Skip to content
PodParley
Goff's 3 Minute Histories podcast artwork

PODCAST · history

Goff's 3 Minute Histories

by Isaac Goff

One topic. 3-"ish" minutes. No reason not to check it out. Knowledge is power.

Publisher-supplied feed metadata · PodParley refreshed Apr 5, 2026 · Source feed

Subscribe · 0 Bookmark

Episodes

  1. 99 Rescue Anne

    Annie, are you ok? Are you ok?! Sources: https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-24534069 https://emsmuseum.org/collections/archives/education-simulation-and-training/resusci-annie/ Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

  2. 98 The Great LEGO Spill

    The sea will provide....LEGO. Sources: https://www.mcsuk.org/news/adrift-the-legacy-of-lego-lost-at-sea/ https://www.lego.com/en-us/history...

  3. 97 The Sacred Geese of Juno

    Not all heros wear capes, sometimes they wear goose feathers. Sources: https://www.historyskills.com/classroom/ancient-history/sacred-geese/?srsltid=AfmBOopjJHDlP5lG_5yxl_xVBQcBZdVi1O12iGF_-4JMD8Vn8ajgBnsj Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

  4. 96 Constitution Grove

    What does the Navy and a forest in Indiana have in common? The Constitution. Sources: https://ambrook.com/research/land/naval-boat-forest-Indiana-Old-Ironsides https://ussconstitutionmuseum.org/ Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

  5. 95 Book Bats

    Bats, the first line of defense of Portugese literature. Sources: https://magazine.1000libraries.com/these-bats-are-keeping-hundreds-of-books-safe/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblioteca_Joanina Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

  6. 94 Elmer McCurdy

    Elmer McCurdy, The Embalmed Bandit Sources: https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2018/07/elmer-mccurdy-traveling-corpse/ https://www.npr.org/2015/01/09/376097471/the-long-strange-60-year-trip-of-elmer-mccurdy Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

  7. 93 The Steagles

    Desperate times, desperate measures. Sources: https://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/news/the-steagles-an-unforgettable-1943-season https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/remembering-the-steagles-pennsylvanias-wartime-nfl-team/...

  8. 92 Operation Beluga

    Save The Whales Sources: https://www.zmescience.com/feature-post/history-and-humanities/history/operation-beluga-whale-rescue-feature-262435425/ https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/classical-music-saved-beluga-whales-moskva/ Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

  9. 91 The Oval Office Coconut

    Kennedy, Coconuts, and the Corps. Sources: https://www.jfklibrary.org/visit-museum/exhibits/past-exhibits/john-f-kennedy-in-wwii https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/jfk-in-history/john-f-kennedy-and-pt-109...

  10. 90 RMS Carmania

    The ship that sunk itself. Sources: https://allthatsinteresting.com/rms-carmania https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Carmania_(1905) Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

  11. 89 The Fatal Flush of U-1206

    The most embarrassing bathroom break of WWII. Sources: https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/poop-sank-wwii-german-u-boat https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/nmusn/education/educational-resources/history-of-submarines/submarine-development--a-short-history.html Music:...

  12. 88 Two Sleeps

    Midnight snack anyone? Sources: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220107-the-lost-medieval-habit-of-biphasic-sleep?xtor=CS3-32-%5BFuture_C__GNL_Q4_22-23%5D-%5BFacebook%5D-%5B23853368466520273%5D-%5B%7B%7Bcreative.id%7D%7D%5D Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

  13. 87 The Broom Method

    NASA: experts at space exploration, zero gravity, and broom combustion. Sources: https://www.iflscience.com/the-broom-test-one-of-the-stupidest-things-that-ever-took-place-at-nasa-67319 https://www.nasa.gov/content/liquid-hydrogen-the-fuel-of-choice-for-space-exploration Music:...

  14. 86 Fruitcake

    Hero or Zero? The Holiday Fruitcake. Sources: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/fruitcake-101-a-concise-cultural-history-of-this-loved-and-loathed-loaf-26428035/#:~:text=The%20ancient%20Romans%20made%20a,breads%20entered%20Western%20European%20cuisine....

  15. 85 The Aswang (Halloween Extended Episode)

    Things that go bump in the night.... Sources: https://greydynamics.com/cia-vampires-us-meddling-in-the-philippines/ https://www.esquiremag.ph/long-reads/features/cia-aswang-war-a00304-a2416-20191019-lfrm Music: www.purple-planet.com

  16. 84 The Fall of Roxburgh

    Moooooooo......Attack!! Sources: https://weavingthetapestry.tumblr.com/post/89195829575/1314-1-4-the-fall-of-roxburgh...

  17. 83 Proud Prophet

    War Games Gone M.A.D. Sources: https://timeline.com/proud-prophet-nuclear-strike-1d4ee88fdbe2

  18. 82 Drive Thrus

    Can I Take Your Order? Sources: https://www.history.com/news/drive-thru-dining-history-in-n-out-burger https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/romans-loved-fast-food-much-we-do-180971845/

  19. 81 The Soldier Bear

    Heroes get remembered, but legends never die. Sources: https://time.com/4731787/wojtek-the-bear-history/ Music: Vivek Abhishek https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLByBt4wYTQ

  20. 80 Baby Mail

    If it fits it ships.... Sources: https://www.thoughtco.com/when-it-was-legal-mail-babies-3321266#:~:text=Yes%2C%20%22baby%20mail%22%20was,Service%20%E2%80%94%20first%20started%20delivering%20packages. https://postalmuseum.si.edu/very-special-deliveries...

  21. 79 The Churchill Club

    When Hitler pushed into Denmark in 1940 he felt little resistance until a group of teenage boys refused to give in. Sources: The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Peterson and the Churchill Club by Phillip Hoose Music: purple-planet.com

  22. 78 KMart

    The end of an empire... Sources: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/once-retail-giant-kmart-down-054545661.html https://transformco.com/about/kmart/kmart-history Music: purple-planet.com

  23. 77 The Green Jacket

    A tradition unlike any other....The Masters. Sources: https://www.masters.com/en_US/tournament/about.html#:~:text=The%20name%20Augusta%20National%20Invitation,first%20full%20week%20in%20April. https://www.golfmonthly.com/tour/us-masters/masters-history-records/masters-green-jacket-126753...

  24. 76 Fortune Cookies

    Fortune favors the listener. Sources: https://www.history.com/news/fortune-cookies-invented-chinese-japanese https://www.history.com/topics/immigration/chinese-exclusion-act-1882 Music: 'Awake' by @Sappheiros

  25. 75 Operation Acoustic Kitty

    Secret Agent Cyborg Cats....what could go wrong? Sources: https://www.history.com/news/cia-spy-cat-espionage-fail https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-cias-most-highly-trained-spies-werent-even-human-20149/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_Kitty Music: www.purple-planet.com

  26. 74 Clue

    Who? What? Where? Sources: https://www.history.com/news/clue-game-origin-wwii Music: www.purple-planet.com

  27. 73 Cocaine Hippos

    There is only one place in the world that hippos can be found in the wild outside of Africa.....Pablo Escobar's house. Sources: https://insightcrime.org/colombia-organized-crime-news/pablo-escobar/...

  28. 72 Sporks

    From turtle spoon to Hollywood icon, the culinary journey of the spork. Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/01/magazine/who-made-that-spork.html https://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/everyday-innovations/invented-spork1.htm...

  29. 71 The Great Emu War

    They say history is written by the victors....but I've never seen an emu write before. Sources: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/running-ponies/the-great-emu-war-in-which-some-large-flightless-birds-unwittingly-foiled-the-australian-army/ https://nomadsworld.com/great-emu-war/ Music: The Red...

  30. 70 Pheasant Island

    France and Spain proving that you can share even 350 years later. Sources: https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-42817859 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco-Spanish_War_(1635%E2%80%931659) Music: purple-planet.com

  31. 69 The Pepsi Navy

    Pepsi would have decidedly won the Cola Wars of the 80s if the battle had gone to sea. Sources: https://www.warhistoryonline.com/cold-war/pepsi-once-had-the-6th-largest-navy-in-the-world.html?fbclid=IwAR3gpkdL5iPu-qzv1qtoce2tiCdKXN3voR65uvbTwTlcykCG8BwzOFwoTD0 Music: purple-planet.com

  32. 68 The Battle of Pelusium

    Weaponizing cats to capture a kingdom. Sources: https://www.worldhistory.org/article/43/the-battle-of-pelusium-a-victory-decided-by-cats/...

  33. 67 Project X-Ray

    Bats and Napalm....what could go wrong? Sources: https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/2016/01/26/bat-bombs-wwiis-project-x-ray/ https://web.archive.org/web/20080531082803/http://www.afa.org/magazine/1990/1090bat.html...

  34. 66 The Wilhelm Scream

    The most famous scream in cinema. Sources: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/60236/where-did-wilhelm-scream-come-and-why-do-so-many-filmmakers-use-it https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/what-is-the-wilhelm-scream-sound-effect/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0123785/ Music: purple-planet.com

  35. 65 Pack Horse Library Project

    It's like the pony express, except the library version. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pack_Horse_Library_Project#:~:text=The%20Pack%20Horse%20Library%20Project%20was%20headed%20by%20Ellen%20Woodward,individual%20homes%20and%20to%20schoolhouses....

  36. 64 Vulgar Latin

    Latin, the language to get famous after it died. Sources: https://www.thoughtco.com/why-late-latin-was-called-vulgar-119475 https://allthatsinteresting.com/height-roman-empire-map https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire https://www.th...

  37. 63 The Worst Sandwich in NYC

    Everyone has an opinion on who has the best sandwich they've ever eaten, but hands down the worst had to be the Raines Sandwich, check out why....... Sources: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/raines-sandwich Music: www.purple-planet.com

  38. 62 The Loyal Wives of Weinsberg

    Talk about carrying a marriage on your back.... Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Weinsberg https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/the-wise-wives-of-weinsberg-cce96e3a1d79 https://www.technewsiit.com/hidden-history-loyal-wives-weinsberg Music: www.purple-planet.com

  39. 61 A Spoonful Of Sugar

    Mary Poppins and the Polio Vaccine. Sources: https://www.npr.org/2021/01/08/954413533/his-vaccine-story-inspired-his-father-to-write-a-disney-classic https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/polio/index.html#:~:text=Inactivated%20polio%20vaccine%20(IPV)%20is,four%20doses%20of%20polio%20vaccine....

  40. 60 The Christmas Pickle

    Who needs to put out milk and cookies when you can play hide and seek with the Christmas Pickle. Sources: https://www.whychristmas.com/customs/christmaspickle.shtml https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/allthemoms/2018/12/20/whats-christmas-pickle-tradition-youll-want-start-now/2341958002/...

  41. 59 SPAM

    Cold or hot....SPAM hits the spot. Sources: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/food/how-spam-went-canned-necessity-american-icon-180963916/ https://www.eater.com/2014/7/9/6191681/a-brief-history-of-spam-an-american-meat-icon Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

  42. 58 Liberty or Death: George Washington and the Smallpox Vaccine

    In 1775, as the American Colonies began their revolt against the British Crown, General Washington's biggest battle would be against disease not redcoats. Sources: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/623428/george-washington-won-american-revolution-with-smallpox-vaccine...

  43. 57 War Is For The Birds

    Pigeons save lives. Sources: https://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-01/geologist-has-probably-figured-out-how-homing-pigeons-find-their-way-home/ https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-20749632...

  44. 56 Cannibal Island

    Communism. Chaos. Cannibals This episode does have some explicit descriptions of cannibalism and may not be suited for all listeners. Sources: https://allthatsinteresting.com/cannibal-island?fbclid=IwAR10gLfpQ73c6VwCPSrzTf9RKRrkSOSiPU9XGKNZlIW8kk6gDxqZSZiF0-o...

  45. 55 Jack O'Lanterns

    The Legend of Stingy Jack. Apologies for the nasal factor on this one. Happy Halloween!! Sources: https://www.history.com/news/history-of-the-jack-o-lantern-irish-origins https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/12865/whats-origin-jack-o-lanterns Music: https://www.purple-planet.com/

  46. 54 The Map That Saved London

    John Snow (not that John Snow) and the cholera map that saved London and changed the way we view pandemics forever. Sources: https://www.ranker.com/list/john-snow-cholera-map/genevieve-carlton https://www.healthline.com/health/worst-disease-outbreaks-history#cholera Music:...

  47. 53 America's 24 Hour President

    Ever want to be President for a day? This guy was. Sources: https://www.history.com/news/the-24-hour-president Music: purple-planet.com

  48. 52 Super Soaker

    How a rocket scientist invented a squirt gun that is out of this world. Sources: https://www.toyhalloffame.org/toys/super-soaker https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/28991/wet-and-wild-history-super-soaker https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/accidental-invention-super-soaker-180972428/…

    more

  49. 51 Pop Tarts

    Everything you never knew about your favorite toaster accessory. Sources: https://www.mashed.com/117295/untold-truth-pop-tarts/ https://spoonuniversity.com/lifestyle/pop-tarts-brief-history https://www.thrillist.com/lifestyle/nation/6-skills-you-should-master-this-summer...

  50. 50 Vandalia

    All you need to know about West Virginia 1.0. Sources: https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/857 http://www.virginiaplaces.org/settleland/vandalia.html http://www.wvculture.org/history/journal_wvh/wvh40-4.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=031vKBPk5eA

View all 100 episodes →

Type above to search every episode's transcript for a word or phrase. Matches are scoped to this podcast.

Searching…

We're indexing this podcast's transcripts for the first time — this can take a minute or two. We'll show results as soon as they're ready.

No matches for "" in this podcast's transcripts.

Showing of matches

No topics indexed yet for this podcast.

Loading reviews...

ABOUT THIS SHOW

One topic. 3-"ish" minutes. No reason not to check it out. Knowledge is power.

HOSTED BY

Isaac Goff

CATEGORIES

history

Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does Goff's 3 Minute Histories have?

Goff's 3 Minute Histories currently has 100 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.

What is Goff's 3 Minute Histories about?

One topic. 3-"ish" minutes. No reason not to check it out. Knowledge is power.

How often does Goff's 3 Minute Histories release new episodes?

Goff's 3 Minute Histories has 100 episodes. Check the episode list to see recent publication dates and frequency.

Where can I listen to Goff's 3 Minute Histories?

You can listen to Goff's 3 Minute Histories on PodParley by clicking any episode. We provide an embedded audio player for direct listening, and you can also subscribe via your preferred podcast app using the RSS feed.

Who hosts Goff's 3 Minute Histories?

Goff's 3 Minute Histories is created and hosted by Isaac Goff.
URL copied to clipboard!