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    Ridiculous History

    Ridiculous History

    Ridiculous History

    ratings:
    Length:
    678 episodes
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Description

    History is beautiful, brutal and, often, ridiculous. Join Ben Bowlin and Noel Brown as they dive into some of the weirdest stories from across the span of human civilization in Ridiculous History, a podcast by iHeartRadio.
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Episodes1 - 10 of 678 episodes

    Title

    CLASSIC: "Vitamin Donuts" Were A Real Thing

    Donuts: they're sweet, delectable and dangerous. Nowadays they're best known as a sugar...

    33 minutes
    		May 11, 2024

    Thomas Nast, Part Two: A Cartoonist Conquers Corruption (and Moves to Ecuador)

    Rising from humble beginnings, Thomas Nast soon became something very much like the con...

    35 minutes
    		May 09, 2024

    Thomas Nast, Part One: The Cartoonist Who Shaped America

    Tons of people have a soft spot for their favorite cartoon or comic strip -- yet few ha...

    32 minutes
    		May 07, 2024

    CLASSIC: The Rotten, Sausagey Secret Origin of Botox

    Today botox is one of the world's most well-known wrinkle treatments, as well as a go-t...

    34 minutes
    		May 04, 2024

    Books You Can't Read -- By Design!

    Books are amazing. When you think about it, a good book can be a portal to another worl...

    44 minutes
    		May 02, 2024

    La Maupin: The Swordfighting Opera Singer of France

    During the era of Louis XIV, Julie D'Aubigny became one of the most popular criminals i...

    58 minutes
    		Apr 30, 2024

    CLASSIC: The Weird World of Meat Jell-O (A Gelatin Origin Story)

    Today Jell-O and other gelatin foodstuffs are generally relegated to world of desserts,...

    38 minutes
    		Apr 27, 2024

    A History of Roller Coasters, Part Two: Higher, Faster, More Expensive

    In the history of roller coasters, one thing became clear: the public wanted extremes -...

    48 minutes
    		Apr 25, 2024

    A History of Roller Coasters, Part One: Early Ups and Downs

    If you described the concept of a roller coaster to an alien, they'd probably be baffle...

    45 minutes
    		Apr 23, 2024

    CLASSIC: London Made a Train for the Dead

    In the mid-19th century, London was literally filling with corpses. When the city was i...

    32 minutes
    		Apr 20, 2024