Episodes

  • Inventions Episode 18: The Mechanical Clock

    Inventions Episode 18: The Mechanical Clock
    May 2 2025

    Clocks are everywhere - we are more or less always surrounded by timekeeping devices of all different kinds, but it was the mechanical clock, specifically, that ushered in an era of accurate, reliable horology.


    Marshall Sutcliffe from Wristwatch Revival working on the watches I wear:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJFNcfT-7HQ

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5ziU2-9yOo

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eQp4VAjZ00

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    31 mins
  • QAH Episode 108: The Defenestrations of Prague - Remastered

    QAH Episode 108: The Defenestrations of Prague - Remastered
    Apr 30 2025
    Quarter-Arsed History presents: the Defenestrations of Prague, an account of the multiple time that angry Bohemian Protestants have hurled Catholics out of windows as acts of political protest.

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    20 mins
  • Episode 357: The History of the Papal Conclave

    Episode 357: The History of the Papal Conclave
    Apr 27 2025
    In this week's episode, learn all about the papal conclave: what preceded it, its origins, its centuries of history, and all that we know about how it elects popes today, in the 21st century.

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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Inventions Episode 17: Eyeglasses

    Inventions Episode 17: Eyeglasses
    Apr 25 2025
    Eyeglasses, as a very important invention, have evolved from an expensive and somewhat unreliable piece of specialist equipment to something that half the world's population makes daily use of.

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    21 mins
  • QAH Episode 107: Lord Timothy Dexter, the Whacko Entrepreneur - Remastered

    QAH Episode 107: Lord Timothy Dexter, the Whacko Entrepreneur - Remastered
    Apr 23 2025
    Quarter-Arsed History presents: the (somewhat unverified) tale of Timothy Dexter, who amassed a vast fortune by making some of the most ludicrous business decisions you'll ever hear.

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    26 mins
  • Episode 356: A Guide to Australian Elections

    Episode 356: A Guide to Australian Elections
    Apr 20 2025
    In this week's episode, learn all about Australian elections - how they originated, how they've changed, how they work today, and how their results lead to parliamentary governments being formed.

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    1 hr and 20 mins
  • Inventions Episode 16: The Compass

    Inventions Episode 16: The Compass
    Apr 18 2025
    The compass has been used as a navigational tool for a thousand years, guiding ships and aeroplanes around the world - but for a thousand years before that, it served a different (and slightly less useful) role.

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    26 mins
  • QAH Episode 106: Jeanne de Clisson, Lioness of Brittany - Remastered

    QAH Episode 106: Jeanne de Clisson, Lioness of Brittany - Remastered
    Apr 16 2025
    Quarter-Arsed History present: the tale of the 14th-century noblewoman Jeanne de Clisson, who, after the execution of her husband at the hands of the French king, turned to a life of piracy and terrorised French shipping in the English Channel.

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    19 mins