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Fin vs History

Fin Taylor & Horatio Gould
For people who like history but don't care what actually happened. Join comedians Fin Taylor and Horatio Gould as they guess/explain every event in human history, from Neanderthals to 9/11. Guaranteed to give you an entirely new and incorrect perspective on world events. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/fintaylor
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Episodes

The Original 'Worst Guys At A House Party' | The Russian Revolution of 1917 (Part 3/5)

It’s Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin, the worst guys you met at uni, but just how do these f*ckboys corner Russia in a kitchen at 4am and tell it what to think? The show for people who like history but don't care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes, ad-free listening and early access to series, become a Truther and sign up to the Patreon ⁠⁠patreon.com/fintaylor⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 11, 202554 min

Rasclaatputin & The Hebephile Prince | The Russian Revolution of 1917 (Part 2/5)

Rasputin: men hated him, women wanted to sleep with him, and goats thought he smelled like them. The show for people who like history but don't care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes, ad-free listening and early access to series, become a Truther and sign up to the Patreon ⁠⁠patreon.com/fintaylor⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 10, 202554 min

Why is Russia so F*cked in the Head? | The Russian Revolution of 1917 (Part 1/5)

Russia: are you alright mate ? The show for people who like history but don't care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes, ad-free listening and early access to series, become a Truther and sign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/fintaylor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 07, 20251 hr 8 min

Fin Taylor - Ask Your Mother Comedy Special - Teaser

Fin's comedy special - Ask Your Mother - is out now on Spotify. Here's a little teaser we know you'll enjoy! Click here to watch the full special on Spotify or search Fin Taylor - Ask Your Mother . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 01, 20254 min

The Wright Brothers were Flap-Dodgers | The History of Flight (Part 1/2)

For centuries man thought that simply dressing up like a big owl would be enough to fly. But how come the people who finally cracked it were the most boring men who’ve ever lived? The show for people who like history but don't care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes, ad-free listening and early access to series, become a Truther and sign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/fintaylor?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/...

Jun 30, 202554 min

We’re Going to Need A Bigger Urn (with The Grade Cricketer) | The History of The Ashes (Part 2/2)

Aussie podcast giants The Grade Cricketer join us to unpack the history of sport’s greatest rivalry- the Ashes, or as it’s also known: England vs a Criminal England XI Tickets available for The Grade Cricketer live UK shows; https://www.gradecricketer.com/live-shows The show for people who like history but don't care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes, ad-free listening and early access to series, become a Truther and sign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/fintaylor?utm_ca...

Jun 26, 20251 hr 8 min

The Bowler’s Pegging, The Batsman’s Arsehole | The History of Cricket (Part 1/2)

From Oliver Cromwell to Graham Gooch via Slavery and Rorke’s Drift, there is no sport with more historical symbolism than the battle between bat and ball. The show for people who like history but don't care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes, ad-free listening and early access to series, become a Truther and sign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/fintaylor?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 23, 20251 hr 6 min

A Suckling Biggins | The Aztecs (Part 5/5)

Tenochtitlan is besieged and defeated by the Spanish, and with it goes the Aztec knowledge of how to cook Gay Men - the Wagyu Beef of the Cannibal world The show for people who like history but don't care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes, ad-free listening and early access to series, become a Truther and sign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/fintaylor?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 20, 202558 min

Dark Chocolate is Woke Nonsense | The Aztecs (Part 4/5)

Cortes kills Montezuma, but more importantly could a human impregnate a pig? The show for people who like history but don't care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes, ad-free listening and early access to series, become a Truther and sign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/fintaylor?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 19, 202553 min

Monty’s Mexican Special Needs Zoo | The Aztecs (Part 3/5)

Aztec Emperor Montezuma finally meets the Conquistador Cortes, but finds the Spaniard so weird he considers putting him in his zoo for disabled people The show for people who like history but don't care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes, ad-free listening and early access to series, become a Truther and sign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/fintaylor?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 16, 202556 min

Spanish Sailors Playing Pan Cum Tomate | The Aztecs (Part 2/5)

Hernán Cortés, a horny Spaniard in middle management, sets sail across the Atlantic in search of New World Nookie The show for people who like history but don't care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes, ad-free listening and early access to series, become a Truther and sign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/fintaylor?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 12, 20251 hr 3 min

Heston Blumenthal’s Cannibal Tapas | The Aztecs (Part 1/5)

Cannibalism, Human Sacrifice and using skulls as bricks- who were the Aztecs before the pox-laden Spanish arrived? The show for people who like history but don't care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes, ad-free listening and early access to series, become a Truther and sign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/fintaylor?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 09, 20251 hr 3 min

He Died Doing What He Loved (with Daniel Sloss) | The Rise and Fall of Colonel Gaddafi (Part 4/4)

Daniel Sloss is still with us as we unpack the greatest fall from grace a dictator has ever had The show for people who like history but don't care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes, ad-free listening and early access to series, become a Truther and sign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/fintaylor?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 05, 202550 min

It’s Raining Rubber Fists (with Daniel Sloss) | The Rise and Fall of Colonel Gaddafi (Part 3/4)

Daniel Sloss joins us to talk Gaddafi in the 80s - including a show trial for toddlers, The Lockerbie disaster, and most heinous of all - a bomb in a Berlin nightclub. The show for people who like history but don't care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes, ad-free listening and early access to series, become a Truther and sign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/fintaylor?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

Jun 02, 202555 min

The People’s Republic of Jiblablabah | The Rise and Fall of Colonel Gaddafi (Part 2/4)

Gaddafi, the illiterate intellectual, the thinking man’s man-who-can’t think, orchestrates perhaps the funniest terrorist attack of all time and formally renames Libya absolute gibberish The show for people who like history but don't care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes, ad-free listening and early access to series, become a Truther and sign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/fintaylor?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoic...

May 29, 202551 min

Why do Arab Men Smell So Good? | The Rise and Fall of Colonel Gaddafi (Part 1/4)

Is Gaddafi the most mental dictator in history? One thing’s for sure, no tyrant smelled this good The show for people who like history but don't care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes, ad-free listening and early access to series, become a Truther and sign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/fintaylor?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 26, 202548 min

Soggy Biscuit is a White Dominated Sport | The Golden Age of Piracy (Part 2)

The ugliest King there’s ever been dies without an heir, ushering in a golden age of pirates - who leave behind them a legacy of peg-legs, buried treasure and soggy biscuit. The show for people who like history but don't care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes, ad-free listening and early access to series, become a Truther and sign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/fintaylor?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoi...

May 22, 202557 min

You think Fyre Festival was bad… | The Golden Age of Piracy (Part 1)

Who were the real pirates of the Caribbean and more importantly what did they sound like? The show for people who like history but don't care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes, ad-free listening and early access to series, become a Truther and sign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/fintaylor?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 19, 202558 min

Look How Good I Am At Drawing Apples | The Renaissance Part 2: Holland

Why is Dutch art so weird? The show for people who like history but don't care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes, ad-free listening and early access to series, become a Truther and sign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/fintaylor?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 15, 202542 min

Trust The Italians to Rediscover Porn | The Renaissance Part 1: Italy

If the dark ages were the straightest period in history, then the renaissance is when Europe turned gay, led by - who else - but the Italians The show for people who like history but don't care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes, ad-free listening and early access to series, become a Truther and sign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/fintaylor?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 12, 202554 min

Justice for Naughty Francis Bourgeois | The Eichmann Trial: Jerusalem, 1961 (Part 4/4)

The sesh has officially ended for Adolf Eichmann, as he is put on trial by his wife and kids and forced to reckon with what he did on the Big Nazi Stag Do of 1939-1945 The show for people who like history but don't care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes, ad-free listening and early access to series, become a Truther and sign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/fintaylor?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

May 08, 202546 min

The Oi-Vey Team | The Eichmann Trial: Mossad Capture (Part 3/4)

Eichmann’s Nazi son starts a forbidden romance with a holocaust survivor’s daughter, but these gold-star crossed lovers end up leading Israeli spies to Adolf’s door The show for people who like history but don't care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes, ad-free listening and early access to series, become a Truther and sign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/fintaylor?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

May 05, 202557 min

Ricardo The Gaucho Gobbler | The Eichmann Trial : Nazi on the Run (Part 2/4)

While the Nazi High Command are being tried at Nuremberg, Adolf Eichmann has gone to ground, and with the help of the Catholic Church, flees to Argentina to explore his sexuality The show for people who like history but don't care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes, ad-free listening and early access to series, become a Truther and sign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/fintaylor?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/a...

May 01, 202558 min

My pronouns are He / Himmler | The Eichmann Trial: War Criminal (Part 1/4)

If the Nazis were a Stag Do, Adolf Eichmann was the guy who phones the pub and books the table for 12…but when the sesh ends, Adolf doesn’t want to go home The show for people who like history but don't care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes, ad-free listening and early access to series, become a Truther and sign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/fintaylor?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 28, 202559 min

Instel (Involuntary Sterilised) | Charles Darwin & The Birth of Eugenics (Part 2)

Charles Darwin’s cousin misunderstands what Charlie meant and starts a train of thought that ends in some very naughty trains in Germany We’re going on Tour in October! Patreon presale starts thus Thurs Thursday 24th April @ 10am, general sale Friday 25th April 10am The show for people who like history but don't care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes, ad-free listening and early access to series, become a Truther and sign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/fintaylor?utm_ca...

Apr 24, 20251 hr

When Birdwatching Goes Too Far | Charles Darwin & The Birth of Eugenics (Part 1)

How did a humble British bug-chaser’s ideas about finches lead to America forcibly sterilising people? We’re going on Tour in October! Patreon presale starts thus Thurs Thursday 24th April @ 10am, general sale Friday 25th April 10am The show for people who like history but don't care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes, ad-free listening and early access to series, become a Truther and sign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/fintaylor?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator Learn ...

Apr 21, 202559 min

I’m Not Racist, Some of My Best Hostages Are Black | The Iranian Revolution, 1979 (3/3)

The Shah goes on his holibobs and Ayatollah Khomeini uses a hostage crisis to play 4 dimensional woke chess The show for people who like history but don't care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes, ad-free listening and early access to series, become a Truther and sign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/fintaylor?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 20, 202555 min

Please Don’t Cut Our Heads Off | The Iranian Revolution, 1979 (2/3)

The Ayatollah still hasn’t finished his book, and Mohammad Reza Shah spends the GDP of a small country on a primary school nativity play The show for people who like history but don't care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes, ad-free listening and early access to series, become a Truther and sign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/fintaylor?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 17, 20251 hr 6 min

An MI6 Coup Against A Persian Power Bottom | The Iranian Revolution, 1979 (1/3)

It’s Ayatollah vs Shah, Grumpykins vs Little Rich Twink, the era-defining event of the modern Middle East. The show for people who like history but don't care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes, ad-free listening and early access to series, become a Truther and sign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/fintaylor?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 14, 20251 hr 2 min
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