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A podcast for the casual fan of history. The Wikipedia reader. The kids who grew up with a dad who watched the same 10 hours of World War II specials on The History Channel. Join Dan Regester, Rob Fox, and Jake Goldman as they tastefully insert themselves into the past. The only thing we don't show is our research.

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    • Sep 7, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • weekly NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 18m AVG DURATION
    • 108 EPISODES

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    We Never Wanted Real News

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2022 82:46


    How did Pulitzer, Hearst, et al. sell papers? It wasn't with the high brow stuff. They sent reporters to hospitals to write about the gruesome murders and horrible (or embarrassing, alcohol fueled) injuries a city's residents had suffered that day. And it all went on one page. We break down one of those pages, from the August 23rd, 1897 edition of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

    We've Never Wanted Real News

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2022 82:46


    How did Pulitzer, Hearst, et al. sell papers? It wasn't with the high brow stuff. They sent reporters to hospitals to write about the gruesome murders and horrible (or embarrassing, alcohol fueled) injuries a city's residents had suffered that day. And it all went on one page. We break down one of those pages, from the August 23rd, 1897 edition of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. It's got everything from Italian hookers to race wars to sad old drunk ladies.

    We've Never Wanted Real News

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2022 82:46


    How did Pulitzer, Hearst, et al. sell papers? It wasn't with the high brow stuff. They sent reporters to hospitals to write about the gruesome murders and horrible (or embarrassing, alcohol fueled) injuries a city's residents had suffered that day. And it all went on one page. We break down one of those pages, from the August 23rd, 1897 edition of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. It's got everything from Italian hookers to race wars to sad old drunk ladies.

    The Worst Crusade Ever

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2022 69:34


    Sometimes you have to crack a few of your fellow Christian's eggs to make a Holy Land omelet. The 4th Crusade was a Pope's call to action gone horribly wrong, a few side missions that ultimately submarined the main quest, and one of the Catholic church's biggest blunders in their storied history of mistakes. Brought to you by Withernot Rugby Shirts. Get 20% off your order at withernot.com with the code POD20

    How Florida Made America

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2022 86:47


    It's our two year anniversary, and we're diving into the history of The Republic of West Florida. Learn how Florida is basically responsible for everything America is today, for better or worse.

    The Hardcore Jewish Kingdom You Never Heard Of

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2022 65:08


    The Kingdom of Himyar in modern-day Yemen may have converted to Judaism for political reasons in 380 A.D. but eventually they went harder than anybody to rep their beliefs. And by that we mean they slaughtered a bunch of Christians.

    The Titanic Was On Fire With Jessie Wiseman

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2022 84:57


    Jessie Wiseman joins the boys to talk about the lesser known details about the sinking of the Titanic.

    Planes, Trains, and Automobiles All Hate This Guy

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2022 76:54


    Frano Selak is the luckiest unlucky person in history. Learn how he survived 7 brushes with horrible, violent death, and what he's up to today.

    Hitler And The Pope

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2022 94:35


    Newly released Vatican records detail how Hitler and the Nazis used the Catholic Church's sex abuse to blackmail Pope Pius XII into not being too mean to the Third Reich. Patreon.com/softcorehistory

    Tits Out For The Duel

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2022 73:09


    Tits Out For The Duel by Softcore History

    Visit Antarctica! Eat Dogs And Die

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2022 74:19


    Douglas Mawson ventured to Antarctica, TWICE, but it almost cost him his life. Find out how he almost died getting his literal rocks off in this week's episode.

    Do You Want To Build A Snowman?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2022 62:24


    In 1511 the people of Brussels, while suffering through a brutal winter known as "The Winter of Death", took to the streets and expressed their displeasure with the ruling classes and life in general by... sculpting snowmen and making them have sex with each other.

    Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2022 53:38


    Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em by Softcore History

    The Inventor Of Mommy Issues

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2022 73:05


    The guys talk about the coed killer's disdain for his mother, his adventures in cat killing, and his unintentional contribution to the field of criminal profiling.

    Ghost Party

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2022 75:29


    In the late 19th Century, one Chicago family found itself living in a house that turned out to be aggressively haunted. But these weren't normal ghosts. These were cool ghosts who loved to party.

    Don't Fall In Love In The Wild West

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2022 73:54


    A psycho trust fund kid, an aging but talented performer, and Wyatt Earp. Dodge City, Kansas was not a great place to "love" and "be loved"... or just to live in general. There's a reason they say "Get the hell outta Dodge."

    Thank You Sirhan May I Have Another?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2022 99:49


    This week we talk about the assassin so nice, they named him twice; Sirhan Sirhan. We dive deep into the RFK assassination and some of its mysterious circumstances. We're just asking questions! If you're interested in a better way to use nicotine, visit https://www.Lucy.co, and be sure to use that promo code SOFTCORE

    The Lost City of Wieners

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2022 77:59


    A recently discovered ancient city has changed everything -- seriously, everything — we know about human history, and it's covered in dicks.

    New York Clowns vs. Canadian Firefighters

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2022 61:50


    A group of liquored up traveling clowns and volunteer firefighters go into a Toronto brothel in 1855. Mayhem ensues.

    The US Navy's Dumbest Boat

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2022 71:46


    This week we cover the USS William D Porter. A Naval Destroyer that, for better or worse, was so good at destroying it almost killed FDR… twice.

    Rosie The Riveter Could Never

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2022 75:39


    Massachusetts Puritan colonist Hannah Duston was the first woman to ever have a statue erected in her honor in the United States. But was what she did worthy of a monument?

    Wastin' Away Again In Slave-a-ritaville

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2022 63:28


    The American Confederacy in Brazil? This week we talk about the southern rebels who took the L in the Civil War and picked up shop to continue their Dixieland Delight in South America.

    Easter Is Stolen IP

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2022 82:25


    This week Jake tries to dunk on Jesus and fails, Rob thinks Six Flags is the same as Disney, and we all learn about the pagan traditions that live on in modern Easter celebrations.

    The Worst Way Any Japanese Soldier Died During WW2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2022 80:07


    Human beings might be at the top of the planet's food chain but we've taken some L's to animals over the years, none worse than what happened to the Japanese soldiers who, near the end of World War II, retreated into the swamps of Burma's Ramree Island and found ancient, bloodthirsty predators waiting for them.

    Thank God Native Americans Killed Everything That Used To Live Here

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2022 82:23


    This is the story of the FIRST colonization of the Americas, some 13,000ish years ago. Humans arrived here for what turned out to actually be the second time and, like people are wont to do, they killed the other people living here and, more importantly, the giant nightmare monsters that were living in the Americas.

    Classic Hollywood's "Unsolved" Murders

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2022 69:50


    The guys talk about the golden age of Hollywood's most unusual deaths, including a sketchy accidental fatality on William Randolph Hearst's yacht, a teenaged starlet's older lover's suspicious death, and a famous actress's suicide that was super obviously NOT a suicide.

    The Cancelled Goat Ball Doctor

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2022 88:05


    This week we learn about J.R. Brinkley, a shady doctor with even shadier practices that had an election stolen from him, his radio platform stolen, and probably stole some goat balls himself. https://www.patreon.com/softcorehistory

    Russia: The Bridesmaid of Europe

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2022 105:42


    Breaking down how the Russian invasion of Ukraine is just the latest in a long history of Russia trying to prove its way more powerful and important than it really is, from the nation declaring Moscow the "Third Rome" after the fall of Constantinople to its epic fails in the Crimean War and the Russo-Japanese War.

    China's Hooker Pirate Queen

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2022 68:41


    Ching Shih was a prostitute who pulled herself up by the stilettos and became one of the most successful pirates in world history.

    The Pope Blessed Murder In Florence

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2022 78:03


    This week we cover the Pazzi Conspiracy, a plot to assassinate the Medici banking family, and how the Pope kind of OK'd the whole thing.

    Ancient Egypt Was #AntiWork

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2022 77:43


    Ancient Egypt seems like a long time ago, but this recovered sick leave document from 1250 BC proves that Egyptians were just like us: drunks who hated work and had a rough time when the women in their house were menstruating.

    The Helen Keller 9/11 Connection With Jessie Wiseman

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2022 75:48


    Jessie Wiseman joins the boys as we burn on Helen Keller. Head to PolicyGenius.com to get your free life insurance quotes and see how much you could save.

    Africa's Nerd Holocaust

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2022 68:11


    We dive into the history of Africa's most brutal dictator, Macías Nguema. From banning glasses and murdering statisticians, to a holiday themed massacre, this guy does it all.

    The Media Has Always Sucked With Guest Producer Jack Mandaville

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2022 71:03


    Everyone hates the modern media, but when did the modern American media actually form? The invention of cable news? The Yellow Journalism of the late 19th Century? The answer is much older, and it's all Mexico's fault. (Sort of. Not really at all, actually.)

    Snitches Get Meathooks

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2022 60:57


    This week we're talking Lufthansa heist and the dirtbags that inspired the movie "Goodfellas."

    Did The UNABOMBER Have A Point?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2022 108:21


    No. Get Honey for FREE at Join Honey.com/SOFTCORE. Head to policygenius.com to get your free life insurance quotes and see how much you could save. Get $50 off any purchase of $399 or more by using promo code SOFTCORE at Indochino.com.

    Too German To Live

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2022 76:56


    Anti-German sentiment was at an all-time, absolutely bananas high during World War 1. Unfortunately for German immigrant Robert Prager, a local coal mining union used that as an excuse to lynch him just outside St. Louis, Missouri in 1918.

    Did Socrates Even Lift?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2022 81:57


    New year, new you. We talk about the history of the most common resolution that generations of people fail each year: physical fitness. From Vikings lifting ship masts to Ancient Greek wrestlers fireman carrying full grown bulls up hills, exercising has always been a never ending journey to personal disappointment.

    Make Christmas Great Again

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2021 88:19


    We go over the best Christmas traditions that have been lost to history including pets gaining the ability to speak human languages at midnight on Christmas Eve, Icelandic trolls who have a thirst for bones, and a Christmas party king called “The Lord of Misrule” who can command all partygoers to get as drunk as he or she desires.

    Creepy Christmas Tradition Origins

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2021 71:59


    From Santa getting his start by paying off prostitutes to Krampus' weird foot situation and a cat in Iceland that eats kids for being too poor, Christmas traditions have some troubling origins(Carolers most of all). To start comparing quotes and simplify insurance-buying, check out Policygenius: https://policygenius.com/SOFTCORE. Thanks to Policygenius for sponsoring this video!

    Music: No Poors Allowed

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2021 83:12


    The guys cover how audio recordings have changed throughout time, and how the man keeps trying to keep us from stealing tunes.

    The Gods Must Be Horny

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2021 87:33


    In honor of the Christmas season we break down the most famous virgin births in history from Jesus in the Quran to ancient Egyptian miracle births and multiple babies — including one in the Bible — who popped out of their moms as fully developed men.

    Never Let The Truth Get In The Way Of A Good Disney Movie

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2021 103:24


    Jared Borislow joins Dan Regester and Rob Fox to talk about the true and horrifying story of real Pocahontas compared to her animated Disney counterpart.

    Field Of Nightmares

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2021 85:29


    The most detestable baseball team in history isn't the Chicago Black Sox or the Houston Astros. It's the 1911 Wyoming Penitentiary All-Stars, a baseball team made up of rapists and murderers who were told every time they won a game they would get years off their sentences, or get their death penalties commuted, so long as they made the state officials gambling on them money.

    Drinking And Driving Killed JFK... Kind Of

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2021 82:13


    Listen in as we breakdown the tale of drunken secret service agents, their night before the JFK assassination, and how no one thought it was that big of a deal except for one wet blanket.

    The Bisexual STD-Riddled Rockstar Poet

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2021 82:13


    Lord Byron was a rockstar poet considered to be the first modern celebrity. He gallivanted around the Mediterranean sleeping with any person that crossed his path, drank out of monk skulls, and owned his own zoo of animals.

    Tweens Are Not to Be Trusted

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2021 83:20


    The Salem Witch Trials were pretty much entirely fueled by bored tweens pretending to be possessed by innocent old ladies and poor people.

    Not Another Gruesome German Murder

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2021 91:59


    In another grisly tale from Germany, we dive into the Hinterkaifeck murders, the circumstances surrounding the nightmare, and the possible suspects.

    The Serial Killing Perverted Vampire With Jessie Wiseman

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2021 103:13


    Jessie Wiseman joins the boys to talk about serial killer Peter Kürten --better known as the Vampire of Dusseldorf -- who would drink and lubricated himself with the blood of his victims in 1920s Germany.

    Cranking Ghosts In Gettysburg

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2021 91:45


    Ghosts who aren't invited to parties. Ghosts who like to watch ladies sleep. Impromptu amputation shows in basements. Gettysburg ghosts have it all. We run through the best ghost stories from America's most famous battlefield.

    Colonialism Was Tasty

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2021 70:35


    From flavoring food to enlarging your balls, the guys dive into the wonderful history of spices.

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