The Weird History Podcast

Recent Episodes

191 The Black Paintings

Posted April 4, 2019 • 00:20:54

Francisco Goya is one of the first modern artist, and toward the end of his life he painted his most well-known works, the Black Paintings, into the...

Very Important Announcement

Posted March 31, 2019 • 00:02:52

The show is going in a new direction. Listen to find out why.

190 Faro, the Hottest Game in the West

Posted March 27, 2019 • 00:16:48

The image of cowboys playing poker has shown up again and again in Westerns. However, if you walked into a saloon in the late 1800s, you likely wouldn’t...

189 Thom Wall on The History of Juggling

Posted March 18, 2019 • 00:34:25

Thom Wall is a professional juggler and who’s known both for his feats of dexterity and his enthusiasm for old-style vaudeville performance. His new...

188 Swingin’ on the Flippity-Flop

Posted March 4, 2019 • 00:22:11

Find out what a badly-sourced article in the Toronto Sun, a fake list of grunge slang in the New York Times, and an oft-repeated anecdote about a floating...