HILF: History I'd Like to F**k

HILF: History I'd Like to F**k

Host, comedian Dawn Brodey, takes you through the annals of history with a special guest and history subject each episode. From Dillinger to Frankenstein, from The Crusades to Freak Shows - Dawn brings her history degree and unfiltered sense of humor to deliver well-researched deep-dives that strip history naked and serve it up raw. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/hilf-history-i-d-like-to-f-k--7501529/support.

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October 24, 2026 • 67 mins
Hear about the places that managed to avoid the plague, at least for a little while, and what a medieval haz-mat suit looked like. Also, continue to roll the 'Death Dice' along with celebrated music supervisor, Mary Ramos, to see if any of the characters we meet along the way manage to avoid the sickness and death that overcame half of the global population. ---✅ Follow HILF on TikTok! 🎟️ HILF Public School - the live, i...
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Dawn is joined by celebrated Music Supervisor, Mary Ramos, who has worked on some of the most incredible film scores in movie history! A close collaborator with Quentin Tarantino, she’s had a hand in everything from Pulp Fiction to Django Unchained - and a slew of other favorites in-between.Join us as we discuss the very beginning of The Black Death, starting with Patient Zero in Italy and then follow us… and the rats,...
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Join Dawn for three hilarious stories told live, all centered around one simple question: what is the WORST DAY AT WORK? Dawn and her guests dig into spectacular professional disasters, bad decisions, and the kind of workplace chaos that makes you grateful you can just go home at the end of the day. Recorded live with the HILF crowd at Flappers Comedy Club (in beautiful Burbank, California). 🔗 JOE ROCHE🔗 KELLEY VROOMAN--- Re...
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It was a cold and blustery night in 1692 when the Macdonalds were slaughtered in their beds by a group of rival Campbells who had not only sworn them no harm, but had been their guests for almost two weeks. Dawn is joined by friend and comedy writer, Joe Roche, for the dark tale of the Glencoe Massacre. --🎟️ Get tickets and HILF LIVE! : First Thursdays at Flappers Comedy Club - Burbank, CA---SILFS (Sources I'd Like to F*ck):&...
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    September 2, 2026 • 63 mins
    Join Dawn and some very special guests - including her dear, sweet mom - and a live audience at Flappers Comedy Club (in beautiful Burbank, California). Hear the tragic tale of Jonestown, why you too could have fallen into the charm of Jim Jones, and the stories of hope and resilience among the bloodshed. 🔗 Ryan Ripple 🔗 JB Ball --- ✅ Follow HILF on TikTok!  🎟️ HILF Public School - the live, interactive version of HILF: Fir...
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    August 19, 2026 • 91 mins
    Dawn is joined by Kat Perkins, one of her best friends (and the voice of the HILF theme song!) for a dive into the dark history of cults. From the strangest real-life rituals, to the made-up cults - and why it's important to know the difference.  -- 🎟️ Get tickets and HILF LIVE! : First Thursdays at Flappers Comedy Club - Burbank, CA --- SILFS (Sources I'd Like to F*ck): 
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    King Philip is simultaneously a real historic figure, and an object of early American fantasy. Join Dawn and a live audience at Flappers Comedy Club (in beautiful Burbank, California) to hear the tale of how history reports... and distorts... just like the present does.  --- ✅ Follow HILF on TikTok!  🎟️ HILF Public School - the live, interactive version of HILF: First Thursdays at Flappers Comedy Club - Burbank, CA 🤑 HI...
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    The journey isn't over, it's only just reached the underworld.  Rejoin Dawn and guest Sam Cowan as they link arms to follow Odysseus all the way home.  Whether you're preparing for Christopher Nolan's upcoming blockbuster movie, revisiting an old favorite, or experiencing The Odyssey for the first time, this episode explores why Odysseus' long road home remains one of the most thrilling—and profoundly human—st...
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    As Christopher Nolan brings The Odyssey to the big screen, Dawn is taking listeners back to the source. Join Dawn and guest Sam Cowan as they get down and dirty with Homer, unpacking the gods, mortals, monsters, and misadventures that made The Odyssey one of the most enduring stories ever told. By the end, you'll be walking into your local cineplex HILF'd and loaded. -- 🎟️ Get tickets and HILF LIVE! : First Thursdays at Flappers C...
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    You're back in the cockpit with Dawn and guest, Heather Cowan, for part two of this little-known chapter of World War II history. Re-join these badass fliers through more of their spine-tingling adventures (and misadventures) all the way to victory and beyond.  -- 🎧 HILF EP39 - NAZI KILLERS with Michelle Mosher 🎧 HILF EP60 - AMELIA EARHART with Fallon Morey 🎟️ Get tickets and HILF LIVE! : First Thursdays at Flappers Comedy ...
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    Climb into the cockpit with Dawn and guest, Heather Cowan, as they get to know some of the baddest-asses from this little-known chapter of World War II history.  -- 🎧 HILF EP39 - NAZI KILLERS with Michelle Mosher 🎧 HILF EP60 - AMELIA EARHART with Fallon Morey 🎟️ Get tickets and HILF LIVE! : First Thursdays at Flappers Comedy Club - Burbank, CA ✅ Checkout Heather's work in Personal Development: Body of Work  --- SILFS (...
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    Dawn and guest, Kelly Vrooman, go down the rabbit hole with neither the first nor the last "disgraced" American president.  Join them as they review the unlikely rise and spectacular fall or Richard Nixon. Hear about the founding of the EPA, the Watergate burglars, and the insane story of Martha Mitchell.  --- ✅ Follow HILF on TikTok!  🎟️ HILF Public School - the live, interactive version of HILF: First Thursdays at...
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    Welcome back to book club! Whether you’re a book worm who is always looking for new nerdy stuff to read - or you only like history when it’s funny - this is for you! Return with Dawn and her classmate, Stacey Hovhannisyan, to discuss ALL the books they read over the last semester in school and which ones you - yes you - will want to read! 🎟️ Get tickets to HILF Public School - the live, interactive version of HILF: Fir...
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    Whether you’re a book worm who is always looking for new nerdy stuff to read - or you only like history when it’s funny - this is for you! Dawn sits down with her classmate, Stacey Hovhannisyan, to discuss ALL the books they read over the last semester in school and which ones you - yes you - will want to read! 🎟️ Get tickets to HILF Public School - the live, interactive version of HILF: First Thursdays at Flappers Com...
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    Join host, Dawn Brodey, and a LIVE audience to hear this most-titillating chapter from The Golden Age of Piracy, the tale of Mary Read and Anne Bonny. Born in very different circumstances and on opposite sides of the Atlantic, their worlds would collide and eventually combine in the most swash-buckingly way.  Hear pirate trivia with comedian, Becca Melkonian. Test your knowledge against comedian, Meryl Klemow. Get to know my c...
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    Join Dawn and a LIVE audience to hear what John Wayne Gacy and a plane crash have to do with her birthday. You'll also get to know the fabulous Sam Hale, Horror Nerd, and learn all about her grandpa... and his bulge. --- ✅ Follow HILF on TikTok!  🎥. See Sam's one-hour special! 🎙️ Come see Dawn in Horror Nerd at The Hollywood Improv, April 17th, 2026 🎟️ HILF Public School - the live, interactive version of HILF: First Thursd...
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    Dawn found herself tits-deep in pirate history and fell so far down the rabbit hole, she called on her friend - and frequent leading man - Patrick Day to fall with her!  Hear the swashbuckling story of a man who helped write some of the 18th century's most toe-curling and horrifying chapters.  --- 🎥 - Watch Florescent Beast - "What is the cost of being creative?" 🎥 - Watch Cruel Hearts - "Find what you love, let it kill...
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    Climb in bed with one of the first-ever sex symbols, Mae West! She was born in the 1800’s and lived long (and well) enough to star on broadway, lead the silver screen, and even release a ROCK ALBUM before she died! Guest is historian and playwright, John Heimbuch, who wrote the hit play Mae West and the Trial of Sex.  --- 🎟️ Get tickets to HILF Public School - the live, interactive version of HILF: First Thursdays at Fl...
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    Re-join Dawn and her guest, 76 year-old Zari Faripour, an elegant, intelligent, one-time refugee from the Iranian Revolution. Dawn delivers a utility outline of the major events and people involved in the 1970's revolution, while Zari colors it with her unique perspective and amazing life experiences. --- 🎟️ Get tickets to HILF Public School - the live, interactive version of HILF: First Thursdays at Flappers Comedy Club - Burbank...
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    Before there was Adam and Eve, there was Adam and Lilith! Hear the hot gossip straight from the Garden of Eden, and some of the best stories of this pre-biblical bad-ass. Dawn is joined by two Minneapolis besties who thought when they booked their tickets to LA from Minneapolis in January, they'd be escaping ice... In fact, they found they were taking a mere break from fighting I.C.E. Fall in love with Rhiannon and Shanan, art...
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