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Our Fake History

Our Fake History

193 Episodes • By PodcastOne • www.podcastone.com/pd/Our-Fake-H...
A podcast about myths we think are history and history that might be hidden in myths! Awesome stories that really (maybe) happened!
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Episode #175- Who Framed Mata Hari? (Part III)
The myth of Mata Hari would have us believe that she... more
Mar 21 2023 1h 24m
Mada Hari and Her Risky Gamble
Chapter 1 17 mins
The Legacy of Georges Ladoux
Chapter 2 10 mins
Mata Hari
Chapter 3 21 mins
The Unreliable Spy
Chapter 4 13 mins
The Unfair Trial of Mata Hari
Chapter 5 17 mins
The Myth of Mata Hari
Chapter 6 1 min
Making Dreams a Reality
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Episode #174- Who Framed Mata Hari? (Part II)
Between 1905 and 1908 the dancer professionally know... more
Mar 7 2023 1h 14m
The Construction of History
Chapter 1 1 hr 9 mins
The Mysterious Life of Mata Hari
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Episode #173- Who Framed Mata Hari? (Part I)
In 1905 a woman claiming to be a Javanese temple dan... more
Feb 21 2023 1h 7m
Weaponizing the Image of Mada Hari
Chapter 1 6 mins
The Rise and Fall of Madahari
Chapter 2 9 mins
Who Framed Mada Hari
Chapter 3 13 mins
The Misunderstood Myth of Mata Hari
Chapter 4 16 mins
The Difficult Upbringing of Magritte Zehle
Chapter 5 18 mins
Cultural Appropriation of Dance
Chapter 6 28 sec
Better Sleep With Tempurpedic
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Episode #172- Who Was The African Samurai? (Part II)
In the 1580's Japan was a on the precipice of a mass... more
Feb 7 2023 1h 29m
The Significance of Yaské's Samurai Passage
Chapter 1 6 mins
Dealing With Unfair Judgement
Chapter 2 12 mins
The Legend of the African Samurai
Chapter 3 14 mins
Yasuke's Meeting With Oda Nobunaga
Chapter 4 9 mins
Exploring the Samurai Mythology of Yaské
Chapter 5 9 mins
Exploring the Definition of a Samurai
Chapter 6 15 mins
Akechi Mitsuhide and Yasuke
Chapter 7 17 mins
African Samurai Yasuke
Chapter 8 39 sec
The Dangers of Drinking and Driving
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Episode #171- Who Was The African Samurai? (Part I)
Near the end of Japan's "Warring States" period a re... more
Jan 24 2023 1h 17m
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Episode #170- Who Knows Houdini? (Part III)
Houdini had a truly impressive run as an entertainer... more
Jan 10 2023 1h 32m
Houdini's Mother's Spirit Visit
Chapter 1 17 mins
The Skeptical History of Orson Welles
Chapter 2 18 mins
Harry Houdini's Imperial Period
Chapter 3 13 mins
Houdini's Chinese Water Torture Cell
Chapter 4 19 mins
The Fraud of Spiritualism
Chapter 5 19 mins
Harry Houdini's Three Gut Punches
Chapter 6 28 sec
Wacky Bedtime Rituals
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Episode #169- Who Knows Houdini? (Part 2)
Over the course of 1899 Harry Houdini went from bein... more
Dec 27 2022 1h 10m
Hudini, the Historian of Magic
Chapter 1 17 mins
Viljalba Frickle in the History of Magic
Chapter 2 14 mins
Harry Houdini
Chapter 3 11 mins
Houdini's Jail Breaks and Spiritualism Act
Chapter 4 7 mins
Hudini's Rise to Fame
Chapter 5 13 mins
The Scotland Yard Handcuff Story
Chapter 6 1 min
COURT JUNKIE's New Podcast, Civil
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Episode #168- Who Knows Houdini? (Part I)
The word "iconic" gets thrown around pretty loosely ... more
Dec 13 2022 1h 15m
Disguised as the Old Magician
Chapter 1 11 mins
The Father of Modern Stage Magic
Chapter 2 12 mins
Harry Houdini's Life and Lies
Chapter 3 11 mins
Hudini
Chapter 4 12 mins
Myths and Legends Surrounding Harry Houdini
Chapter 5 20 mins
The Hudinis
Chapter 6 2 mins
It Didn't Happen, but It's Still Real
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Episode #167- Who Was The Fake Asian?
In 1703 a curious character arrived in London claimi... more
Nov 29 2022 1h 17m
The Fermosin Fraud
Chapter 1 17 mins
The Faraway Island
Chapter 2 6 mins
The Strange Case of George Salmon
Chapter 3 9 mins
The Unreliable Narrator
Chapter 4 20 mins
The Curious Case of Salmanazar
Chapter 5 7 mins
Racial Categories Over Time
Chapter 6 13 mins
The Salmanazar Lie
Chapter 7 46 sec
Target's New Red Card Reloatable
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Episode #166- Who Was Liver Eating Johnson? (ft. Daniele Bolelli)
Some of the most legendary figures to emerge from th... more
Nov 15 2022 1h 17m
Liver Eating Johnson
Chapter 1 9 mins
Unbelievable Stories of Liver Eating Johnson
Chapter 2 14 mins
Mountain Men and the Origins of the Liver-Eating Johnson Legend
Chapter 3 4 mins
Liver Eating Johnson's Biography
Chapter 4 17 mins
The Myth of Liver-Eating Johnson
Chapter 5 9 mins
The Legend of Liver-Eating Johnson
Chapter 6 5 mins
The Wilwes Show and the American West
Chapter 7 15 mins
The White Indian Trope
Chapter 8 60 sec
Great Deals for New Employees
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Episode #165- What Was The Galileo Affair? (Part III)
There is a story that as Galileo stood in front of t... more
Nov 1 2022 1h 37m
Galileo's Meeting With Cardinal Bellerman
Chapter 1 9 mins
The Galileo Affair
Chapter 2 10 mins
The Roman Catholic Church and Science
Chapter 3 17 mins
The Galileo Affair
Chapter 4 10 mins
Galileo's Letter to Castelli
Chapter 5 14 mins
The Galileo Affair
Chapter 6 13 mins
The Galileo Affair
Chapter 7 19 mins
Galileo's Inquisition Trial
Chapter 8 1 min
The Nick Swisher Show
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Episode #164- What Was The Galileo Affair? (Part II)
Galileo is often credited with inventing the telesco... more
Oct 18 2022 1h 4m
Galileo Affair Part 2
Chapter 1 19 mins
The Telescope
Chapter 2 6 mins
Galileo
Chapter 3 19 mins
The Reformation, the Counter-Reformation, and Galileo
Chapter 4 17 mins
The Significance of Galileo's Starry Messenger
Chapter 5 1 min
The Nick Swisher Show
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Episode #163- What Was The Galileo Affair? (Part I)
The Pisan scientist Galileo Galilei has been remembe... more
Oct 4 2022 1h 15m
Chapter 1 11 mins
The Size of Hell
Chapter 2 13 mins
Galileo Galilei's Life and Career
Chapter 3 7 mins
The Wig Interpretation of History
Chapter 4 19 mins
Galileo
Chapter 5 19 mins
Galileo's Skepticism of Aristotle's Gravity Theory
Chapter 6 1 min
Live Life at Your Pace
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Episode #162- Real Amazons? (Part II)
Did you know that the Amazons once waged war on Atla... more
Sep 20 2022 1h 13m
Adrian Mayor's Theory on Gryffins
Chapter 1 6 mins
The Amazon-Atlantian War
Chapter 2 18 mins
The Amazons and Atlantians Went to War
Chapter 3 6 mins
The History of the Amazons
Chapter 4 14 mins
The Amazons
Chapter 5 11 mins
The Historical Reality of Female Warriors
Chapter 6 13 mins
Female Warriors in Ancient Society
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Episode #161- Real Amazons? (Part I)
When the conquistador Francisco Orellana was attacke... more
Sep 6 2022 1h 7m
The Discovery of the Amazon River
Chapter 1 11 mins
The Amazon River Expedition
Chapter 2 18 mins
The Real Amazons?
Chapter 3 16 mins
The Labors of Heracles
Chapter 4 13 mins
The Amazons
Chapter 5 2 mins
Our Fake History
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OFH Throwback- Episode #61 - What's the Problem with Socrates?
In this OFH throwback episode Sebastian is throwing ... more
Aug 23 2022 1h 10m
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OFH Throwback- Episode #96- What is America's Weirdest Secret Society?
In this "throwback episode" we look back at episode ... more
Aug 9 2022 1h 13m
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Episode #160- Who Knows Toronto?
In this SUPER SIZED season finale Sebastian explores... more
Jul 26 2022 1h 30m
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Episode #159- How Should We Remember Attila the Hun? (Part III)
In the stories of saint's lives written in the medie... more
Jul 12 2022 1h 23m
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Episode #158- How Should We Remember Attila the Hun? (Part II)
The Huns were not a literate culture, which means th... more
Jun 28 2022 1h 16m
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Episode #157- How Should We Remember Attila the Hun? (Part I)
Attila the Hun has been saddled with a truly terribl... more
Jun 14 2022 1h 17m
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Episode #156- What Became of the Benin Bronzes? (Part III)
In the last year the global conversation around the ... more
May 31 2022 1h 13m
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Episode #155- What Became of the Benin Bronzes? (Part II)
In 1897 Queen Victoria marked her diamond jubilee an... more
May 17 2022 1h 10m
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Episode #154- What Became of the Benin Bronzes? (Part I)
Looting has been a part of warfare since the earlies... more
May 3 2022 1h 30m
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Episode #153- What Is The Titanic Myth? (Part III)
The Titanic myth isn't really built on lies, so much... more
Apr 19 2022 1h 16m
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