History With Dad is a chronological world history podcast that shows how the past still explains the present. Grounded in historical evidence and told with clarity, analysis, and a touch of Dad humor, each episode guides listeners through real events step by step. Dad Tangents trace ideas across time, revealing how different eras wrestle with surprisingly similar problems. Built for curious minds ages 10+.
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Signup to Generate a PitchHistory With Dad is a chronological world history podcast that shows how the past still explains the present. Grounded in historical evidence and told with clarity, analysis, and a touch of Dad humor, each episode guides listeners through real events step by step. Dad Tangents trace ideas across time, revealing how different eras wrestle with surprisingly similar problems.
History with Dad is hosted by Dad. The show has published 208 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Dad Tangent - Why Do Disasters Make Some People Rich? Shipwrecks, Fires & Financial Crashes" (15 October 2026, 12 minutes), "Dad Tangent - Who Owns Lost Treasure? Shipwrecks, Buried Gold & History's Biggest Ownership Fights" (14 October 2026, 9 minutes), and "S4E3 - The Golden Age of Piracy - Treasure on the Beach: Henry Jennings, Benjamin Hornigold & the Birth of Pirate Nassau" (13 October 2026, 52 minutes).
History with Dad publishes roughly daily, with episodes averaging 33 minutes across 208 episodes.
Booking probability for History with Dad is 36%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. History with Dad requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. History with Dad's contact route on record: verified email.
Dad hosts History with Dad, a history podcast with 208 episodes published.
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Episode #3
A ship sinks. A city burns. An economy collapses. For most people caught in the middle, it's a disaster. But for somebody else? It might be a business opportunity. In this Dad Tangent from History with Dad, we're...
Episode #3
You found the treasure. Congratulations! Now comes the hard part. Who actually owns it? In this Dad Tangent from History with Dad, we're looking at what happens when valuable objects disappear for decades or even...
The Golden Age of Piracy didn't begin with a single pirate. It grew out of a world that suddenly had a lot ofexperienced sailors... And considerably fewer legal ways to make money capturingships. Then, in 1715... A...
Good intentions feel important. But history has a slightly uncomfortable habit of remindingus that believing you're making the right decision doesn't necessarily mean you are. From a Swedish warship that probably never...
Episode #2
The Golden Age of Piracy begins with two men whose storiesshow just how blurry the line between privateer and pirate could become. Henry Every mutinied, stole a warship, captured one of the richest prizes in pirate...
Episode #1
Stealing something is only half the problem. You still haveto turn it into money. From pirates trying to unload tons of stolen cargo to medieval livestock thieves and modern fencing networks, criminals throughout...
Governments throughout history have relied on violent people they couldn't always control. Mercenaries, frontier warriors, and independent military companies could be incredibly useful when there was an enemy to...
Before Blackbeard, Calico Jack, Anne Bonny, and the famouspirates of the Golden Age, there was already a violent and complicated world waiting for them. In this episode of History with Dad , we travel back to the...
Why do certain soldiers become remembered as almostsuperhuman? In this History with Dad Tangent, we're looking at theSpartans, Gurkhas, and Japanese soldiers of World War II to see how battlefield success, enemy fear...
Episode #26
Can a painting, play, or movie change the way we remember ahistorical person? In this History with Dad Tangent, we're looking at Joan ofArc, Boudica, and the American cowboy to see how costumes and visual storytelling...
Did Vikings really wear horned helmets? Were they unusuallytall, covered in tattoos, filthy, blond-haired barbarians who dreamed of dying in battle? In the Season 3 finale of History with Dad, we're separatingthe...
The Roman Empire supposedly fell in 476. The Middle Agessupposedly ended in 1453... or maybe 1492. And an entire civilization supposedly “collapsed” at the end of the Bronze Age. But the people living through these...
Success is supposed to teach us what works. But sometimes it teaches exactly the wrong lesson. From Robert E. Lee at Gettysburg to IBM’s PC and Kodak's dominance of photography, this Dad Tangent looks at what happens...
The Viking Age reaches its traditional end in 1066. Harald Hardrada and Tostig invade northern England, defeat Edwin and Morcar at Fulford, and threaten York before King Harold Godwinson races north to meet them at...
For thousands of years, comets were treated as warnings of war, plague, revolution, and the deaths of kings. But why? From Caesar’s Comet and the Great Comet of 1577 to the bizarre panic surrounding Halley’s Comet in...
Who actually decides who becomes king? Royal succession sounds simple—until several people have legitimate claims to the same throne. From the chaos of Empress Matilda to Scotland’s Great Cause and the Wars of the...
England is heading toward 1066. Edward the Confessor has no heir, Harold Godwinson is becoming the most powerful man in the kingdom, William of Normandy believes the English throne was promised to him, and Harald...
Can propaganda decide who history remembers as the villain? From Richard III and Cleopatra to China's Wu Zetian and Genghis Khan, this Dad Tangent explores how political enemies, later historians, and cultural...
Episode #23
Why did medieval kings sometimes blind or mutilate their rivals instead of simply killing them? From Byzantine emperors and Bernard of Italy to Hungary's blind King Béla II, this History with Dad tangent explores the...
Cnut the Great built one of the most remarkable kingdoms of the Viking Age, ruling England, Denmark, and Norway. But when Cnut died in 1035, the North Sea Empire almost immediately began coming apart. His sons Harold...
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