It's best friends week!
Tom kicks us off with a look at the origin of 'Whipping Boys', along with a trip to the land of the Groom of the Stool, and court eunuchs.
Next, Sam takes a look at the unusual friendship and daring prison camp escape of Max Gendelman and Karl Kirschner, a Jewish-American POW and a German officer who became best friends.
Next week is a patron exclusive all about knock offs. Join our Patreon for access to all episodes, special songs, medals and more amazing perks!
Our next public episode is all about mad military inventions!
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Welcome to That Was Genius: Two blokes. An immature sense of humour. And 10,000 years of human civilisation. A weekly podcast looking at the weirder side of history.
Join Sam Datta-Paulin (he likes history and lives in Britain) and Tom Berry (he also likes history and used to live in New Zealand but is now in the UK as well), for a weekly reflection on the bold, the brilliant... And the downright strange.
From bizarre events and stories to equally odd inventions, barely a day goes by without something incredible (or incredibly stupid) happening around the world.
We upload new episodes every Wednesday night/Thursday morning (UK time).
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A Boyscout at Terminal Velocity (Seas week) - That Was Genius Episode 99
Freemasons in Comedy Breasts (Coups week) - That Was Genius Episode 97
A Risky Night at the Zoo Brothel (Tyrants week) - That Was Genius Episode 95
Give 'em the Old Razzle Dazzle (Weapons week) - That Was Genius Episode 93
That Was Genius Christmas Quiz 2020
A Dwarf in Crotchless Underwear (Hangovers week) - That Was Genius Episode 89
Milking the Billy Goat (Cars week) - That Was Genius Episode 87
Rocky Balboa F*sting Horses (Naturalists week) - That Was Genius Episode 85
Who Do You Think You Are Kidding Mr Truman? (Civil Wars week) - That Was Genius Episode 83
A Long Wait for 15 Seconds of Action (Things that never happened week) - That Was Genius Episode 81
Jib all Over the Place (Ships week) - That Was Genius Episode 79
That Was Genius Episode 78 - Thirty Unwilling Goats (Pictures week patron exclusive)
The Time Travelling Friar or A Wagger of Ballocks (bands week)- That Was Genius Episode 77
Bash Street's Back Alright! (Errant Youth week) - That Was Genius Episode 75
A Cack-handed Tossing of Children and Females (left-handed week) - That Was Genius Episode 73
That IS a tasty Cabbage (Sidekicks week) - That Was Genius Episode 71
Digging for Brown Gold (Hobbies week) - That Was Genius Episode 69
Trousers Down, and Present the S**t (Weddings week) - That Was Genius Episode 67
Chocks Out for the Lads (Accents week) - That Was Genius Episode 65
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