Half-Arsed History

Episode 401: The East India Company – Part 1: Spices and Stocks

In this week’s episode, learn about the global 16th century trading conditions that ultimately led to the formation of the East India Company, an institution that would eventually grow to effectively rule as a nation in its own right. https://open.acast.com/public/streams/65a47774968ba8001771f445/episodes/69a3987aa9760df1fb086175.mp3 Download Episode (Right click and select “Save as…”)

Episode 400: What Half-Arsed History Could Have Been

In this week’s episode, get a taste of what this show might have sounded like if it had begun as a podcast of a different genre. https://open.acast.com/public/streams/65a47774968ba8001771f445/episodes/699b035c1b49b62ccc32184b.mp3 Download Episode (Right click and select “Save as…”)

Episode 399: Nicolaus Copernicus and Copernican Heliocentrism

In this week’s episode, get to know Nicolaus Copernicus, the 15th-century astronomer who brought about a historical paradigm shift with his radical proposal that the Sun, not the Earth, is at the centre of the solar system. https://open.acast.com/public/streams/65a47774968ba8001771f445/episodes/699138501506be1a7ef3a854.mp3 Download Episode (Right click and select “Save as…”)

Episode 398: The Foundation of Modern Singapore

In this week’s episode, discover how, why, and perhaps most importantly where modern Singapore was founded, back in 1819 by Sir Stamford Raffles. https://open.acast.com/public/streams/65a47774968ba8001771f445/episodes/6987ef4145f62cfe946be981.mp3 Download Episode (Right click and select “Save as…”)

Episode 397: Catherine the Great, the Enlightened Empress

In this week’s episode, meet Catherine the Great, the empress who successfully ruled Russia for almost 35 years despite usurping a throne she had no claim to. https://open.acast.com/public/streams/65a47774968ba8001771f445/episodes/697eb13a56431a2c0f188312.mp3 Download Episode (Right click and select “Save as…”)