by History's Greatest Idiots
A weekly comedy history podcast covering the socio-political disasters, bad decisions, and failures that shaped the modern world. Every week, Lev asks the question nobody in the history books thought to ask: how did things get this bad, and who let it happen? From the housing crisis and the decline in living standards over the last decade, to the history of outrage and why politicians never know when to leave, this is history told with the bluntness it deserves. New episodes every week.
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July 26, 2026
<p><strong>Alexander the Great conquered the known world. Rock Hudson was Hollywood's perfect leading man. The manosphere would have disowned both of them.</strong></p><p>From Alexander's relationship with Hephaestion and Rock Hudson's closeted double life, to the Tate brothers' arrest in Miami and the alt-right pipeline connecting the manosphere to Christian nationalism, this is the brief history of masculinity, and why the men held up as its greatest examples never actually fit into the narrow definition of it. </p><p>We also look at why Pedro Pascal is the internet's most beloved man, what Alain de Botton's work on warmth versus coolness tells us about what men actually need, and why the mental health statistics suggest the manosphere's answer to male suffering is making everything considerably worse.</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/HistorysGreatestIdiots">https://www.patreon.com/HistorysGreatestIdiots</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/historysgreatestidiots">https://www.instagram.com/historysgreatestidiots</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/historysgreatestidiots">https://buymeacoffee.com/historysgreatestidiots</a></p><p><br></p><p>Artist: Sarah Chey</p><p><a href="https://www.fiverr.com/sarahchey">https://www.fiverr.com/sarahchey</a></p><p><br></p>
July 19, 2026
<p>Leaders have been starting wars to distract from scandals since ancient Rome. The only thing that's changed is the technology.</p><p>From Juvenal's bread and circuses and Napoleon III's catastrophic Franco-Prussian gamble, to the USS Maine, Thatcher and the Falklands, Clinton's "Wag the Dog" moment in 1998, and Trump striking Iran four days after impeachment, this is the complete history of leaders who've used military conflict to make their domestic problems disappear. </p><p>We look at when it worked (Thatcher, who didn't start it but absolutely made the most of it), when it backfired spectacularly (Napoleon III, who ended the war in a Prussian prison cell), and why the most recent attempt produced lower approval ratings and higher petrol prices instead of the expected bounce.</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/HistorysGreatestIdiots">https://www.patreon.com/HistorysGreatestIdiots</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/historysgreatestidiots">https://www.instagram.com/historysgreatestidiots</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/historysgreatestidiots">https://buymeacoffee.com/historysgreatestidiots</a></p><p><br></p><p>Artist: Sarah Chey</p><p><a href="https://www.fiverr.com/sarahchey">https://www.fiverr.com/sarahchey</a></p><p></p>
July 12, 2026
<p><strong>Mitch McConnell has been in hospital for three weeks. His office hasn't said why. This has happened before. Many times.</strong></p><p>From ancient Rome and Churchill's secret stroke in 1953, to Biden's very public deterioration on live television in 2024, this is the complete history of politicians who refused to leave, and the systems that helped them hide it. </p><p>We also look at Robert Byrd, the West Virginia senator who went from a terrible person to civil rights advocate across a fifty-year career, and whether a very long political career can ever actually be justified. </p><p>Plus: the case for younger leadership, from Zohran Mamdani freezing rents in New York at 34 to Jacinda Ardern passing gun reform in ten days at 37.</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/HistorysGreatestIdiots">https://www.patreon.com/HistorysGreatestIdiots</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/historysgreatestidiots">https://www.instagram.com/historysgreatestidiots</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/historysgreatestidiots">https://buymeacoffee.com/historysgreatestidiots</a></p><p><br></p><p>Artist: Sarah Chey</p><p><a href="https://www.fiverr.com/sarahchey">https://www.fiverr.com/sarahchey</a></p>
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A weekly comedy history podcast covering the socio-political disasters, bad decisions, and failures that shaped the modern world. Every week, Lev asks the question nobody in the history books thought to ask: how did things get this bad, and who let it happen? From the housing crisis and the decline in living standards over the last decade, to the history of outrage and why politicians never know when to leave, this is history told with the bluntness it deserves.
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