Latest Historynerd Podcast Episodes
HILF 64 - Doc Holliday with Brandon Gibson
HILF: History I'd Like to F**k - June 18, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsDawn is joined by actor and writer, Brandon Gibson (Black-ish, Fresh Off the Boat, Spilled Paint) who has long been fascinated by the the consumptive, former-dentist, with a southern drawl and a propensity for prostitutes… who isn't? SILF’s (Sources I’d Like to F*ck) Doc Holiday The Life and L...
HILF 63 - HILF YOU Audience Request Show
HILF: History I'd Like to F**k - June 04, 2024 07:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsJoin Dawn as she strips down YOUR HILF's in the first-ever audience-request show. [00:01:13] The Great Emu War of 1932 which pitted a bunch of WWI veterans against a mob of flightless birds. [00:08:37] The Blood Countess, Elizabeth Bathory. Was she the first documented serial killer AND an i...
HILF 62 - How to Start a War with Michael Trapani
HILF: History I'd Like to F**k - May 21, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsMaybe you think WW2 started when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor... but that was just when America got involved. Maybe you think WW2 started when Germany invaded Poland... but that was just when England and France had finally had enough. To really understand how WW2 started, historian Micha...
HILF 61 - Jesse James with Ryan Keely
HILF: History I'd Like to F**k - May 07, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsDawn's guest is adult-film actress, Ryan Keely who takes no offense to the term 'porn star'. Ryan is also a book-worm and one of the cast of the sensational new Dungeons and Dragons podcast, I Seduce The Dragon. @ISTD Join Dawn and Ryan as two professional 'fuckers' in hot pursuit of history's ...
HILF 60 - Amelia Earhart with Fallon Morey
HILF: History I'd Like to F**k - April 23, 2024 07:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsClimbing into the cockpit with Amelia and Dawn is guest, Fallon Morey of That's So Fucked Up. Fallon's knowledge of history and love of bad-ass women makes her a perfect navigator for this incredible story. Dawn's Sources Book - Amelia Earhart A Biography by Doris L. Rich. (1989) Article -...
HILF 59 - Josephine Baker with Katy Hearne-Church
HILF: History I'd Like to F**k - April 09, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsDawn is joined by guest, Katy Hearne-Church one of the hosts of The Queens Podcast. Katy is not only a big fan of Josephine Baker, but she is whip-smart and enjoys a cocktail in the afternoon. Dawn's Sources Book - AGENT JOSEPHINE by Damien Lewis Podcast - YOU'RE DEAD TO ME Video - See...
HILF 58 - The Freedom Rides with Dave Reinitz
HILF: History I'd Like to F**k - March 26, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsDawn's Guest, Dave Reinitz is a stand-up comedian and stain-glass artist whose personal connection to this slice of History brings it alive for all of us. Hear about how his mother, Janet Braun-Reinitz, joined with the Freedom Riders in 1961 and endured and enlightened one of the darkest chapter...
HILF 57 - The Conch Republic with Forrest Shaw
HILF: History I'd Like to F**k - March 12, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsJoining Dawn for the HILF-ing of the Conch Republic is Florida native, comedian, and former Marine Biologist, Forrest Shaw. He currently performs stand-up around the world, and is the co-host of the podcast, I don’t Know About That with Jim Jeffries. You can also catch him on The Mermen Podcas...
HILF 56 - Mutiny on the Bounty, Part 2 with Scott Edwin Williams
HILF: History I'd Like to F**k - February 27, 2024 15:03 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsWelcome back aboard the ill-fated Bounty with Dawn and guest, Scott Edwin Williams, school-teacher and author of the fantastic book series, LIGHTBULB MOMENTS IN HUMAN HISTORY. Part one left the mutineers singing and dancing as they pushed Captain Bligh into the horizon. Rejoin them as they go...
HILF 55 - Mutiny on the Bounty with Scott Edwin Williams
HILF: History I'd Like to F**k - February 13, 2024 15:52 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsCome aboard the ill-fated Bounty with Dawn and guest, Scott Edwin Williams. Scott is a school-teacher and author of the fantastic book series, LIGHTBULB MOMENTS IN HUMAN HISTORY which looks at history with a nod to both humor, and a hope for the future. Together they trace the origins and outcom...
HILF 54 - Aleister Crowley with Hilah Johnson
HILF: History I'd Like to F**k - January 30, 2024 16:18 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsAleister Crowley is a sado-machoistic cult leader that Dawn frankly hates... but since when has hate ever made anyone less fuckable? Joining her on this journey into the darker pages of history, is celebrated chef, Hilah Johnson. She has hosted several cooking shows on Youtube and The Travel Cha...
HILF 53 - The Boston Massacre with Sarah Retalic & Dave Houghton
HILF: History I'd Like to F**k - January 17, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsDawn's guests are sports podcasters (and native Bostonians) Sarah Retalic and Dave Houghton of IN A PICKLE RADIO. Find out how much they know regarding one of their city's defining events, and keep score along with Dawn all the way to the surprise ending. Dawn's Sources Book - THE BOSTON MAS...
HILF 52 - The Montreal Screwjob with Bacon is my Podcast (BIMP)
HILF: History I'd Like to F**k - January 03, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsDawn's guests are Jimmy G and Mike Wehmann who love the world of wrestling - and the world of rock bands, and whiskey, and podcasting, and bacon. They are the co-hosts of the hit podcast ‘Bacon is my Podcast’ and that makes this episode a three-way, baby. Hear Dawn on BIMP - Part 1 and Part 2 ...
HOLIDAY BONE-US - The Holiday Breakdown with Leah Bonnema
HILF: History I'd Like to F**k - December 20, 2023 08:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsLove 'em or hate 'em, rom coms have been an established genre for centuries and Holiday Rom-Coms are their modern-day beating heart. Dawn is something of a convert, having spent most of her life considering them thin, uninteresting trash... which they are sometimes. BUT THAT'S WHY THEY'RE GREAT!...
HOLIDAY BONE-US - Krampus with Dawn's Husband
HILF: History I'd Like to F**k - December 13, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsIn December 2021 - almost 50 episodes ago - Dawn sat down with her husband, director, Andrew Melby. Together they discussed the origin and history of the dark, Yuletide figure of Krampus... and debate whether he may be a welcome addition to their family. The Krampus and the old Dark Christmas ...
HOLIDAY BONE-US - Dawn's Mom and Sisters
HILF: History I'd Like to F**k - December 06, 2023 08:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsOn March 29th, 2023 I released EP#34 - The Vibrator, with my mom and two older sisters as my guests. It went bananas - broke the podcast's download record and yielded a slew of comments from listers telling me they felt like they knew us. And those who actually do know us, said they felt like we...
HILF 51 - Cleopatra (and Mark Antony) with Kiki Andersen
HILF: History I'd Like to F**k - November 29, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsDawn's guest is stand-up comedian (and former award-winning journalist) Kiki Andersen. Kiki aces Dawn's spontaneous quiz on the last Queen of Egypt as the two traverse the second chapter of her little black book. Dawn's Sources Book - CLEOPATRA - A Captivating Guide to the Last Queen of Egypt...
HILF 50 - Cleopatra (and Julius Caesar) with Kiki Andersen
HILF: History I'd Like to F**k - November 22, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsDawn's guest is stand-up comedian (and former award-winning journalist) Kiki Andersen. Kiki aces Dawn's spontaneous quiz on the last Queen of Egypt as the two traverse the first chapter of her little black book. Dawn's Sources Book - CLEOPATRA - A Captivating Guide to the Last Queen of Egypt ...
HILF 49 - Alan Turing with Heidi Mavir
HILF: History I'd Like to F**k - November 08, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsDawn's guest is the hilarious author of the book, Your Child is Not Broken - How to Parent Your Neurodivergent Child Without Losing Your Marbles. Find her and the organization she runs in the UK for other parents of neurodivergent children who struggle in school, EOTAS Matters. Dawn's Sources ...
HALLOWEEN BONE-US - Dawn reads, Edgar Allan Poe's: THE RAVEN
HILF: History I'd Like to F**k - October 26, 2023 21:02 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsJust in time for Halloween, but good for any time you're feeling like you need a spooky kick in the literary brainpan. The Raven was first published in January, 1845 by the dark and troubled poet, Edgar Allan Poe. He would die, a mysterious death, four short years later and leave generations...
HILF 48 - The Battle of Blair Mountain with Peter Breitmayer
HILF: History I'd Like to F**k - October 25, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsJoin Dawn and guest, actor Peter Breitmayer, as they discuss this little known story from American History. Meet heroes like Sid Hatfield and Mother Jones, and villains like Albert Felts and that murderous cunt, CE Lively. It's a tragic story of labor unions and the powerful monopolists who dr...
HILF 47 - The Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster, Part 2 with Adam Andreasen
HILF: History I'd Like to F**k - October 11, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsFrom the aftermath of the Challenger Disaster, to the rollercoaster investigation, get ready for the Ride of your life. Dawn is rejoined by her guest Adam Andreasen, an artist in central Wisconsin and her friend since childhood, indeed he was sitting next to her the day the disaster unfolded o...
HILF 46 - The Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster with Adam Andreasen
HILF: History I'd Like to F**k - September 27, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsWhen Challenger broke apart shortly after launch over Cape Canaveral, seven people died. The most well-known to the American public was Christa McAuliffe, a school teacher. She had won a well-publicized national search, making her something of an American Celebrity - especially among school chi...
HILF 45 - The Clinton/Lewinsky Sex Scandal with Kelly Blackheart
HILF: History I'd Like to F**k - September 13, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsIf you lived through this event from 25 years ago, you'll find it's a complicated walk down memory lane: The blue dress, The Cigar, and that back-stabbing bitch, Linda Tripp. If you're new to this one, come learn how talk of pink thongs and blow jobs were suddenly brought into America’s livin...
HILF 45 - The Clinton/Lewinski Sex Scandal with Kelly Blackheart
HILF: History I'd Like to F**k - September 13, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsIf you lived through this event from 25 years ago, you'll find it's a complicated walk down memory lane: The blue dress, The Cigar, and that back-stabbing bitch, Linda Tripp. If you're new to this one, come learn how talk of pink thongs and blow jobs were suddenly brought into America’s livin...
HILF 44 - Oscar Wilde with Clarione Gutierrez-Owens
HILF: History I'd Like to F**k - August 30, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsDawn's guest, Clarione, is an artist who has been something of a secret admirer of Oscar Wilde since his days visiting the OW Bar in NYC. Together he and Dawn start with Wilde's birth and follow his story through the extraordinary peaks and valleys of his remarkable life. LILFS: (Links I'd Li...
HILF 43 - Anne Boleyn with Enkrypt
HILF: History I'd Like to F**k - August 16, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsIn the hot-seat with Anne is Dawn's guest, Enkrypt (Rocio Paredes) who grew up in LA's Highland Park 'before gentrification'. She took her deep love of the neighborhood and the people she grew up with to her work as a photographer and director... but first she was a hacker's worst nightmare. J...
HILF 42 - Coco Chanel with Amanda Michelle
HILF: History I'd Like to F**k - August 02, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsThe life of Coco Chanel is one of an extraordinary person living through extraordinary times. Born into poverty she rises not only to revolutionize the fashion industry, but to become so wealthy she can throw a giant diamond into the sea to piss off her boyfriend. Buckle up for the bad bitch, Co...
HILF 41 - Titanic, Part 2 with Ashley Richards
HILF: History I'd Like to F**k - June 28, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsIf you think five lil' ol' billionaires in a submarine caused a big reaction... wait til you hear what happened with the Original! Dawn and guest, Ashely Richards - That’s So Fucked Up - return for the conclusion of the HILF-ing of Titanic. From the retrieval of the bodies by the intrepid crew ...
HILF 40 - Titanic with Ashley Richards
HILF: History I'd Like to F**k - June 21, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsTitanic. The infamous passenger ship that struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic in 1912, and slowly sank. About 2,200 people aboard, but only enough lifeboats to hold half of them - and that was if every lifeboat had been filled to capacity... which they weren’t. Whether you’re new to this sto...
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