History Buffoons Podcast
Two buffoons who want to learn about history!
Recent Episodes
Dec. 3, 2025
The Origin of Weird: The Anti Pope Schism
Power doesn’t just shape history—it picks the chair. We dive into the Western Schism, when Europe faced not one but multiple popes, and legitimacy became a battlefield of theology, politics, and personality. From Rome to Avig...
Dec. 1, 2025
Chimney Cricket: Oregon Trail Part One
A 2,000-mile promise of “free land” sounds irresistible—until you’re walking beside a creaking wagon at two miles per hour, guarding flour from river water and praying cholera spares your camp. We’re pulling the curtain back ...
Nov. 24, 2025
Hold My Fosters: Dave Kunst Walk Around The World
A wild idea in a Minnesota movie theater turns into a four-year odyssey across continents, palaces, deserts, and a war-torn frontier—only to be shattered and reshaped by a midnight ambush in the Afghan mountains. We follow Da...
Nov. 19, 2025
The Origin of Weird: Uther Pendragon and Lady Igraine
A dragon-tailed comet blazes across the sky, a king takes it as a sign, and a wizard decides the future is worth a dangerous bargain. We dive into the charged origin of King Arthur—not at the anvil, but at Tintagel—where Uthe...
Nov. 17, 2025
The Tudor Wizard: Cardinal Wolsey
Power doesn’t just sit on a throne—it lives in the hands that organize, negotiate, and quietly make things happen. We dive into the life of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, the butcher’s son who became England’s most formidable power ...
Nov. 10, 2025
Holy Hitman Roofie: Thuggee Cult of India
A friendly smile by the fire, a shared meal on a dusty road, and a scarf that turns into a weapon in a heartbeat. We dive into the shadowed world of the Thuggee—bands of highway killers who claimed divine orders from the godd...