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Garbled Twistory is a podcast that’s primary objective is to humanize history, through humorizing history. It re-tells history in a way that places special emphasis on the most unusual elements and indiscriminately injects F.U.N by the bucketload! The first season’s focus is US History: as told by…

Rafiq Taylor


    • Jan 7, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
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    Second Announcement of RESTRUCTURING!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2024 1:39


    Belva Ann Lockwood: A Veteran Lady Lawyer? In the 1800s??

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2023 5:58


    Ok so the first prezzy prezzy candidate for 1884 is like... Possibly more rare than a unicorn! Not only is she a woman in 1800s politics, but like... She fought her way through law school too?? Impressive!

    Thomas Andrews Hendricks: WHOA! He's back?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2023 12:13


    The final VP candidee of 1884 is just... My goodness what is he doing back here? Okay? I guess this is a REBROADCAST with the NEW INFO at the 9:39 mark!

    John Alexander Logan: Most Improved?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2023 4:46


    This VP Candidate seems to have lived a fairly easy life, floating around the government as he preps for 1884...

    William Daniel: Keeping An Eye On The Drunks!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2023 4:26


    These prohibition folks are STILL AT IT in 1884, and this next VP candidate is no exception, that's for sure!

    drunks william daniel
    Absolom Madden West: A Career Traitor. Don't Trust Him.

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2023 3:00


    This next 1884 VP candidate is rather unknown... But um. He DOES have a habit of changing allegiances so be careful around him...

    Marietta Stow: Wait, A Woman?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2023 4:05


    The first VP candidate we're looking at for 1884 ALSO happens to be the first woman to ever run for VP... I mean, it only took a hundred years, but better late than never I guess!

    1883: Fyre Fest But He's A Cannibal

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2023 10:18


    Ok so for this final in-between-election episode some crazy man ate people and he's in court now in 1883 and like... I don't like him.

    1882: You Ain't Never Leaving Vulcan Street

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2023 3:37


    In this next in-betweener it's time for a cute little story about the invention of how generate electricity in ya household!

    leaving vulcans vulcan street
    1881: Cleopatra in the Big City!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2023 6:05


    We are now getting into these in-between-election events! And things are already starting off crazy cuz there's some 1400 BCE stuff going on here!

    ELECTION #24!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2023 14:39


    The 1880 election is here and why does all this nonsense sound so freaking familiar?

    James Abram Garfield: Stark-Raving Abolitionist Mathemetician!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2023 18:50


    We have arrived at the final official presidential potential for 1880 and this man's done some rather unusual things indeed!

    Winfield Scott Hancock: A Many-Faced Demon

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2023 12:47


    The second-to-last 1880 Prezzy Wezzy candidee has experienced a great deal of recent history from a great number of vantage points all because of his reputation for being frighteningly reliable...

    demon faced hancock winfield scott
    James Baird Weaver: Man of the Future!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2023 11:50


    As these 1880 Prezzy Wezzy candidates wind down, we find ourselves ahead of our time somehow with this guy...

    Neal Dow: The Forever War Against Alcahol!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2023 12:58


    This presidential candidate for 1880 definitely has one of the stranger backstories regarding his motivations, or should I say primarily singular motivation...

    John Wolcott Phelps: A Soldier in Perhaps Too Many Ways or Just Enough Ways!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2023 4:46


    The first prezzy wezzy candidate for 1880 we're looking at has a very weird, contradictory military history. I don't know what to do with him.

    Chester Alan Arthur: The Slimiest Abolitionist Ever

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2023 13:15


    The final VP candidate we are looking at for 1880 has done some of the wildest political shenanigans I have seen in a long time... New York goes CRAZY bro!

    William Hayden English: Willing To Compromise Literally Anything

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2023 7:14


    As these VP candidates wind down we meet a dude who honestly is such a square that he's lucky he's from Indiana.

    Barzillai Jefferson Chambers: The Crazed Landlord!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2023 6:38


    These 1880 VP Candidates are really turning out to be an unusual bunch, and BARZILLAI over here is no exception.

    Henry Adams Thompson: He's Just A Math Tearcher Bro.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2023 4:35


    Yes it's another VP candidate for 1880 and uh... his qualifications are uh... Integral Calculus I Guess?

    Samuel Clarke Pomeroy: You want to do WHAT in Panama?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2023 4:39


    It's 1880 election season time! We must discuss! This first vp potential is a little weirdo who maybe bribed one person that one time? Maybe. It's conjecture.

    1879: Colorado Chaos!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2023 6:46


    There's always an insane number of wars with the natives happening. Literally at any point in the 1800s the US is warring with some local original residents over land... But let's check in on the situation anyways!

    1878: Tornado of Terror!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2023 3:47


    In our second in-between-election episode in this series, we discuss the one thing that unites ALL New Englanders... storm season, for some reason... I don't make the rules!

    1877: Don't Mess With Lizzie Maguire!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2023 13:36


    It is time for the first in-between-election episode of 1877 and MY GOODNESS some of the CRAZIEST things have been happening in Pennsylvania! What in the world?!

    ELECTION #23!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2023 11:25


    The 1876 election is UPON US, and my goodness, the flames of conflict in this one feel... scarily familiar.

    Rutherford B. Hayes: That War Really Banged Him Up!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2023 12:58


    Here we are! The final Prezzy Wezzy cadlidee before the 1876 election! This dude sure seems to be a mover and a shaker...

    Samuel J. Tilden: The Drug Dealer Who Took Down Boss Tweed!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2023 7:37


    This next Prezzy Wezzy Candidate for 1876 has one of the... WILDER stories I've read in a WHILE okay?

    drug dealers boss tweed samuel j tilden
    Peter Cooper: One of the Coolest New York Philanthropists!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2023 7:37


    We are starting to wind down on these 1876 Presidential Potentials and this man? This man is why New York is the way it is when people have good things to say about New York.

    Green Clay Smith: That Sounds Like A Minecraft Item...

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2023 3:34


    Alright, it is time to begin discussing the major presidential pieces of this 1876, and this first guy... He's just kinda here isn't he?

    William Almon Wheeler: He Scammed His Way Through College But That's Okay

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2023 4:41


    We have made it to the final VP potential of this 1876 saga! Somehow he's flown under the radar the whole time for all this chaos, which baffles me, but hey, let's take a closer look!

    Thomas Andrews Hendricks: He's got the Indiana Recession Blues!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2023 10:38


    Ok, this second-to-last VP candidate for 1876 still seems to be riding gloriously on the wave of a deceased predecessor. Yeah. I wonder if that'll work out for him. Anyway, this is a REBROADCAST with the NEW INFO at the 7:40 mark!

    Samuel Fenton Cary: He Likes His Money Green!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2023 4:24


    Alright, it's 1876, and this next VP candidate just kinda popped up outta nowhere so let's find out what his deal is!

    Gideon Tabor Stewart: Wait he ran for governor HOW many times?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2023 3:38


    Yes, we have ARRIVED at the 1876 election, and yes, we're starting to look at some strange VP candidates once again! Here's to hoping these folks have their act together this round...

    1875: Too Many Hoppers In The Grass

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2023 5:08


    OK! For this final in-betweener we're talking about BUGS BRO!! BUGGY BUGGED BUGS! They're EVERYWHERE!

    1874: QWERTY

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2023 8:58


    Literally look down at whatever you're typing on right now and I'll tell you the 1800's history of why you're forced to type that way.

    1873: The Wives Gather!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2023 5:42


    With another riveting election behind us, it is time to begin the next series of in-between-election episodes, and Oh! It seems the women have had ENOUGH!

    ELECTION #22!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2023 9:53


    Goodness Gracious! What a journey! We've finally made it to the 1872 election after covering a small parade of candidates! And for an election that was a runaway easy win, there sure are a LOT of SURPRISING DEVELOPMENTS...

    Ulysses S. Grant: The Toxic Ally To All!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2023 53:17


    Well, what do we have here? The FINAL contender for this rockin' 1872 prezzy wezzy election? Oh, it's THAT man? What has he been up to as the cucumber of this one? I bet this REBROADCAST will serve as a wild refresher before you're hit with the NEW INFO at the 39:39 mark!

    Thomas Andrews Hendricks: A Random Doofus Appears With A Steel Chair!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2023 8:21


    I think we are truly getting close to the end of this 1872 candidate marathon. I really do. But fools like this one coming out of the woodwork to be a prezzy wezzy candidate does not help matters.

    Horace Greeley: More Powerful Than A President!?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2023 34:02


    This particular prezzy wezzy candidate for 1872 has a history of being like, arguably the most powerful man in America?? The dude's so powerful that everyone is hanging on his every word to the point where it's probably gonna get him in trouble later!

    america powerful horace greeley
    Charles Jones Jenkins: THIS fool is back?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2023 4:35


    It's still 1872 and we're STILL going through some presidential potentials and I forgot this man even existed and of course when he comes back he's still committing inconsequential acts of unnecessary tomfoolery.

    David Davis: I Wish He Was Here Now!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2023 5:22


    We are still tumbling on through this 1872 election with all its presidential potentials in tow, and this next guy is... Quite a guy!

    Charles O'Conor: Irish Mafioso?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2023 4:00


    This Prezzy Wezzy candidate for 1872 has quite the unusual backstory and quite the legal resume too!

    James Black: He Thinks You're A Problem Drinker

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2023 3:08


    We are finally getting into the Presidential Suite of this 1872 election here and some Prohibitionist snuck into the room how did that happen? Aren't we like 40 years early?

    drinker james black presidential suite prohibitionist
    Henry Wilson: A Hundred Years Ahead of His Time!?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2023 19:29


    I am nothing less than astounded by the story of this final 1872 VP Candidate. This man was thinking BEYOND freedom and BEYOND just abolition. This dude would have fit right in for the 1960s. That's crazy to me!

    Benjamin Gratz Brown: He's Radical About Civil Rights!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2022 5:36


    Ah yes! The second-to-last vice principal potential for 1872! As we near the end of this VP conga, we get a... rather refreshing look at a man a head of his time.

    Alfred Holt Colquitt: Just Your Average Military Pick

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2022 3:49


    On this next episode of Garbled Twistory, it's another 1872 VP candidate! (I promise, we're in the home stretch here!) And this dude? He's firmly nothing unusual, buster! Well except for the whole "surviving Antietam" thing how did he do that?

    George Washington Julian: This Guy is a Super-Lincoln!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2022 11:44


    Ok, we are still sorting through all these 1872 VP potentials but whoa this guy's back?! We got a real ahead-of-his-time radical here! Wow. Enjoy this REBROADCAST with the NEW INFO at the 5:38 mark!

    Thomas Elliott Bramlette: A man so racist, he voluntarily switched political parties.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2022 7:04


    We talk about a LOT of racist people on this podcast, but rarely is that the SPECIFIC and ENTIRE reason behind changing political parties. This 1872 VP Candidate is here to CHANGE that history...

    John McAuley Palmer: Restorative Justice in the 1800s?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2022 7:39


    Ok! Another VP candidate coming right up! And boy oh boy, this man has some drastic measures for these drastic times!

    Nathaniel Prentice Banks: Wait He Wants to Invade Canada?!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2022 29:44


    Here we are! ANOTHER VP potential is stepping up to the plate for this 1872 election! This man comes from some humble beginnings... Which is unusual actually. But will the humility carry over?

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