Episodes

  • E46 - Dancing Plagues
    Dec 12 2025

    Have you ever just danced it out? If so, I bet it didn't last a couple months. A few hundred years ago, that's exactly what happened all over Europe!

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    7 mins
  • Thank You, 2025!
    Dec 10 2025

    Quick History's fans are the best! Thanks for a great year!

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    1 min
  • E45 - 50% Off This Episode, Black Friday Only!
    Nov 28 2025

    Black Friday was born out of chaos that didn't involve shopping, and turned into chaos that involved shopping! This is the history of the beginning of the Christmas shopping season! Act now, supplies are limited!

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    7 mins
  • E44 - The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Christmas Parade
    Nov 21 2025

    It might not be the first, but these days, it's the biggest. Ring in Christmas shopping season with the history of the Macy's Thanksgiving... uh, Christmas Parade!

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    10 mins
  • E43 - The Sleepy Sickness Epidemic
    Nov 14 2025

    An illness that makes you sleep a lot sounds like a good thing, but it turns out it isn't. In the early 1900s, all around the world, a lot of people died from it.

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    6 mins
  • E42 - Minnie Cox And The Indianola Affair
    Nov 7 2025

    In the late 1800s, Minnie Cox became the first African American Postmistress in Mississippi, and was later a part of The Indianola Affair, which "sparked the first major debate about race, states’ rights, and federal power in the United States Congress since Reconstruction." - Shennette Garrett-Scott, Mississippi History Now

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    10 mins
  • E41 - The History Of Halloween
    Oct 31 2025

    This is the first ever special episode of Quick History, and it's 18 minutes long! Learn about the beginning of Halloween, the fear of black cats, witches, Jack-o-lanterns, and trick or treating! Happy Halloween!

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    18 mins
  • E40 - The History Of Chef Boyardee
    Oct 24 2025

    Chef Ettore Boiardi changed the world forever when he began making and selling canned pasta meals under the much easier-to-pronounce name, Chef Boyardee. But how he got there is a pretty cool story! Welcome to season 4 of Quick History!

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    6 mins