HILF: History I'd Like to F**k
Hosted by Dawn · Dawn Brodey
4.8from 417 ratings
- 130
- Episodes
- 68
- Transcribed
- 417
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
- 907K
- YouTube views
About HILF: History I'd Like to F**k
Host, comedian Dawn Brodey, takes you through the annals of history with a special guest and history subject each episode. From Dillinger to Frankenstein, from The Crusades to Freak Shows - Dawn brings her history degree and unfiltered sense of humor to deliver well-researched deep-dives that strip history naked and serve it up raw.
- Publisher
- Dawn Brodey
- Category
- comedy · education · history
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 19 Oct 2021
- Latest episode
- 7 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
68 of 130 episodes have a transcript.
7 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
HILF 116 - Worst-Ever Days at Work [RECORDED LIVE]
16 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
HILF 115 - The Glencoe Massacre with Joe Roche
2 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
HILF 114 - Jonestown [RECORDED LIVE]
Inside a recent episode
HILF 116 - Worst-Ever Days at Work [RECORDED LIVE]
Published 7 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] They're dinosaurs. The severed head is sitting in the grass. I take a shovel, like Dad taught me, and I tap the ground in front of it, and the severed head clamped onto the end of the shovel. Thought that was the best thing I'd ever done. My friends weren't as impressed as I thought. But my very best friend, Nicole, was her name. Not that it's a name. It's a powerful name, Nicole. And she didn't see the head thing because she got there late. And I said, oh, you missed it. Well, it's okay. Come on. And I took her to the tree. The turtle's missing. Oh, my gosh. The headless turtle, drained of blood, had crawled about 50 yards into the field. […]
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- Joe Roche
- Kat Perkins
- Sam Cowan
- Heather Cowan
- Stacey Hovhannisyan
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 906,596
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 159 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 258 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 92 / 100
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- Quality
- 92
- Social presence
- 94
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 95
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Who hosts HILF: History I'd Like to F**k?
Dawn host the show. Published by Dawn Brodey.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does HILF: History I'd Like to F**k take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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