Get Shocked!

John J King and Daniel Berger-Jones

English Comedy History

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Episodes 12

Avg. Duration 58m

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Apple Rating ★ 5.0 (6)

Since Oct 2024

Latest Episode Oct 2025

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About This Podcast

A podcast where two amateur history buffs electrocute each other about bad ass stories from history.

We quiz each other on the episode’s topic and for every wrong answer, we get an increasingly high-voltage electric shock.

It's Hot Ones...For Nerds.

It's History...for people who are history-curious and just need a jackhole getting electrocuted to seal the deal.

It's GET SHOCKED.

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Created, Written and Co-hosted by Daniel Berger-Jones and John J King.

Produced and Edited by Kenneth Fuentes.

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Recent Episodes

S1E10 All You Can Eat, But Shouldn't Part I

Oct 02, 2025 1h

They say you are what you eat.In which case, some people are toxic pufferfish liver. Others are a turkey head sewn onto a pig's butt.Food is everything to us: life, culture, and community. For…

S1E9 Yummy Mummies: The Egyptian Prescription

May 29, 2025 57m

Victorians ate mummies.Let me say it again: Victorians. Ate Mummies. For Medicine. Many kept it around like aspirin.Today, as we dig up a long-buried secret from our past, Jolts & Zing ask:Which…

S1E8 Blood Rites & Wrongs: MesoAmerican Sacrifice

Apr 17, 2025 1h 1m

The gods give us life. And we must give them life in return. Specifically in the form of blood, tears, and hearts carved from willing donors.Ah, the circle of life.Nearly every ancient culture has…

S1E7 Taint Unusual: The History of Anal Sex

Mar 06, 2025 55m

Birds do it.Whales do it.Ancient Greeks in toga tails do it.Today, in our deep probe into the history of anal sex, Jolts and Zing learnHow anal sex helps keep the peaceWhich non-human species have…

S1E6 Acid for the People: Hofmann, Leary, & Putting 'PSYCHE' Back Into Psychedelics

Jan 30, 2025 57m

One fateful day in 1943, Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann pulled out an old ergot compound he'd been ignoring for a decade, and accidentally got a drop of it on his hand. He soon experienced humanity's…

S1E5 Mansa Musa: Gold Mines & Mecca & Mosques, OH MY!

Jan 16, 2025 58m

The world's wealthiest man.Bill Gates? Jeff Bezos? Elon Musk? No, no, and No.Mansa Musa, "King Moses," leader of the Malian Empire in the 14th Century.Net Worth: approx. $400billion in 2025…

S1 Holiday Treat

Dec 26, 2024 7m Bonus

A little stocking stuffer for you Shockers - some outtakes from our recent episode on Vampires.We'll be back with our next full episode on January 16, 2025, diving into the story of the wealthiest…

S1E4 Vampires Are Real and So Can You

Dec 12, 2024 1h 3m

Vampires suck. And thank goodness they do.Complicated creatures full of flaws: no mirrors means bad hair days. Fangs make dentist visits tough. And they can’t eat stake.But today's vampires have…

S1E3 Booty and Junk: The Salty Life and Crimes of Zheng Yi Sao

Nov 28, 2024 58m

Who’s got two swords and went from poor fisher woman to pirate Queen in less than a decade?Today, Zing ‘N’ Jolts set sail for the early 1800s to track the facts on a woman who truly defied the…

S1E2 Frida Be You and Me

Nov 14, 2024 57m Transcript

Jolts and Zing dive into the life, loves, and art of the iconic Frida Kahlo (1907 – 1954). The renowned Mexican painter, celebrated for her feminism, indigenous fashion, and relentlessly personal…

S1E1 The History of Poop: Manure to Sewer

Oct 31, 2024 57m Transcript

"I eat, therefore I poop." - Renee Descartes (mistranslated by Daniel Berger-Jones.Poop. Caca. Dookie. For most of us, it's an everyday activity. But how much do we really know about it?What did…

S1 Get Shocked - Season 1 Trailer!

Oct 28, 2024 4m Trailer

Introducing GET SHOCKED, launching Thursday, October 31. Co-hosts Daniel Berger-Jones and John J King quiz each other on the stories of people and events we all sort of know, but barely, and…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does Get Shocked! have?

Get Shocked! has published 12 episodes since October 2024, covering topics in Comedy, History.

Is Get Shocked! still active?

Get Shocked! is currently declining with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 58m.