Why do Americans feel the need to put cheese on everything? Short answer? The Sykes-Picot Agreement. Long answer? This show.

The Cheese Caves

History, etymology, fun times. A bit of a palate cleanser after 4 hours of yelling at a sequel that never should have happened.

Ludicrous Words Go!

One hundred and twenty-five years ago the crew of the unassuming cargo ship, the SS Warrimoo, made history. Or did they? But the real question is: does it really matter? Let's close out 2024 with some mild philosophy. "But seas between us braid hae roar'd sin' auld lang syne".

That Time The SS Warrimoo Made History Or Didn't

Did you know that Martin Luther documented every bowel movement of his life? Or that the Catholics have a magic bucket of Jesus shampoo that you used to be able to buy with real money? And that these things are linked? If only there were some sort of podcast one could listen to about such things?

The Book Of Damo-cles

We explore why sometimes it's bad to make a guy eat his own son.

FAFO - The Cautionary Tale of Astyages

I felt kinda bad about how much I poked fun at the Dutch, who don't really deserve it. So here's the story about how the Dutch accidentally discovered Australia multiple times.

Lookin' Good Dutch

In a companion to the history of playing cards, here's a history of board games. It starts out on message and turns into Das Kapital about halfway through.

Baby Got Backgammon

Enough people have asked for me to do it, so here it is. The actual, real myth from Ancient Egypt in which the mighty Horus and the evil Set do battle with their...manly emissions. The show is beyond X-rated, parental discretion is advised.

Tease & The Nile

The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire is obviously tragic for the large-scale loss of life involved. But when you get granular it's actually a comedy of errors culminating in what is objectively one of the funniest things to ever happen. Find out what a 'troublechet' is. In other news, AI seems to have something of a cycloptic foot fetish. I didn't prompt this, but it's what generated and I think we're safe from Skynet for a while.

Hernan Cortes' Troublechet

The (hopefully) new and improved, id est actually works for everyone, bonus feed for HGT

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