That Was Genius - A Funny History Podcast
1) A Stephen Hawking-Shaped Adult Toy (Swearing week) - That Was Genius Episode 134
Fellow historians. It's our last EVER episode. What a blast we've had. And we're going out with a ruddy big bang - our rudest episode yet (by far)! Sam kicks us off with a tour of medieval swearing, a...Show More
A Stephen Hawking-Shaped Adult Toy (Swearing week) - That Was Genius Episode 134
45:00 | Mar 31st, 2022
2) A Jacket Made of Condoms and Geese (Stock Market Week) - That Was Genius Episode 133
It's time to lean back and take stock(market), as we look at all things boom and bust. Tom kicks us off with a look at the Drunk Oil Trading Incident, and the Great Comic Book Bubble. Meanwhile Sam's ...Show More
A Jacket Made of Condoms and Geese (Stock Market Week) - That Was Genius Episode 133
54:15 | Feb 26th, 2022
3) The Artful Todger (medical procedures and men behaving badly week) - That Was Genius Episode 131
We got confused! It's medical procedures week, but Sam jumped the gun and did a man behaving badly. Doh. Tom kicks us off with a look at the early 20th century obsession with grafting bits of animal (...Show More
4) 260 Menopausal Librarians (Trains week) - That Was Genius episode 129
Choo choo, steaming in two months late, we're back! This week it's all about trains. Sam kicks us off with a look at the Australian 'Afghan' or 'Ghan' camel trains of the 19th century. Next, Tom's lo...Show More
5) We‘re taking a break - but we‘ll be back!
Hi everyone, We've taken the decision to give ourselves a few weeks break from the podcast to reset and get ourselves sorted out. Sam's daughter has just started nursery so is perennially low-level i...Show More
6) Tom‘s Ping-Pong Canary Show (Traditions week) - That Was Genius Episode 127
Like carving a pumpkin at Halloween, sprouts at Christmas, and burning policemen in giant wicker cages, this week it's all about traditions! Sam kicks us off this week with a look at the not-as-nice-a...Show More
Tom‘s Ping-Pong Canary Show (Traditions week) - That Was Genius Episode 127
58:06 | Oct 21st, 2021
7) Minor Lion-Based Surgery (Feats of Survival week) - That Was Genius Episode 125
Well we nearly didn't make this one (Tom's mic broke). But we survived and we're back with an episode all about feats of survival! Tom's up first this week, with the parallel tales of H.M. Stanley and...Show More
Minor Lion-Based Surgery (Feats of Survival week) - That Was Genius Episode 125
56:11 | Oct 7th, 2021
8) The Misadventures of Florida Man (Internet week) - That Was Genius Episode 123
It's internet week (Beep beep, boop boop, modem screeching noises)! Sam starts us off with a look at project CyberSyn, a 1970s attempt by communist Chile to let a computer with a millionth the power o...Show More
The Misadventures of Florida Man (Internet week) - That Was Genius Episode 123
56:52 | Sep 16th, 2021
9) We‘re Bim Bam Bina Back (Italy week) - That Was Genius Episode 121
It's been... A While. But we're back, tanned, and ready to go! This week it's all about Italy. Tom has been looking at operation Mincemeat, the allied attempts to thwart Axis intelligence in the lead ...Show More
10) That Was Genius Episode 119 - The Many Follies of Heidi Klum (Gardening week Patron exclusive!)
This episode was a patron exclusive, which we're releasing to the public as we're taking a short summer break. Want to join and get more than two dozen exclusive episodes? Find us at patreon.com/thatw...Show More