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Bad History
by Steven and Dave
Every week, best buds Steven and Dave talk your ear off in the best way possible about an event (or events) in history that most people don't know, don't understand, or just simply get wrong. Every week the guys tackle a different topic from history and offer their own insight and stories. In order to make things not so boring, the guys use a variety of story telling techniques to really try to capture the moment. So gather around the fireplace and enjoy Bad History.
Episodes
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Ep. 36: Famous Monsters in History pt. 2
Are you guys ready to be spooked and startled?? Because it's time for part 2 of our Halloween episode special. This week we are looking at different types of monsters from history and how they successfully scared us throughout the ages. So while you're trick or treating, why don't you pop in some...
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Ep. 35: Famous Monsters from History
Well everyone, it's that time of year; the leaves are changing colors, the temperature is dropping, and things are getting mighty spooky. Halloween is almost here and we here at Bad History could not be happier. This episode and the following will be our super special, super spooky Halloween...
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Ep. 34: Historically Significant Literature
Boys and girls, we are back. This week we're strapping on the reading glasses and digging into to historically significant pieces of literature. Can novels and poems really make a significant splash in the world of history??? You'll just have to tune in to find out. If you want to reach out you…
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Ep. 33: Lesser Known Military Groups
Well boys and girls, we are back for a brand new episode. This week we are taking the theme of lesser known or under appreciated groups of people and tweaking it just a bit (like we do). We are focusing on two military groups that we think deserve just a bit more credit and appreciation than they...
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Update: What's Going on with Us, What's Going on with the Show
Hey everyone, this is not a regular episode of Bad History, but instead an update of what the show is going to be looking like for the next few months while we try to keep our lives together. The episode will cover the full details of the changes that are going to happen as well as a potential…
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Ep. 32: Off to the Olympics!
Thanks for tuning in to a new episode of Bad History! We know that we're getting this in a few days/weeks late but better late than never! This week we are talking all about the Olympics! We're each telling two stories from past Olympic games that we think are worth remembering. And yes, we know...
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Ep. 31: Small State, Big Impact
Hey guys! Thanks for tuning in to another episode of Bad History. This week we're looking at instances of small states making national news. Whether they be small countries, small towns, or literal small states. Due to the rather depressing nature of last week's History Hangout, we decided to...
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History Hangouts Ep. 4: Imperialism
Are you ready for a brand new episode of History Hangouts?? You better be, because here it is! We record a History Hangout any time that we get a chance sit down face to face and talk about a specific topic. It just so happens that this week the stars aligned just right and we had that beautiful...
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Ep. 30: Bad History Goes to the Movies: The Sequel!
Hey folks, welcome to episode 30 of Bad History! Hollywood loves to do this thing where they make super historically inaccurate movies and we here at Bad History take it upon ourselves to call them out on it. That's right, we're going back to the movies. So, grab your overpriced popcorn and your...
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Ep. 29: Tales from the Wild West
Hey guys, we're back (FINALLY) for a brand new episode of Bad History. This week, we're heading to the Wild West to talk about train robberies, shootouts, outlaws, and used car salesman Bob Dalton. So gather 'round the old campfire and enjoy! If you want to reach out you can find us on.......
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Ep. 28: Military Technology Disparities Between Two Armies
Hey everyone welcome back to our most under-powered episode yet! This week we are talking about battles on which there is a huge disparity between the weaponry of the two armies. We explain how this can sometime lead to victory but more often than not can just lead to defeat. We hope you enjoy!...
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Ep. 27: Local Legends
Hey everyone, it is my pleasure to welcome you back to episode 27 of Bad History! This week we are digging deep into the bowels of history to look at local legends from two drastically different places, New Jersey and St. Petersburg. As always we try to debunk any historical misconceptions...
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Bad History Episode 26: Prison Breaks!
We're back baby!!! Steven and Dave have returned for season 2 of Bad History. Having lost all of our money in cocaine and reverse home mortgaging, we decided to jump back on the mics for some more stories of lesser known history. This week, we discuss prison breaks. It's good to be back! As…
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Bonus Episode #2: Those Times We Goofed Up
From time to time we here at Bad History make a mistake while recording, whether we mispronounce something, say something we shouldn't, or just stumble over our words because apparently we've never spoken English before. More often than not they wind up being pretty funny, sometimes funnier than...
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Bonus Episode: Lady Killers w/ Movie Date Night Podcast
Well I bet ya didn't expect to hear from us for a while. But yet, here we are! While you're waiting for the new season of Bad History to start we thought we would release this episode to tie you over. Our friends over at Movie Date Night Podcast joined us on this episode to talk all about…
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Episode 25: Historical Misconception Rapid Fire
This is it. Gather round for one last time as Steven and Dave do mortal combat against bad histories. Our first season of episodes concludes with another episode of historical misconceptions. Except this time, we do a shit ton at once! We will return soon for season two, but in the meantime…
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Ep. 24: Covert Operations
Thank you for joining us for episode 24 of Bad History. This week we're getting super sneaky and talking all about some more unknown covert operations from history. We have two great stories about two very different covert operations that we think you will really enjoy listening to. Also, towards...
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Ep. 23: Animals?....Animals.
Hey guys, thanks for joining us once again for a very....interesting episode of Bad History. This week we're talking about animals. Yeah, we didn't know either. We often like to joke on this show that we have no idea what we're doing, but in all seriousness, this topic through us for a loop....
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Ep. 22: Unknown Mythology
Thanks for joining us for another exciting episode of Bad History! We're continuing our theme of lesser known history by talking about two mythological tales that most people probably haven't ever heard of. We deal with some challenging topics like life, death, the underworld, thunderstorms, big...
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Ep. 21: Underrated Historical Figures
We're back at it once again for another episode of Bad History! This week we are looking at two historical figures who just don't get any love and we want to help them out. We think that these two people deserve a lot more recognition and a lot longer chapters in the history books. Hopefully…
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Ep. 20: Historical Misconceptions Round Two
Hey guys welcome back to a new episode of Bad History! This week we are tackling some more historical misconceptions and writing the wrongs of history. Yeah, we know we said we were going to be talking about failed colonies, but we decided not to, for....reasons. We'll just chalk it up to it…
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Ep. 19: Historical Power Couples
This week on Bad History we're talking all about power couples and dream teams. That's right, we're looking at those historical couples that are so legendary and did so much that they make the rest of us just look really bad. We have some really good discussion on just what it takes to be an all...
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Completely Off Topic Monday Episode 5
Welcome back for a long overdue installment of Completely Off Topic Mondays! This week Steven and Dave talk about their favorite video game franchises because they are total nerds who spent their childhood locked in a basement, playing video games for hours! And now for something completely...
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History Hangouts Episode 3: It's a Revolution, a French Revolution
Well here we are, back for another very special episode of History Hangouts! Did it catch you by surprise?? Because it caught us by surprise. During History Hangout episodes we sit together and candidly discuss a topic from history that usually results in us yelling at each other. For our third...
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BH Episode 18: How Food Changed the World
On this week's episode of Bad History, we dig into the tasty topic of how food changed the world! We look at two very specific foods (sort of) and talk about how they made their mark on history. What foods did we discuss? How did we justify their importance to history? How many food based puns…
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BH Episode 17: Heir Disasters
This week on Bad History, Steven and Dave discuss disappointing children and how they can never fill their parents' shoes. It's heir disasters! The episode where inheriting the kingdom goes bad. This was an especially difficult episode due to how childish we are. So just as a present for you…
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Completely Off Topic Monday Episode 4
This week on Completely Off Topic Monday, Dave and Steven continue telling crazy college party stories. Also the Dave interview where Dave reveals why he is a complete shut in who has no friends. Check it out this week on Completely Off Topic Monday. And now for something completely different!…
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BH Episode 16: Diseases and Epidemics
This week on a brand new episode of Bad History, Steven and Dave recount tales of epidemics and diseases ravaging the countryside. Also Steven broke the rules because we agreed we wouldn't do the Black Death...Anyway, give us a listen and a follow (if ya feel like it) and check out our weekly...
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BH Episode 15: The Weather Channel Strikes Back, When Weather has Changed the Outcome of War
We are so happy to be back once again for another week. We seriously apologize for the lateness of this episode, we had some technical difficulties that took some serious editing and we both had really busy weeks. We really hate being late and do our best to not let it happen often. This week we...
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BH Episode 14: Bad History Goes to the Movies
It's movie time here at Bad History! That's right, this week we are talking about historical movies. We both pick two movies and talk about what they get right and, of course, what they got wrong. Critics are loving this episode and it's already got a 'Super Fresh Great Episode Boys!' rating on...
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Completely Off Topic Monday Episode 3
This week on Completely Off Topic Monday, party stories and the Steven Interview! Get to know about our low life college years where we went to parties and even threw parties sometimes. Also, get an intimate look at one of the podcast's most bearded hosts with the Steven Interview! And now for...
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Bad History Ep. 13: The Serial Killer Spooktacular
It's time for unlucky episode 13, which means it's time to get spooked! This week we are talking about some of history's most notorious serial killers that you may not know pretty much anything about! We sure didn't going into this. Seriously though we had a great time recording this and we think...
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Bad History Ep. 12: Women Badasses
Well hello there! It’s good to be back for another episode of Bad History. As requested by our guest Kat Tuttle on last week’s episode, this week we will be covering women bad asses from history. It’s important to note that we are not covering the most influential women from history (although…
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Completely Off Topic Monday Episode 2
Join Steven and Dave for Completely Off Topic Monday. This week the boys will discuss why you should study history in college and what types of jobs you can pursue with your shiny new history degree. Spoiler Alert: It's the best liberal arts degree! And now for something completely different!…
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Bad History Ep. 11: What did Rome Ever do for You? w/ Guest Kat Tuttle
Thanks for tuning in to another episode of Bad History! We are finally back to our regular schedule and we could not be happier about it. This week is a very special week for Bad History because we have our first every guest! We have been teasing it for a while but we finally made it happen. Our...
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Completely Off Topic Monday Episode 1
In the very first episode of Completely Off Topic Monday, Steven and Dave decide to talk about how they became interested in history and what events or people helped them to become the historians they are today. Completely Off Topic Mondays will be a less formal episode that focuses more on the...
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Bad History Ep. 10: Worst. President. Ever.
Another week means another episode of Bad History! This is a big one for us too because it is episode number 10! (Even though we have two episodes of History Hangouts and the intro episode but whatever those don’t count) On this episode we explore who we think are the two worst presidents in US...
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Bad History Ep. 9: The King is Dead
It’s another week which means another episode of Bad History. This is the very first regular episode of 2016 and we are finally covering a topic that we have been talking about for a like a month, regicide! That’s right, killing kings. In this episode we cover two very different instances of...
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Bad History, Ep. 8: 1815, a Year in Review!
We are finally back for a new episode of Bad History! We are so sorry for missing the previous week, but we were both super busy with the holidays. But we think this episode more than makes up for that missed week! This week, we do our year in review. But not for 2015; oh no. Instead, we are…
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Bad History, History Hangouts Ep.2: WWII
We’re back for another very special episode of Bad History: History Hangouts! On the second episode of History Hangouts, we discuss World War II and everything that went into and came out of it. We also focus on the American home-front during war time, a topic not covered as widely in high…
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Bad History Ep. 7: Historical Misconceptions
We're back at it for episode 7 of Bad History! Thank you for joining us for an episode all about historical misconceptions. We tell two stories today, the first about something you have probably never heard of and the second about someone who you probably have. What am I even talking about?…
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Bad History: Update
Hey everyone! We wanted to release a short little update episode about what is going on in the world of Bad History. We will be back to our normal episodes in a few days.
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Bad History Ep. 6 Leaders Of The Abolitionist Movement
Nice to see you back here for another episode of Bad History! During this week's epsiode we decided to focus on Harriot Tubmen and Fredrick Douglas; two important leaders in the Anti-Slavery movement. While these two figures are widely known, so much of what the did and accomplished is not heard…
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Bad History Ep. 5: History Badassery
Thanks for joining us for another episode of Bad History! This week, we talk about history's bad asses. We look at two of them in particular and also discuss what it means to be a historical bad ass. Also, we appreciate all the feedback we have been getting about the show and want to make it as...
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Bad History, History Hangouts: Ep. 1
Thank you for joining us for our very first episode of History Hangouts! What is History Hangouts you may ask? Good question. History Hangouts is a special edition of Bad History where Dave and Steven record the episode together in the same room. It is very unformal (even more so than ussual, if...
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Bad History Ep. 4: Hatcast
Well we're back again for another week of exciting history stories and maybe some laughs thrown in. This week we tell stories about popes, two in particular. We talk about everything from excommunication to sacking ancient cities. Also, we talk about hats.
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Bad History Ep. 3: Empires!
Thanks for joining us once again for another episode of Bad History! This week, we are talking about two of our favorite stories from some well known (and not so well known) empires. We hope that you enjoy!
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Bad History Episode 2 Romancing The Family Stone, The Most Important Military Leaders
On this week's episode of Bad History we debate who in fact was the greatest military leader of all time. It gets pretty real (sort of). Key talking points: - Guillermo del Toro vs. Everyone Else - COPS - Good scrolls - The Concubine Corp - Dog the Bounty Hunter is a racist - You never invade Russia
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Bad History Episode 1: Gather Around the Fireplace
Thanks for joining us for the first ever episode of Bad History! This show is focuses on teaching history events in history that most people really don't understand. This week we each talk about one of our favorite events from history. Key talking points: - How to sit around a fireplace - Army of...
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Every week, best buds Steven and Dave talk your ear off in the best way possible about an event (or events) in history that most people don't know, don't understand, or just simply get wrong. Every week the guys tackle a different topic from history and offer their own insight and stories. In order to make things not so boring, the guys use a variety of story telling techniques to really try to capture the moment. So gather around the fireplace and enjoy Bad History.
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