Quick and Dirty History

About Quick and Dirty History

The show about American history…on the go!

Publisher

Patrick Brooks

Category

comedy · history · leisure

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

15 Dec 2017

Latest episode

20 Feb 2025

Latest episodes

86 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   20 Feb 2025

   Sic Semper Tyrannis 86

   Besides that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the show?  President Abraham Lincoln sat down to enjoy a play at Ford’s Theatre, but the night took a deadly turn. Enter John Wilkes Booth: actor, Confederate sympathizer, and America’s most infamous assassin. In this episode of Quick and Dirty History, we break down the shocking events of Lincoln’s assassination, Booth’s escape, the conspiracy behind the plot, and how this moment altered the course of U.S. history. Buckle up—this one ends with a bang!

2. 

   14 Feb 2025

   Kill Shot 85

   The final days of the Civil War...from Lincoln’s hard-fought reelection in 1864 to the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment and the surrender at Appomattox... sealing the fate of the Confederacy.

3. 

   9 Jan 2025

   Total War 84

   The American Civil War rages on, but Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant intend to end it...at any cost.  "War is cruelty…there is no use in trying to reform it...the crueler it is, the sooner it will be over" - William Tecumseh Sherman

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

42 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 44 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

55

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

85