Two buffoons who want to learn about history! Our names are Bradley and Kate. We both love to learn about history but also don't want to take it too seriously. Join us as we dive in to random stories, people, events and so much more throughout history. Each episode we will talk about a new topic with a light hearted approach to learn and have some fun. Find us at: historybuffoonspodcast.com Reach out to us at: historybuffoonspodcast@gmail.com
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Bradley and Kate hosts History Buffoons Podcast, a history show with 150 episodes published.
A 52-foot yacht sets off on a 15,000-mile voyage from England to Australia, and five minutes of bad luck turns it into one of the most infamous survival stories ever recorded. We’re Kate and Bradley, and we walk through
The Origin of Weird: Kamikaze
Aug 6, 202631mEp. 44
“Kamikaze” is one of those words that feels locked to World War II, but the original meaning is older, stranger, and way more revealing. We follow the term back to medieval Japan, where “kamikaze” first means “divine win
I'm Batman: William Buckley
Aug 4, 202656mEp. 104
“You’ve got a Buckley’s chance.” It sounds like a throwaway line until you learn it may be rooted in a real man whose survival odds were basically zero. We start with the meaning of this classic piece of Australian slang
Disturbance in the Dirt: African Cemetery Under Higgs Beach
Jul 28, 202648mEp. 103
A beach day in Key West can feel like pure escape until you learn what’s under the sand. We tell the story of the African Cemetery at Higgs Beach, a burial ground tied to three illegal slave ships and nearly 300 lives th
The Origin of Weird: Operation Beluga
Jul 23, 202623mEp. 43
A thousand beluga whales. A freezing strait that tightens into a handful of breathing holes. Polar bears waiting at the surface. Then, out of the Cold War backdrop, a Soviet icebreaker shows up with one job: carve an esc
All The Kate's: Victorian Strongwomen
Jul 21, 202649mEp. 102
A woman outlifts the most famous strongman on earth, a trapeze artist turns a “proper” outfit into a midair reveal, and a Welsh powerhouse lives boldly with zero interest in anyone’s approval. That’s where we’re headed,
You're Killin' Me Smalls: Robert Smalls
Jul 14, 202655mEp. 101
A Confederate ship slips out of Charleston Harbor before sunrise, glides past guarded checkpoints, and rolls right under the guns of Fort Sumter. The wild part is not the ship. It’s the captain on deck. Robert Smalls is
The Origin of Weird: The Erfurt Latrine Disaster
Jul 9, 202615mEp. 42
A medieval power meeting goes wrong in the most horrifying way possible: the floor collapses, and dozens of nobles drop into a cesspit. We’re Bradley and Kate, and we’re walking you through the Erfurt Latrine Disaster of
Dino-Mite: The Bone Wars
Jul 7, 202652mEp. 100
Episode 100 calls for a toast, but we’re not celebrating with a feel-good story. We’re cracking open a classic beer and digging into the Bone Wars, a late-1800s feud so petty and so destructive that it makes modern inter
He's a Yes Man: 5 Men and Anne Boleyn
Jun 30, 20261h 7mEp. 99
A queen’s downfall is famous. The five men who died to make the story believable are not, and that’s the part we can’t stop thinking about. We walk through the chain reaction that follows Anne Boleyn’s slide from untouch
The Origin of Weird: The Cobra Effect
Jun 25, 202614mEp. 41
They tried to fix a snake problem with cash, and accidentally built a snake industry. We’re Kate and Bradley, and we’re telling the infamous real-world story behind the Cobra Effect, a perfect example of unintended conse
Captain France: Albert Roche
Jun 16, 202654mEp. 98
A 5-foot-1 farm kid gets told he is too small for war, then he breaks into the French Army anyway. That is not a metaphor, it is Albert Roach’s real World War I origin story, and it sets the tone for one of the most jaw-
I Want Some Cake: John Newton
Jun 9, 202657mEp. 97
The most famous hymn in the world has one of the most uncomfortable origin stories. “Amazing Grace” was written by John Newton, a man who spent years at sea, fought authority like it was his job, and participated directl
The Origin of Weird: Mary Sears and Thermocline
Jun 4, 202623mEp. 400
A U.S. destroyer chases a German U-boat through the North Atlantic, the sonar pings start to lie, and the target seems to vanish like a ghost. The twist isn’t a secret engine or a lucky escape. It’s ocean physics. We wal
A Nostalgic Town: The History of Deadwood
Jun 2, 20261h 18mEp. 960
Deadwood starts with a simple, dangerous idea: there’s gold in the Black Hills, so people move in even when they’re not supposed to. We follow the real history of Deadwood, South Dakota from its first days as an unsancti
Know Your Role: H.A. and Margaret Rey
May 26, 20261h 14mEp. 950
Curious George didn’t just come from a cute idea. He came from a suitcase of drawings carried through a collapsing Europe while German-born Jewish refugees tried to stay one step ahead of the war. We tell the story of H
The Origin of Weird: Avoidable Disasters
May 21, 202621mEp. 390
A $125 million Mars mission disappears because two teams can’t agree on units. That’s not a sci-fi plot, it’s the kind of avoidable disaster that makes us laugh, then cringe, then double-check our own work. We start with
Balloonart By Treb: Balloonfest '86
May 19, 20261h 0mEp. 940
1.5 million balloons rise over downtown Cleveland, cameras roll, a Guinness World Records official watches, and a fundraising idea turns into a story people still argue about decades later. We’re Bradley and Kate, and we
Human Timers: History of The Preakness Stakes
May 12, 202641mEp. 930
The Preakness is only 1 3/16 miles, but its history takes way more twists than that. We’re coming off watching the Kentucky Derby, mixing up the signature Black Eyed Susan cocktail, and then digging into how the Preaknes
The Origin of Weird: Tarrare and His Insatiable Hunger
May 7, 202618mEp. 380
A man in late 1700s France can eat nonstop and still feel starving. Not “big appetite” starving, but a relentless, aggressive hunger that drives him from normal meals to rotten meat, garbage, and eventually things nobody
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