596 Episodes

  1. Episode 373: The Book Tour 2025 - LIVE in Sydney

    Published: 8/17/2025

  2. Inventions Episode 33: The Lift

    Published: 8/15/2025

  3. QAH Episode 123: The Mayerling Incident

    Published: 8/13/2025

  4. Episode 372: The French Revolution - Part 6: The Legacy

    Published: 8/10/2025

  5. Inventions Episode 32: The Refrigerator

    Published: 8/8/2025

  6. QAH Episode 122: The Festival of the Supreme Being

    Published: 8/6/2025

  7. History's Strangest Deaths is Out Now!

    Published: 8/4/2025

  8. Episode 371: The French Revolution - Part 5: The Directory

    Published: 8/3/2025

  9. Inventions Episode 31: The Sewing Machine

    Published: 8/1/2025

  10. QAH Episode 121: A Brief History of the Guillotine

    Published: 7/30/2025

  11. Episode 370: The French Revolution - Part 4: The Terror

    Published: 7/27/2025

  12. Inventions Episode 30: The Friction Match

    Published: 7/25/2025

  13. Tickets for the 2025 Book Tour are now available!

    Published: 7/23/2025

  14. QAH Episode 120: The Man in the Iron Mask

    Published: 7/23/2025

  15. Episode 369: The French Revolution - Part 3: The Constitution

    Published: 7/20/2025

  16. Inventions Episode 29: The Camera

    Published: 7/18/2025

  17. QAH Episode 119: Charles Boycott and the Boycott Affair

    Published: 7/16/2025

  18. Episode 368: The French Revolution - Part 2: The Revolution

    Published: 7/13/2025

  19. Inventions Episode 28: The Bicycle

    Published: 7/11/2025

  20. QAH Episode 118: Run Like Pheidippides - A Half-Arsed History Couch to 5K

    Published: 7/9/2025

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Half-Arsed History's first book, History's Strangest Deaths, is now available: https://www.booktopia.com.au/history-s-strangest-deaths-riley-knight/book/9781761472589.html


Welcome along to Half-Arsed History! It's a weekly podcast highlighting absurd and entertaining stories from history. Three times a week, it helps host Riley Knight feel as though his useless history degree has some kind of real-world relevance.


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If you've just discovered the show and aren't sure which of the 350+ episodes to start with, here are some suggestions:

Episode 139: The History of the Toilet - https://sptfy.com/PK3J • https://apple.co/3Giftt3

Episode 75: The Great Emu War - https://sptfy.com/PK3K • https://apple.co/4jKCvr7

Episode 197: The History of Nuclear Weapons - https://sptfy.com/PK3L • https://apple.co/4jygYlc

Episode 233: The 1930 FIFA World Cup - https://sptfy.com/PK3M • https://apple.co/4iltL9P

Episode 106: The First Circumnavigation - https://sptfy.com/PK3N • https://apple.co/4jewsLj


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