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Hosts Jonathan & Kiley talk about the history of the upcoming week, but a long time ago (and sometimes not so long ago). Occasionally, they even know what they are talking about! Join them in exploring topics like Space Monkeys, Teleportation, Viking Battles, Death Poems, and more!
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S1E115 115 - The Terracotta Army
Send a textThis month we dig too greedily and too deep, finding ourselves at the mercy of 8,000 ancient soldiers.Support the show✨Subscribe on Buzzsprout to get bonus episodes of Half-Pint History…
S1E114 114 - Typhoid Mary
Send a textThis month Kiley learns about communicable diseases by tracking down the first documented asymptomatic carrier of Typhoid.Support the show✨Subscribe on Buzzsprout to get bonus episodes of…
S1E113 113 - The Order of the Golden Fleece
Send a textThis month Kiley traces down the complex lineage and many artifacts held by a longstanding brotherhood that apparently has little to do with Jason and the Argonauts like Jonathan had…
S1E112 112 - Ada Lovelace
Send a textThis month Kiley learns how to code about 100 years before the first computer is ever invented.Topic: Ada Lovelace, the first computer programmer.Support the show✨Subscribe on Buzzsprout…
S1E111 111 - Mystery Science Theater 3000 ( MST3K )
Send a textKiley launches Jonathan into space aboard the Satellite of Love in order to subject him to the most inhuman science experiments, bad movies.Topic: The rise and fall and rise and fall of…
S1E110 Half-Pint History - Renaissance Faires!
Send a textHalf-Pint History is a little show with very little research but lots of laughs, tangents, and fun facts! This first episode is FREE so you know what you are getting before you decide to…
S1E110 110 - Miracle of the Sun
Send a textDid you miss us? Kiley and Jonathan are back after a long hiatus to bring you stories about the upcoming Month but a long time ago. This week Kiley takes us to Portugal to watch the…
Presenting: This Machine Belongs To
Send a text Listen Here! ( https://thismachinebelongsto.buzzsprout.com/share ) Hi everybody its Kiley popping in to share the new project that we’ve been working on called "This Machine Belongs To",…
S1 Bonus - Japan Trip!
Send a textThis week Kiley and Jonathan take you along on their big trip to Japan! Full of fun facts and a few bigger topics like Japanese Bathing Culture and the history of Arcades!Support the…
S1E109 109 - Ethel Barrymore
Send a textThis week Kiley dons the glitz and glam and rubs elbows with some original Hollywood royalty!Topic: The Duchess of Theater, Ethel Barrymore.Support the show✨Subscribe on Buzzsprout to get…
S1E108 108 - The Whiskey Rebellion
Send a textThis week Kiley gets a little tipsy and throws a tantrum at taxes! Topic: The 7,000 persons strong protests at Braddock's Field in western Philadelphia as part of the Whiskey…
S1E107 107 - The Deer Island Disaster
Send a textThis week Kiley takes a long walk down a stinky tunnel to fix yet another Boston infrastructure disaster.Topic: The Deer Island Sewer Project and Deadly Disaster. Support the…
S1E106 106 - Pirate William Kidd
Send a textThis week Kiley returns to the open seas to collect some booty and show some booty to taunt the navy as part of the crew of the Antigua.Topic: The Pirate to Privateer to Pirate roller…
S1E105 105 - Disney's The Rescuers
Send a textThis week Kiley joins the Rescue Aid Society, hops on an Albatross, and catches a kidnapper and diamond thief!Topic: The critically acclaimed 1977 American animated adventure, The…
S1E104 104 - Homer Adolph Plessy
Send a textThis week Kiley takes a train ride that challenged the meaning of equal rights.Topic: Plessy v Ferguson***Correction to the episode, there were in fact 9 justices on the supreme court, one…
S1E103 103 - Casper Hauser
Send a textThis week Kiley finds the coolest gravestone quote in existence "Casper Hauser: A Riddle of His Time" and Jonathan gets to writing that request into his will.Topic: Casper Hauser, the…
S1E102 102 - The Diamond Sutra
Send a textThis week Kiley takes us waaaay back to the origins of history so we can get an enlightened look at the origins of communication and preservation of that knowledge.Topic: The Diamond…
S1E101 101 - Is Paul McCartney Dead?
Send a textThis week Kiley throws some records on reverse as we talk about the cover up to prevent the lonely hearts of music fans everywhere.Topic: Is Paul McCartney Dead? The Conspiracy that the…
S1E100 100 - The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Send a textThis week Kiley doffs a deerstalker to unravel the mystery of the first detective fiction narratives!Topic: The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan PoeSupport the show✨Subscribe on…
S1E99 99 - The Stone of Scone
Send a textThis week Kiley learns not about boulders or rocks, but stones and the miles they've traveled. Topic: The Christmas Caper of the Coronation Stone of Scone! P.S. - We'll be back soon but…
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