The Weird History Podcast

Recent Episodes

92 We Don’t Know Things About the Mesoamerican Ball Game

Posted August 4, 2016 • 00:14:37

The ancient Mesoamerican ball game is very probably the oldest ball game in the world. We know that it was played with a rubber ball on a stone court,...

91 Kory Bing on Dinosaurs and Other Extinct Megafauna

Posted July 28, 2016 • 00:35:50

This week’s episode is an interview with artist and cartoonist Kory Bing about dinosaurs and other extinct megafauna. We talked about drawing dinosaurs,...

90 The Fiji Mermaid

Posted July 21, 2016 • 00:14:14

Today PT Barnum is remembered as one of the founders of modern advertising and one of America’s greatest hucksters. His first successful hoax was...

89 Live at the Jack London, Robertson V Baldwin

Posted July 14, 2016 • 00:34:35

In 1897 the US Supreme Court carved out an exception the 13th Amendment, which bans slavery and involuntary servitude. Robertson v. Baldwin held that...

88 The Unknown Origins of Pasta, A Wonder of the World

Posted July 7, 2016 • 00:15:19

As far as your humble podcaster is concerned, pasta is a wonder of the world right up there with the Pyramids and the Internet. We don’t exactly know...