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Are you guys ready to be spooked and startled?? Because it's time for part 2 of our Halloween episode special. This week we are looking at different types of monsters from history and how they successfully scared us throughout the ages. So while you're trick or treating, why don't you pop in some headphones and tune in to Bad History!  If you want to reach out you can find us on... Facebook: facebook.com/badhistorycast/ Twitter: twitter.com/badhistorycast Email: badhistorypodcast@gmail.com

Well everyone, it's that time of year; the leaves are changing colors, the temperature is dropping, and things are getting mighty spooky. Halloween is almost here and we here at Bad History could not be happier. This episode and the following will be our super special, super spooky Halloween episodes. This week we are talking famous monsters in history. Monsters who have had stories told about them for generations and generations. Monsters who deserve to have their own episode on the show. We hope that you agree and enjoy this special episode of Bad History  If you want to reach out you can find us on... Facebook: facebook.com/badhistorycast/ Twitter: twitter.com/badhistorycast Email: badhistorypodcast@gmail.com

Boys and girls, we are back. This week we're strapping on the reading glasses and digging into to historically significant pieces of literature. Can novels and poems really make a significant splash in the world of history??? You'll just have to tune in to find out.  If you want to reach out you can find us on... Facebook: facebook.com/badhistorycast/ Twitter: twitter.com/badhistorycast Email: badhistorypodcast@gmail.com

Well boys and girls, we are back for a brand new episode. This week we are taking the theme of lesser known or under appreciated groups of people and tweaking it just a bit (like we do). We are focusing on two military groups that we think deserve just a bit more credit and appreciation than they are currently receiving. Let us know if you agree!  If you want to reach out you can find us on... Facebook: facebook.com/badhistorycast/ Twitter: twitter.com/badhistorycast Email: badhistorypodcast@gmail.com

Hey everyone, this is not a regular episode of Bad History, but instead an update of what the show is going to be looking like for the next few months while we try to keep our lives together. The episode will cover the full details of the changes that are going to happen as well as a potential new idea. If you would like to weigh in and stay updated then you can find us on Facebook (facebook.com/badhistorycast) and Twitter (twitter.com/badhistorycast). 

Thanks for tuning in to a new episode of Bad History! We know that we're getting this in a few days/weeks late but better late than never! This week we are talking all about the Olympics! We're each telling two stories from past Olympic games that we think are worth remembering. And yes, we know that the 2016 Olympics have already ended, but, it just wouldn't be Bad History if weren't late to the party.  If you want to reach out you can find us on... Facebook: facebook.com/badhistorycast/ Twitter: twitter.com/badhistorycast Email: badhistorypodcast@gmail.com

Hey guys! Thanks for tuning in to another episode of Bad History. This week we're looking at instances of small states making national news. Whether they be small countries, small towns, or literal small states. Due to the rather depressing nature of last week's History Hangout, we decided to lighten things up this week by talking about happier topics. Topics like: small countries getting invaded, two nations going to war with each other, and that time that the US almost started a nuclear war with itself. We hope you enjoy! If you want to reach out you can find us on... Facebook: facebook.com/badhistorycast/ Twitter: twitter.com/badhistorycast Email: badhistorypodcast@gmail.com

Are you ready for a brand new episode of History Hangouts?? You better be, because here it is! We record a History Hangout any time that we get a chance sit down face to face and talk about a specific topic. It just so happens that this week the stars aligned just right and we had that beautiful opportunity. On this episode we talk about the sobering topic of imperialism, what it is, and what damages it caused. We try to figure out exactly why we allowed imperialism to happen and how it is still happening now. If you want to reach out you can find us on... Facebook: facebook.com/badhistorycast/ Twitter: twitter.com/badhistorycast Email: badhistorypodcast@gmail.com

Hey folks, welcome to episode 30 of Bad History! Hollywood loves to do this thing where they make super historically inaccurate movies and we here at Bad History take it upon ourselves to call them out on it. That's right, we're going back to the movies. So, grab your overpriced popcorn and your tub of soda and get comfy because we're going after two historical movies. We talk about what they get right, what they get wrong, and what they get really super wrong. Enjoy!  If you want to reach out you can find us on... Facebook: facebook.com/badhistorycast/ Twitter: twitter.com/badhistorycast Email: badhistorypodcast@gmail.com

Hey guys, we're back (FINALLY) for a brand new episode of Bad History. This week, we're heading to the Wild West to talk about train robberies, shootouts, outlaws, and used car salesman Bob Dalton. So gather 'round the old campfire and enjoy!  If you want to reach out you can find us on.... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/badhistorycast/ iTunes: https://twitter.com/badhistorycast Email: badhistorypodcast@gmail.com

Hey everyone welcome back to our most under-powered episode yet! This week we are talking about battles on which there is a huge disparity between the weaponry of the two armies. We explain how this can sometime lead to victory but more often than not can just lead to defeat. We hope you enjoy! Just a quick heads up, there will not be an episode for the next two weeks because Steven will be out of the country. We really hate that we have to do this, but unfortunately we did not have time to record some episodes in advance. But the good news is that Steven is going to be releasing some fun update videos throughout the next two weeks so look out for those! As always if you want to reach out you can find us on... Facebook: facebook.com/badhistorycast Twitter: twitter.com/badhistorycast Email: badhistorypodcast@gmail.com

Hey everyone, it is my pleasure to welcome you back to episode 27 of Bad History! This week we are digging deep into the bowels of history to look at local legends from two drastically different places, New Jersey and St. Petersburg. As always we try to debunk any historical misconceptions surrounding the myth, and as always we are moderately successful. We hope you enjoy!  If you want to reach out to us you can find us on.... Facebook: facebook.com/badhistorycast/ Twitter: twitter.com/badhistorycast Email: badhistorypodcast@gmail.com

We're back baby!!! Steven and Dave have returned for season 2 of Bad History.  Having lost all of our money in cocaine and reverse home mortgaging, we decided to jump back on the mics for some more stories of lesser known history.  This week, we discuss prison breaks. It's good to be back! As always you can find us on... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/badhistorycast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/badhistorycast Email: badhistorypodcast@gmail.com Also be sure to check out the Curious Minds Podcast, which we mentioned in the show: http://www.cmpod.net/ 

From time to time we here at Bad History make a mistake while recording, whether we mispronounce something, say something we shouldn't, or just stumble over our words because apparently we've never spoken English before. More often than not they wind up being pretty funny, sometimes funnier than the stupid jokes we make. And so, to celebrate our completion of 25 episodes, we decided to compile our favorite bloopers into a bonus episode. We hope that you enjoy it. Our month off is almost to and end and we'll be back very soon with episode 26 and the start of season 2. Until then, if you want to reach out you can find us on.... Facebook: Bad History Podcast Twitter: @badhistorycast Email: badhistorypodcast@gmail.com

Well I bet ya didn't expect to hear from us for a while. But yet, here we are! While you're waiting for the new season of Bad History to start we thought we would release this episode to tie you over. Our friends over at Movie Date Night Podcast joined us on this episode to talk all about notorious female killers. We tell four (that's right four!) different stories all about famous lady killers from history. We also jumped on their podcast to talk about the movie An American Crime which was a blast, so be sure to check that out as well. You can find Movie Date Night Podcast on iTunes, on Podbean at http://moviedatenight.podbean.com/ and on twitter @MovieDateNight. And always if you want to reach out to us you can find us at...  Facebook: Bad History Podcast  Twitter: @badhistorycast Email: badhistorypodcast@gmail.com 

This is it.  Gather round for one last time as Steven and Dave do mortal combat against bad histories.  Our first season of episodes concludes with another episode of historical misconceptions. Except this time, we do a shit ton at once!  We will return soon for season two, but in the meantime, enjoy what is our crowning achievement. As always if you want to reach out to us you can find us on.... Facebook: Bad History Podcast Twitter: @badhistorycast Email: badhistorypodcast@gmail.com

Thank you for joining us for episode 24 of Bad History. This week we're getting super sneaky and talking all about some more unknown covert operations from history. We have two great stories about two very different covert operations that we think you will really enjoy listening to. Also, towards the end of this episode we talk about what's going to be happening in episode 25 and what the next few weeks are going to be looking like for Bad History, so make sure to give that a listen. We hope you enjoy! As always if you want to reach out to us you can find us on.... Facebook: Bad History Podcast Twitter: @badhistorycast Email: badhistorypodcast@gmail.com

Hey guys, thanks for joining us once again for a very....interesting episode of Bad History. This week we're talking about animals. Yeah, we didn't know either. We often like to joke on this show that we have no idea what we're doing, but in all seriousness, this topic through us for a loop. However, we did manage to come up with two pretty gosh darn good stories that have to do with animals in history. Let us know if you have a topic that you think is even more of a challenge then animals. We hope you enjoy!  If you want to reach out, you can find us on.... Facebook: Bad History Podcast Twitter: @badhistorycast Email: badhistorypodcast@gmail.com

Thanks for joining us for another exciting episode of Bad History! We're continuing our theme of lesser known history by talking about two mythological tales that most people probably haven't ever heard of. We deal with some challenging topics like life, death, the underworld, thunderstorms, big trees, and dragons. Also, the topic that's chosen for next week is a real good one so make sure you stick around for that. We hope you enjoy!  Reach out to us on... Facebook: Bad History Podcast  Twitter: @badhistorycast Email: badhistorypodcast@gmail.com

We're back at it once again for another episode of Bad History! This week we are looking at two historical figures who just don't get any love and we want to help them out. We think that these two people deserve a lot more recognition and a lot longer chapters in the history books. Hopefully you'll agree with us. Thanks for listening!  If you'd like to reach out you can find us on.... Facebook: Bad History Podcast Twitter: @badhistorycast Email: badhistorypodcast@gmail.com

Hey guys welcome back to a new episode of Bad History! This week we are tackling some more historical misconceptions and writing the wrongs of history. Yeah, we know we said we were going to be talking about failed colonies, but we decided not to, for....reasons. We'll just chalk it up to it being April 1st. Anyway, this week we are putting to bed two very different historical myths and talking about how they actually went down. We hope you enjoy!  If you want to reach out to us you can find us on.... Twitter: @badhistorycast  Facebook: Bad History Podcast Email: badhistorypodcast@gmail.com 

This week on Bad History we're talking all about power couples and dream teams. That's right, we're looking at those historical couples that are so legendary and did so much that they make the rest of us just look really bad. We have some really good discussion on just what it takes to be an all star couple that you are sure to enjoy. This is a longer episode, but we managed to keep it under an hour for ya (well without the music and all that), but we promise, it's worth it.  If you want to reach out you can find us on:  Twitter: @badhistorycast Facebook: Bad History Podcast Email: badhistorypodcast@gmail.com

Welcome back for a long overdue installment of Completely Off Topic Mondays! This week Steven and Dave talk about their favorite video game franchises because they are total nerds who spent their childhood locked in a basement, playing video games for hours!  And now for something completely different! It's Completely Off Topic Mondays! A new series that Steven and Dave have created to talk candidly about the world of history and historical studies. It's not a regular episode of Bad History, it's just a short segment where Steven and Dave share their knowledge on certain historical aspects that are more practical and personal. Who knows, they might not even talk about history...they might talk about the Evil Dead again! A regular scheduled episode of Bad History will also be available later this week. Completely Off Topic Monday will not affect normal episodes of Bad History. 

Well here we are, back for another very special episode of History Hangouts! Did it catch you by surprise?? Because it caught us by surprise. During History Hangout episodes we sit together and candidly discuss a topic from history that usually results in us yelling at each other. For our third episode of History Hangouts we tackle the French Revolution and how it was the best revolution ever. We discuss things like: why the French Revolution happened, what makes a true revolution, who got the chop, Napoleon was really a nice guy, and rebellious teens with their crazy clothing. It's a great time that you're sure to enjoy! If you want to reach out to us you can find us on:  Twitter: @badhistorycast Facebook: Bad History Podcast  Email: badhistorypodcast@gmail.com

On this week's episode of Bad History, we dig into the tasty topic of how food changed the world! We look at two very specific foods (sort of) and talk about how they made their mark on history. What foods did we discuss? How did we justify their importance to history? How many food based puns did we make? Find all this out and more on this episode of Bad History!  Hungry for more? Follow us on Twitter (@badhistorycast) or find us on Facebook! Thanks for listening.

This week on Bad History, Steven and Dave discuss disappointing children and how they can never fill their parents' shoes.  It's heir disasters! The episode where inheriting the kingdom goes bad.  This was an especially difficult episode due to how childish we are.  So just as a present for you lovely listeners, there is a special blooper at the end of the show demonstrating why we are so unprofessional and immature! 

This week on Completely Off Topic Monday, Dave and Steven continue telling crazy college party stories. Also the Dave interview where Dave reveals why he is a complete shut in who has no friends. Check it out this week on Completely Off Topic Monday. And now for something completely different! It's Completely Off Topic Mondays! A new series that Steven and Dave have created to talk candidly about the world of history and historical studies. It's not a regular episode of Bad History, it's just a short segment where Steven and Dave share their knowledge on certain historical aspects that are more practical and personal. Who knows, they might not even talk about history...they might talk about the Evil Dead again! A regular scheduled episode of Bad History will also be available later this week. Completely Off Topic Monday will not affect normal episodes of Bad History. 

This week on a brand new episode of Bad History, Steven and Dave recount tales of epidemics and diseases ravaging the countryside.  Also Steven broke the rules because we agreed we wouldn't do the Black Death...Anyway, give us a listen and a follow (if ya feel like it) and check out our weekly totally-historically accurate episodes of BAD HISTORY!!!!

We are so happy to be back once again for another week. We seriously apologize for the lateness of this episode, we had some technical difficulties that took some serious editing and we both had really busy weeks. We really hate being late and do our best to not let it happen often. This week we are talking about the weather! That's right, whether the weather is good or whether the weather is just weather. We are specifically talking about how the weather drastically effected the outcome of major conflict and helped to turn the tide. We really hope you enjoy. We'll be back next week for a brand new episode chalk full of equal parts history and equal parts laughs. Remember you can always reach out to us on Facebook and Twitter. We hope you enjoy!

It's movie time here at Bad History! That's right, this week we are talking about historical movies. We both pick two movies and talk about what they get right and, of course, what they got wrong. Critics are loving this episode and it's already got a 'Super Fresh Great Episode Boys!' rating on Rotten Tomatoes, so you know it's good! In all serious though, we think it's a pretty fun episode that you are sure to enjoy. As always, you can follow us on Twitter, Facebook, or email us at badhistorypodcast@gmail.com. 

This week on Completely Off Topic Monday, party stories and the Steven Interview! Get to know about our low life college years where we went to parties and even threw parties sometimes.  Also, get an intimate look at one of the podcast's most bearded hosts with the Steven Interview!  And now for something completely different! It's Completely Off Topic Mondays! A new series that Steven and Dave have created to talk candidly about the world of history and historical studies. It's not a regular episode of Bad History, it's just a short segment where Steven and Dave share their knowledge on certain historical aspects that are more practical and personal. Who knows, they might not even talk about history...they might talk about the Evil Dead again! A regular scheduled episode of Bad History will also be available later this week. Completely Off Topic Monday will not affect normal episodes of Bad History. 

It's time for unlucky episode 13, which means it's time to get spooked! This week we are talking about some of history's most notorious serial killers that you may not know pretty much anything about! We sure didn't going into this. Seriously though we had a great time recording this and we think you'll have an even better time listening. As always you can find us on Twitter and Facebook, just search for Bad History. Thanks for listening and have fun getting spooked!

Well hello there! It’s good to be back for another episode of Bad History. As requested by our guest Kat Tuttle on last week’s episode, this week we will be covering women bad asses from history. It’s important to note that we are not covering the most influential women from history (although that will almost certainly be another episode) but instead we are talking about women who did literally kick ass. I went down the rabbit hole pretty hard with this episode and I think that you’ll learn a lot! As always you can reach us on Twitter, Facebook, and by email if you have any questions or comments. Also, let us know what you are thinking about Completely Off Topic Monday! We are enjoying making them so far and plan to keep releasing them weekly. Anyway that’s enough rambling from me. We hope you enjoy the episode!

Join Steven and Dave for Completely Off Topic Monday.  This week the boys will discuss why you should study history in college and what types of jobs you can pursue with your shiny new history degree.  Spoiler Alert: It's the best liberal arts degree!And now for something completely different! It's Completely Off Topic Mondays! A new series that Steven and Dave have created to talk candidly about the world of history and historical studies. It's not a regular episode of Bad History, it's just a short segment where Steven and Dave share their knowledge on certain historical aspects that are more practical and personal. Who knows, they might not even talk about history...they might talk about the Evil Dead again!A regular scheduled episode of Bad History will also be available later this week. Completely Off Topic Monday will not affect normal episodes of Bad History.

Thanks for tuning in to another episode of Bad History! We are finally back to our regular schedule and we could not be happier about it. This week is a very special week for Bad History because we have our first every guest! We have been teasing it for a while but we finally made it happen. Our guest this week is Kat Tuttle, a PhD student studying Classics at Indiana University. We discuss all things Rome in this episode, specifically things that they have given to us. This was a lot of fun to record and we really think that you will like it!

In the very first episode of Completely Off Topic Monday, Steven and Dave decide to talk about how they became interested in history and what events or people helped them to become the historians they are today.  Completely Off Topic Mondays will be a less formal episode that focuses more on the study of history and the personal lives of Steven and Dave.  Expect episodes weekly or bi-weekly (we haven't decided yet) coming out between regular scheduled episodes of Bad History (BAAAAAAAD HISSSTOOOORRRRRYYYYYYYYYYY!!!).

Another week means another episode of Bad History! This is a big one for us too because it is episode number 10! (Even though we have two episodes of History Hangouts and the intro episode but whatever those don’t count) On this episode we explore who we think are the two worst presidents in US history. We both give super compelling cases and are of course torn on the issue. Because of that we have asked for your input on who you think is the worst president. We have created a poll and will be posting the link on our Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/badhistorycast/) and our Twitter (@badhistorycast). We would love to get your input! Thank you guys so much for all of the support and positive feedback (and also constructive criticism). We honestly never thought we would make it to number 10 so this is a huge milestone. We can’t wait to keep making episodes for you guys.  

It’s another week which means another episode of Bad History. This is the very first regular episode of 2016 and we are finally covering a topic that we have been talking about for a like a month, regicide! That’s right, killing kings. In this episode we cover two very different instances of regicide in history and talk about why they happened, the people responsible, and the aftermath. We hope you enjoy! 

We are finally back for a new episode of Bad History! We are so sorry for missing the previous week, but we were both super busy with the holidays. But we think this episode more than makes up for that missed week! This week, we do our year in review. But not for 2015; oh no. Instead, we are doing a year in review of 1815! That’s right; are you curious about what the hell happened 200 years ago? Well we’re about to tell you on this very special episode of Bad History! 

We’re back for another very special episode of Bad History: History Hangouts! On the second episode of History Hangouts, we discuss World War II and everything that went into and came out of it. We also focus on the American home-front during war time, a topic not covered as widely in high schools and colleges. We had a blast recording this episode and we think that it will be a blast to listen to. We hope you enjoy!

We're back at it for episode 7 of Bad History! Thank you for joining us for an episode all about historical misconceptions. We tell two stories today, the first about something you have probably never heard of and the second about someone who you probably have. What am I even talking about? You'll just have listen to find out! Don't forget to follow us on Facebook and Twitter and leave us a rate and review on iTunes. We hope you enjoy the episode!

Hey everyone! We wanted to release a short little update episode about what is going on in the world of Bad History. We will be back to our normal episodes in a few days. 

Nice to see you back here for another episode of Bad History! During this week's epsiode we decided to focus on Harriot Tubmen and Fredrick Douglas; two important leaders in the Anti-Slavery movement. While these two figures are widely known, so much of what the did and accomplished is not heard by most people. We hope to fix that by explaining what they did and why it is still important even today. We hope you enjoy!

Thanks for joining us for another episode of Bad History! This week, we talk about history's bad asses. We look at two of them in particular and also discuss what it means to be a historical bad ass. Also, we appreciate all the feedback we have been getting about the show and want to make it as good as it can be for our listeners. We've made a few tweaks that we discuss in the beginning. We hope you enjoy the episode!

Thank you for joining us for our very first episode of History Hangouts! What is History Hangouts you may ask? Good question. History Hangouts is a special edition of Bad History where Dave and Steven record the episode together in the same room. It is very unformal (even more so than ussual, if that it at all possible) and is more of just a conversation. The first episode of History Hangouts will be centered around the Civil War. We hope you enjoy!

Well we're back again for another week of exciting history stories and maybe some laughs thrown in. This week we tell stories about popes, two in particular. We talk about everything from excommunication to sacking ancient cities. Also, we talk about hats.

Thanks for joining us once again for another episode of Bad History! This week, we are talking about two of our favorite stories from some well known (and not so well known) empires. We hope that you enjoy!

On this week's episode of Bad History we debate who in fact was the greatest military leader of all time. It gets pretty real (sort of). Key talking points: - Guillermo del Toro vs. Everyone Else - COPS - Good scrolls - The Concubine Corp - Dog the Bounty Hunter is a racist - You never invade Russia

Thanks for joining us for the first ever episode of Bad History! This show is focuses on teaching history events in history that most people really don't understand. This week we each talk about one of our favorite events from history. Key talking points: - How to sit around a fireplace - Army of Darkness -The legend Bruce Willis - Little brother Italy - The Middle Ages: The most messed up time period in history

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