Halfwit History
Hosts Jonathan & Kiley talk about the history of the upcoming week, but a long time ago (and sometimes not so long ago). Occasionally, they even know what they are talking about! Join them in exploring topics like Space Monkeys, Teleportation, Viking Battles, Death Poems, and more! (Produced by Halfwit Podcasts)
Bonus · Mon, April 01, 2024
Presenting: This Machine Belongs To
Send us a text 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
Bonus · Mon, September 25, 2023
Bonus - Japan Trip!
Send us a text 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E109 · Mon, September 04, 2023
109 - Ethel Barrymore
Send us a text 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E108 · Tue, August 01, 2023
108 - The Whiskey Rebellion
Send us a text 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E107 · Mon, July 17, 2023
107 - The Deer Island Disaster
Send us a text 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E106 · Mon, July 03, 2023
106 - Pirate William Kidd
Send us a text 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E105 · Mon, June 19, 2023
105 - Disney's The Rescuers
Send us a text 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E104 · Mon, June 05, 2023
104 - Homer Adolph Plessy
Send us a text 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E103 · Mon, May 22, 2023
103 - Casper Hauser
Send us a text 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E102 · Mon, May 08, 2023
102 - The Diamond Sutra
Send us a text 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. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E101 · Mon, April 24, 2023
101 - Is Paul McCartney Dead?
Send us a text 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. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E100 · Mon, April 10, 2023
100 - The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Send us a text 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 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E99 · Mon, December 19, 2022
99 - The Stone of Scone
Send us a text 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. Beyond the Text: The Intellectual Historian's Podcast Exploring intellectual history through in-depth discussions and engaging interviews. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E98 · Mon, December 05, 2022
98 - Empress Elizabeth of Russia
Send us a text 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 Russia Beyond the Text: The Intellectual Historian's Podcast Exploring intellectual history through in-depth discussions and engaging interviews. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E97 · Mon, November 21, 2022
97 - D. B. Cooper
Send us a text 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. Beyond the Text: The Intellectual Historian's Podcast Exploring intellectual history through in-depth discussions and engaging interviews. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E96 · Tue, November 08, 2022
96 - The Disappearance of the Earl of Lucan
Send us a text 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. Beyond the Text: The Intellectual Historian's Podcast Exploring intellectual history through in-depth discussions and engaging interviews. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E95 · Mon, October 24, 2022
95 - The Founding of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
Send us a text 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 Movement Beyond the Text: The Intellectual Historian's Podcast Exploring intellectual history through in-depth discussions and engaging interviews. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E94 · Mon, October 10, 2022
94 - The Knights Templar
Send us a text 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. Beyond the Text: The Intellectual Historian's Podcast Exploring intellectual history through in-depth discussions and engaging interviews. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E93 · Mon, September 26, 2022
93 - Antipope Benedict XIII
Send us a text 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 Schism 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E92 · Mon, September 12, 2022
92 - The Kidnapping of Patricia Hearst
Send us a text 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 Army 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E91 · Mon, August 29, 2022
91 - Judge Joseph Force Crater
Send us a text 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. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E90 · Mon, August 15, 2022
90 - The Mona Lisa
Send us a text 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! 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E89 · Mon, January 17, 2022
89 - The Brinks Robbery
Send us a text 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. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E88 · Wed, January 12, 2022
88 - Alfred Dreyfus
Send us a text 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. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E87 · Wed, December 15, 2021
87 - Alice's Restaurant Massacree
Send us a text 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. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E86 · Tue, December 07, 2021
86 - Symphonie Fantastique
Send us a text 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. "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/ ) 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E85 · Mon, November 15, 2021
85 - Zheng Yi Sao (ft. Matt Spaziani)
Send us a text 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 ) 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E84 · Mon, October 11, 2021
84 - Atari Video Computer System
Send us a text 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 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E83 · Mon, September 20, 2021
83 - Anita Garibaldi
Send us a text 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. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E82 · Mon, July 19, 2021
82 - Wild Bill Hickok
Send us a text 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. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E81 · Mon, July 05, 2021
81- P.T. Barnum
Send us a text 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. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E80 · Mon, June 28, 2021
80 - The Sony Walkman
Send us a text 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. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E79 · Mon, June 21, 2021
79 - The Molly Maguires
Send us a text 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. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E78 · Mon, June 14, 2021
78 - King Phillip's War
Send us a text 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. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E77 · Mon, June 07, 2021
77 - The False Dmitry
Send us a text 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. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E76 · Wed, June 02, 2021
76 - Jack Kevorkian
Send us a text 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. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E75 · Mon, May 24, 2021
75 - Mary's Lamb
Send us a text 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 ). 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E74 · Mon, May 17, 2021
74 - The Antikythera Mechanism
Send us a text 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. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E73 · Mon, May 10, 2021
73 - Belle daCosta Greene
Send us a text 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. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E72 · Mon, May 03, 2021
72 - The Jenny Jones Show Murder
Send us a text 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 Murder 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E71 · Sun, April 04, 2021
71 - Gertrude Bell
Send us a text 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 Bell. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
Bonus · Tue, March 02, 2021
Announcement - We'll Be Back
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)
S1 E70 · Mon, February 01, 2021
70 - The Teapot Dome Scandal
Send us a text 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. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E69 · Mon, January 18, 2021
69 - Baby Jessica
Send us a text 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. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E68 · Mon, January 04, 2021
68 - Moulin Rouge
Send us a text 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! 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E67 · Mon, November 16, 2020
67 - Josephine Baker
Send us a text 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. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E66 · Thu, November 12, 2020
66 - Biosphere 2
Send us a text 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 Earth. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E65 · Mon, October 12, 2020
65 - Witold Pilecki
Send us a text 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. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E64 · Sun, October 11, 2020
64 - Dr. Mae Jemison
Send us a text 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. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E63 · Wed, September 16, 2020
63 - The Principality of Sealand
Send us a text 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. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E62 · Mon, September 14, 2020
62 - Instant Noodles
Send us a text 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. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E61 · Sat, September 05, 2020
61 - Devil's Island
Send us a text This week Kiley gets mixed up with some bad baguettes and shipped off to a French prison island filled with murders, thieves, but mostly people who spoke out against the government. You know, the real heinous crimes. Topic: The Penal Colony of French Guiana, commonly known as Devil's Island. Beyond the Text: The Intellectual Historian's Podcast Exploring intellectual history through in-depth discussions and engaging interviews. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E60 · Wed, September 02, 2020
60 - The WOW! Signal
Send us a text This week Jonathan puts his ear, a Very Large Array of ears, and a Big Ear to the stars and gets a message from 122 million light years away. WOW! Topic: The WOW! Signal and Radio Astronomy. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E58 · Mon, August 10, 2020
58 - Blue Movie
Send us a text This week Jonathan gets a little... colorful? Off-color? Blue? Join us as we dive into the film career of the man who brought us the Campbell's Soup Cans. Topic: Andy Warhol's Blue Movie and the Arrest of the Staff of the Garrick Theater. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E59 · Mon, August 10, 2020
59 - MKUltra
Send us a text This week Kiley joins the CIA and observes some of the most dangerous office pranks of them all. Or does she? We can't remember. There is no war in CIA. Topics: The Top Secret Central Intelligence Agency Mind Control Program, MKUltra. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E57 · Thu, July 23, 2020
57 - The Robin Hood of El Dorado
Send us a text This week Kiley robs some miners of their gold, their horses, and their lives! Topic: Joaquin Murrieta, The Robin Hood of El Dorado, and Possible Inspiration for Zorro. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E56 · Sun, July 19, 2020
56 - Crystal Palace Cat Show
Send us a text This week Jonathan talks about one of Kiley's favorite critters, the house cat, and how one man changed their perception from ferocious hunter to lavish lap animal. Topic: Harrison Weir and the first competitive cat show at Crystal Palace in London. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E55 · Thu, July 09, 2020
55 - Katipunan
Send us a text This week Kiley joins a secret society in order to push out invading colonizing forces of Spain. Topic: The Philippine Revolutionary Secret Society of the Supreme and Venerable Association of the Children of the Nation. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E54 · Thu, July 09, 2020
54 - The Jersey Devil
Send us a text This week Jonathan goes on a hunt for one of the most well documented cryptids, but what he finds hundreds of years earlier is much scarier than any monster. Topic: The Many Legends and Truths of the Leeds Monster, the Devil of Leads, the Jersey Devil. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E53 · Mon, June 22, 2020
53 - The Pied Piper
Send us a text This week Kiley is lured to a far away place by a musician in fancy clothing. To her credit, he could have been a pirate. Topic: The True Story of the Pied Piper of Hamlin Germany. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E52 · Fri, June 19, 2020
52 - Juneteenth
Send us a text This week Jonathan discusses the oldest celebrated commemoration of the end of slavery, and reads literature from W.E.B. Du Bois. Topics: Juneteenth, The Emancipation Proclamation, The Souls of Black Folk "Lift Every Voice and Sing" by James Weldon Johnson and J. Rosamond Johnson - Public Domain. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E51 · Mon, June 08, 2020
51 - Bloody Tuesday
Send us a text Anti-Racism Resources . End chant audio from r/BlackLivesMatter . 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E50 · Mon, June 08, 2020
50 - Our First Year
Send us a text This week Kiley and Jonathan look back at the history of the show as we celebrate both our 50th episode and first full year of recording! 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E49 · Sun, May 31, 2020
49 - Axis Sally
Send us a text Kiley takes a look at a time when women used radio for evil, in a rare trip for us back to WWII. Topic: Mildred Gillars and Rita Zucca's alias Axis Sally, the women who spread Nazi propaganda and fear over the airwaves of World War II. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E48 · Sun, May 31, 2020
48 - Captain Midnight
Send us a text This week Jonathan teams up with a video terrorist to take down HBO, sort of... Topic: Captain Midnight, aka John R. MacDougall, hijacks HBO's broadcast satellite. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E47 · Wed, May 20, 2020
47 - Marseillaise-duck
Send us a text This week Kiley flexes her history muscles with some bread, a guillotine, and a song in her heart. At least that's all Jonathan understands. Topic: Creation of the French National Anthem, The Marseillaise Local Forecast - Elevator Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ). 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E46 · Tue, May 19, 2020
46 - Sun's Nemesis
Send us a text This week Jonathan travels far, far away, in search of the death star that kills dinosaurs every 26 million years, and will some day come for us! Topic: The Theory of the Dwarf Star Nemesis. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E45 · Wed, May 13, 2020
45 - Princes in the Tower
Send us a text This week Kiley takes a twisty trip up the Tower of London as she tries to uncover the mystery of two disappeared princes in a murder most royal. Topic: The Death of King Edward IV, and the disappearance of his sons. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E44 · Tue, May 12, 2020
44 - Crocodile Hero
Send us a text This week Jonathan takes the reigns and makes a much needed return trip Down Under, this time sans bad accent, and with more animals. Which is obviously the superior combo in every way. Topic: The Crocodile Hunter. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E43 · Sat, May 02, 2020
43 - The Rock Rebound
Send us a text This week Kiley learns a bit more about where we live when she discovers a forefather of women's bodily autonomy just down the road! Topic: John Rock and the Birth Control Pill. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E42 · Mon, April 20, 2020
42 - Cups & Cults
Send us a text This week Kiley misses the apocalypse and is invited to a sketchy after party, and Jonathan gets baptized in a punch bowl for his first delve into sports. Topics: The Stanley Cup, The Movement for the Restoration for the Ten Commandments of God Cult Mass Murder. Podcast Spotlight: The History Cache . 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E41 · Thu, April 09, 2020
41 - Barbarian Barbie
Send us a text This week Kiley articulates an innovative toy turned role model, and Jonathan goes to a banquet with some barbarians... what can go wrong? Topics: Odoacer the First Barbarian King of Italy, The History of the Barbie Doll Podcast Spotlight: That Was Genius . 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E40 · Mon, March 02, 2020
40 - Braille Fish
Send us a text This week Kiley raises up old letters about the founding of an important school, while Jonathan raises his thumb, much unlike a pile of bricks. Topics: The Founding of Perkins School for the Blind, The 42nd Anniversary of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. Podcast Spotlight: Ransack History . 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E39 · Thu, February 27, 2020
39 - Dord of the Unown
Send us a text This week Kiley brings a special dictionary to scrabble night so she can use fake words, and Jonathan visits Dr. Bug, creator of the highest grossing entertainment franchise of all time. Topics: The Accidental Word Dord, Pokemon Day & Twitch Plays Pokemon. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E38 · Tue, February 18, 2020
38 - Phantom Queen
Send us a text This week Kiley tells the wisest riddles in history that were created by someone who likely didn't exist, while Jonathan gives instant tattoos to some pirates with a good old fashion BIFF! BAM!! KAPOW!!! Topics: The Queen of Sheba, The Phantom! 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E37 · Fri, February 14, 2020
37 - I, Mainer
Send us a text This week Kiley spills the beans on what really happens in Maine, while Jonathan discovers that people can be less human than the things we create. Topics: The Pork and Beans War, Rossum's Universal Robots. Beyond the Text: The Intellectual Historian's Podcast Exploring intellectual history through in-depth discussions and engaging interviews. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E36 · Wed, February 05, 2020
36 - Oops! All Imposters!
Send us a text This week Kiley hears a rumor in St. Petersburg, while Jonathan bankrupts some corporate shills! Topics: Anna "Anastasia" Anderson, Monopoly / Anti-Monopoly / The Landlords Game. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E35 · Tue, January 28, 2020
35 - Aloha Alaska
Send us a text This week Kiley takes some dogs on a long cold run, and Jonathan does exactly the opposite and strolls through the dynasty of a very tropical monarchy. Topics: The Serum Run with Balto and Togo, Queen Regent Lili'uokalani of the Hawiian Kingdom. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E34 · Mon, January 20, 2020
34 - Games with Ghosts
Send us a text This week Kiley loses her head over a ghost who appears at court, and Jonathan rolls a natural one trying to contain his excitement for his topic, and our new project! Topics: The Greenbrier Ghost, Dungeons & Dragons, Halfwits & Failed Crits Halfwits & Failed Crits Theme: Crunk Knight Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E32 · Mon, January 20, 2020
32 - Frozen Empress
Send us a text This week Kiley takes over the Byzantine Empire, by popular vote? Jonathan crawls into a chilly chamber and hopefully smart future people can reanimate him! Topics: Theodora III Queen of the Byzantine Empire, Dr. James Bedford First Cryonaut. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E33 · Mon, January 20, 2020
33 - Water, Earth, Fire, Molasses
Send us a text This week Kiley tries to survive a wicked sticky mess, and Jonathan gets told he can't multiply. Topics: The Boston Molasses Flood, The Act Against Multipliers. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E31 · Mon, January 13, 2020
31 - Canonized Currency
Send us a text This week Kiley has done her waiting, 100 years of it, in France! Meanwhile, Jonathan has trust issues when it comes to how few pounds of cotton he'll have when the government collapses. Topics: Joan of Arc, Bitcoin. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E30 · Mon, January 06, 2020
30 - We Wish You a Merry Fishmas
Send us a text This week Kiley goes sings a carol from the trenches, and Jonathan goes fishing for living fossils. We also got new recording equipment! While also being more clear, this episode (and future episodes) will be louder to reflect the industry standard. Sorry if you don't read this before adjusting your volume! Topics: The Origins and History of Silent Night, The Discovery of the Coelacanth. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E29 · Sun, January 05, 2020
29 - Founding Felons & Frightful Fairytales
Send us a text This week Kiley talks about some spooky German librarians, and Jonathan meets a federal official desperately trying to profit from their title...wait...that's most of them... Topics: The First Impeachment of a US Senator, The Brothers Grimm. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E28 · Sun, January 05, 2020
28 - Blue Eyes Golden Butt
Send us a text This week Kiley starts keeping ten dimes in her pocket in case Jonathan ever gets kidnapped, and oops Jonathan gets kidnapped while peacefully sailing on a South American treasure ship! Topics: Sir Francis Drake's Circumnavigation of the Globe, The Kidnapping of Frank Sinatra Jr. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E27 · Thu, December 19, 2019
27 - Eureka, We're Lost!
Send us a text This week Kiley digs into a one sided war, and Jonathan walks the plank of a ghost ship! Topics: The Eureka Rebellion, The Ghost Ship Mary Celeste. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E26 · Thu, November 28, 2019
26 - Butterflies in the Atmosphere
Send us a text This week Kiley is thankful for some rebellious sisters, and Jonathan is thankful that he's not being dragged to the underworld. Happy Thanksgiving! Topics: The Mirabel Butterfly Sisters of the Dominican Republic, The First Exoplanet HD 209458 b Osiris the Dying Planet. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E25 · Tue, November 19, 2019
25 - Hypnotic Hanukkah
Send us a text This week Kiley burns the midnight oil for an unexpectedly long time, and Jonathan takes a walk with the living goddess of Yusmalos. Topics: The First Hanukkah, The Geat White Brotherhood. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E24 · Mon, November 11, 2019
24 - Secrets of Tomorrow
Send us a text This week Kiley dawns a cap and cloak to uncover secrets of American colleges, and Jonathan sets his sights on the world of tomorrow. Topics: The Flat Hat Club The First Collegiate Secret Society in the United States, The History of the Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow - EPCOT. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E23 · Mon, November 04, 2019
23 - Curse of the Zen Master
Send us a text This week Kiley trips on some stairs and falls into the tomb of a boy king, and Jonathan tries to illuminate the universe with dried dung. Topics: This Discovery of King Tuts Tomb, Wumen Huikai and The Gateless Barrier. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E22 · Mon, November 04, 2019
22 - Defying Ancestry
Send us a text This week Kiley spends "one short day" talking about her favorite musical, and Jonathan tries to find the origin of his fellow Halfwits. Topics: Wicked the Musical, The Taung Child and the discovery of Australopithecus. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E21 · Wed, October 23, 2019
21 - Blood Priests of Murder Inc
Send us a text This week Kiley recounts the life of a "mattress salesman", and Jonathan finds out there's more than one way to "donate" blood and save lives. Topics: Albert "The Mad Hatter" Anastasia, The Catonsville Nine. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E20 · Thu, October 17, 2019
20 - Yo-Ho Yo-Ho a Killer's Life for Kiley
Send us a text This week Kiley ventures the high seas, and Jonathan continues the spooky streak with not one but six deaths. Topics: Ronald Dafeo Jr. and The Amityville Horror, Calico Jack Rackham creator of the Jolly Roger. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E19 · Mon, October 07, 2019
19 - The Emperor Has No Prose
Send us a text This week Kiley talks about our glorious emperor of the United States, and Jonathan hears the knell of a bell for another famous death. Topics: Joshua Abraham Norton First Emperor of the United States, Death of Edgar Allan Poe. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E18 · Mon, September 30, 2019
18 - HeLa Big Dynamite
Send us a text This week Kiley takes union busting to the extreme, and Jonathan discovers a tobacco farmer who changed the world. Topics: The Immortal Genes of Henrietta Lacks, The Dynamite Bombing of the LA Times Building by Union Workers. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E17 · Tue, September 24, 2019
17 - Gambling Saints
Send us a text This week Kiley finds a carol which has real life origins filled with politics and murder, and Jonathan gets involved in a flower fight. Topics: Good King Wenceslas, Hanafuda Cards. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E16 · Mon, September 16, 2019
16 - H*O*B*B*I*T
Send us a text This week Kiley does not visit a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, but a comfortable one, and Jonathan finds out that he doesn't actually like talking about war. Topics: MASH TV Show, The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E15 · Mon, September 09, 2019
15 - You Meddling Nords!
Send us a text This week Kiley hops in the Mystery Machine with a group of cool teens and their dog, while Jonathan makes a decidedly worse choice hopping aboard the Ormen Lange with some very angry vikings. Topics: Scooby Doo!, The Battle of Svolder. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E14 · Mon, September 02, 2019
14 - The Nefarious Nodule!
Send us a text This week Kiley & Jonathan find some history that makes them leave Earth?! Join us for a zany trip around the stars to save some planets from definite destruction! Topics: Choose Your Own Adventure Books, War with the Evil Power Master (actual play). "It's a New Day" by Skaraj . 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E13 · Mon, August 26, 2019
13 - First Time for Everything
Send us a text This week Kiley searches for the lost text of the first American play, and Jonathan just couldn't get enough fun facts so he dug into the original fun fact book! Topics: The First American Play "Bear and Cub" at Fowkes' Tavern, The Guinness Book of World Records. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E12 · Tue, August 20, 2019
12 - Mountains & Monsters
Send us a text This week Kiley creeps to the edge of the water to catch a cryptid, and Jonathan takes a trip to Italy where a festival is ruined by the force of 100,000 bombs. Topics: The Loch Ness Monster, Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius and the Destruction of Pompeii. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E11 · Mon, August 12, 2019
11 - Eldritch Witches
Send us a text This week Kiley learns that some witches just couldn't be bothered by being hunted, while Jonathan hunts down a ship that just won't stay put. Heads up, our audio is great for the first bit, then we lost everything and had to record twice. It's almost 3am while I'm typing this. Pray for my sanity. Topics: The Philadelphia Experiment Conspiracy Theory, The Trial of the Pendle Witches. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E10 · Mon, August 05, 2019
10 - Prudes & Nudes
Send us a text This week Kiley discovers the ...strange... history of a cereal empire, and Jonathan finds a way to talk about hundreds of nudes without landing himself in hot water (yet). Topics: John Kellog's Sanatorium, The Helga Paintings by Andrew Wyeth. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E9 · Mon, July 29, 2019
9 - Axes & Taxes
Send us a text This week Kiley takes on the historical accuracy of a children's jump rope song, and Jonathan discovers doomsday has already come and gone. Topics: Lizzie Borden Murders, King William the Conqueror's Domesday Book. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E8 · Mon, July 22, 2019
8 - Tinker, Tailor, Zombie, Spy
Send us a text This week Kiley takes a look at the life of a femme fatale, and Jonathan gets put under a fatal trance. Topics: The First Zombie Movie - White Zombie (1932), The Spy Mata Hari. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E7 · Mon, July 15, 2019
7 - Kidnapping Plants
Send us a text This week Jonathan takes a break in Comfortless Cove, Kiley still wants to do a crime, and Bilbo went to bed early so we talk about a different Beagle. Topics: The First Terraforming Project on Ascension Island, The Largest Kidnapping in the United States in Chowchilla California. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E6 · Mon, July 08, 2019
6 - Super Wizard World
Send us a text Kiley decides to blind Jonathan with science, Jonathan celebrates the life of a carpenter turned hero, and Bilbo gets very curious about our surprise 4th silent host. Topics: Watch Mr. Wizards World, Super Mario Bros. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E5 · Mon, July 01, 2019
5 - Save Outlaw Shirley
Send us a text This week Kiley decides she also wants to rob some trains, Jonathan's segments are heading for disaster, and Bilbo decides to be jingly because we forgot to take his collar off. Topics: The Creation of the SOS Maritime Distress Signal, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Airplane! The Movie. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E4 · Mon, June 24, 2019
4 - Dance with the Devil
Send us a text This week Kiley comes down with Dancing Fever. Jonathan goes Down Under. Well, tries to, and is deeply sorry for what he tries to call an Aussie accent. Topics: The Dancing Plague of 1518, Australian Bushranger Ned Kelly's Last Stand. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E3 · Mon, June 17, 2019
3 - Great Scotts!
Send us a text Kiley takes a deep dive into the mysteries of Scotland while Jonathan tackles the paranormal with a Werewolf sighting! Bilbo takes his first step into a career as a foley artist... Topics: The Exorcism of Bill Ramsey the Werewolf of Southend By Sea, The Battle of Bannockburn in the First War of Scottish Independence. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E2 · Mon, June 10, 2019
2 - Death Poems & Dead Monkeys
Send us a text This week we cover a surprising amount of death! Jonathan says far to many Japanese names, and Kiley takes her maiden voyage into space terminology. Needless to say we are continuing our streak of not being able to pronounce anything... Topics: The First Monkey In Space - Albert, Yamaoka Tesshu Tetsutaro and Itto Shoden Muto-ryu school of swordsmanship. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
S1 E1 · Mon, June 03, 2019
1 - Stuperstars
Send us a text This week we cover globes, game shows, and Broadway, oh my! And neither of us seem to be capable of pronouncing... anything... Topics: Maine's Eartha - The Worlds Largest Rotating Globe, The $64,000 Question, The Pulitzer Prize, The Newsies. 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
Trailer · Sun, June 02, 2019
Halfwit History (Trailer)
Send us a text Hosts Jonathan & Kiley talk about the upcoming week, but a long time ago (and sometimes not so long ago). Join us in exploring topics like Adventure Games, Molasses, Teleportation, Cartoons, Immortal Cells, Musicals, and more! Music: Cheery Monday Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) 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/new Music: "Another Day" by The Fisherman . Cover Art by Lezulla 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 !
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