Episodes

  • Stagecoach W*anker (with James Buckley) | Dick Turpin & Highwaymen (Part 2)

    Stagecoach W*anker (with James Buckley) | Dick Turpin & Highwaymen (Part 2)
    Nov 27 2025
    The show for people who like history but don't care what actually happened. Brought to you by Peter Christian- for free shipping on high quality British Tailoring this Christmas, go to www.peterchristian.co.uk and enter the code FVH at checkout For weekly bonus episodes, ad-free listening and early access to series, become a Truther and sign up to the Patreon ⁠https://www.patreon.com/fintaylor CHAPTERS: 00:00 Essex Black Tie 05:09 The Gregorysphere 11:24 Turpin’s On One 17:00 The Hunt for Dick Continues 21:19 Tracing a White Horse 26:37 Turpin Flees to Yorkshire 31:31 Orange Roles for Orange Actors 36:08 You Couldn’t Write It 42:01 Dick’s Execution 47:42 The Kryptonite of a Highwayman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    55 mins
  • Tough on Blackface, Tough on the Causes of Blackface | Dick Turpin & Highwaymen (Part 1)

    Tough on Blackface, Tough on the Causes of Blackface | Dick Turpin & Highwaymen (Part 1)
    Nov 24 2025
    The show for people who like history but don't care what actually happened. Secure your privacy with Surfshark! Enter coupon code FVH for an extra 4 months at ⁠⁠https://surfshark.com/fvh For weekly bonus episodes, ad-free listening and early access to series, become a Truther and sign up to the Patreon ⁠https://www.patreon.com/fintaylor CHAPTERS: 00:00 Gautism and Blautism 04:05 Dick Turnip 09:12 Golden Age of the Highwayman 17:25 Pooey Cuffs 24:09 To Bribe a Horse Botherer 27:36 The Bad Samaritan 30:47 The Human Cry 33:34 Rizwan Turban 38:29 The Essex Gang 44:05 Joseph Lawrence Attack & Capture 49:39 You Can’t Park There Mate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    59 mins
  • Britain's Shiny New Pacific Toilet | Captain Cook & The First Fleet (Part 2)

    Britain's Shiny New Pacific Toilet | Captain Cook & The First Fleet (Part 2)
    Nov 20 2025
    As the American War of Independence kicks off, Britain needs to find a new sewer - and in Hawaii, Captain Cook finally gets Cooked. The show for people who like history but don't care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes, ad-free listening and early access to series, become a Truther and sign up to the Patreon ⁠patreon.com/fintaylor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Don't Topple Statues, Wedgie Them | Captain Cook & The First Fleet (Part 1)

    Don't Topple Statues, Wedgie Them | Captain Cook & The First Fleet (Part 1)
    Nov 17 2025
    How did Captain Cook, the so-called founding father of White Australia and a boring map dweeb with an ugly wife, end up getting cancelled as the symbol of colonialism? Order your Fin Taylor Christmas Crackers at comedycrackers.co.uk The show for people who like history but don't care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes, ad-free listening and early access to series, become a Truther and sign up to the Patreon ⁠patreon.com/fintaylor CHAPTERS: 00:00 Australia is Marbella 06:59 Not Spending Any More Time On It 13:52 Pastry Chasers 18:43 Cook King 22:46 The Seven Years' War 27:17 The Hydrographer 30:41 A Real Plant Botherer 37:36 Landfall in Tahiti 44:41 Wifebeating Ground Zero 47:50 Raisins, all of them Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr
  • Cult of Zero Personality | Pol Pot (Part 4/4)

    Cult of Zero Personality | Pol Pot (Part 4/4)
    Nov 13 2025
    The Regime falls, and yet Pol takes his boys back to the Jungle and carries on as before. Is this the most unsatisfying end to a dictator in history? The show for people who like history but don't care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes, ad-free listening and early access to series, become a Truther and sign up to the Patreon ⁠patreon.com/fintaylor CHAPTERS: 00:00 No problem 04:58 Shutting Up Shop 09:32 Pot calling the kettle Chinese 13:13 The Banality of Anal 18:06 Pol’s Personal life 21:01 70s nostalgia 24:04 Failed embalming (Pol Pong) 30:34 Paul Potts 31:30 What has Charlie Learnt? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    41 mins
  • xG (Expected Genocide) | Pol Pot (Part 3/4)

    xG (Expected Genocide) | Pol Pot (Part 3/4)
    Nov 10 2025
    Now in power, the Khmer Rouge get to work eradicating everyone with glasses with a strike rate that is truly Aguero-esque The show for people who like history but don't care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes, ad-free listening and early access to series, become a Truther and sign up to the Patreon ⁠patreon.com/fintaylor CHAPTERS: 00:00 Jungle Peter Pan 03:54 Year 0 09:57 Cambodia Becomes Hackney 13:46 Your Life is Your Spoon 18:47 Impure Intellectuals 21:34 Agüero of Genocides 23:57 Original Squid Game 31:00 French Cricket Originates Here 37:10 I Was Going Through a Rough Patch 44:16 Pol Pot Emerges Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    55 mins
  • A Tasting Menu of Napalm | Pol Pot (Part 2/4)

    A Tasting Menu of Napalm | Pol Pot (Part 2/4)
    Nov 6 2025
    Cambodia is served a ten course tasting menu of fire from above, before Pol Pot tells an entire city to f*ck off The show for people who like history but don't care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes, ad-free listening and early access to series, become a Truther and sign up to the Patreon ⁠patreon.com/fintaylor CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Communism is Boring 04:11 - Political Potty 08:05 - Pol Gets Cucked 13:44 - I’m a Communist Keep Me In Here19:11 - Rightwing Military Poo 25:00 - Napalm Set Menu31:20 - Leader of the FUNK 34:22 - Imagine There’s No Money 38:06 - Lon Nol has a stroke 42:07 - Everyone Out Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    54 mins
  • Jungle Blair & The Boy Who Di Canio-d Cambodia | Pol Pot (Part 1/4)

    Jungle Blair & The Boy Who Di Canio-d Cambodia | Pol Pot (Part 1/4)
    Nov 3 2025
    How did a smiley boy who was good at volleying footballs become the monster behind the Cambodian Genocide? The show for people who like history but don't care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes, ad-free listening and early access to series, become a Truther and sign up to the Patreon ⁠patreon.com/fintaylor Chapters; 00:00 Sex Tour Duty 04:57 Ladyman 08:11 The French Get Involved 12:49 God King Monivong 16:50 Trans Swindon 21:09 Jungle Blair 27:41 The First Indochinese War 34:50 Cambodia Gains Independence 40:10 Milked in the Palace 44:27 Rice Farmer with a Scissor Kick 48:04 Pol’s Nailing It Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    59 mins