Comedy History Podcasts
Presidential
62 episodes - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★ - 3.6K ratingsThe Washington Post's Presidential podcast explores how each former American president reached office, made decisions, handled crises and redefined the role of commander-in-chief. It was released l...
BackStory
268 episodes - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 2.9K ratingsBackStory is a weekly public podcast hosted by U.S. historians Ed Ayers, Brian Balogh, Nathan Connolly and Joanne Freeman. We're based in Charlottesville, Va. at Virginia Humanities. There’s the h...
Florida Men on Florida Man
342 episodes - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 720 ratingsThe Florida Men on Florida Man podcast features crazy but TRUE stories from the sunshine state. FMOFM goes past the insane headlines and focuses on Florida’s history. From the nation’s wealthiest m...
HILF: History I'd Like to F**k
67 episodes - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsHost, 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 br...
Roast Mortem Cast
303 episodes - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★★ - 81 ratingsWe've all been taught to venerate the dead. Where's the fun in that?! No one can take all their rotten secrets to the grave. Humans are just trash monsters that make mistakes, rub together and make...
90s Percentile
98 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 73 ratingsStraight outta WEE Studios (Sync Points, Worst Episode Ever - A Simpsons Podcast), a podcast about everything 1990s, and maybe also everything before and after. @90sPercentile for more!
Disturbing Interests
103 episodes - Latest episode: 17 days ago - ★★★★ - 66 ratingsDo your conversations kill the party? Do you find yourself getting "that look" due to your extensive knowledge about turn of the century asylums? Have you ever wondered if there is a market for h...
Shared History
128 episodes - Latest episode: 10 months ago - ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsA history and comedy podcast about the overlooked and underrepresented people and events from ancient to modern history. Join comedians Cass and Natalie for an educational, entertaining and someti...
Beheaded
79 episodes - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsTorture. Execution. Death. Listen as two die-hard fans chat about some of history's most gruesome death sentences. From famous queens and kings to the uncommon names in history, no conviction will...
Worst Foot Forward
398 episodes - Latest episode: 11 days ago - ★★★★★ - 47 ratingsAn encyclopaedia of heroic failure Join Ben Van der Velde, Barry McStay and their guests as they brandish their wooden spoons of destiny and celebrate the losers, heroic failures and spectacular m...
I Don't Know Her
136 episodes - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsAvery and Rita are on a mission to share the stories your history books left out. Every episode they tackle the brave, complicated, courageous, and important stories of women you've probably never ...
ILL REPUTE! with Sovereign Syre & Ela Darling
79 episodes - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsWriter and comedian Sovereign Syre teams up with VR innovator and former librarian Ela Darling to chronicle the lives of women and gender nonconformists that got a bad rap. Whether they were pionee...
One Nation Under Crime
100 episodes - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsOne Nation Under Crime is a historical chronological true crime podcast. Join Kayla and Leah each week as they discuss true crime cases and history from each year starting with the first recorded ...
Frolicking Chronicles
71 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsFrolicking Chronicles is a paranormal travel and cocktails podcast with a splash of pop-culture. Hosted by identical twin sisters Roni Dawson and Tamantha Bowman. They explore paranormal phenome...
Poor Historians: Misadventures in Medical History
142 episodes - Latest episode: about 11 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsThree modern emergency physicians and their show's "medical history intern" take a lighthearted, humorous quest through various stories in the history of medicine. New episodes every two weeks a...
Cigar Nerds Podcast
202 episodes - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsCigar Nerds Podcast
Same Difference: 2 Jazz Fans, 1 Jazz Standard
147 episodes - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsNow into their 5th year, and receiving high accolades from several different podcast review sites, Same Difference has quickly become the go-to Jazz podcast for good (and fun) analysis of all your ...
Muses of Mythology
123 episodes - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★ - 14 ratingsTwo siblings explore how ancient myths become modern pop culture while reading Rick Riordan's "Percy Jackson and the Olympians." New episodes every other Tuesday!
This is Not a History Lecture
251 episodes - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsWelcome to a refreshingly casual take on history podcasts. Join Kat and Kaleigh as they share their favorite stories from history - the odd, the funny, the forgotten, and the often misunderstood. B...
Halfwit History
160 episodes - Latest episode: 24 days ago - ★★★★ - 12 ratingsHosts 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 expl...
In My Footsteps: A Cape Cod and New England Podcast
158 episodes - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsThe In My Footsteps Podcast is a mix of Cape Cod and New England history, tips on New England travel, fun lifestyle topics, a slice of retro nostalgia from the 1980's and 1990's, and much more. Cr...
History Film Club
36 episodes - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsAward-winning screenwriters, consultants, and historians Alex von Tunzelmann and Hannah Grieg are delving deep into historical films. In each episode they talk to an expert about their loves, their...
Side Hustle Quest
86 episodes - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsA comedic exploration of all the most interesting ways people can make money.
Tea-Tanic
30 episodes - Latest episode: 13 days ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratings"Did you know?!"... that Loretta Anne Miller has been a Titanic enthusiast since age 6? Yup. She's got the proof in her horribly written school kid journal that her favorite game to play on the Br...
DB Comedy Presents THE ELECTABLES
65 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsLive From Chicago, a Comedy/History Podcast about the American Presidents - for people who can't afford HAMILTON.
F***bois of Literature Book Podcast
229 episodes - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1 rating•FBOL is now on Patreon! Subscribe: http://www.patreon.com/fuckboisoflit•The podcast about the most groan-worthy, enraging, and sh*t characters in lit. Join host Emily Edwards and a guest for a wee...
Digging Deeper with the Ancients
38 episodes - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingA look back at ancient places and things to get more of the story, and tie in some more modern pop culture references to see where they got it right, and where they got it wrong. We also try and ma...
Our Weird World
217 episodes - Latest episode: 3 days agoEach week, host John Hinson takes a look at weird, crazy, and forgotten stories from the history of humankind. He covers true crime, paranormal, and other strange stories and tries to put some hum...
Consistently Eccentric History
210 episodes - Latest episode: 6 days agoThe British Isles have thousands of years of history, so it's weird that all most people were taught at school was World War Two, how many wives Henry VIII had and that the Battle of Hastings took...
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