Quick History: Recent Episodes
Matt Roberts
Every week I give a little history lesson about stuff you might not know about. I try to keep the episodes 10 minutes or less, and I try my best to add a little humor to the episodes as well!
George Washington, first President of the United States, created a "whiskey tax," then made his own whiskey, and taxed himself!
A lot of international students studying in the United States and Canada have no idea what Homecoming or Prom is, and a lot of local students in the United States and Canada have no idea what Coronation is. Tune in and find out about them all!
During the Industrial Revolution, people needed to wake up on time for their new fancy factory jobs, so they employed human alarm clocks to come by early in the morning and tap on their windows to wake them up, known as Knocker Uppers!
The Ancient Olympic Games took place over 3000 years ago, and were a bit different from the modern games, such as there was only one winner per event, and they competed naked!
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Sierra Leone in West Africa has a couple hundred stone statues that could have been created by ancient aliens! But probably not! Nobody knows!
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Hot air balloons date all the way back to the 1700s, and got their start in France!
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London Bridge has a long and sometimes wild history, dating all the way back to the Romans in 43 AD! And if you can't make it to London to see the bridge, just go to Arizona!
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In 2006, the Cola Wars came to a head, when Coca-Cola's secret recipe was stolen and sold to Pepsi! Or was it?
In 1939, Chief Henry Standing Bear requested a memorial be made in honor of Ta-sunko-witko, otherwise known as Crazy Horse, an Indian Chief of the Oglala band of Lakota. Work began in 1948, and is still being carved to this day!
Hundreds of years before the Aztecs, and slightly north of there, was Cahokia, the most important urban settlement of the Mississippian culture, with a population bigger than London and Paris at the time!
This episode has some mature content. Listener discretion advised.
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If you're happy the United States has a Navy and Marines now, thank pirates!
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This week, Quick History takes a look at animals being put on trial, and executed, for doing animal things! Also covered in this episode, corpses being tried in court, as well as inanimate objects, and Deodand Law.
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Quick History is back, every Friday, starting July 11th, 2025! For more, follow Quick History on Bluesky, @ quickhistory.bsky.social!
Cities all over the world have a cable around them, maybe even yours, and unless you're Jewish, you don't have to worry about them.
This is the end of Quick History. More info can be found at https://quickhistorypod.com/2023/01/20/future-of-quick-history/
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There's a 12-year gap of Jesus' life in the Bible, and nobody knows what Jesus did in that time... except for a small village in Japan.
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They say an episode of this podcast a day keeps the doctors away. I mean, that's what they say. I'm just relaying the message.
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Play-Doh wasn't originally made as a kid's toy, and it was almost a stroke of luck that caused it!
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Ethel was around a long time, breaking barriers that separated Black and white people. She was a true pioneer.
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Though she was only convicted of killing a couple people, it is believed that she killed a whole lot. How many? Listen to find that out and how she did it!
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Harvard is so old, the dirt that it was built on hadn't been invented yet. It also has a long, and kind of cool history!
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Have you ever sat around wondering how Ancient Greeks figured out the distance between places? This is how.
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If you've ever worked out in a gym, you can thank Jack LaLanne for that. And for most of the equipment you used in the gym.
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Numerous books, TV shows, movies, and video games have been done about Yasuke. Now, at least one podcast episode has been done about him. So what's his story anyway? Listen to find out!
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Quick History is coming back, with a vengeance! Well, it's not that serious. Join me, Friday, January 6th, 2023 for new episodes!
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Do you think you could survive being hanged? Here's a story of that very thing happening!
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Matt talks about the amazing photographer, poet, musician, composer, director, and all around nice guy, Gordon Parks!
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Matt dives deep into his food pantry to talk about the delicious meat in a can, SPAM! Who named it? When was it created? What exactly are the ingredients? We talk about it here!
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In this episode of Quick History, King Mattankhamun talks all about King Tut and how he came to be Pharaoh of Egypt.
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This week I tell you the tale of one of America's best sharpshooters, and America's first female celebrity, Mrs. Annie Oakley!
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You hate it, Matt hates it, but it doesn't look like it's going away anytime soon. And it has been a thing for a lot longer than you may have realized.
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Matt talks about one of the most influential pilots ever. Sit back, relax, and learn all about Bessie Coleman!
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In this episode we talk about how almost everything you know about Paul Revere is mostly not true. What did he REALLY do? Listen now!
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How many women do you know attempted to be the president of the United States? It's more than zero. This one's for the ladies, so men, listen up.
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Many years ago in a land far away (about 20 miles north of Cincinnati, OH) an ammunitions company blew up a few times killing a lot of people. Now an amusement park sits on the property, and some of the old employees are still lurking around.
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Have you ever wondered just how America got its name? Did they draw words out of a hat or use automatic writing? Tune in to find out by learning more stuff you will never need to know!
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Do you think the eruption of Mount Krakatoa was the worst ever? Well, YOU'RE WRONG! Mount Tambora was the worst volcanic eruption in human history. No, super volcanoes haven't erupted since before written history, so we're not including those, but may later.
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I give a quick lesson on the four kids Cleopatra had that not many people know about, as little information exists on them.
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I give a quick lesson on the history of Google, from their humble beginnings at Stanford University in 1996 to their official launch in 1998 to their eventual world domination in 2026.
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In this episode I talk about 5 shipwrecks that hardly ever get mentioned because the Titanic is always taking the spotlight.
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Every week I give a little history lesson about stuff you might not know about. I try to keep the episodes 10 minutes or less, and I try my best to add a little humor to the episodes as well!
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