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 Listen Here! ( https://thismachinebelongsto.buzzsprout.com/share ) Hi everybody its Kiley popping in to share the new project that we've been working on called "This Machine Belongs To", a psychological horror story told in short 10 minute or less episodes. So while the trailer is family friendly, this show is explicit, meaning it contains more adult language and themes than our normal content. Listener Discretion is advised. We hope you enjoy!  === Credits ===Produced by Halfwit Podcasts ( https://www.HalfwitPodcasts.com ). Written by Matt Spaziani ( https://vocal.media/authors/matt-spaziani ). Vernon Wright is voiced by Jonathan Swenson ( https://www.jgswenson.com ). Based on the journal role-playing game "The Machine" by Adira & Fen Slattery ( https://adira.itch.io/the-machine ).   Music and sound effects used with Zapsplat Gold, and Ghosthack Music licenses.   Support the show✨New: Subscribe on Buzzsprout to help us make the show, and future bonus content right in your RSS! ✨ https://www.buzzsprout.com/308030/supporters/newMusic: "Another Day" by The Fisherman.Cover Art by LezullaPlease Rate & Review us on Podchaser!You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and visit our website at www.HalfwitPodcasts.com! Reach out, say hello, or suggest a topic at HalfwitPod@gmail.com, or on this form!

This week Kiley and Jonathan take you along on their big trip to Japan! Full of fun facts and a few bigger topics like Japanese Bathing Culture and the history of Arcades!Support the show✨New: Subscribe on Buzzsprout to help us make the show, and future bonus content right in your RSS! ✨ https://www.buzzsprout.com/308030/supporters/newMusic: "Another Day" by The Fisherman.Cover Art by LezullaPlease Rate & Review us on Podchaser!You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and visit our website at www.HalfwitPodcasts.com! Reach out, say hello, or suggest a topic at HalfwitPod@gmail.com, or on this form!

This week Kiley dons the glitz and glam and rubs elbows with some original Hollywood royalty!Topic: The Duchess of Theater, Ethel Barrymore.Support the show✨New: Subscribe on Buzzsprout to help us make the show, and future bonus content right in your RSS! ✨ https://www.buzzsprout.com/308030/supporters/newMusic: "Another Day" by The Fisherman.Cover Art by LezullaPlease Rate & Review us on Podchaser!You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and visit our website at www.HalfwitPodcasts.com! Reach out, say hello, or suggest a topic at HalfwitPod@gmail.com, or on this form!

This week Kiley gets a little tipsy and throws a tantrum at taxes! Topic: The 7,000 persons strong protests at Braddock's Field in western Philadelphia as part of the Whiskey Rebellion.Support the show✨New: Subscribe on Buzzsprout to help us make the show, and future bonus content right in your RSS! ✨ https://www.buzzsprout.com/308030/supporters/newMusic: "Another Day" by The Fisherman.Cover Art by LezullaPlease Rate & Review us on Podchaser!You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and visit our website at www.HalfwitPodcasts.com! Reach out, say hello, or suggest a topic at HalfwitPod@gmail.com, or on this form!

This week Kiley takes a long walk down a stinky tunnel to fix yet another Boston infrastructure disaster.Topic: The Deer Island Sewer Project and Deadly Disaster. Support the show✨New: Subscribe on Buzzsprout to help us make the show, and future bonus content right in your RSS! ✨ https://www.buzzsprout.com/308030/supporters/newMusic: "Another Day" by The Fisherman.Cover Art by LezullaPlease Rate & Review us on Podchaser!You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and visit our website at www.HalfwitPodcasts.com! Reach out, say hello, or suggest a topic at HalfwitPod@gmail.com, or on this form!

This week Kiley returns to the open seas to collect some booty and show some booty to taunt the navy as part of the crew of the Antigua.Topic: The Pirate to Privateer to Pirate roller coaster of William Kidd. Support the show✨New: Subscribe on Buzzsprout to help us make the show, and future bonus content right in your RSS! ✨ https://www.buzzsprout.com/308030/supporters/newMusic: "Another Day" by The Fisherman.Cover Art by LezullaPlease Rate & Review us on Podchaser!You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and visit our website at www.HalfwitPodcasts.com! Reach out, say hello, or suggest a topic at HalfwitPod@gmail.com, or on this form!

This week Kiley joins the Rescue Aid Society, hops on an Albatross, and catches a kidnapper and diamond thief!Topic: The critically acclaimed 1977 American animated adventure, The Rescuers!Support the show✨New: Subscribe on Buzzsprout to help us make the show, and future bonus content right in your RSS! ✨ https://www.buzzsprout.com/308030/supporters/newMusic: "Another Day" by The Fisherman.Cover Art by LezullaPlease Rate & Review us on Podchaser!You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and visit our website at www.HalfwitPodcasts.com! Reach out, say hello, or suggest a topic at HalfwitPod@gmail.com, or on this form!

This week Kiley takes a train ride that challenged the meaning of equal rights.Topic: Plessy v Ferguson***Correction to the episode, there were in fact 9 justices on the supreme court, one was recused from the case due to family illness.Support the show✨New: Subscribe on Buzzsprout to help us make the show, and future bonus content right in your RSS! ✨ https://www.buzzsprout.com/308030/supporters/newMusic: "Another Day" by The Fisherman.Cover Art by LezullaPlease Rate & Review us on Podchaser!You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and visit our website at www.HalfwitPodcasts.com! Reach out, say hello, or suggest a topic at HalfwitPod@gmail.com, or on this form!

This week Kiley finds the coolest gravestone quote in existence "Casper Hauser: A Riddle of His Time" and Jonathan gets to writing that request into his will.Topic: Casper Hauser, the German Feral Child who was believed to be a lost Prince.Support the show✨New: Subscribe on Buzzsprout to help us make the show, and future bonus content right in your RSS! ✨ https://www.buzzsprout.com/308030/supporters/newMusic: "Another Day" by The Fisherman.Cover Art by LezullaPlease Rate & Review us on Podchaser!You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and visit our website at www.HalfwitPodcasts.com! Reach out, say hello, or suggest a topic at HalfwitPod@gmail.com, or on this form!

This week Kiley takes us waaaay back to the origins of history so we can get an enlightened look at the origins of communication and preservation of that knowledge.Topic: The Diamond Sutra, the earliest printed book.✨New: Subscribe on Buzzsprout to help us make the show, and future bonus content right in your RSS! ✨ https://www.buzzsprout.com/308030/supporters/newMusic: "Another Day" by The Fisherman.Cover Art by LezullaPlease Rate & Review us on Podchaser!You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and visit our website at www.HalfwitPodcasts.com! Reach out, say hello, or suggest a topic at HalfwitPod@gmail.com, or on this form!

This week Kiley throws some records on reverse as we talk about the cover up to prevent the lonely hearts of music fans everywhere.Topic: Is Paul McCartney Dead? The Conspiracy that the Beatles replaced Paul after a grizzly crash to boost Abbey Road record sales.✨New: Subscribe on Buzzsprout to help us make the show, and future bonus content right in your RSS! ✨ https://www.buzzsprout.com/308030/supporters/newMusic: "Another Day" by The Fisherman.Cover Art by LezullaPlease Rate & Review us on Podchaser!You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and visit our website at www.HalfwitPodcasts.com! Reach out, say hello, or suggest a topic at HalfwitPod@gmail.com, or on this form!

This week Kiley doffs a deerstalker to unravel the mystery of the first detective fiction narratives!Topic: The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe✨New: Subscribe on Buzzsprout to help us make the show, and future bonus content right in your RSS! ✨ https://www.buzzsprout.com/308030/supporters/newMusic: "Another Day" by The Fisherman.Cover Art by LezullaPlease Rate & Review us on Podchaser!You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and visit our website at www.HalfwitPodcasts.com! Reach out, say hello, or suggest a topic at HalfwitPod@gmail.com, or on this form!

This week Kiley learns not about boulders or rocks, but stones and the miles they've traveled.  Topic: The Christmas Caper of the Coronation Stone of Scone! P.S. - We'll be back soon but are taking a break. Happy Holidays & Happy New Year to all our Halfwit and Historians!   Editor's Note: It's cruel and unusual that Kiley decided to talk about traveling stones when she knew good and well Jonathan's kidney stones have not budged in over a week.  Support the showMusic: "Another Day" by The Fisherman. Cover Art by LezullaPlease Rate & Review us on Podchaser! You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and visit our website at www.HalfwitPodcasts.com! Reach out, say hello, or suggest a topic at HalfwitPod@gmail.com, or on this form!

This week Kiley steals the throne from a baby so she can have gender swap galas and repair our broken roadway infrastructure. If only this were a "not so long ago" episode...Topic: Elizabeth Petrovna's Imperial Coup to become Empress of RussiaSupport the showMusic: "Another Day" by The Fisherman. Cover Art by LezullaPlease Rate & Review us on Podchaser! You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and visit our website at www.HalfwitPodcasts.com! Reach out, say hello, or suggest a topic at HalfwitPod@gmail.com, or on this form!

This week Kiley takes us on a flight to Reno!  But why did she pack parachutes?Topic: The only unsolved sky heist, D. B. Cooper's one way trip with Northwest Airlines, $200,000, and a bomb.The Most Interesting & Successful LGBTQ PeopleOn Queer We Are, Brad Shreve talks with some of the most interesting and successful...Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the showMusic: "Another Day" by The Fisherman. Please Rate & Review us on Podchaser! You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and visit our website at www.HalfwitPodcasts.com! Reach out, say hello, or suggest a topic at HalfwitPod@gmail.com, or on this form!

This week Kiley could have had had it all, wealth, fame, fortune, but instead she developed a gambling addiction and became weirdly focused on ruining my life. Wait no that's our subject for today, Richard John Bingham. Though he did disappear.... I should sleep with one eye open...Topic: Richard John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan, Murderer and Figurative.Support the showMusic: "Another Day" by The Fisherman. Please Rate & Review us on Podchaser! You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and visit our website at www.HalfwitPodcasts.com! Reach out, say hello, or suggest a topic at HalfwitPod@gmail.com, or on this form!

This week Kiley hits the battlefield with a fancy new emblem that protects her from the wrath of the enemy... as long as the many kingdoms decide to recognize it.Topic: The Founding of the International Red Cross and the Red Crescent MovementMusic: "Another Day" by The Fisherman.  Please Rate & Review us on Podchaser! You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and visit our website at www.HalfwitPodcasts.com!  Reach out, say hello, or suggest a topic at HalfwitPod@gmail.com, or on this form! Support the show

This week Kiley joins (yet another) secret organization and swears that there's nothing conspiracy about it. Jonathan is not so sure and looks to Papal Bull: Attorney at Law for more concrete answers.Topic: The Arrest of the Grand Master of The Knights Templar on charges of Idolatry and Corruption.Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman.  Please Rate & Review us on Podchaser! You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and visit our website at www.HalfwitPodcasts.com!  Reach out, say hello, or suggest a topic at HalfwitPod@gmail.com, or on this form!  Support the show

This week Kiley decides that she wants to be Pope. I mean why not? All the cool Popes did it!Topic: Antipope Benedict XIII and the Western SchismMusic: "Another Day" by The Fisherman.  Please Rate & Review us on Podchaser! You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and visit our website at www.HalfwitPodcasts.com!  Reach out, say hello, or suggest a topic at HalfwitPod@gmail.com, or on this form! Support the show

This week Kiley joins a guerilla movement for anti-racism, feminism, and overall equality... and it turns out to be a very bad choice. The Hydra Flag maybe should have been a dead give away.Topic: The Kidnapping of Patricia Hearst and the Symbionese Liberation ArmyMusic: "Another Day" by The Fisherman.  Please Rate & Review us on Podchaser! You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and visit our website at www.HalfwitPodcasts.com!  Reach out, say hello, or suggest a topic at HalfwitPod@gmail.com, or on this form!  Support the show

This week Kiley cracks open a cold case to track down the disappeared justice with the coolest name the legal system has even known.Topic: The still unexplained disappearance of New York Supreme Court Justice Joseph Force Crater.Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman.  Please Rate & Review us on Podchaser! You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and visit our website at www.HalfwitPodcasts.com!  Reach out, say hello, or suggest a topic at HalfwitPod@gmail.com, or on this form! Support the show

This week Kiley takes a tour of an art museum and steals some nobody's unfinished painting. No one will miss it, right?Topic: The Theft of the Mona Lisa and its unexpected rise to fame!Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman.  Please Rate & Review us on Podchaser! You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and visit our website at www.HalfwitPodcasts.com!  Reach out, say hello, or suggest a topic at HalfwitPod@gmail.com, or on this form! Support the show

This week Kiley cut a car into tiny pieces after the Crime of the Century in our old stomping grounds of Boston! Topic: Anthony "Fats" Pino and the multi million dollar Brinks Robbery of 1950.Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman.  Please Rate & Review us on Podchaser! You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and visit our website at www.HalfwitPodcasts.com!  Reach out, say hello, or suggest a topic at HalfwitPod@gmail.com, or on this form!  Support the show (https://www.ko-fi.com/halfwithistory)

This week Kiley is witness to a "secret" treason committee hearing that takes place in a public courtyard, creating a controversy that wouldn't be truly resolved for one hundred years.Topic: The False Treason of Alfred Dreyfus known as the Dreyfus Affair.Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman.  Please Rate & Review us on Podchaser! You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and visit our website at www.HalfwitPodcasts.com!  Reach out, say hello, or suggest a topic at HalfwitPod@gmail.com, or on this form! Support the show (https://www.ko-fi.com/halfwithistory)

This week Jonathan gets arrested for diving into a pile of garbage to teach Kiley about the history of one of his family's favorite thanksgiving traditions.Topic: The (Mostly) True History of "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" by Arlo Guthrie.Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman.  Please Rate & Review us on Podchaser! You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and visit our website at www.HalfwitPodcasts.com!  Reach out, say hello, or suggest a topic at HalfwitPod@gmail.com, or on this form!   Support the show (https://www.ko-fi.com/halfwithistory)

This week Kiley takes on our first listener suggested topic! Thanks Hanna for bringing us on a wild underdog story with some good tunes to kick off this holiday season!Topic: Hector Berlioz and his Symphonie Fantastique, one of the most innovative symphonies of the 19th century. Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman.  "Dream & Passions"..."A Ball"..."Scenes in the Country"..."March to the Scaffold"...and "Dream of the Witches' Sabbath"......by Hector Berlioz and as performed by  Pierre Monteux conducting the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. Recorded in 1951. Transferred and restored from the original RCA Victor mono LP LM-1131. Transfer by Bob Varney. ( https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ )Please Rate & Review us on Podchaser! You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and visit our website at www.HalfwitPodcasts.com!  Reach out, say hello, or suggest a topic at HalfwitPod@gmail.com, or on this form!    Support the show (https://www.ko-fi.com/halfwithistory)

This week Kiley is seeing double as another halfwit takes up the hot seat and whisks us both on a thrilling adventure through the life of the greatest pirate in history!Topic: Pirate Queen Zheng Yi Sao, Commander of the Guangdong Pirate Confederation. You can support our guest halfwit Matt by visiting their writing website at ( https://vocal.media/authors/matt-spaziani ) Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman.  Please Rate & Review us on Podchaser! You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and visit our website at www.HalfwitPodcasts.com!  Reach out, say hello, or suggest a topic at HalfwitPod@gmail.com, or on this form!  Support the show (https://www.ko-fi.com/halfwithistory)

This week Jonathan plugs in to some old games and learns about the humble but tumultuous beginnings of at home console gaming.Topic: The Atari Video Computer System Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman.  Please Rate & Review us on Podchaser! You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and visit our website at www.HalfwitPodcasts.com!  Reach out, say hello, or suggest a topic at HalfwitPod@gmail.com, or on this form!   Support the show (https://www.ko-fi.com/halfwithistory)

This week Kiley takes up arms in the Ragamuffin War with Brazilian revolutionary and frequent rebel Anita Garibaldi.Topic: Anita Garibaldi, the Spirit of The Age of Romanticism and Revolutionary Liberalism. Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman.  Please Rate & Review us on Podchaser! You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and visit our website at www.HalfwitPodcasts.com!  Reach out, say hello, or suggest a topic at HalfwitPod@gmail.com, or on this form!  Support the show (https://www.ko-fi.com/halfwithistory)

This week Kiley plays some poker in an old saloon and gets caught with the dead mans hand as she navigates shoot outs between Wild Bill and a guy who cant seem to stop flaunting fabrications.Topic: The first murder of Wild Bill Hickok.Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman.  Please Rate & Review us on Podchaser!You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and visit our website at www.halfwit-history.com!  Reach out, say hello, or suggest a topic at HalfwitPod@gmail.com, or on this form! Support the show (https://www.ko-fi.com/halfwithistory)

This week Kiley buys a ticket to the original "Greatest Show" and is reminded of a horrifying night as a girl scout camping in a museum. And that's probably the least horrific part of the episode.Topic: The life of P.T. Barnum and his many opportunistic endeavors.Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman.  Please Rate & Review us on Podchaser!You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and visit our website at www.halfwit-history.com!  Reach out, say hello, or suggest a topic at HalfwitPod@gmail.com, or on this form!      Get $15 off Amphy (a live learning service) when you use the link www.amphy.com/gift/halfwit Post Roll Promo Swap with Ghost Town Podcast!Support the show (https://www.ko-fi.com/halfwithistory)

This week Jonathan throws on some fuzzy leg warmers and pops his headphones into a funny blue and metal brick that lets him jam out to his own beat  on the way to aerobics classes.Topic: The Sony Walkman and the revolution of personal music.Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman.  Please Rate & Review us on Podchaser!You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and visit our website at www.halfwit-history.com!  Reach out, say hello, or suggest a topic at HalfwitPod@gmail.com, or on this form!      Get $15 off Amphy (a live learning service) when you use the link www.amphy.com/gift/halfwit Post Roll Promo Swap with Early Stuart England!Support the show (https://www.ko-fi.com/halfwithistory)

This week Kiley has the worst day ever because the potatoes won't grow! So she sets sail to America just to find out the American Dream is built on the backs of labor violations.Topic: The Molly Maguires, coal miner unions, and vigilante injustices. Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman.  Please Rate & Review us on Podchaser!You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and visit our website at www.halfwit-history.com!  Reach out, say hello, or suggest a topic at HalfwitPod@gmail.com, or on this form!    Get $15 off Amphy (a live learning service) when you use the link www.amphy.com/gift/halfwit Post Roll Promo Swap with Early Stuart England!Support the show (https://www.ko-fi.com/halfwithistory)

This week Jonathan visits his own backyard and is held prisoner of war by Indigenous Nations people and it turns out its not that bad. The New England Confederacy however, very bad.Topic: Metacomet's War, aka King Phillip's War, aka the deadliest war in American History. Also Massasoit is a title, Ousamequin was the man's name, just another failing in American education.Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman.  Please Rate & Review us on Podchaser!You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and visit our website at www.halfwit-history.com!  Reach out, say hello, or suggest a topic at HalfwitPod@gmail.com, or on this form!     Get $15 off Amphy (a live learning service) when you use the link www.amphy.com/gift/halfwit Post Roll Promo Swap with Early Stuart England!Support the show (https://www.ko-fi.com/halfwithistory)

This week Kiley throws on a crown, a bit of an accent, and downs some vodka before swaggering up to a Czarina and proclaiming herself ruler of Russia.Topic: The Emperor of Russia, how he stole the throne, and how others assumed his fake identity afterwards.Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman.  Please Rate & Review us on Podchaser!You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and visit our website at www.halfwit-history.com!  Reach out, say hello, or suggest a topic at HalfwitPod@gmail.com, or on this form!    Get $15 off Amphy (a live learning service) when you use the link www.amphy.com/gift/halfwit Post Roll Promo Swap with Sofa Spuds History!Support the show (https://www.ko-fi.com/halfwithistory)

This week Jonathan delves into the surprising life of Jack Kevorkian and everything that comes with the topic. Going to be honest, I was not expecting to find exactly what I did or how serious the subject is regardless of your side on the very controversial issue.Content Warning: Suicide. Please skip this episode if that's something you struggle with.Topic: Jack Kevorkian and his efforts to bring about change related to physician assisted suicide, euthanasia, and the right to die.Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman.  Please Rate & Review us on Podchaser!You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and visit our website at www.halfwit-history.com!  Reach out, say hello, or suggest a topic at HalfwitPod@gmail.com, or on this form!      Post Roll Promo Swap with A (Not So Brief) History of Disney World!Support the show (https://www.ko-fi.com/halfwithistory)

This week Kiley tricks kids into bringing farm animals to school, but the prank backfires and creates a classic nursery rhyme.Topic: Sarah Josepha Hale's nursery rhyme Mary's Lamb ( or Mary Had a Little Lamb)Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman.  Please Rate & Review us on Podchaser!You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and visit our website at www.halfwit-history.com!  Reach out, say hello, or suggest a topic at HalfwitPod@gmail.com, or on this form!     Post Roll Promo Swap with Let's Break History!Support the show (https://www.ko-fi.com/halfwithistory)

This week Jonathan arms himself with a canvas diving suit, some seas sponges, and untold riches. Time flies when you have to rediscover clocks every few hundred years.Topic: The worlds first computer, The Antikythera Mechanism. Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman.  Please Rate & Review us on Podchaser!You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and visit our website at www.halfwit-history.com!  Reach out, say hello, or suggest a topic at HalfwitPod@gmail.com, or on this form!    Post Roll Promo Swap with Lunatics Radio Hour!Support the show (https://www.ko-fi.com/halfwithistory)

This week Kiley gets to live out some fantasies through the life of legendary librarian in a story of archiving, intrigue, and (most importantly) sugar daddies.Topic: Legendary Librarian Belle daCosta Greene Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman.  Please Rate & Review us on Podchaser!You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and visit our website at www.halfwit-history.com!  Reach out, say hello, or suggest a topic at HalfwitPod@gmail.com, or on this form!   Post Roll Promo Swap with The Reluctant Historian!Support the show (https://www.ko-fi.com/halfwithistory)

This week Kiley sits down to talk about a cautionary tale of telling a crush you like them... in front of a live studio audience. Worst that can happen is they don't like you back, right?Topic: The Jenny Jones Show MurderMusic: "Another Day" by The Fisherman.  Please Rate & Review us on Podchaser!You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and visit our website at www.halfwit-history.com!  Reach out, say hello, or suggest a topic at HalfwitPod@gmail.com, or on this form!  Support the show (https://www.ko-fi.com/halfwithistory)

Surprise! You get a brief appearance from us even though we are on a quick break because silly me forgot we had this episode in the bank! Now I'm doubly embarrassed we didn't do this a few days ago for April Fools... Anyways, enjoy the show and we'll resume regularly scheduled episodes in May!This week Kiley takes a tour of the middle east with an extremely influential policy maker, archeologist, and explorer.Topic: Gertrude BellMusic: "Another Day" by The Fisherman.  Please Rate & Review us on Podchaser!You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and visit our website at www.halfwit-history.com!  Reach out, say hello, or suggest a topic at HalfwitPod@gmail.com, or on this form! Support the show (https://www.ko-fi.com/halfwithistory)

The stress of, well, the whole last year got to us and we didn't want to admit it. So now we are. BUT that doesn't mean this is goodbye, and it doesn't mean we aren't working on the show! We decided to stop forcing ourselves to try to catch up and instead we are already working on and getting ready to record episodes for May. With this change of tactic Jonathan will be able to come back to doing topics as well instead of just producing, and we will forever have a few months in the bag in case any other worldwide catastrophes occur!We are excited to come back better than ever, and thanks for being great listeners. See you in May!Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman. You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and visit our website at www.halfwit-history.com! Reach out, say hello, or suggest a topic at HalfwitPod@gmail.com Support the show (https://www.ko-fi.com/halfwithistory)

This week Kiley gets involved with the most tried and true aspects of politics. Bribery, oil, and a sprinkle of cabinet wide corruption. Almost sounds like we aren't back in history for this one.Topic: Henry Sinclair, Edward Doheny, and one of the most scandalous presidents, Warren G. Harding's involvement in the Teapot Dome Oil Reserve Scandal.Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman. You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and visit our website at www.halfwit-history.com! Reach out, say hello, or suggest a topic at HalfwitPod@gmail.com Support the show (https://www.ko-fi.com/halfwithistory)

This week Kiley puts on her oil rigging gear to drill where no oil rigger has ever rigged oil before, a common water well. And even then she wasn't drilling for water but... children?Topic: Baby Jessica, The Nations Baby who Fell in a Well.Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman. You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and visit our website at www.halfwit-history.com! Reach out, say hello, or suggest a topic at HalfwitPod@gmail.com Support the show (https://www.ko-fi.com/halfwithistory)

This week Kiley goes to to Paris to see a magnificent, opulent, tremendous, stupendous, gargantuan, bedazzlement, a sensual ravishment, a spectacular spectacular, of a show! Topic: The Real History of the Moulin Rouge! Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman. You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and visit our website at www.halfwit-history.com! Reach out, say hello, or suggest a topic at HalfwitPod@gmail.com Support the show (https://www.ko-fi.com/halfwithistory)

This week Kiley dusts of her skirt of bananas, joins the French Resistance, and punches some Nazis. All in a day's work, at least it was for Josephine Baker.Topic: The Black Venus of the Jazz Age, Josephine Baker.Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman. You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and visit our website at www.halfwit-history.com! Reach out, say hello, or suggest a topic at HalfwitPod@gmail.com Support the show (https://www.ko-fi.com/halfwithistory)

This week Jonathan goes under the dome to try surviving with the last remaining humans on earth! But boy is everyone hangry...Topic: Biosphere 2 and Spaceship EarthMusic: "Another Day" by The Fisherman. You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and visit our website at www.halfwit-history.com! Reach out, say hello, or suggest a topic at HalfwitPod@gmail.com Support the show (https://www.ko-fi.com/halfwithistory)

This week Kiley visits World War II to tell us a story of the man who helped expose Auschwitz, by volunteering to enter it. Topic: Witold Pelicki, Polish Resistance Fighter and Infiltrator of Auschwitz. Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman. You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and visit our website at www.halfwit-history.com! Reach out, say hello, or suggest a topic at HalfwitPod@gmail.com Support the show (https://www.ko-fi.com/halfwithistory)

This week Jonathan treks through the stars with the first woman of color to go to space, as she looks at some frogs, grows some crystals, and plans the future of space travel. Topic: Mission Specialist Dr. Mae Jemison, STS-47, and 100 Year Star Ship. Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman. You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and visit our website at www.halfwit-history.com! Reach out, say hello, or suggest a topic at HalfwitPod@gmail.com Support the show (https://www.ko-fi.com/halfwithistory)

This week Kiley becomes a citizen of a fake island that loves to wedge themselves into fringe records to solidify their claim as a nation. Topic: The Principality of Sealand, the Rogue Nation Built on an Anti-Aircraft Platform. Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman. You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and visit our website at www.halfwit-history.com! Reach out, say hello, or suggest a topic at HalfwitPod@gmail.com Support the show (https://www.ko-fi.com/halfwithistory)

This week Jonathan discovers the fairly scientific origin of the college dorm staple, Instant Ramen. Topic: Momofuku Ando's Invention of Chikin Ramen and Cup Noodle. Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman. You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and visit our website at www.halfwit-history.com! Reach out, say hello, or suggest a topic at HalfwitPod@gmail.com Support the show (https://www.ko-fi.com/halfwithistory)