours to life (there are also a couple of chapters from the book at the end of the episode as well, don't worry).
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Episode 375: The Book Tour 2025 – LIVE in Brisbane

August 31, 2025
In this week's episode, enjoy a series of shameful confessions about the mistakes - both those that were found and missed - in History's Strangest Deaths, and listen to a sneaky chapter or two at the end.
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Episode 374: The Book Tour 2025 – LIVE in Melbourne

August 24, 2025
In this week's episode, hear all about the editing and proofreading process that History's Strangest Deaths underwent, as well as a painful confession about one of the mistakes that slipped through the cracks.
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Episode 373: The Book Tour 2025 – LIVE in Sydney

August 17, 2025
In this week's episode, get across the behind-the-scenes details when it came to drafting and pitching process for History's Strangest Deaths, as well as a few preview chapters from the book itself.
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Episode 372: The French Revolution – Part 6: The Legacy

August 10, 2025
In this week's episode, wrap up this six-part mini-series on the French Revolution with its most important legacies - political, social, cultural, and historical.
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Episode 371: The French Revolution – Part 5: The Directory

August 3, 2025
In this week's episode, get across the final chapter in the tale of the French Revolution: the broad political failure that was the French Directory, the collapse of which represented the end of the revolution itself.
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Episode 370: The French Revolution – Part 4: The Terror

July 27, 2025
In this week's episode, get across the darkest and bloodiest chapter in French revolutionary history: the Reign of Terror, which saw tens of thousands of people killed by political violence.
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Episode 369: The French Revolution – Part 3: The Constitution

July 20, 2025
In this week's episode, understand some of the most important legacies of the French Revolution as it worked to establish a constitutional monarchy, before the ultimate abolition of the monarchy and establishment of a republic in 1792.
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Episode 368: The French Revolution – Part 2: The Revolution

July 13, 2025
In this week's episode, get across the story of the opening days of the French Revolution - the public protests and disorder which culminated in the legendarily famous Storming of the Bastille.
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Episode 367: The French Revolution – Part 1: The Crisis

July 6, 2025
In this week's episode, learn about the leadup to and origins of the French Revolution, culminating in the breakdown of the Estates-General and the Tennis Court Oath in 1789.
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Half-Arsed History LIVE: The Book Tour

July 4, 2025
History's Strangest Deaths, the first Half-Arsed History book, releases on the 5th of August across the Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand region. Pre-order your copy at Booktopia: https://www.booktopia.com.au/history-s-strangest-deaths-riley-knight/book/9781761472589.html
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Episode 366: How Iran and the West Became Enemies

June 29, 2025
In this week's episode, unravel the long and complicated geopolitical history that turned Iran from one of the West's staunchest regional allies in the Middle East into one of its bitterest foes.
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Episode 365: Sir Francis Drake, the Dragon of the Seas – Part 2

June 22, 2025
In this week's episode, finish off the story of the famed Sir Francis Drake, and hear about his later campaigns agains the Spanish - both successful and unsuccessful.
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Episode 364: Sir Francis Drake, the Dragon of the Seas – Part 1

June 15, 2025
In this week's episode, meet Sir Francis Drake, whose lifelong vendetta against the Spanish led to a life of high adventure - including the circumnavigation of the globe.
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Announcing: History’s Strangest Deaths, the first Half-Arsed History book

June 12, 2025
History's Strangest Deaths, the first Half-Arsed History book, releases on the 5th of August across the Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand region. Pre-order your copy at Booktopia: https://www.booktopia.com.au/history-s-strangest-deaths-riley-knight/book/9781761472589.html
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