Fin vs History
Episodes
He Died Doing What He Loved (with Daniel Sloss) | The Rise and Fall of Colonel Gaddafi (Part 4/4)
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
It’s Raining Rubber Fists (with Daniel Sloss) | The Rise and Fall of Colonel Gaddafi (Part 3/4)
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
The People’s Republic of Jiblablabah | The Rise and Fall of Colonel Gaddafi (Part 2/4)
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gaddafi, the illiterate intellectual, the thinking man’s man-who-can’t think, orchestrates perhaps the funniest terrorist attack of all time and f...
Why do Arab Men Smell So Good? | The Rise and Fall of Colonel Gaddafi (Part 1/4)
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Soggy Biscuit is a White Dominated Sport | The Golden Age of Piracy (Part 2)
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 tr...
You think Fyre Festival was bad… | The Golden Age of Piracy (Part 1)
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Look How Good I Am At Drawing Apples | The Renaissance Part 2: Holland
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 list...
Trust The Italians to Rediscover Porn | The Renaissance Part 1: Italy
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 s...
Justice for Naughty Francis Bourgeois | The Eichmann Trial: Jerusalem, 1961 (Part 4/4)
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 Sta...
The Oi-Vey Team | The Eichmann Trial: Mossad Capture (Part 3/4)
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Eichmann’s Nazi son starts a forbidden romance with a holocaust survivor’s daughter, but these gold-star crossed lovers end up leading Israeli spi...
Ricardo The Gaucho Gobbler | The Eichmann Trial : Nazi on the Run (Part 2/4)
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 Argent...
My pronouns are He / Himmler | The Eichmann Trial: War Criminal (Part 1/4)
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
Instel (Involuntary Sterilised) | Charles Darwin & The Birth of Eugenics (Part 2)
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 g...
When Birdwatching Goes Too Far | Charles Darwin & The Birth of Eugenics (Part 1)
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 p...
I’m Not Racist, Some of My Best Hostages Are Black | The Iranian Revolution, 1979 (3/3)
20 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Please Don’t Cut Our Heads Off | The Iranian Revolution, 1979 (2/3)
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 f...
An MI6 Coup Against A Persian Power Bottom | The Iranian Revolution, 1979 (1/3)
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Only A True Artist Would Kick His Pregnant Wife Down The Stairs | Nero & the Emperors of Rome (Part 2) with James McCann
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nero: Was the Roman Emperor’s third wedding the first ever gay marriage? The show for people who like history but don't care what actually happened...
I’m A Stud Pig, Get Me Out Of Here | Nero & The Emperors of Rome (Part 1)
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’re in Ancient Rome for a carnival of incest, violence, matricide and depravity. If you think PartyGate was bad, wait until you hear about Tiberiu...
“My horse, my horse, oh sh*t I’ve lost my horse” | Richard III and The Princes in The Tower (Part 2)
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Richard III has manipulated his way to the throne, but in less than two years his naked corpse will be flung over a horse, with arrows shoved up his a...
A Spine Like A David Beckham Free Kick | Richard III and the Princes in the Tower (Part 1)
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Richard III, Britain’s last medieval King: Disabled icon? Or just another nonce found in a car park? The show for people who like history but don'...
The Great Mongol Wedgie Tour | Genghis Khan (Part 2)
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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,...
The Man Who Conquered Borat | Genghis Khan (Part 1)
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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,...
Like Falling Into the 9/11 Memorial | The Titanic (Part 3/3)
23 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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,...
This is Why You Should Always Upgrade | The Titanic (Part 2/3)
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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,...
‘Fatberg, Dead Ahead!’ | The Titanic (Part 1/3)
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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,...
PC Thicko is on the case | Jack the Ripper: The Suspects (Part 3/3)
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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,...
How Annoying Were These Women Though? | Jack the Ripper: The Murders (Part 2/3)
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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,...
Murder has never been so smelly | Jack The Ripper: London in 1888 (Part 1/3)
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The show for people who like history but don’t care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes subscribe to the Patreon and become a Truthe...
The Paras called it Sunday Funday | The Troubles (part 2) with Vittorio Angelone
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The show for people who like history but don’t care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes subscribe to the Patreon and become a Truthe...
Back when Pooing Yourself meant something | The Troubles (part 1)
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The show for people who like history but don’t care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes subscribe to the Patreon and become a Truthe...
All torture is relaxing for the first bit | The Salem Witch Trials
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The show for people who like history but don’t care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes subscribe to the Patreon and become a Truthe...
Yet Again The Germans take it too far | Witch Hunts in Early Modern Europe
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The show for people who like history but don’t care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes subscribe to the Patreon and become a Truthe...
Was Socrates a Fraud? | The Golden Age of Athens (Part 2)
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The show for people who like history but don’t care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes subscribe to the Patreon and become a Truthe...
The birth of Democracy and Platonic Bum Stuff | The Golden Age of Athens (Part 1)
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The show for people who like history but don’t care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes subscribe to the Patreon and become a Truthe...
The Prequel to 9/11?| The First Crusade (Part 2)
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The show for people who like history but don’t care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes subscribe to the Patreon and become a Truthe...
Was this the worst time to be alive? | The First Crusade (Part 1)
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The show for people who like history but don’t care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes subscribe to the Patreon and become a Truthe...
The Swinging-from-a-Lamp-Post ‘60s | The Life of Chairman Mao (Part 3)
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The show for people who like history but don’t care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes subscribe to the Patreon and become a Truthe...
Is Mao's Famine the reason China eats pig d*cks? | The Life of Chairman Mao (Part 2)
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Is Chairman Mao The G.O.A.T of Dictators? | The Life of Chairman Mao (Part 1)
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
The Cold War was an Ugly-Off | The Cuban Missile Crisis (Part 2)
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Was JFK the Horniest President in history? | The Cuban Missile Crisis (Part 1)
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The show for people who like history but don’t care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes subscribe to the Patreon and become a Truthe...
Oliver Cromwell was a West African Warlord | The English Civil War (Part 2)
23 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The show for people who like history but don’t care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes subscribe to the Patreon and become a Truthe...
The most pointless war ever ? | The English Civil War (Part 1)
20 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The show for people who like history but don’t care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes subscribe to the Patreon and become a Truthe...
Trailer
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fin vs History - the podcast for people who like history but don't care about what really happened. From Fin Taylor & Horatio Gould - out weekly. Lea...