The Weird History Podcast

Recent Episodes

20 The Lost Empire of Scotland

Posted March 5, 2015 • 00:22:18

In the late 1600s Scotland, in an attempt to start an international trade empire, founded a small settlement in what is now modern Panama. The venture...

19 Hey Big Spender

Posted February 26, 2015 • 00:13:18

You can do a lot of things with wealth. You can buy stuff, make things happen, bribe officials, give to the poor… Or, if you’re Mansa Musa of Mali...

18 The Tulsa Race Riot

Posted February 19, 2015 • 00:21:11

Probably the most violent singular example of post-slavery racial violence in the US happened in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1921. Mobs of armed whites burned...

17 Jaime Kirk on Piratical History

Posted February 12, 2015 • 00:37:53

This week we interviewed a pirate! Kind of. Jaime Kirk is the current captain of PDX Yar, a Portland organization dedicated to all things piratical....

17 Jaime Kirk on Pirate History

Posted February 12, 2015 • 00:38:05