History Buffoons Podcast
Two buffoons who want to learn about history!
Recent Episodes
June 9, 2025
Bubbles After All: The Wizard of Oz
Ever wonder what really happened behind the scenes of The Wizard of Oz? The yellow brick road was paved with dangerous stunts, toxic makeup, and shocking studio practices that would never be allowed today. From the moment we ...
June 4, 2025
The Origin of Weird: Louie Louie and the FBI Investigation
A simple rock recording session in 1963 snowballed into one of the FBI's most bizarre investigations when The Kingsmen recorded "Louie Louie" in a single take with just $50 and one hour of studio time. The perfect storm of fa...
June 2, 2025
Soap Opera Plot: Zlata Filipović
When 11-year-old Zlata Filipović received a blank diary in September 1991, she couldn't have known it would become a powerful testament to one of Europe's most devastating modern conflicts. As Yugoslavia fractured along ethni...
May 26, 2025
Buffoonery Chit-Chat
Ever wondered what happens when the history books close and the microphones stay on? In this special episode, Kate and Bradley pull back the curtain on the History Buffoons podcast, sharing the triumphs, challenges, and occas...
May 21, 2025
The Origin of Weird: Anti Comet Pill
Fear and opportunism collide in this fascinating dive into one of history's strangest mass panics. When scientists discovered cyanogen gas in Halley's Comet's tail before its 1910 arrival, what should have been a minor scient...
May 19, 2025
Two Polite Porcupines: Marie Antoinette
History often reduces Marie Antoinette to a single misattributed quote about cake and a guillotine blade, but the real woman behind the myth was far more complex and tragic. Born an Austrian archduchess and sent to France at ...