History on Blast
42 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsA callout post for history and all the dumb things humanity has gotten away with. We love history, we swear.
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Dasvidaniya, Mountain Mama
April 14, 2020 21:01 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MBThis week, we put the state of West Virginia on blast for inaccurate maps and not building a bridge. And somehow, there isn't even one Mothman reference. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at [email protected] or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. Come join us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/733644043680042/
Not All Dogs Go To Heaven
April 02, 2020 20:55 - 18 minutes - 17.4 MBThis week, we put an actual dog on blast. Or maybe two. It's hard to tell sometimes. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at [email protected] or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. Come join us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/733644043680042/
The OG Sore Loser
March 03, 2020 12:00 - 18 minutes - 17.4 MBThis week, we put Aaron Burr on blast. But not for anything that has to do with Alexander Hamilton. Mostly. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at [email protected] or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. Come join us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/733644043680042/
Fly Me To the Moon
March 01, 2020 18:21 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MBThis week, we put John Wilkins on blast. Surprisingly, not for his involvement with Oliver Cromwell. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at [email protected] or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. Come join us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/733644043680042/
Punch Your Local Nazi
February 04, 2020 12:00 - 23 minutes - 22.2 MBThis week, we put the Nazis on blast. Again. This time, there's also a bridge and a French tennis player and a 19th century castle. It's a ride. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at [email protected] or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. Come join us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/733644043680042/
Seize the Means of Production
January 21, 2020 12:00 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBThis week, we put Pharaoh Rameses III on blast for failing to properly pay his workers. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at [email protected] or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. Come join us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/733644043680042/
Pass Me A Drink, Comrade?
January 07, 2020 12:00 - 10 minutes - 9.62 MBThis week, we put the Soviet Union on blast for somehow running out of vodka. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at [email protected] or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. Come join us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/733644043680042/ Come check out my Patreon! Bonus content coming soon. https://www.patreon.com/historyonblast
Mr Poe's Wild Ride
October 30, 2019 00:17 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MBHappy Halloween everyone! It's the spookiest time of the year and that means we're diving into mysterious history. This week, we talk about the unexplained death of Edgar Allen Poe. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at [email protected] or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. Come join us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/733644043680042/ Come check out...
Scared Shipless
October 15, 2019 11:00 - 19 minutes - 18 MBHappy Halloween everyone! It's the spookiest time of the year and that means we're diving into mysterious history. This week, we talk about the disappearance of the crew of the Mary Celeste and the mythology around her. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at [email protected] or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. Come join us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/gr...
Best Served Hot
September 24, 2019 11:00 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBIn today's episode, we're putting the Drevlians on blast for activating Saint Olga's kill mode. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at [email protected] or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. Come join us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/733644043680042/ Come check out my Patreon! Bonus content coming soon. https://www.patreon.com/historyonblast I'...
Wood For Sheep
September 10, 2019 11:00 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MBIn today's episode, we're putting the farmer and the cowman on blast, or more specifically the ranchers and shepherds of the Sheep Wars. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at [email protected] or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. Come join us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/733644043680042/ Come check out my Patreon! Bonus content coming soon. http...
Journey to the Center of the Earth
July 23, 2019 11:00 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MBIn today's episode, we're putting John Quincy Adams on blast for trying to establish trade with the mole men who live at the center of the earth. Yes, you read that right. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at [email protected] or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. Come join us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/733644043680042/ Come check out my Patre...
A Little Curse Never Hurt Anybody
July 09, 2019 11:00 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MBIn today's episode, we're putting William Henry Harrison and Zachary Taylor on blast for 120 years worth of a presidential curse. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at [email protected] or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. Come join us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/733644043680042/ Come check out my Patreon! Bonus content coming soon. https://www...
They Didn't Move The Bodies?
June 25, 2019 11:00 - 16 minutes - 15.5 MBIn today's episode, we're putting the founders of the city of Chicago, a cow, and Lake Michigan on blast for a lot of things but mostly for not moving the bodies. And also cholera. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at [email protected] or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. Come join us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/733644043680042/ Come check out...
First We Zig and Then We Zag
June 04, 2019 11:30 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBThis is it! The one year anniversary episode! And that means we're going back to my favorite punching bag for mockery: the Third Reich. In today's episode, we're putting the Nazis on blast for failing to see through some special effects and trickery and putting all their faith in a con man. Also, I definitely based some of my knowledge of London on Assassin's Creed and I'm not sorry for that. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and ...
The Phantom that Terrified All Arizona
May 21, 2019 11:00 - 16 minutes - 15 MBIn today's episode, we're putting the US Army on blast for creating a ghost and a cryptid at the same time. And also, for a little side Confederate nonsense while we're at it. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at [email protected] or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. Come join us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/733644043680042/ Come check out my P...
To Anacreon in Heaven
May 07, 2019 11:00 - 10 minutes - 9.82 MBIn today's episode, we're putting the National Anthem on blast for being a frat boy drinking song. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at [email protected] or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. Come join us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/733644043680042/ Check out my Patreon at https://patreon.com/historyonblast I'm looking for user submissions ...
Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better
April 23, 2019 11:00 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MBIn today's episode, we're putting the line between history and legend in the American Revolution on blast. Apologies, this gets a bit rambly. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at [email protected] or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. Come join us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/733644043680042/ I'm looking for user submissions of weird history s...
One If By Land, Two If I Get Arrested
April 09, 2019 11:00 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MBIn today's episode, we're putting Paul Revere on blast for not actually finishing his famous ride and also getting arrested. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at [email protected] or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. Come join us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/733644043680042/ I'm looking for user submissions of weird history stories from your ...
Assassination Month Part 2
March 26, 2019 11:00 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBIn today's episode, we're putting a group of assassins known as Young Bosnia on blast for being inept and still causing a world war. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at [email protected] or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. Come join us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/733644043680042/ I'm looking for user submissions of weird history stories fr...
Et Tu Brute?
March 12, 2019 11:00 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MBIn today's episode, we're putting... well, the late Roman Republic on blast. You'll understand. And beware the Ides of March! Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at [email protected] or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. Come join us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/733644043680042/ I'm looking for user submissions of weird history stories from your...
No Business Like Show Business
February 26, 2019 12:00 - 16 minutes - 15.5 MBIn today's episode, we're putting Thomas Edison on blast for his attempted stranglehold on the early film industry. And also, do I really need a reason? It's Edison. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at [email protected] or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. Come join us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/733644043680042/ I'm looking for user submis...
Purveyors of Immorality
February 12, 2019 12:00 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MBIn today's episode, we're putting Anthony Comstock on blast for the Comstock laws and we're finally starting to really earn that explicit tag. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at [email protected] or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. Come join us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/733644043680042/ I'm looking for user submissions of weird history ...
Hey Mom, Can I Go On Crusade Today?
January 29, 2019 12:00 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MBIn today's episode, we're putting the Children's Crusade on blast! Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at [email protected] or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. Come join us on Facebook! I'm looking for user submissions of weird history stories from your area! If you've got something, let me know because I want to hear it.
Inquisition on Ice?
January 15, 2019 12:00 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MBIn today's episode, we're putting the Spanish Inquisition on blast for not knowing how to ice skate. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at [email protected] or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. Come join us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/733644043680042/ I'm looking for user submissions of weird history stories from your area! If you've got some...
This Monster Fights Fascists
January 01, 2019 12:00 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MBIn today's episode, we're putting the Austrofascists (aka Austrian Nazis) on blast for banning Krampus. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at [email protected] or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. I'm looking for user submissions of weird history stories from your area! If you've got something, let me know because I want to hear it.
Whose Pope Is It Anyway?
December 18, 2018 12:00 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBIn today's episode, we're putting the Catholic Church on blast for a little something called the Great Western Schism. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at [email protected] or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. I'm looking for user submissions of weird history stories from your area! If you've got something, let me know because I want to hear it.
Pass the Venison?
November 27, 2018 12:00 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MBIn today's episode, we're putting the history and mythology of Thanksgiving on blast for mostly being wrong. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at [email protected] or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. I'm looking for user submissions of weird history stories from your area! If you've got something, let me know because I want to hear it.
Off To The Races
November 13, 2018 12:00 - 8 minutes - 7.78 MBIn today's episode, we're putting Henry Ford on blast for cheating at a road race so hard that he put another car company out of business. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at [email protected] or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. I'm looking for user submissions of weird history stories from your area! If you've got something, let me know because I want to hea...
Here There Be Goblins
October 30, 2018 11:00 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MBIn today's episode, we're putting a bunch of scientists and police on blast for assuming that farmers don't know what an owl is. That's right: it's the Kelly-Hopkinsville Goblins! Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at [email protected] or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. I'm looking for user submissions of weird history stories from your area! If you've got som...
More Weight
October 16, 2018 11:00 - 16 minutes - 15.6 MBIn today's episode, we're putting Sherrif George Corwin of Salem, Massachusetts on blast for being involved in the Salem Witch Trials and especially his part in the death of stone-cold badass: Giles Corey. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at [email protected] or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. I'm looking for user submissions of weird history stories from yo...
Eight Foot Vertical Leap?
October 02, 2018 11:00 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MBIn today's episode, we're putting the actual devil on blast. Or at least Springheeled Jack! It's Halloween and that means its time for spooky history, so get out your pumpkins and let's go hunt a cryptid. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at [email protected] or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. I'm looking for user submissions of weird history stories from your...
Present, But Not Voting
September 18, 2018 11:00 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MBIn today's episode, we're putting Jeremy Bentham on blast for attending a meeting 200 years after his death. Yup, you read that right. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at [email protected] or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. I'm looking for user submissions of weird history stories from your area! If you've got something, let me know because I want to hear it.
The Presidential Parrot
September 04, 2018 11:00 - 9 minutes - 8.93 MBIn today's episode, we're putting Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States of America, on blast. But not for what you're thinking. Let's just say it involves a parrot with a potty mouth and his funeral. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at [email protected] or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. I'm looking for user submissions of weird history stories ...
The Mad Monk?
August 21, 2018 11:00 - 23 minutes - 22.2 MBIn today's episode, we're putting Gregori Rasputin, the Mad Monk of Russia, on blast for being ridiculously hard to kill, among other things. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at [email protected] or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you. I'm looking for user submissions of weird history stories from your area! If you've got something, let me know because I want to ...
Emperor Bootikins?
August 07, 2018 11:44 - 19 minutes - 27.4 MBIn today's episode, we're putting Emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus on blast for murder, horse politics, childhood nicknames, and generally being Roman. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at [email protected] or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you
What Day Is It?
July 23, 2018 11:00 - 15 minutes - 21.2 MBIn today's episode, we're putting a bunch of calendar makers on blast for making dates confusing, losing years, and just generally fucking shit up. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at [email protected] or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you
President Evil: Zombie... Washington?
July 10, 2018 11:00 - 14 minutes - 20.4 MBIn today's episode, we're putting Doctor William Thornton on blast for trying to turn one of our Founding Fathers into a goat zombie. If that's not a wild enough way to celebrate the 4th, I don't know what is. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at [email protected] or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you
Field Marshal Big Bird?
June 22, 2018 01:26 - 14 minutes - 19.8 MBIn today's episode, we're putting Sir George Pearce and the entire Australian government on blast for losing a propaganda war to a flock of flightless birds. That's right, you heard me. They lost a war with birds. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at [email protected] or @historyonblast on twitter. Thank you
You Made a Bomb Out of What?
June 12, 2018 11:00 - 16 minutes - 23.4 MBIn today's episode, we're putting the Allies of WWII on blast for their unique approach to animals and explosives. Join me as we discuss anti-tank dogs, bats with tiny bomb backpacks, kitties steering bombs, and pigeons guiding missiles. Is there anything our animal friends can't do? Yes. Yes, there is. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program. As always, you can contact me at [email protected] or @history...
The Great Molasses Flood
May 29, 2018 11:00 - 12 minutes - 17.7 MBOnce upon a time, one Boston neighborhood experienced an exceptionally sticky situation when a tank of molasses exploded. Today, we're putting molasses itself on blast. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program.
Trailer
May 27, 2018 15:27 - 30 seconds - 702 KBHello, and welcome to History on Blast. I'm Hillary and I'll be your host as we callout history. Every other week, we'll be putting a different person, place, time, or event on blast for the shit they pulled. This ain't your Grandpa's history podcast. So if this sounds like your cup of harbor tea, be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcast catcher. Thank you to Defy the Mall for the use of their song The Keeper of Histories for the intro and outro of our program.