Join three friends as they discuss an event from history and bring up some hypothetical scenarios if things ended up differently.
This week on the season 10 finale of Hypothetical History, PK and Phil teach us about the space shuttle Challenger and the day that it exploded on take off resulting in the death of its crew, what caused the explosion, and how it could have been prevented.If you want more us while we are on our break you can check out our sports podcast The Buffalo Sports Collective where we discuss all things Buffalo Bills, Sabres, Bandits, and Bisons! Thanks for listening and stay tuned for updates on season 3 of Hypothetical History!
This week the Hypothetical Crew discuss Deep Water Horizon which was an oil rig that was responsible for the worlds biggest oil spill. Learn about the events that lead to the accident, the clean up, and as usual some hypothetical scenarios!
This week the hypothetical crew gets a little festive! Phil and Pat go over some Christmas traditions in a naughty and nice back and forth such as the origins of the Christmas tree, the candy cane, Krampus, and a spooky Yule Cat from Iceland. All of us from Hypothetical History wish you a happy holidays!
This week Phil and PK teach us about Martin Luther King JR and his role in the US Civil Rights Movement. Learn about his up bringing, some of the events he was part of such as the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and how we think the world might be different without him on the episode of Hypothetical History!
This week the hypothetical crew discusses The Gold Rush. Learn about the discovery of gold in California, the mass migration to the state, and how this event lead to statehood on this episode of Hypothetical History!
This week we go back to Boston as Phil and PK teach us about the Boston Tea party. Learn about what lead to this milestone event in US history, how much tea was actually involved, and more on this weeks episode of Hypothetical History.
This week PK and Pat teach Phil about the JFK assassination. Learn about Lee Harvey Oswald, the events, leading up to the fatal shot, and some interesting hypotheticals.
This week the hypothetical crew talks about the history of Niagara Falls! Pat and Phil teach PK how the Falls was formed, the history of hydro power, and the creation of the country's oldest state park!
Hypothetical History is back with a second season! This week we get a little spooky with the Salem Witch Trials! Phil and PK teach Pat about this infamous event in US history. Learn how the witch trials started, how many people were effected, and what could have gone differently on this Episode of Hypothetical History!
On the season 1 finale of Hypothetical History Pat, Phil, and PK each discuss weird laws from around the world ranging from Halloween, walking your dog, and how you handle a salmon.
This week Phil and PK teach us about the whistleblower Edward Snowden. Learn about the details that lead to this controversial event and what he is currently up to on this episode of Hypothetical History!
Things get sticky again as Phil and Pat teach PK about Canada's biggest heist! Learn how this group of thieves stole an astounding amount of maple syrup!
This week on Hypothetical History, Pat and PK teach Phil about the Watergate scandal. Learn one of the world's biggest political scandals started, how it was discovered, and how things could have gone differently!
This week Pat and Phil teach PK about the two times the Mongols tried to invade Japan. Learn how they were ultimately unsuccessful in their attacks, the origin of the word kamikaze, and how things could have gone a little differently.
This week PK and Pat teach Phil about Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City Bombing. Learn what led to this domestic terrorism attack, how it happened, and what led to the capture of McVeigh. Then in the hypothetical portion of the episode, the group discusses how a few small changes might have changed the entire event.
This week the Hypothetical crew learns about the shortest and longest wars in history. Find out how long these wars actually were, why they happened, and what could have gone differently!
This week Phil and PK teach Pat about the sinking of the Titanic. Learn how this supposedly unsinkable ship sunk to the bottom of the Atlantic on its maiden voyage and how this incident could have gone differently.
This Week Pat, Phil, and PK discuss how Vasili Arkhipov stopped a Soviet Union submarine from launching a nuclear torpedo during the Cuban missile crisis. Listen now to learn how this happened and the potential results that may have happened had things gone differently!
This week Pat, Phil, and PK talk about when the Florida Keys created the micro nation The Conch Republic. Things get weird involving conch fritters, stale bread, and coast guard.
This week Pat, Phil, and PK discuss The Unabomber. Learn about Ted Kaczynski's background and what led him to be one of the most well known domestic terrorists in the US. Then we discuss how things might have gone differently had his background been different.
In episode 10 of Hypothetical History join Pat, Phil, and PK as the discuss 3 different times animals were used in espionage. This episode features cats, pigeons, dolphins, and people in the 60s with weird ideas.
This week Pat, Phil, and PK learn about the Chernobyl disaster. Learn about everything that contributed to the most dangerous nuclear power plant accident in the world, and then learn how it could have been worse had things gone differently.
This week Pat, Phil, and PK learn about The Pig War where the United States and Britain almost went to war over a pig. Yes a pig. Sit back learn about this crazy event and how it could have hypothetically changed things as we know them.
This week on Hypothetical History Pat, Phil, and PK discuss the 8 assassination attempts on Queen Victoria's life.
This week Pat, Phil, and PK venture to the prehistoric era to discuss the extinction of the dinosaurs. Learn about some well known and not so well know theories as to how they met their demise, some of our favorite dinosaur facts, and discuss how accurate the portrayal of dinosaurs was in Jurassic Park in this episode of Hypothetical History.
This week on Hypothetical History Pat, Phil, and PK discuss Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II, and then talk about how the attack and war could have gone differently.
In Episode 3 Pat, Phil, and PK discuss a sticky situation when the city of Boston MA is flooded with Molasses.
In the second episode of Hypothetical History, join Phil, Pat, and PK as they discuss when a bomb went off in Atlanta GA at the 1996 Olympics.
Join Phil, Pat, and PK as they learn and discuss when Pepsi had the 6th largest military in the world in the first episode of Hypothetical History!
Join Phil, Pat, and PK weekly in a journey to rethink the past. We will go over all the facts from an event in history and then discuss what could have happened if things had gone differently. Hypothetical History – Re-envisioning the past.