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Barely Historical is a comedy podcast where two lifelong friends pick a year, dive in, and immediately regret it. Amanda and JoLynne drag the past through the mud, from Salem to the Spice Girls, covering pop culture, scandals, disasters, and all the weird moments that never made it into your textbook. It’s history told by people who probably shouldn’t be trusted with it, but at least you’ll laugh while you learn. Expect games, chaotic commentary, and stories that prove the past was just as unhinged as the present.
Unknown Host hosts Barely Historical, a comedy show with 35 episodes published.
What happens when one family tree becomes less of a tree… and more of a wreath? This week on Barely Historical, we’re tackling one of the internet’s most infamous families: the Whittakers of West Virginia. But instead of
Juneteenth marks June 19, 1865, the day Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced that enslaved people there were free more than two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation. In this episode of
Hot take to start the show: every man who has ever lost his entire mind over a woman has blamed her for it. Two thousand years ago that energy started a civil war, ended with Julius Caesar getting stabbed 23 times on the
This week, we’re diving into the chaotic world of the De Clare sisters, one of medieval England’s most powerful families. What starts as inheritance drama quickly turns into royal favoritism, political manipulation, tang
Patreon Bonus Episode. The year is 1978, and apparently the hottest relationship trend is mutual destruction. JoLynne and Amanda ruin history with the chaotic, toxic, and wildly overrated romance of SID VICIOUS and NANCY
What were Gilded Age mansions really hiding? In this episode of Barely Historical, we dive into the outrageous world of America’s most extravagant homes—built during the late 1800s by names like the Vanderbilts, Astors,
The year is 1919. Boston is minding its business when a 50-foot tank full of molasses says, “absolutely not.” JoLynne and Amanda ruin history with a literal syrup tsunami, corporate negligence, and the moment breakfast t
Every spring, humans suddenly feel the urge to reset their lives. We clean our houses, change our routines, and convince ourselves we’re becoming better people overnight. But this isn’t random. It’s ancient. In this epis
Imagine being so good at math that the federal government trusts you to calculate whether astronauts survive reentry into Earth’s atmosphere. Orbital mechanics. Launch windows. Trajectory equations. Reentry angles. The k
This Valentine’s Day, Barely Historical is skipping the roses and going straight to the gunfire. In this episode, Jo and Amanda dive into one of the most infamous crimes in American history: the St. Valentine’s Day Massa
Welcome to the full unhinged version of Mother’s Little Helpers , where mid-century America dressed women in pastels and then medicated them into silence. JoLynne and Amanda ruin the real history behind the “little yello
The year is 1692. Massachusetts is cold, paranoid, and running on bad carbs. Two girls start convulsing, the town loses its collective mind, and suddenly everyone’s a witch — or about to be. This is the chaotic half you’
In 1920, police in Dresden, Germany responded to what appeared to be a murder scene: a headless, blood-soaked body in an artist's garden. The "victim"? A life-size doll. The perpetrator? Famous Expressionist painter Oska
Henry VIII didn’t just have “wife drama” he turned his midlife crisis into national policy. In this episode of Barely Historical , Jo and Amanda break down how one insecure man with too much power went from “kinda charmi
What if Stranger Things isn’t just a nostalgic monster show, but a remix of real government experiments, moral panic, and 1980s paranoia? In this episode of Barely Historical, Amanda and JoLynne ruin the real history beh
New Year’s Eve has never been chill. In this episode of Barely Historical, hosts JoLynne and Amanda explore the strange, dark, and often unhinged history of New Year’s Eve superstitions from around the world. Long before
There are two types of people in the world: People who accept that Anastasia Romanov died in 1918… and people who saw the animated movie once and said absolutely not. In this episode, Amanda and Jo finally confront the R
🎄 How Christmas Was Stolen This week on Barely Historical , Amanda and JoLynne are sharing a full Patreon-style deep dive for free as a Christmas gift. Christmas history is messier than most people realize. Long before
Welcome back to Barely Historical, the comedy history podcast where we ruin the past one year at a time. This episode drops us into 336 CE Rome and the chaos of the late Roman Empire, when Christianity is less “faith” an
Victorian Christmas cards were not cozy snowmen and Hallmark hearts. They were dead robins, frogs with firearms, demonic turnips, Krampus kidnappings, and families roasting in hell… all wishing you a “Merry Christmas.” I
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