HILF: History I'd Like to F**k

Join host, Dawn Brodey, and a LIVE audience to hear this most-titillating chapter from The Golden Age of Piracy, the tale of Mary Read and Anne Bonny. Born in very different circumstances and on opposite sides of the Atlantic, their worlds would collide and eventually combine in the most swash-buckingly way.  Hear pirate trivia with comedian, Becca Melkonian. Test your knowledge against comedian, Meryl Klemow. Get to know my classmate, and future history professor, Stacey Hovhannisyan.  --- ✅ Follow HILF on TikTok!  🎟️ HILF Public School - the live, interactive version of HILF: First Thursdays at Flappers Comedy Club - Burbank, CA 🤑 HILF is now on Patreon! --- LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck)  See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich Ancients Check out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more! Buy Me a Coffee --- WANNA TALK?  Find us on Instagram or email us [email protected] Theme song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins Podcast art: Designed by Joe Dressel 

Join Dawn and a LIVE audience to hear what John Wayne Gacy and a plane crash have to do with her birthday. You'll also get to know the fabulous Sam Hale, Horror Nerd, and learn all about her grandpa... and his bulge. --- ✅ Follow HILF on TikTok!  🎥. See Sam's one-hour special! 🎙️ Come see Dawn in Horror Nerd at The Hollywood Improv, April 17th, 2026 🎟️ HILF Public School - the live, interactive version of HILF: First Thursdays at Flappers Comedy Club - Burbank, CA 🤑 HILF is now on Patreon! --- LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck)  See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich Ancients Check out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more! Buy Me a Coffee --- WANNA TALK?  Find us on Instagram or email us [email protected] Theme song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins Podcast art: Designed by Joe Dressel 

Dawn found herself tits-deep in pirate history and fell so far down the rabbit hole, she called on her friend - and frequent leading man - Patrick Day to fall with her!  Hear the swashbuckling story of a man who helped write some of the 18th century's most toe-curling and horrifying chapters.  --- 🎥 - Watch Florescent Beast - "What is the cost of being creative?" 🎥 - Watch Cruel Hearts - "Find what you love, let it kill you..." 🎟️ Get tickets to HILF Public School - the live, interactive version of HILF: First Thursdays at Flappers Comedy Club - Burbank, CA --- SILF's (Source's I'd Like to F*ck)  A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates by Captain Charles Johnson (Whoever he is...) A Cruising Voyage Around the World by Captain Woodes Rogers. (I screamed... will you?) Villains of All Nations by Marcus Rediker (THE greatest place to dive into pirate history at large.) LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck)  See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich Ancients Check out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more! HILF is now on Patreon! Buy Me a Coffee Find your next favorite podcast on BIG COMEDY NETWORK. --- HILF original music by Kat Perkins @katperkinsmusic HILF original artwork by @thejoedressel

Climb in bed with one of the first-ever sex symbols, Mae West! She was born in the 1800’s and lived long (and well) enough to star on broadway, lead the silver screen, and even release a ROCK ALBUM before she died! Guest is historian and playwright, John Heimbuch, who wrote the hit play Mae West and the Trial of Sex.  --- 🎟️ Get tickets to HILF Public School - the live, interactive version of HILF: First Thursdays at Flappers Comedy Club - Burbank, CA --- SILF's (Source's I'd Like to F*ck)  YOUTUBE - Watch a bit of Mae West in action! ARTICLE - Read a bit more about her life and times (American Heritage)  LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck)  See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich Ancients Check out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more! HILF is now on Patreon! Buy Me a Coffee Find your next favorite podcast on BIG COMEDY NETWORK. --- HILF original music by Kat Perkins @katperkinsmusic HILF original artwork by @thejoedressel

Re-join Dawn and her guest, 76 year-old Zari Faripour, an elegant, intelligent, one-time refugee from the Iranian Revolution. Dawn delivers a utility outline of the major events and people involved in the 1970's revolution, while Zari colors it with her unique perspective and amazing life experiences. --- 🎟️ Get tickets to HILF Public School - the live, interactive version of HILF: First Thursdays at Flappers Comedy Club - Burbank, CA --- SILF's (Source's I'd Like to F*ck)  BOOK -  Iran Awakening by Shirin Ebadi ESSAY - Structural Causes of the Iranian Revolution by Ervand Abrahamian. YOUTUBE - The Crash Course folks kill this stuff...  For your current news, start with Reuters.  LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck)  See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich Ancients Check out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more! HILF is now on Patreon! Buy Me a Coffee Find your next favorite podcast on BIG COMEDY NETWORK. --- HILF original music by Kat Perkins @katperkinsmusic HILF original artwork by @thejoedressel

Before there was Adam and Eve, there was Adam and Lilith! Hear the hot gossip straight from the Garden of Eden, and some of the best stories of this pre-biblical bad-ass. Dawn is joined by two Minneapolis besties who thought when they booked their tickets to LA from Minneapolis in January, they'd be escaping ice... In fact, they found they were taking a mere break from fighting I.C.E. Fall in love with Rhiannon and Shanan, artists from the Twin Cities and the best coven you never knew you needed to join. ---✅ Keep up with Rhiannon on Instagram✅ Keep up with Shanan on Instagram✅ See the next SONGversation in Minneapolis!🎟️ Get tickets to HILF Public School - the live, interactive version of HILF: First Thursdays at Flappers Comedy Club - Burbank, CA---SILF's (Source's I'd Like to F*ck) BOOK - Lilith The First Eve by Siegmund HurwitzMore about the Alphabet of Ben Sera (Alphabet of Sirach)Lilith in the Ancient Texts from Gettysburg CollegeLILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich AncientsCheck out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!HILF is now on Patreon!Buy Me a CoffeeFind your next favorite podcast on BIG COMEDY NETWORK.---HILF original music by Kat Perkins @katperkinsmusicHILF original artwork by @thejoedressel

Dawn's Guest, Dave Reinitz is a stand-up comedian and stain-glass artist whose personal connection to this slice of History brings it alive for all of us. Hear about how his mother, Janet Braun-Reinitz, joined with the Freedom Riders in 1961 and endured and enlightened one of the darkest chapters of American History. ---Dawn's Sources   Book - The Freedom Riders by Raymond ArsenaultPodcast - Stuff you Missed in History Class (2011)  (3-part series)Interview - Watch Janet's interview with The Library of Congress (2001)Summary of events from The Bill of Rights InstituteExcellent sources here from The Civil Rights TrailJanet Braun-Reinitz's ArtworkDave's stain-glass page on Etsy - Boomdiggitty Glass----See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL!Crazy Rich AncientsHistories Greatest Mysteries (mulitple seasons)HILF is now on Patreon! ---WANNA TALK? Find us on Instagram or email us [email protected] song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins. Artwork by @thejoedressel

The 'Father of Philosophy' and the teacher of Plato, Socrates was arguably the most important intellectual in human history. He was also a war veteran, a bad dad, and never wrote anything himself. So why did Athens kill him; and why do you and I still talk about him?  Buckle up for a hell of a HILF along with guest, comedian Nat Baimel.  ---✅ Keep up with Nat Baimel on Instagram🎟️ Get tickets to HILF Public School - the live, interactive version of HILF: First Thursdays at Flappers Comedy Club - Burbank, CA---SILF's (Source's I'd Like to F*ck) BOOK - The Shadows of Socrates by Matt GattonREAD - Plato The Apology of Socrates. PODCAST - History Unplugged with Matt Gatton (April 2024) [Link to episode on Spotify] ARTICLE - Read more about Socrates the "War Hero" - Article by Donald Robertson. WATCH - Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich AncientsCheck out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!HILF is now on Patreon!Buy Me a CoffeeFind your next favorite podcast on BIG COMEDY NETWORK.---HILF original music by Kat Perkins @katperkinsmusicHILF original artwork by @thejoedressel

Get into the ring with Spartacus! An enslaved gladiator turned rebel general who led the largest, most destructive assault against the Roman Empire EVER. Dawn is joined by comedian, JB Ball, who also happens to be the biggest Spartacus nerd of all time, as they trade facts and laugh... a lot!---✅ Keep up with JB Ball on Instagram 🎟️ Get tickets to HILF Public School - the live, interactive version of HILF: First Thursdays at Flappers Comedy Club - Burbank, CA---SILF's (Source's I'd Like to F*ck) BOOK - The Spartacus War by Barry Strauss (2009)PODCAST - Dan Snow's History Hit: 11/14/24 "Gladiators: The Real Spartacus"ARTICLE - Read more from Barry Strauss about Spartacus's mysterious 'woman'. WATCH - Spartacus Series (Originally STARZ, now on Netflix)LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich AncientsCheck out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!HILF is now on Patreon!Buy Me a CoffeeFind your next favorite podcast on BIG COMEDY NETWORK.---HILF original music by Kat Perkins @katperkinsmusicHILF original artwork by @thejoedressel

Join Dawn and a LIVE audience to get the true story you probably heard first in Jaws. It's the USS Indianapolis a doomed ship from World War 2 which endured one of the worst shark attacks in human history. On the anniversary of both the release of the movie and the sinking of the real-life ship, you'll learn along with guest, Mark Decarlo, TV. host, VO actor, and hell of a trivia player. --JOIN US AT THE NEXT SHOW!🎟️ HILF Public School - the live, interactive version of HILF: First Thursdays at Flappers Comedy Club - Burbank, CA---LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich AncientsCheck out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!HILF is now on Patreon!Buy Me a CoffeeFind your next favorite podcast on BIG COMEDY NETWORK.---WANNA TALK? Find us on Instagram or email us [email protected] song: Composed and performed by Kat PerkinsPodcast art: Designed by Joe Dressel 

2026 is going to be a big year for HILF!  Find out what annals Dawn will be exploring next, and what it means for you!---🎟️ Get tickets to HILF Public School - the live, interactive version of HILF: First Thursdays at Flappers Comedy Club - Burbank, CA---LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich AncientsCheck out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!HILF is now on Patreon!Buy Me a CoffeeFind your next favorite podcast on BIG COMEDY NETWORK.

Before it was a modern language-learning program,  the Rosetta Stone was the ancient world’s ultimate decoder ring—a 2,200-year-old decree carved in stone that finally unlocked Egyptian hieroglyphics. Without it, your favorite stories and lives from ancient Egypt might’ve stayed silent forever! Join Dawn and guest, her sister-in-law Maggie, who is a former linguistics major and maker of fine martinis. ---🎟️ Get tickets to HILF Public School - the live, interactive version of HILF: First Thursdays at Flappers Comedy Club - Burbank, CA---SILF's (Source's I'd Like to F*ck) BOOK - The Riddle of Rosetta by Jed Z Buchwald and Diane Greco JosefowiczBOOK - The Rosetta Stone by Omar KhalilPODCAST - Short History, THE ROSETTA STONE, Dec. 5th, 2022The British Museum LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich AncientsCheck out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!HILF is now on Patreon!Buy Me a CoffeeFind your next favorite podcast on BIG COMEDY NETWORK. 

Return with Dawn and guest, improvisor Kelly Vrooman, as they follow Catherine the Great from the dramatic coup that brought her power, through her rein as The Last Empress of Russia. Forbidden pregnancies, secret letters, and of course... that whole thing with the horse that allegedly fucked her death. ---✅ Listen to Catherine the Great, Part One✅ Follow Kelly Vrooman on Instagram.🎟️ Get tickets to HILF Public School - the live, interactive version of HILF: First Thursdays at Flappers Comedy Club - Burbank, CA---SILF's (Source's I'd Like to F*ck) BOOK - LAST EMPRESS OF RUSSIA by Michael W. Simmons (2016, 170 pages)BOOK - CATHERINE THE GREAT, PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN by Robert K Massie (2012, 650+ pages)MEMOIR - THE MEMOIR OF CATHERINE THE GREAT (Published posthumously, 1859. Contains works collected throughout her life, 1750 until her death in 1796)LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich AncientsCheck out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!HILF is now on Patreon!Buy Me a CoffeeFind your next favorite podcast on BIG COMEDY NETWORK.---WANNA TALK? Find us on Instagram or email us [email protected] song: Composed and performed by Kat PerkinsPodcast art: Designed by Joe Dressel 

Join Dawn and the hilarious, Kelly Vrooman, as they saddle up with Catherine the Great.  Hear how a young German girl in middle-nobility finds herself the Last Empress of Russia. You'll love the torrid story of Catherine's rise, you'll fall for at least one of her many lovers, and find out why she is well-remembered as one of the HILF-iest HILFs of all time.---✅ Follow Kelly Vrooman on Instagram.🎟️ Get tickets to HILF Public School - the live, interactive version of HILF: First Thursdays at Flappers Comedy Club - Burbank, CA---SILF's (Source's I'd Like to F*ck) BOOK - LAST EMPRESS OF RUSSIA by Michael W. Simmons (2016, 170 pages) BOOK - CATHERINE THE GREAT, PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN by Robert K Massie (2012, 650+ pages) MEMOIR - THE MEMOIR OF CATHERINE THE GREAT (Published posthumously, 1859. Contains works collected throughout her life, 1750 until her death in 1796)LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich AncientsCheck out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!HILF is now on Patreon!Buy Me a CoffeeFind your next favorite podcast on BIG COMEDY NETWORK.---WANNA TALK? Find us on Instagram or email us [email protected] song: Composed and performed by Kat PerkinsPodcast art: Designed by Joe Dressel 

Mary Shelley began writing her novel, Frankenstein, in 1816 when she was only 17 years old. Today it remains one of the most-assigned books of all time, finding it's way into classes ranging from Law to Scientific Ethics to Fashion to Politics. As a new film by Guillermo del Toro is set to debut on Netflix, re-join Dawn for the episode that started the podcast! Guest, Helen Shephard, is a British TV Host, model and comedian, who has no recollection of ever reading the book - and only cursory memory of the early film versions. However, as the original recording took place right around Halloween, 2021 - she was intrigued by this ubiquitous monster and wanted to know the sexy story about his real origin. ---🎟️ Get tickets to HILF Public School - the live, interactive version of HILF: First Thursdays at Flappers Comedy Club - Burbank, CA---SILF's (Source's I'd Like to F*ck) Mary Shelley's Frankenstein [ Project Gutenberg ]More about Guillermo del Toro's take on Frankenstein [ Debuts on Netflix, Nov 2025]LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich AncientsCheck out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!HILF is now on Patreon!Buy Me a CoffeeFind your next favorite podcast on BIG COMEDY NETWORK.---WANNA TALK? Find us on Instagram or email us [email protected] song: Composed and performed by Kat PerkinsPodcast art: Designed by Joe Dressel 

On a chilly January morning in 1947, officers arrived to what they were told was "a broken mannequin" lying in a field.  They discovered instead, the body of a woman cut completely in half at the waist. She lay naked and drained of blood, her two halves a foot apart, arms draped almost elegantly over her head. Yikes, right? Nearly 80 years later, the case remains both unforgotten and unsolved.  Join Dawn and guest, Kaycee Conlee, as they explore the crime scene and sort through the suspects. ---🎧 Hear Kaycee's podcast, Wife Support. 🎟️ Get tickets to HILF Public School - the live, interactive version of HILF: First Thursdays at Flappers Comedy Club - Burbank, CA---SILF's (Source's I'd Like to F*ck) 48 Hour Documentary (2004) Steve Hodel who is featured in the documentary above, wrote a book. The Black Dahlia Avenger (there are several editions). Book - Black Dahlia, Red Rose by Piu Eatwell. This one covers both the corruption of the LAPD, and points to suspect Leslie Dillon. LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich AncientsCheck out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!HILF is now on Patreon!Buy Me a CoffeeFind your next favorite podcast on BIG COMEDY NETWORK.---WANNA TALK? Find us on Instagram or email us [email protected] song: Composed and performed by Kat PerkinsPodcast art: Designed by Joe Dressel 

It's July 3rd, 2025 and Dawn can hardly contain herself as she invites the audience at Flappers Comedy Club to fall down the rabbit hole of history along with her, LIVE! She is joined in this HILF-ing by two special guests: comedian Lauren Harding, who get's down with King George III; and then by America's favorite step-mom Ryan Keeley who helps Dawn undress George Washington. JOIN US AT THE NEXT SHOW!🎟️ HILF Public School - the live, interactive version of HILF: First Thursdays at Flappers Comedy Club - Burbank, CA---LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich AncientsCheck out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!HILF is now on Patreon!Buy Me a CoffeeFind your next favorite podcast on BIG COMEDY NETWORK.---WANNA TALK? Find us on Instagram or email us [email protected] song: Composed and performed by Kat PerkinsPodcast art: Designed by Joe Dressel 

If you get into a heated conversation on any subject these days (and who isn’t?) it often ends with someone being called a “F*cking Marxist” or “Capitalist PIG".  Join Dawn and comedian, Mary Gallagher, to find out which one YOU might be... and if it's a bad thing. Mary Gallagher on InstagramMary's upcoming events---🎟️ HILF Public School - the live, interactive version of HILF: First Thursdays at Flappers Comedy Club - Burbank, CA---SILF's (Sources I'd Like to F*ck)Great Courses Lecture  - The World Was Never the Same: 36 Events That Changed History with Dr. J. Rufus Fears (Listen FOR FREE on Hoopla with your library card!)Wealth of Nations by Adam SmithCommunist Manifesto by Karl MarxLove this stuff? You'll love Freakonomics.---LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich AncientsCheck out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!HILF is now on Patreon!Buy Me a CoffeeFind your next favorite podcast on BIG COMEDY NETWORK.---WANNA TALK? Find us on Instagram or email us [email protected] song: Composed and performed by Kat PerkinsPodcast art: Designed by Joe Dressel 

Billy the Kid - like Black Beard and Al Capone - is one of those real historical characters whose life was so colorful and dramatic that the facts sound like fiction.  Dawn is joined by actress and comedian, Kerstin Porter, for a ride with one of the most famous figures of the old west. Get to know William H Bonney, aka: William Antrim, aka: Henry McCarty who would forever be remembered as Billy the Kid. KERSTIN PORTER on Instagram:---SILF's (Sources I'd Like to F*ck)Book - The Authentic Life of Billy the Kid (1882) by Pat GarrettDoc - (With my favorite nerd, Jerry Skinner) Billy The Kid - Youtube 40 min. Do you think Bushy Bill Roberts was the real Billy the Kid? This site does. ---LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich AncientsCheck out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!HILF is now on Patreon!Buy Me a CoffeeFind your next favorite podcast on BIG COMEDY NETWORK.---WANNA TALK? Find us on Instagram or email us [email protected] song: Composed and performed by Kat PerkinsPodcast art: Designed by Joe Dressel 

Hear the story of the so-called Scopes Money Trial from 1925, during which Americans debated if evolution should be taught in schools... a debate that continues now, 100 years later. Dawn also answers some of Ryan’s questions which run the gamut from her personal faith to pop-star divas. 🎧 HILF EP86 - Religion in America with Ryan Ripple ---In Los Angeles? Join Dawn LIVE for HILF Public School - 1st Thursdays of the month at Flappers Comedy Club in Burbank.---SILF's (Sources I'd Like to F*ck)Book - AMERICA'S RELIGIOUS HISTORY Faith, Politics, and the Shaping of a Nation by Thomas S. KiddBook - THE GREAT AWAKENING: A History of the Revival of Religion in the time of Edwards and Whitefiled  by Joseph TracyRead more about The Dark Day from 1780PBS American Experience - The Amish in AmericaOne person's perspective from inside The Prosperity Gospel of today.---LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich AncientsCheck out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!HILF is now on Patreon!Buy Me a CoffeeFind your next favorite podcast on BIG COMEDY NETWORK.---WANNA TALK? Find us on Instagram or email us [email protected] song: Composed and performed by Kat PerkinsPodcast art: Designed by Joe Dressel 

Dawn and bestie, Ryan Ripple, take on the easy, non-controversial subject of Protestant Christianity in America.  As your history books have told you, the earliest colonial settlers came seeking religious freedom, what few discuss is why these denominations were considered 'fringe' back in Europe. Walk with Dawn and Ryan down the holy road from the Shakers of the Revolutionary War, to the Prosperity Gospel of MAGA - and find yourself falling in love with Amish all over again. ---SILF's (Sources I'd Like to F*ck)Book - AMERICA'S RELIGIOUS HISTORY Faith, Politics, and the Shaping of a Nation by Thomas S. KiddBook - THE GREAT AWAKENING: A History of the Revival of Religion in the time of Edwards and Whitefiled  by Joseph TracyRead more about The Dark Day from 1780PBS American Experience - The Amish in AmericaOne person's perspective from inside The Prosperity Gospel of today.---LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich AncientsCheck out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!HILF is now on Patreon!Buy Me a CoffeeFind your next favorite podcast on BIG COMEDY NETWORK.---WANNA TALK? Find us on Instagram or email us [email protected] song: Composed and performed by Kat PerkinsPodcast art: Designed by Joe Dressel 

"...education is in trouble, but they can't defund me - I work for beer!" - Dawn BrodeyThe first Thursday of every month, fans of comedy and history unite at Flappers Comedy Club in Burbank, California whence we drink, laugh and learn stuff in the class you always wished you had!This episode was recorded live on Thursday, June 5th, 2025 and includes a full 10 minute stand-up comedy set by comedian/historian, Jason Horton - after which he and I HILF Alcatraz. Then you’ll meet the endlessly lovable, LA Radio and TV Personality - Chuey Martinez. He and Dawn have a blast HILF-ing the Menendez Brothers and Lizzie Borden in a HILF that truly kills…---SILF's (Sources I'd Like to F*ck)---LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich AncientsCheck out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!HILF is now on Patreon!Buy Me a CoffeeFind your next favorite podcast on BIG COMEDY NETWORK.---WANNA TALK? Find us on Instagram or email us [email protected] song: Composed and performed by Kat PerkinsPodcast art: Designed by Joe Dressel 

In Part One of the Manson Family Murders, you went through the law-and-order portion of the history. Now settle in for some of Dawn's favorite mysteries, conspiracies and so much more.🔔 This is the last episode before HILF Summer Break! Watch social media for updates and events throughout June/July and look forward to the next NEW EPISODE to come out August 6th.         ---SILF's (Sources I'd Like to F*ck)Book - Helter Skelter by Vincent BugliosiBook - Choas by Tom O'NeillNetflix Doc on book, Choas by Tom O'NeillYOUTUBE - Leslie Van Houten InterviewYOUTUBE - Patricial Krenwinkel InterviewYOUTUBE - Tex Watson and his spiritual journey while incarcerated.YOUTUBE - Susan Atkins Interview (1980's Australia 60 Minutes)YOUTUBE - Diane Sawyer Interview with multiple members of the family. (1994)---LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich AncientsCheck out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!HILF is now on Patreon!Buy Me a CoffeeFind your next favorite podcast on BIG COMEDY NETWORK.---WANNA TALK? Find us on Instagram or email us [email protected] song: Composed and performed by Kat PerkinsPodcast art: Designed by Joe Dressel 

Dawn is joined by her sister, Lisa; and niece, Ellie for the HILF-ing of Los Angeles’s most famous true-crime tragedy. Hear about Charles Manson and how the world learned about his sinister cult.As Dawn is a resident of LA, you'll ride shot-gun briefly as they leave the studio and visit a crime scene in order to better understand this dark page from LA’s past.   Buckle up!SILF's (Sources I'd Like to F*ck)Book - Helter Skelter by Vincent BugliosiBook - Choas by Tom O'NeillNetflix Doc on book, Choas by Tom O'NeillYOUTUBE - Leslie Van Houten InterviewYOUTUBE - Patricial Krenwinkel InterviewYOUTUBE - Tex Watson and his spiritual journey while incarcerated.YOUTUBE - Susan Atkins Interview (1980's Australia 60 Minutes)YOUTUBE - Diane Sawyer Interview with multiple members of the family. (1994)---LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich AncientsCheck out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!HILF is now on Patreon!Buy Me a CoffeeFind your next favorite podcast on BIG COMEDY NETWORK.---WANNA TALK? Find us on Instagram or email us [email protected] song: Composed and performed by Kat PerkinsPodcast art: Designed by Joe Dressel 

Hear the story of Rosemary Kennedy, sister to John F Kennedy, who goes from being the media-darling of a royal ball, to the the victim of a botched lobotomy at the age of 23. To thank for this sad and fascinating HILF is Molly McAleer who is a comedy writer, and behind the mic of a few hit podcasts including Trend Lightly, and Mother May I Sleep With - which is devoted to Lifetime movies!Catch Molly's LIVE SHOW Friends Only Live! (June 25th, 2025 - BOSTON) ---SILF's (Sources I'd Like to F*ck)Book - The Hidden Kennedy Daughter by Kate Clifford Larson (2016)Lecture - The Hidden Kennedy Daughter author, Kate Clifford Larson at George Washington UniversityFilm - The LobotomistMore Video about Dr. Watts, Lobotomist. Watch news reel about Rosemary's appearance at the English Royal Court.---LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich AncientsCheck out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!HILF is now on Patreon!Buy Me a CoffeeFind your next favorite podcast on BIG COMEDY NETWORK.---WANNA TALK? Find us on Instagram or email us [email protected] song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins

Welcome back! When last we met Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and their Corps of Discovery, our heroes had navigated over 2,000 miles. Up and down rivers, across the Continental Divide, and all way to the Northern Pacific Coast. They saw a dead whale, it was nuts. In the conclusion, learn why those who first saw present-day Yellowstone Park thought it was literal hell on earth; hear how Sacegewea’s son finds himself in the royal court of Germany; and so much more!Along with Dawn on this historic journey, is comedian Alex Malt, whose first comedy album debuts this summer! Find Alex on Instagram!—-SILF's (Sources I'd Like to F*ck)Book - Lewis & Clark: An American Journey by Daniel B. Thorp.Journals of the Lewis & Clark Expedition - Amazing online educational resource.Project Gutenberg - The Journals of Lewis & Clark---LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich AncientsCheck out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!HILF is now on Patreon!Buy Me a CoffeeFind your next favorite podcast on BIG COMEDY NETWORK.---WANNA TALK? Find us on Instagram or email us [email protected] song: Composed and performed by Kat PerkinsHILF artwork by Joe Dressel.

Lewis & Clark were more than just two white guys in buckskins! Join Dawn and the “Corps of Discovery” as they venture into the wildest of the wild West. Meet Sacegawea, fight a grizzly, and find out what it takes to cross the Rocky Mountains in 1805. Along with Dawn on this historic journey, is comedian Alex Malt, whose first comedy album debuts this summer!—-SILF's (Sources I'd Like to F*ck)Book - Lewis & Clark: An American Journey by Daniel B. Thorp.Journals of the Lewis & Clark Expedition - Amazing online educational resource.Project Gutenberg - The Journals of Lewis & Clark ---LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich AncientsCheck out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!HILF is now on Patreon!Buy Me a CoffeeFind your next favorite podcast on BIG COMEDY NETWORK. ---WANNA TALK? Find us on Instagram or email us [email protected] song: Composed and performed by Kat PerkinsHILF artwork by Joe Dressel.

It’s the wild, true story of Donald Nichols, a seventh-grade drop-out who rises from Army Mechanic to Black Ops Phenomenon during the Korean War. Hear the whole twisted tale - from his unlikely rise, to his fall, to the weeks of electroshock therapy - and from Blaine Harden, the world’s leading expert on the subject.—-SILF's (Sources I'd Like to F*ck)Book - The King of Spies: The Dark Reign of America’s Spymaster in Korea by Blaine HardenBook - The Great Leader and the Fighter Pilot by Blaine HardenBook - Escape from Camp 14: One Man’s Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West by Blaine Harden---LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich AncientsCheck out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!HILF is now on Patreon!Buy Me a CoffeeFind your next favorite podcast on BIG COMEDY NETWORK. ---WANNA TALK? Find us on Instagram or email us [email protected] song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins—-

Joining Napoleon on his journey to his now-famous defeat at Waterloo, is comedian, Jackie Kashian. She has several comedy albums, performs across the country, and on all your screens: Netflix, late show, Conan and so much more. You can also hear her on two great podcasts, The Dork Forest, which invites folks from a variety of backgrounds to come and share the stuff on which they are “dorks”, and the comedy podcast The Jackie and Laurie Show which pairs her with another great comedian, Laurie Kilmartin.—-SILF's (Sources I'd Like to F*ck)Book - Waterloo: The History of Four Days, Three Armies, and Three Battles by Bernard CornwellYOUTUBE - Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Waterloo 1815 (Epic History: 14 min)---LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich AncientsCheck out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!HILF is now on Patreon!Buy Me a CoffeeFind your next favorite podcast on BIG COMEDY NETWORK.---WANNA TALK? Find us on Instagram or email us [email protected] song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins—-

Re-join Dawn and her guest, comedian, Jackie Kashian (Netflix, late show, Comedy Central) for a few more tasty morsels from the history of Napoleon's doomed last stand.  Listen to Jackie's two great podcasts: The Dork Forest, which invites folks from a variety of backgrounds to come and share the stuff on which they are “dorks”, and the comedy podcast The Jackie and Laurie Show which pairs her with another great comedian, Laurie Kilmartin.—SILF's (Sources I'd Like to F*ck)Book - Waterloo: The History of Four Days, Three Armies, and Three Battles by Bernard CornwellYOUTUBE - Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Waterloo 1815 (Epic History: 14 min)---LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich AncientsCheck out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!HILF is now on Patreon!Buy Me a CoffeeFind your next favorite podcast on BIG COMEDY NETWORK.  ---WANNA TALK? Find us on Instagram or email us [email protected] song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins

“Entertainment Specialist” was the technical designation of what would later be known as The Morale Corps. This intrepid group of enlisted soldiers were responsible for finding joy in life’s darkest and most dangerous corners. To tell the story, Dawn is joined by author Robert B. O’Connor who wrote Jeep Show: A Trouper at the Battle of the Bulge. Hear how his novel weaves a lovely fiction among real history and makes the case for why we should all learn to play the spoons.—- SILF's (Sources I'd Like to F*ck)Book - The Jeep Show by Robert B O’Connor - https://jeepshowbook.com/ Here is the US military’s look on the battle on the 80th anniversary. https://www.army.mil/botb/ Surprise! PBS has a kick-ass documentary of the battle - Go ahead and donate while you're there, why don’t cha?  https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/bulge/ More great images from The Battle of the Bulge - https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-battle-of-the-bulge  ---LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich AncientsCheck out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!HILF is now on Patreon!Buy Me a CoffeeFind your next favorite podcast on BIG COMEDY NETWORK.  ---WANNA TALK? Find us on Instagram or email us [email protected] song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins

In HILF EP78, you got to know the Jeep Show, a real-life WW2 unit of enlisted soldiers (including Mickey Rooney) who were on the front lines with nothing but an accordion, a Jeep full of wigs, and ORDERS to boost morale.  Continue the conversation with Dawn and author Robert B. O’Connor who wrote Jeep Show: A Trouper at the Battle of the Bulge. See video of the real Electro - The Westinghouse Robot that captured Robert's heart.  —-SILF's (Sources I'd Like to F*ck)Book - The Jeep Show by Robert B O’Connor - https://jeepshowbook.com/Here is the US military’s look on the battle on the 80th anniversary. https://www.army.mil/botb/Surprise! PBS has a kick-ass documentary of the battle - Go ahead and donate while you're there, why don’t cha?  https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/bulge/More great images from The Battle of the Bulge - https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-battle-of-the-bulge ---LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich AncientsCheck out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!HILF is now on Patreon!Buy Me a CoffeeFind your next favorite podcast on BIG COMEDY NETWORK. ---WANNA TALK? Find us on Instagram or email us [email protected] song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins

It’s a family affair as Dawn is joined by her husband, director Andrew Melby, to HILF this awe-inspiring natural wonder of the world. On a recent road-trip to Los Angeles from Minnesota, Dawn and Andrew stopped in the Grand Canyon. The beauty, wonder and mystery of the place inspired Dawn to take a deep dive into the history. …and who better to go down with?—- SILF's (Sources I'd Like to F*ck)Book - It Happened in the Grand Canyon by Todd R. BergerBook - We are Going in The Story of the 1956 Grand Canyon Midair Collision by Mike NelsonWant more rock hard Geology?Wanna visit? Start here!  ---LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich AncientsSee more of Andrew's work:  https://andrewmelby.comCheck out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!HILF is now on Patreon!Buy Me a CoffeeFind your next favorite podcast on BIG COMEDY NETWORK.---WANNA TALK? Find us on Instagram or email us [email protected] song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins.

Join Dawn and guest, Cristina Van Epps, as they follow the dark and fascinating path of Jack Parsons - the rocket-loving occultist who helped man get to the moon. Cristina works as an engineer at The Jet Propulsion Laboratory and is also a self-professed ‘sci-fi nerd’. Hear the incredible story of Jack Parsons whose fascination with science and outer space led him on a journey to the stars… and huge piles of drugs. Listen to Cristina’s Dungeon and Dragons podcast: I Seduce the DragonListen to Cristina’s podcast, Cults, Cryptids and Conspiracies Want more? Jump into HILF Episode 54 - Aleister Crowley with Hilah Johnson.—-SILF's (Sources I'd Like to F*ck)Book - Strange Angel by George Pendle (2005)Book - Sex & Rockets by John Carter & Robert Anton Wilson (2005) The Collected Writings of Jack Parsons AKA: The Book of Babylon  (the record of a magical experiment, 1946) ---LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich AncientsCheck out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!HILF is now on Patreon!Buy Me a CoffeeFind your next favorite podcast on BIG COMEDY NETWORK. ---WANNA TALK? Find us on Instagram or email us [email protected] song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins.

Dawn's guest is comedian, Andy Rider, whose hit comedy album The Get Together has topped itunes and earned him increasing acclaim. Together they discuss the history of North Korea, the incredible story of No Kum Sok, and so much more!Learn more about HILF's new podcast family, The Big Comedy Network.Find Andy's podcast Fingering the PageSILF's (Sources I'd Like to F*ck)Book - The Great Leader and The Fighter Pilot by Blaine HardenBook - A MiG-15 to Freedom by No Kum Sok (AKA: Kenneth Rowe)Watch an interview with Blaine Harden and No Kum Sok with Mimi Geerges.Article - Read more about how and why Korea was divided between North and South.Hear more about the devastating battle of Pork Chop Hill during the Korean War. Did you hear about the American GI's who defected TO North Korea? More here! ---LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL! Crazy Rich AncientsHistories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)Check out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!HILF is now on Patreon!Buy Me a Coffee---Want to help LA Fire Victims? Project HOPE - Project HOPE is on the ground in Los Angeles, actively distributing hygiene kits to displaced families and children.LA Food Bank - The Los Angeles Regional Food Bank and our partner agencies provide food assistance to people throughout LA County in normal times and times of crisis.Pasadena Humane Society - They provide shelter, dedicated care and new beginnings for thousands of the community’s most vulnerable animals every year.---WANNA TALK? Find us on Instagram or email us [email protected] song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins.

This was no party...They were the group who got hopelessly stranded over a particularly harsh winter in the Sierra Nevadas - many of them starve to death and several of those who don’t starve to death, survived by resorting to cannibalism.Dawn's guest is actor and writer, Andy Kraft. He is a longtime friend and colleague - together they've done everything from romantic comedies on screen, to portraying water droplets on stage. Andy can be seen in countless commercials, episodes of television (including the final episode of Brooklyn nine-nine) and is the hand up the bum of some of your favorite puppets!---SILF's (Sources I'd Like to F*ck)See the map of the journey. Read the book - The History of The Donner Party by CF McGlashan---LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL!Crazy Rich AncientsHistories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)Check out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!HILF is now on Patreon!Buy Me a Coffee---WANNA TALK? Find us on Instagram or email us [email protected] song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins.

When last we met, Dawn and guest Andy Kraft were taking a shot of whiskey to prepare for the dark path ahead. Hear how it all ends up in the dark pages of history and why your high school teachers probably never told you the whole story. ---SILF's (Sources I'd Like to F*ck)See the map of the journey.Read the book - The History of The Donner Party by CF McGlashan---LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL!Crazy Rich AncientsHistories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)Check out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!HILF is now on Patreon!Buy Me a Coffee---WANNA TALK? Find us on Instagram or email us [email protected] song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins.

Dawn has the benefit of a live audience and visual aides as she tells the story of the remarkable Christmas Truce of 1914. From the streets of Sarajevo to the trenches of France, it's a story of humanity and joy in the darkest of times.  Recorded LIVE in Burbank, California - December 11th, 2024 at Flappers Comedy Club. Watch the full video of the show when you subscribe on Patreon! SILF's (Sources I'd Like to F*ck)Book - Silent Night: The Remarkable Christmas Truce of 1914 by Stanley WeintraubPlay/ Movie - The Big Picnic (1997) Book - All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque---LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL!Crazy Rich AncientsHistories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)Check out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!HILF is now on Patreon!Buy Me a Coffee---WANNA TALK? Find us on Instagram or email us [email protected] song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins.

Dawn's guests are two connoisseurs of drinking, Juliana McIntosh and Brad Sutton - the neice-and-uncle-team behind the hit podcast, The Art of Drinking.  Jules is an influencer in the craft cocktail space (what?); and her real-life uncle Brad serves up classic cocktail recipes and history. Swoon!GET JULE'S BOOK - Pretty Simple Cocktails**During the episode, we make and drink 2 cocktails! Recipes and approximate time-code in the episode when we start making ours is below so you can toast along with us!COCKTAIL #1 - The View Carre. [00:13:00]3/4 oz Rye whiskey (higher proof, like 100 proof but not more. Rittenhouse makes a good one)3/4 oz Cognac (I like Pierre Ferrand Ambre but Remy Martin VSOP works well too)3/4 oz   Strucchi Rosso Vermouth (or Dolin Rouge)2 tsp Benedictine D.O.M. (make sure it's DOM and not B&B)2 dash Peychaud's bitters (white label, red liquid)1 dash Angostura bittersIn mixing glass add all ingredients and fill the mixing glass with ice so you have more ice than liquid.Stir for 20 - 30 seconds.Using hawthorn strainer, strain into chilled rocks glass over large cubeGarnish with lemon peel  COCKTAIL #2 - The Black Manhattan [00:40:00]2 oz Rye whiskey (use your favorite Rye. The Rittenhouse might work well here, but could get hot)1 oz Averna Amaro1 dash Angostura bitters1 dash Orange bittersIn mixing glass add all ingredients and fill the mixing glass with ice so you have more ice than liquid.Stir for 20 - 30 seconds.Using hawthorn strainer, strain into chilled coupe glass.Garnish with brandied cherry / luxardo cherry (or something similar)  - just drop it in or put it on a pick if you're fancy---Join us for HILF LIVE - Wednesday, Dec. 11th @8PM - Flappers Comedy Club. Burbank, CA---SILF's (Sources I'd Like to F*ck)Book - The Royal Toast Master: Containing many thousands of the best toasts old and new to give brilliancy to mirth and make the joys of the glass supremely agreeable. INCLUDES: The Seaman’s Bottle Companion: Being a selection of Exquisite Modern Sea Songs by J. Roach.    *Yes this is real! ---LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL!Crazy Rich AncientsHistories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)Check out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!HILF is now on Patreon!Buy Me a Coffee---WANNA TALK? Find us on Instagram or email us [email protected] song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins.

Hear about the places that managed to avoid the plague, at least for a little while, and what a medieval haz-mat suit looked like. Also, continue to roll the 'Death Dice' along with celebrated music supervisor, Mary Ramos, to see if any of the characters we meet along the way manage to avoid the sickness and death that overcame half of the global population. ---Join us for HILF LIVE - Wednesday, Dec. 11th @8PM - Flappers Comedy Club. Burbank, CA---SILF's (Sources I'd Like to F*ck)The Great Courses - With Dorsey Armstrong, PhD. Got a library card? Find it via Hoopla or Libby!Check out this great visual guide to understanding how The Black Death compares to other pandemics.Read an article about plague bodies being found outside London this decade!Read Mary Ramos's article in Variety breaking down the soundtrack to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.---LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL!Crazy Rich AncientsHistories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)Check out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!HILF is now on Patreon!Buy Me a Coffee---NEXT NEW EPISODE: Wednesday, November13th, 2024 THE BLACK DEATH Part 2 - Plague Stories with Mary Ramos---WANNA TALK? Find us on Instagram or email us [email protected] song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins.

Dawn is joined by celebrated Music Supervisor, Mary Ramos, who has worked on some of the most incredible film scores in movie history! A close collaborator with Quentin Tarantino, she’s had a hand in everything from Pulp Fiction to Django Unchained - and a slew of other favorites in-between.Join us as we discuss the very beginning of The Black Death, starting with Patient Zero in Italy and then follow us… and the rats, and the fleas… around the world and right to our own back door.---Join us for HILF LIVE - Wednesday, Dec. 11th @8PM - Flappers Comedy Club. Burbank, CA---SILF's (Sources I'd Like to F*ck)The Great Courses - With Dorsey Armstrong, PhD. Got a library card? Find it via Hoopla or Libby!Check out this great visual guide to understanding how The Black Death compares to other pandemics.Read an article about plague bodies being found outside London this decade!Read Mary Ramos's article in Variety breaking down the soundtrack to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.---LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL!Crazy Rich AncientsHistories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)Check out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!HILF is now on Patreon!Buy Me a Coffee---NEXT NEW EPISODE: Wednesday, November13th, 2024 THE BLACK DEATH Part 2 - Plague Stories with Mary Ramos---WANNA TALK? Find us on Instagram or email us [email protected] song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins.

Dawn is joined by comedian, Macy Issacs, to talk about the origin of Vampire folklore and what - from the many stories about them - is actually real! We’ll go around the world and see how vampires in Japan and Alaska differ from the ones in Transylvania. Take notes, because we also discuss the most effective ways to fight them off… unless you chose to invite them in.Find Macy on InstagramHear Macy's Podcast, SSRI'M OK---SILF's (Sources I'd Like to F*ck)Essay - The History and Folklore of Vampires - The Stories and Legends Behind The Mythical Beings: Charles River Editors.Book - The Secret History of Vampires - Their multiple Forms and Hidden Purposes by Claude LeCouteux. ---LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL!Crazy Rich AncientsHistories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)HILF is now on Patreon!Buy Me a Coffee---NEXT NEW EPISODE: Wednesday, October 30th, 2024 THE BLACK DEATH with Mary Ramos---WANNA TALK? Find us on Instagram or email us [email protected] song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins.

Originally released in October of 2022, revisit Dawn and her guest, Jose Barrientos, for a rundown of the history of horror movies! From silent dancing skeletons, to The Wolfman, and all the way past The Walking Dead - we're here to tell you what has scared us collectively the most... and why! Find Jose on Youtube!Find Jose on Instagram!---SILF's (Sources I'd Like to F*ck)BOOK - Lost in the Dark by Brad Weismann DOCUMENTARY SERIES - The Movies That Made UsESSAY - A Brief History of Horror Films (Albany County Public Library)---LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL!Crazy Rich AncientsHistories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)HILF is now on Patreon!Buy Me a Coffee---NEXT NEW EPISODE: Wednesday, October 16th, 2024---WANNA TALK? Find us on Instagram or email us [email protected] song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins.

To help tell the story of the man behind our 100-dollar bill, Dawn is joined by Benjamin Franklin expert, Bryan Austin. He portrays James Madison and Ben Franklin in Colonial Williamsburg and has walked much more than a mile in their shoes...Pull up a chair and hear the stories of Benjamin Franklin’s wild childhood, his multitude of lovers, and the parties that were so good, they saved America.Listen to Bryan's podcast, LET'S BE FRANKFollow Bryan on Instagram!---LEARN MORE about Benjamin Franklin!ARTICLE in ATLAS OBSCURA about Franklin's shocking electricity partiesMore about THE KEY AND KITE EXPERIMENT from The Franklin Institute.Read about Franklin's The Lightning Rod... you heard me.Article specifically about Ben's years living in London before the Revolution.Read the SILENCE DOGOODE LETTERS.Learn more about Alexander Wedderburn, the guy who scolded Ben in London.--- LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL!Crazy Rich AncientsHistories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)HILF is now on Patreon!Buy Me a Coffee---NEXT NEW EPISODE: VAMPIRES with comedian, Macy Issacs. ---WANNA TALK? Find us on Instagram or email us [email protected] song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins.

Nannerl Mozart, Wolfgang Amadaeus's intriguing older sister, is the HILF of Dawn's guest, LAZOU. She is an award-winning podcast host and composer with work featured in film, television and a gazillion other places!  Hear about her childhood growing up on the tiny island of Mauritius (the only place the Dodo bird ever lived) and how moving to Canada and then the US shaped both her perspective and her music. ---SILF’s (Sources I’d Like to F*ck)Book - Mozart's Women - His Family, His Friends, His Music by Jane GloverPodcast - You're Dead to Me (March, 2024)Podcast - Storical (S2, E52)Interview with author,  Rita Charbonnier.  (She wrote novel, MOZART'S SISTER which is fiction but like... very historically appropriate if not accurate.)--- LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL!Crazy Rich AncientsHistories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)HILF is now on Patreon!Buy Me a Coffee---NEXT NEW EPISODE: Benjamin Franklin with Benjamin Franklin (kinda).---WANNA TALK? Find us on Instagram or email us [email protected] song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins.

Dawn's guest literally wrote the book on this mysterious and mythic place known by some as 'the Atlantis of the Pacific Ocean'. Historian and writer Justin McHenry joins her from his office in West Virginia to help tell this absolutely bananas tale of Lemuria: A True Story of a Fake Place. ---SILF’s (Sources I’d Like to F*ck)Justin's Book: Lemuria: A True Story of a Fake PlaceRead more about scientists who say Lemuria might actually have existed afterall?Think you had a past life on Lemuria? I don't, but go down a rabbit hole, why don't ya?Want more about the Theosophists and Madame Blavatsky?  Check out HILF Episode 36 - Fairies with Rhiannon Fiskradatz.--- LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL!Crazy Rich AncientsHistories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)HILF is now on Patreon!Buy Me a Coffee---NEXT NEW EPISODE: Mozart's Sister with musician and podcaster, LAZOU. ---WANNA TALK? Find us on Instagram or email us [email protected] song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins.

While many of us can easily picture Mount Rushmore in our heads, few of us know much about it beyond the heads. Even if you CAN name all four presidents featured (and only 30% of Americans can) the story of how and why this enormous feat of engineering - and total fuck-job on the Native Americans - came to pass.Guest, Christine Blackburn, is a comedian and story-teller located in LA, and the host of several wildly successful shows. Story Worthy is an epic podcast now in it’s 14th seasonStory Smash is a live story-telling gameshow featuring an all-star celebrity panel of judges. My Life in Three Songs is her latest podcast where comedians, including Patton Oswald and Margaret Cho, sit down with her and discuss their lives through their favorite music.SILF’s (Sources I’d Like to F*ck)VIDEO: Mount Rushmore & The Black Hills (YA/Tourism Video via Hoopla) PODCAST: American History Tellers (Podcast: Season 30, Episode 3) PODCAST: The Sculptor's Funeral. (Two parter: #73 and #74)Crazy Horse Memorial --- LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL!Crazy Rich AncientsHistories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)HILF is now on Patreon!Buy Me a Coffee---NEXT NEW EPISODE: Lemuria with Justin McHenry, Wednesday, Sept 4th, 2024---WANNA TALK? Find us on Instagram or email us [email protected] song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins.

AJ Jacobs is a writer and humorist known for his immersive dedication to a variety of subjects.  He spent a year attempting to follow EVERY rule in the Bible and wrote a NY TIMES best-seller, The Year of Living Biblically; and his latest book The Year of Living Constitutionally follows his journey through the lens of the 18th century.  Join Dawn and AJ as they discuss what in the constitution they think is worth keeping, what could use some changes - and why 'cherry picking' isn't such a bad concept after all...  SILF’s (Sources I’d Like to F*ck)THE YEAR OF LIVING CONSTITUTIONALLY: *The audiobook is a joy to listen to!So you want to bake an election cake!Watch AJ on The Daily ShowWatch AJ on CBS Sunday MorningRead the Constitution. (Go on... I dare ya!)--- LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL!Crazy Rich AncientsHistories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)HILF is now on Patreon!Buy Me a Coffee---NEXT NEW EPISODE: Mount Rushmore with Christine Blackburn, Wednesday, August 21st, 2024---WANNA TALK? Find us on Instagram or email us [email protected] song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins.

Originally recorded recorded in April, 2022 - over 50 episodes ago - Dawn revisits The Whiskey Rebellion with bartender, Rashid Green.   Learn how to make some of the best 18th Century cocktails AND get a dose of some founding daddy realness.--- Get Rashid's recipe for THE SHERRY FLIPGet Rashid's recipe for CLARET'S PUNCH---LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL!Crazy Rich AncientsHistories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)HILF is now on Patreon!Buy Me a Coffee---HILF is part of The DEN - Deluxe Edition Network. Go there to find your NEXT favorite podcast!NEXT NEW EPISODE: Wednesday, August 7th, 2024---WANNA TALK? Find us on Instagram or email us [email protected] song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins.Show Less

Dawn is joined by actor and writer, Brandon Gibson (Black-ish, Fresh Off the Boat, Spilled Paint) who has long been fascinated by the the consumptive, former-dentist, with a southern drawl and a propensity for prostitutes… who isn't?SILF’s (Sources I’d Like to F*ck)Doc Holiday The Life and Legend by Gary L Roberts - Biography (2019)Tombstone, The Earp Brothers, Doc Holliday and the Vendetta Ride From Hell by Tom Clavin (2020)Clara Brown - The reporting short-term resident of TombstoneKate Elder - Doc’s ‘wife’. A highly unreliable (but entertaining) source.Wyatt Earp - He wrote a few books, this will take you to all of them.Court docs & News Papers GALORE.--- LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL!Crazy Rich AncientsHistories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)HILF is now on Patreon!Buy Me a Coffee---HILF is part of The DEN - Deluxe Edition Network. Go there to find your NEXT favorite podcast!NEXT NEW EPISODE: Wednesday, August 7th, 2024---WANNA TALK? Find us on Instagram or email us [email protected] song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins.