870 Episodes

  1. CLASSIC: William Walker: Filibuster and (Fantastically Bad) President

    Published: 5/17/2025
  2. Accidental Inventions of the 20th Century, Part Two: The Slinky and the Post-it Note

    Published: 5/15/2025
  3. Accidental Inventions of the 20th Century, Part One: Penicillin, X-Rays and the Microwave Oven

    Published: 5/13/2025
  4. CLASSIC: Lawsonomy: How the Father of the Modern Airline Started His Own Religion

    Published: 5/10/2025
  5. Did Pirates Really Ruin the US Dream of the Metric System?

    Published: 5/8/2025
  6. Yet More Ridiculous Historical Honorifics: Ethelred Just Ain't Ready

    Published: 5/6/2025
  7. CLASSIC: A Dead Pope Goes To Court

    Published: 5/3/2025
  8. History's Most Ridiculous Clothing, with AJ Jacobs: Part Two

    Published: 5/1/2025
  9. History's Most Ridiculous Clothing, with AJ Jacobs: Part One

    Published: 4/29/2025
  10. CLASSIC: War and Candy: The Infamous Tootsie Roll Air Drop

    Published: 4/26/2025
  11. A Ridiculous History of Tupperware

    Published: 4/24/2025
  12. Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

    Published: 4/22/2025
  13. CLASSIC: The Man Who Assassinated Abe Lincoln's Assassin

    Published: 4/19/2025
  14. Paul Is Dead, Part Two: Welcome to the Walrus

    Published: 4/17/2025
  15. Paul Is Dead, Part One: The Beatles versus MI5

    Published: 4/15/2025
  16. CLASSIC: The Cock Lane Ghost: Haunting, Hoax, Hysteria… or Hilarious?

    Published: 4/12/2025
  17. CLASSIC: Roland the Farter and the Weird World of Professional Flatulence

    Published: 4/10/2025
  18. CLASSIC: Gregor MacGregor Invented a Country and Convinced People to Invest in It

    Published: 4/8/2025
  19. CLASSIC: Angry Feds and Deadly Booze: The Story of the Chemists' War

    Published: 4/5/2025
  20. We're Late for the April Fools' Episode

    Published: 4/3/2025

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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.