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).
Check us out on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and via our website, and please do subscribe to us and leave us a review if you like what you hear!
Dónde está tu oro? (Conquistador Week) - That Was Genius Episode 28
If it Says it in The Bible (Slavery Week) - That Was Genius Episode 27
Hell Hath No Fury Like 300 Spearmen in Heels [Homosexuality Week] - That Was Genius Episode 26
A Face Full of Holy Horse Wind (The North week) - That Was Genius Episode 25
Kiss Me Tenderly Where The Sun Doesn't Shine (Music week) - That Was Genius Episode 24
The Ghosts Told Me To Do It (Great Escapes week) - That Was Genius Episode 23
The Tragic Tale of Burpy the Dwarf (Disney week) - That Was Genius Episode 22
A Bit Heavy on the Dynamite (America week) - That Was Genius Episode 21
Everything Here is Trying to Kill Us (Australia week) - That Was Genius Episode 20
Third Arm and Hammer (Religion week) - That Was Genius Episode 19
Pornographic Soviet Drunk Train (inventions week) - That Was Genius Episode 18
Imagine Mr Tickle... Covered in Swastikas ('that should be a film' week) - That Was Genius Episode 17
Vanking for Victory (resistance week) - That Was Genius Episode 16
A Nice Bike Ride Through A French Riot (cheating week) - That Was Genius Episode 15
The Bad, The Worst, and The Stupid (naughty Englishmen week) - That Was Genius Episode 14
Please Dont Pirate This Podcast (pirate week - obviously) - That Was Genius Episode 13
Two Shiny Nipples and an Unfortunate Weather Vane (sculpture week) - That Was Genius Episode 12
Welcome to the Antarctic Party Boat (people called Richard week) - That Was Genius - Episode 11
Please Don't Eat The Priceless Artifact (yes, it's artifact week) - That Was Genius Episode 10
Two False Legs and One Ruined Bakery (food week) - That Was Genius - Episode 9
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