The Weird History Podcast

Recent Episodes

72 There’s No Such Thing As Lemuria

Posted March 17, 2016 • 00:16:26

You’ve probably heard to Atlantis, but that’s not the hypothetical lost continent out there. There’s a whole subgenre of supposed submerged continents,...

71 Live at the Jack London, The Story of Oregon Trail

Posted March 10, 2016 • 00:38:22

Oregon Trail is arguably the most successful education video game of all time. Created in 1971 by student teacher Don Rawitsch, the popular simulation began...

70 Shirtless Zeus-Like George Washington Versus Alexander Hamilton

Posted March 3, 2016 • 00:20:27

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical Hamilton is an antidote to the traditional (and boring) way that America’s founding fathers have often been portrayed....

69 Kingdom of the Mahdi, Part Three

Posted February 25, 2016 • 00:16:40

Mahdist Sudan died violently. The religious state persisted for approximately a decade and a half but after that the British, eager to solidify their...

68 Kingdom of the Mahdi, Part Two

Posted February 18, 2016 • 00:18:35

After successfully defeating the Ottoman-Egyptian and British forces at Khartoum, Sudan formed an independent government based around Muhammad Ahmad,...