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In this episode, we cover the year 1952 and all it entails, including: Five Theremin John, forward-facing flutes, crab-walk warfare, Hollywood’s Bronze Era, my horse’s bucket’s bucket, running a little short on tritium, sandy ringworm, and the Age of Swedish Dressage Supremacy. Topics Discussed: John Cage’s 4’33”, the Hydrogen Bomb, and Egypt’s Bla…

In this very special Christmas Episode the team get together to learn things about Christmas! We'll be back to our regularly scheduled progrmaming in the new year! Topics Discussed: All things Christmas! Find us: Patreon: patreon.com/randomlyhistory Instagram: @RandomlyHistory Twitter: @RandomlyHistory Website: randomlygeneratedhistory.com Or find …

In this episode, we cover the year 1664 and all it entails, including: Tormenting teen girls, Earthbound concepts of physics, the biggest pickle of all, a cheeseboard of empires, curiously quiet badgers, Steamboat Mickey, nosey babies, and Gone With the Wind 2: The Breezening. Topics Discussed: The Great Red Spot, the Battle of Saint Gotthard, and …

In this episode, we cover the year 800 and all it entails, including: Irish Nines, Iconophiles for Prince, Sylvan Fox Hunt, Charles Pepinson, Carl the Multi-Fingered, the icons under my pillow, the Winchester Swithies, and 600 Maliciously Broken Eggs. Topics Discussed: Irene of Athens, Charlemagne, and Saint Swithun. Find us: Patreon: patreon.com/r…

In this episode, we cover the year 1743 and all it entails, including: The War of the Soggy Socks, American Zeus, Vikings stealing all the hot people, wolf-proof graves, air baths, The Great Swan Ball, deep-fried Mars Bars and haddock, weak cotton boys, and the Dark Wizard Woldemar. Topics Discussed: Benjamin Franklin, the Russo-Swedish War, and th…

In this episode, we cover the year 1989 and all it entails, including: Bad ends for helicopter priests, the average of AC/DC and Meatloaf, fashion-forward aliens, biolocation techniques, the Hamburg Bousquettes, Maximum Leader, a guy who died in Swindon, and the Boy Mayor of St. Petersburg. Topics Discussed: The US Invasion of Panama, the Voronezh …

In this episode, we cover the year 1841 and all it entails, including: Peter Coupon, clean ledgers, quick-release cravats, the pungent smell of rat poison, the finest bird guy, Dr Phillip Buster, exotic travels through the midlands, the most benecked of birds, and absolutely no beef. Topics Discussed: The Invention of the Filibuster, Thomas Cook, a…

My parents met at a party in 1984. It was another couple's 'Disengagement Party'. I've always thought this was quite an odd way to meet. So here's how it happened.Oleh Randomly Generated Thought

Welcome to Season 2! In this episode, we cover the year 32 BCE and all it entails, including: Big Blimp Day, the first test tube baby (Jesus), a good fish knife, whether or not Bukayo Saka is a Magical Iranian Nomad, Mesoamerican Planning Permission, Finnegan O’Shaka, and pleasing piles. Topic Discussed: Cleopatra, the Saka People, and the Mayans. …

In this episode, we cover the year 1328 and all it entails, including: The Gabagool Dynasty, Arsenio II of France, Archibald the Grim, Yes Anding all Over the Place, the World’s First Academy Award, the Murder Limit, Milking the Well, Isabella Fuhgeddaboudit, and a She-Wolf in the Castle. Topic Discussed: Charles the Fair, Mansa Musa, and Archibald…

In this episode, we cover the year 1712 and all it entails, including: The Other Ludwig von Beethoven, transitioning to evil, unburied treasure and powdered wig shenanigans. Topics Discussed: Beethoven's Grandfather, Blackbeard the Pirate and Sir Richard Steele. Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/randomlyhistory Find us: Instagram: @RandomlyHistory…

In this episode, we’re joined by special guest Paul Bavill from the podcast History Rage! We cover the year 1942 and all it entails, including: Mary Peppercorn, torches of freedom, shit pigeons, Jamon Radio, a litre of Glaswegian wine, skybreaking achievements, and torpedo segues. Topics Discussed: Hedy Lamarr and George Antheil, Casablanca and Pro…

In this episode, we cover the year 1995 and all it entails, including: prank calling the Queen, the Rugby Messiah, untouchable charisma bombs, the looming Red Menace, confusingly worded ballot initiatives, buying the Beanie Dip, and a soupçon of ethnic nationalism. Topics Discussed: The Quebec Referendum, professionalising rugby, and Beanie Babies.…

In this episode, we cover the year 1187 and all it entails, including: the first person to wear Crocs, tardy scarpering, yeasty knights, Taira Banks, the Chrysanthemum Cradle, dope sword quests, the Mongols of Tewkesbury, the uses of an untrained child, and Edward Norton’s Method Leprosy. Topics Discussed: Balian of Ibelin, the Delhi Sultanate, and…

An audio essay about art and stag dos.Oleh Randomly Generated Thought

In this episode, we cover the year 1519 and all it entails, including: Nando Mags, courtly boys, boat-related astronomy, 16th century pogs, fungus acid trips, Sheeple Disease, the Greatest Dane, Tutburgian accents, the Great Flamborough Gathering, and the Patron Saint of Oversleeping. Topics Discussed: Ferdinand Magellan, the Dancing Plague of 1518…

In this episode, we cover the year 777 and all it entails, including: Boss Orcs, overly strict zoning ordinances, Turnipdown Hill, urban learning, historic Geralds, the Father of Small Change, Charlemagne the Time Traveler, and a truly unhinged AntRant™. Topics Discussed: Al-Mansur and the Founding of Baghdad, Hildegard of the Vinzgau, and the Esta…

In this episode, we cover the year 1977 and all it entails, including: Unlicensed foot weirdos, the British Solar System, Pseudo-Elmos, Doc NOS, Lambert Dolphin's microwave, spelunking the gaping hole, nine-point-purge, the pilot who drew the short straw, and snakestronauts. Topics Discussed: The New York City Blackout, the Treasure of Victorio Pea…

For the second week in a row, we've had a bit of a whoopsie: the audio for the 1977 episode didn't record properly, so -- with the consent of the RNG -- we've entered a time vortex and are releasing the next episode, which is the year 1686. To be fair, we never claimed to know what we were doing... In this episode, we cover the year 1686 and all it…

In this episode, we cover... nothing, really! With apologies for the short notice, we're actually taking this week off. It's entirely Will's fault, so please direct your angry letters to him. Ant and Anna did hop on a quick call (don't worry, Anna is not trapped at the bottom of a well, it just sounds like it) to share a few 1977 nuggets to tide yo…

In this episode, we cover the year 10 BCE and all it entails, including: Fecund geniuses, pretty up-there rivers, two rifles and a Big Mac, paxfulness, Catch-XXII, the Oaky-Oaky Armour Walk, brother-horses, pre-geography, and the last days of disco in Rome. Topics Discussed: Drusus, Herod Agrippa, and Strabo. Find us: Patreon: patreon.com/randomlyh…

In this episode, we cover the year 1430 and all it entails, including: Indiana Jones and the Treasure of the City of Ladies, Charles the Princely Dolphin, at least 23 Erics, unbuckled swashes, the Astrologer Royal, slightly uneven paving slabs, and John the In-Retrospect-Not-Quite-Fearful-Enough. Topics Discussed: Philip the Good, Eric of Pomerania…

In this episode, we cover the year 1917 and all it entails, including: Smelting It, the Hackysack River, Tropical Frenzy, 17.5 Blorkbucks, octuple bluffing, Ant’s Exotic Dance Career, Comic Sans tramp stamps, America’s nerdiest president, and Aliens United for a Common Cause. Topics Discussed: The Kingsland Explosion, Mata Hari, and the Pancho Vill…

In this episode, we cover the year 1102 and all it entails, including: The Wetland of the Thing, mediaeval jukeboxes, primitive dank memes, a tactically acumenical horse, chamber pot escalations, Baldwin the Lycra King, the Beard of Damocles, and a dry season for Ant’s Sword. Topics Discussed: El Cid, Robert Curthose, and the Battle of Ramla. Find …

In this episode, we cover the year 937 and all it entails, including: the Core of Pilates, hammers leavings, Rudolph’s Burgundy nose, coup-ing at a wedding, bagratoni with shallots, a prominent family of Aristocats, going to Liverpool for the Darts, and Welf the Decapitator of Germans. Topics Discussed: The Battle of Brunanburh, Hugh of Arles & Rud…

In this episode, we cover the year 61 and all it entails, including: Recordius Maximus, drugged-up mystics, inefficient executions, scapula tattoos, Morgan Freedman, Bootlandia, druid apprenticeships, and Anna’s inexplicable hatred of Norfolk. Topics Discussed: Nero and Poppaea, the Druids of Mona, and Boudica. Find us: Patreon: patreon.com/randoml…

In this episode, we cover the year 1505 and all it entails, including: Oxbow lakes in the cosmos, the Noble Guilds of Picklers and Pimps, ship chandling, Daddy issue Scots, the Great Clockman Procession, the Chief’s Hello Kitty Backpack, and Clan Cameron Diaz. Topics Discussed: Amerigo Vespucci, the Battle of Achnashellach, and Watch 1505. Find us:…

In this episode, we cover the year 1393 and all it entails, including: Ye Olde Tescoe Expresse, pie fingers, hechegasms, getting got by God, the uncle of English canoeing, the Iagos of the Court, and Saucy Chaucy. Topics Discussed: Geoffrey Chaucer, the Siege of Tarnovo, and the Bal des Ardents. Find us: Patreon: patreon.com/randomlyhistory Instagr…

In this episode, we cover the year 1632 and all it entails, including: Jasper the Elephant, Pure British Mud, clog-on-clog action, sushi in a brothel, the Clinkettes, detuskment, Galileo’s Diss Tracks, and a very famous building indeed. Topics Discussed: The Holland’s Leaguer, Galileo, and the Taj Mahal. Find us: Patreon: patreon.com/randomlyhistor…

In this episode, we cover the year 1881 and all it entails, including: Moustache exclusion, Billy the Adult, Lord Grantham’s War Record, Officer Squirrels, hoity-toity tight-arse Brits, the Naughty Kids Gang, Winfield the Alligator, and assful chaps. Topics Discussed: The assassination of James A. Garfield, the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, and the …

In this episode, we cover the year 910 BCE and all it entails, including: Battle thespians, idols in a trenchcoat, a lack of Damons, the concept of Zero Popcorn, weird moth people, the Regular Testament, and ritualistic beef-eating. Topics Discussed: The founding of Sparta, King Omri, and the Olmecs. Find us: Patreon: patreon.com/randomlyhistory In…

In this episode, we cover the year 177 and all it entails, including: The Battle of 120,000 Legs, an anti-fondness for Scots, the Guild of Wasp Influencers, Ben Stiller is: Xylander, Machiavelli’s inability to count, and the Anti-Banana Horn. Topics Discussed: The Xianbei Confederacy, Wang Can, and Marcus Aurelius. Find us: Patreon: patreon.com/ran…

In this episode, we cover the year 1985 and all it entails, including: The Sacred Cow Hunt, purchase pigs, the Grapes of Roth, Eisenhower’s Camel Convoy, God’s Excellent PR Department, the Stratosflat, and the unforeseen consequences of magical gas. Topics Discussed: New Coke, the Death of Route 66, and the Ozone Layer. Find us: Patreon: patreon.co…

In this episode, we cover the year 1732 and all it entails, including: Vanilla Dave, unexpected Swedes, arguably too many xebecs, Private Foetus, A Warfare Temporal, pedantic Quakers, North African tinned beans, and a damning indictment of 18th-century daycare. Topics Discussed: The Penn-Calvert Boundary Dispute, the Spanish Conquest of Oran, and W…

In this episode, we cover the year 244 and all it entails, including: Tinder with the Ancients, the Designated Sea Snail Survivor, blatypus, golden potato sacks, four gigatonnes of rice, stabby abdications, sufficient dilithium crystals, and Donativium Versace. Topics Discussed: Philip the Arab, Lady Trieu, and Diocletian. Find us: Patreon: patreon…

In this episode, we cover the year 1347 and all it entails, including: The Gelfs and the Giblians, aesthetically pleasing monks, the Byzantinnies, Serbian Mills & Boon, Anti-Stagma, the Sultan’s HR department, and the Emperor’s brown M&Ms. Topics Discussed: Ibn Battuta, Dušan the Mighty, and Cola di Rienzo. Find us: Patreon: patreon.com/randomlyhis…

In this episode, we cover the year 916 and all it entails, including: Ragnal and Associates, sexually active popes, friendly globulins, the Scarlet T, jammy blaas, the proto-Medicis, Flan Over Ireland, and OnlyHarlots.com. Topics Discussed: Ottir the Black, Flann Sinna, and Theodora & Marozia. Find us: Patreon: patreon.com/randomlyhistory Instagram…

It’s Chrimbo Limbo and we’ve eaten so much turkey that we have no more room for facts, so some of them are seeping out. Anna’s fixated on space germs, Ant’s spreading conspiracies about cutlery, and Will’s trying very hard to wrap it all up so we can get back to our pies. Join us for shenanigans… or check back in next week when normal service is re…

A story about how lovely Christmas is. To be listened to during the Christmas period.Oleh Randomly Generated Thought

Season's Greetings! In this episode, we cover Christmas Through The Ages, including: Turkey Claus, gazumping Popes, fateful snake dances, the Argy-Bargy Plot, pathetic amounts of silk, the Medici Squid Conspiracy, and Nicolas Cage’s impeccable Glaswegian accent. Topics Discussed: The Pazzi Conspiracy (1478), The Eggnog Riot (1826), and the theft of…

In this episode, we cover the year 1795 and all it entails, including: Stone-flipping, beach goulash, wet wars, the perfidious French, Will's morning routine, portable sheep dips, proto-democracy, and several minutes of canoe maths. Topics Discussed: The Kingdom of Hawaii, the Third Partition of Poland, and the Battle of Genoa. Find us: Patreon: Ra…

In this episode, we cover the year 527 BCE and all it entails, including: Pig listeners, excubitoration, the Astrogoths, gruntling your businessmen, Tomyris the Virus, ostrich-cism, the elusive Triple Wench, and our biggest historical whoopsie to date. Topics Discussed: Cyrus the Great, Pisistratus of Athens, and Justinian I. Find us: Patreon: Rand…

In this episode, we cover the year 1066 and all it entails, including: Doing an Aragorn, sack punishments, terse Northern plaques, tarantula infestations, Roger the Inert, besotted Byzantine historians, and well-proportioned weasels. Topics Discussed: Edward the Confessor, William the Conqueror & the Battle of Hastings, and the Norman Conquest of S…

In this episode, we cover the year 1933 and all it entails, including: Non-miraculous grape juice, autumnal chickens, the Other Phil Collins, the Man in the Green Hat, flapper girl physicists, Congressional hypocrisy, barley futures, and the Rosalind Franklin of board games. Topics Discussed: The repeal of Prohibition, Leo Szilard, and the inventio…

In this episode, we cover the year 1969 and all it entails, including: Flawless JFK impressions, the Basic Projects Club, wet moon dust scented candles, messenger foxes, the French Scapecat, Mayor Puke, and the Fort Lauderdale of the North. Topics Discussed: ARPANET, the Moon Landing, and Zip to Zap. Find us: Patreon: RandomlyHistory Instagram: @Ra…

In this episode, we cover the year 261 and all it entails, including: Footstool transmogrification, exotic warfare, The Seagull Conspiracy, propagandous torture, the Disney School of History, and empresses that are actually otters. Topics Discussed: Emperor Valerian, Shapur I of the Sasanians, and Odaenathus & Zenobia. Find us: Patreon: RandomlyHis…

In this episode, we cover the year 1818 and all it entails, including: Joey Boney aka Jimmy Bones, melodramatic resignations, ice ferrets, the return of the tinctures, dunking on Oklahoma, and dog-and-bead-based communication protocols. Topics Discussed: The Chilean War of Independence, John Ross & the Northwest Passage, and the First Seminole War.…

In this episode, we cover the year 1531 and all it entails, including: Cosmic Britain, toadful islands, the Great Podcasting Omen of 1986, ritual schmalkaldicking, Martin Luther in the Burn Book, and far more maths than you would expect from a history podcast. Topics Discussed: Halley’s Comet, Timbuktu & the Songhai Empire, and the Schmalkaldic Lea…

In this episode, we cover the year 237 BCE and all it entails, including: the Ptolemaic Library Overflow Unit, confusing pacifism, Alexander the Great Project Manager, tech magnets, and Weekend at Bernie’sing the Emperor. Topics Discussed: Ptolemy III of Egypt, Ashoka the Great, and Qin Shi Huang. Find us: Patreon: RandomlyHistory Instagram: @Rando…