Softcore History Podcast
1) The Meanest Mormon in History
Porter Rockwell was many things. A man with three wives and twenty-one children, a lawman, and one of the OG Mormons. But above all he was the early Mormon church’s muscle. Their enforcer. And he had ...Show More
2) The Man Who Wrongly Thought He Could Fly
Franz Reichelt was an Austrian born tailor who became obsessed with the idea of creating a wearable parachute for pilots and aviators. This passion was only fueled by the many peers who doubted his in...Show More
3) Left Handers Are The Most Oppressed People In Human History
Rob, a southpaw survivor of human society’s systemic left-handedness oppression, breaks down all the horrible ways basically every civilization throughout human history has demonized, ostracized, and ...Show More
4) The Last Viking
Harald "Hardrada" Sigurdsson was a Viking mercenary in the Byzantine Varangian Guard and eventual King of Norway who threw his hat in the ring to conquer England in 1066. He lived an extraordinary lif...Show More
5) The Spy Who Shagged BP
Moe Berg was a defense-first journeyman catcher for the Dodgers, White Sox, Indians, and Red Sox who faced the likes of Babe Ruth and Joe DiMaggio. He also had multiple Ivy League degrees and was such...Show More
6) The Eggnog Riot
Jefferson Davis was a malcontent long before the American Civil War. The Eggnog Riot or Grog Mutiny was an 1826 drunken Christmas rebellion by dozens of cadets at the U.S. Military Academy in West Poi...Show More
7) The Worst Company Christmas Party in History
Forget puking secretaries and handsy office creeps, BY FAR the worst company Christmas party in American history happened on Christmas Eve in Michigan in 1913 when a group of striking miners had their...Show More
8) Flying Drunk At Pearl Harbor
U.S. Army Air Corps pilots Kenneth Taylor and George Welch had a few days off in tropical paradise and decided to let loose at an officer Christmas party. They parlay that into an all night poker game...Show More
9) Who Was The Best General Of All Time?
This is a free preview of the content we offer on the Softcore History Patreon.It is the best way to support Dan and Rob and keeps the podcast going.Subscribe to the Softcore History Patreon for hundr...Show More
10) The Geriatric Masshole Who Murdered Redcoats
Samuel Whittemore fought in the American Revolution. He fought despite the fact that he was born in 1696. At 78 years old, Whittemore, who'd already served in two wars prior to the American Revolution...Show More