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History Buffoons Podcast
Two buffoons who want to learn about history!
Our names are Bradley and Kate. We both love to learn about history but also don't want to take it too seriously. Join us as we dive in to random stories, people, events and so much more throughout history. Each episode we will talk about a new topic with a light hearted approach to learn and have some fun.
Find us at: historybuffoonspodcast.com
Reach out to us at: historybuffoonspodcast@gmail.com
Podcasting since 2024 • 121 episodes
History Buffoons Podcast
Latest Episodes
Flamma Lamma Ding Dong: Flamma The Gladiator
A single tombstone inscription from Sicily gives us a gladiator story that feels too weird to be real: Flamma, a Syrian-born fighter in Ancient Rome, steps into the arena 34 times, wins 21, fights to nine draws, loses four, and then gets offere...
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Episode 86
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41:06
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Several Shoulders: The Molotov Cocktail
A superpower rolls in with tanks and a million soldiers, convinced the job will be quick. Then the snow hits, the forests close in, and Finland refuses to play by the rules. We’re Bradley and Kate, and we’re telling the underdog story of the Wi...
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Episode 85
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47:48
The Origin of Weird: Thalidomide Babies
A tiny pill promised calm nights and easier mornings, then left a generation of families asking how a “safe” sedative could cause so much harm. We unravel the thalidomide story from its meteoric rise as a gentle sleep aid to the global wave of ...
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Episode 34
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20:54
Life After Death: Henrietta Lacks
A routine biopsy. An unstoppable cell line. A legacy that reshaped medicine while raising questions we still struggle to answer. We tell the story of Henrietta Lacks—her life in Virginia and Maryland, her fight against an aggressive cervical ca...
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Episode 84
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52:39
Today's Winds-day: The Dust Bowl
A wall of dust a mile high. Coffee that tasted like soil. Kids coughing through the night while parents sealed windows with wet sheets. We dive into the Dirty Thirties to trace how a wheat boom, a drought, and one very bad idea—“rain follows th...
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Episode 83
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1:14:41
