History Buffoons Podcast

About History Buffoons Podcast

Two buffoons who want to learn about history! Our names are Bradley and Kate. We both love to learn about history but also don't want to take it too seriously. Join us as we dive in to random stories, people, events and so much more throughout history. Each episode we will talk about a new topic with a light hearted approach to learn and have some fun. Find us at: historybuffoonspodcast.com Reach out to us at: historybuffoonspodcast@gmail.com

Publisher

Bradley and Kate

Category

comedy · education · history

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

4 Aug 2024

Latest episode

13 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

157 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   13 Oct 2026

   The Earth Needed to Cough: Pompeii

   Pompeii isn’t just a tragedy locked in plaster. It’s a step-by-step disaster where people make real choices under falling rock, shaking ground, and a sky that turns into night. We start with the basics of why volcanoes exist at all, then zoom in on Italy’s chaotic tectonic setup where earthquakes and eruptions share the same neighborhood. That context matters, because if tremors are “normal,” a warning can feel like background noise. From there, we rebuild Pompeii as a living Roman city: bak...

2. 

   6 Oct 2026

   Dieter Being Dieter: Dieter Dengler

   Hunger, obsession, and sheer stubborn will can shape a person into something almost unbreakable. We’re Bradley and Kate, and we’re telling the true story of Dieter Dengler: a kid in postwar Germany who grows up scavenging for food, sees an American plane roar low over his town, and locks onto one mission for life: fly. That childhood thread matters, because it follows him all the way into the Vietnam War and into the worst kind of survival situation imaginable. Dengler immigrates to the Unit...

3. 

   22 Sept 2026

   Mr. Phips Wild Ride: Sir William Phips

   A shipbuilder from rural Maine doesn’t usually end up knighted by a king, commanding invasions, and running Massachusetts, but William Phipps is not a usual story. We trace how a man with little schooling and no elite family connections pushes his way into Boston society, marries into stability, and bets everything on the fastest shortcut in the Atlantic world: shipwreck treasure and maritime salvage. From a failed hunt near the Bahamas to the breakthrough at the Concepcion wreck, we talk th...

Who has been a guest on History Buffoons Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Audra
• Zlata Filipović
• Elizabeth "Betty" Robinson

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

38,534

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 65 / 100

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Quality

88

Social presence

0

YouTube

72

Engagement

32

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