Every episode, co-hosts Ryan Weir and Pete Goddard spin the Wheel of History - landing on a random country, time period, and topic - and embark on a quest to unearth the most fascinating, bizarre, and unexpected stories from the past to prove that History Happened Everywhere!
Episodes
Thursday May 16, 2024
Thursday May 16, 2024
Pete and Ryan join forces to discover things Bigger than an Elephant in London during 509 to 27 BCE. Find out why a drunken elephant is best avoided. Learn to build your own hill-fort using bits of animals. And discover the bigger-than-an-elephant-sized boat that turned the tide of British history.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
02:14 Orientation to London!
11:21 History of London!
23:27 Bigger then an Elephant!
29:42 Fort Trench!
39:31 The Boat that Saved Caesar!
54:50 Derzolation!
56:27 Outro
Links:
- Eric Coates - London Every Day (https://youtu.be/_aHuRXGN9_0?si=Pnmej0_CAPYh6_va)
- London Town song (https://youtu.be/8jkU-s5BM0c?si=EUWivoqe9O-euZ2Q)
- “Miguel Johnson - Good Day To Die [Epic]" is under a Creative Commons license (CC BY 3.0) | / migueljohnson | https://migueljohnson.bandcamp.com/ | Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: https://bit.ly/good-day-to-die-song
- "Scott Buckley - Legionnaire" is under an Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0) | / scottbuckley | Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: https://bit.ly/legionnaire-song
- What it’s really like to Live in London (https://youtu.be/WnRio5yYmjI?si=Dkv_AM2wFsK_aTOj)
Go do this:
- Adopt an Elephant (wwf.org)
Contact:
Thursday May 09, 2024
Thursday May 09, 2024
In this after-show episode it’s judgement day for Pete's attempt to find peas in Africa during the Jurassic! Featuring a disco dinosaur, some debatable nostrils and fossilised faeces, will the Judge find primordial pee and a pod of PEA FACTS enough to gain his approval? Find out now on... THE VERDICT!
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
02:35 First Impressions & Deadly Disco Dino!
08:23 Pea Facts!
13:48 Giraffatitan!
16:15 Jurassic Plants!
19:56 Urolites!
24:56 The Verdict!
29:44 Outro & Sugarsnap Facts!
Contact:
https://linktr.ee/hhepodcast
Thursday May 02, 2024
Thursday May 02, 2024
Pete takes Ryan to Africa during the Jurassic in search of peace, but will he find it? Learn how to tell the time on a molecular clock, discover the lizard-mammal that wasn’t, and find out why paleantologists can’t stop looking at the legs of one particular gigantic dinosaur.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:28 Orientation to Africa!
10:14 History of Africa!
17:38 Peas in the Jurassic!
33:02 Piece in the not-Jurassic!
40:24 Piece in the Jurassic!
45:30 Derzolation!
46:48 Outro
Links:
- A Song of PEACE For Kids | Jack Hartmann (https://youtu.be/F62L1TaDIUk?si=-JGym-6gSe-2Ivs0)
- Prince Nico Mbarga Sweet Mother (https://youtu.be/3mecNrIaWOA?si=pbNRlrKrsXVKpu6o)
- African Union Anthem (https://youtu.be/7MtfxFkaJEo?si=5wZT72NugOv9lLao)
- African Folk Music Instrumental (https://youtu.be/9b81mWYIyTo?si=qe8tcCKL96IlgX_C)
Thanks:
- Professor Phil Donoghue at the University of Bristol
Contact:
Thursday Apr 25, 2024
Thursday Apr 25, 2024
Judge Dersley grabs his gavel to pass verdict on Ryan's episode on Oceania! Featuring the transit of Venus, a globetrotting goat, and the shocking truth about not-Captain Cook, will Ryan mind the gap or fall foul of the Judge? Find out now on... THE VERDICT!
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
02:40 First Impressions & Sealed Orders!
12:12 Tupaia and the English!
18:41 What is the Transit of Venus?
23:14 The Alofaaga Coconut Man!
27:09 The Verdict!
31:53 Outro
Contact:
https://linktr.ee/hhepodcast
Thursday Apr 18, 2024
Thursday Apr 18, 2024
Ryan takes Pete to Oceania to discover the topic of ‘Mind the Gap’. Hear the heartwarming tale of the train platform with a voice from beyond the grave, find out how Captain Cook narrowly avoided disaster thanks to a diplomatic local, and discover how some gaps are sacred.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:38 Orientation to Oceania!
11:12 History of Oceania!
18:53 What is ‘Mind the Gap!’?
30:11 James Cook & Tupaia!
46:39 Heavitree Gap!
59:18 Derzolation!
01:00:54 Outro
Links:
- Polynesian Music (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqn2Fhch1E8&t=29s)
- Oceania 'Tis for Thee (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQanNSt4PKA&t=638s)
- Instrumental Australian Music (https://youtu.be/uGkQfttbNa8?si=Wk2IvFnqXDMosSRl)
- Hawaiian Guitar Music (https://youtu.be/ezyakfMRJMc?si=07cEV-fgi7Xg3aC6)
- Mind the gap: Toast of London (https://youtu.be/yJ3yjjv-gRA?si=p7KZ2EfRWoqH4B29)
Contact: