Half-Arsed History

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Week 8: Three Presidents in One Hour

This week in history we’ve got monuments, calendars, and the disastrous premiere of a popular opera, we’ve got the birthdays of astronomers and diarists and presidents, and we’ve got that time that Mexico got through three presidents in a single hour. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  Episode 406: The East India Company - Part 6: Legacies and Lessons

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  Week 14: The Rescue of Poon Lim

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  Episode 405: The East India Company - Part 5: Downfall and Dissolution

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  Week 13: The Spaghetti Tree Hoax

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  Episode 404: The East India Company - Part 4 Expansion and Empire

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  Week 12: England Loses the 1966 World Cup

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  Episode 403: The East India Company - Part 3: Conquest and Corruption

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  Week 11: The Assassination of Julius Caesar

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  Episode 402: The East India Company - Part 2: Footholds and Factories

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  Week 10: The 13 Original Rules of Golf

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  Episode 401: The East India Company - Part 1: Spices and Stocks

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  Week 9: The Great Fire of Meireki

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  Episode 400: What Half-Arsed History Could Have Been

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  Episode 399: Nicolaus Copernicus and Copernican Heliocentrism

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  Week 7: The Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre