{"podcast":{"title":"Half-Arsed History","slug":"half-arsed-history-64122","podcast_index_feed_id":64122,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/65a47774968ba8001771f445","website_url":"https://halfarsedhistory.net","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/65a47774968ba8001771f445/show-cover.png","author":"Riley Knight","episode_count":707,"summary":"Half-Arsed History's second book, The Most Interesting People You've Never Heard Of, is now available for pre-order: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/bkq2G9 Welcome along to Half-Arsed History! It's a weekly podcast highlighting absurd and entertaining stories from history. Twice a week, it helps host Riley Knight feel as though his useless history degree has some kind of real-world relevance. Get in touch: halfarsedhistory@gmail.com Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/halfarsedhistory Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/halfarsedhistory Buy Half-Arsed History merch: https://halfarsedhistory.theprintbar.com If you've just discovered the show and aren't sure which of the 350+ episodes to start with, here are some suggestions: Episode 139: The History of the Toilet - https://sptfy.com/PK3J • https://apple.co/3Giftt3 Episode 75: The Great Emu War - https://sptfy.com/PK3K • https://apple.co/4jKCvr7 Episode 197: The History of Nuclear Weapons - https://sptfy.com/PK3L • https://apple.co/4jygYlc Episode 233: The 1930 FIFA World Cup - https://sptfy.com/PK3M • https://apple.co/4iltL9P Episode 106: The First Circumnavigation - https://sptfy.com/PK3N • https://apple.co/4je…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T18:18:24.468926+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/half-arsed-history-64122"},"episode":{"title":"Week 16: The Death of the Red Baron","slug":"week-16-the-death-of-the-red-baron","published_at":"2026-04-15T20:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/half-arsed-history-64122/week-16-the-death-of-the-red-baron","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/half-arsed-history-64122","url":"https://shows.acast.com/halfarsedhistory/episodes/week-16-the-death-of-the-red-baron","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/65a47774968ba8001771f445/e/69e041f96f0d582d7ae30aff/media.mp3","summary":"This week in history we’ve got several important or at least interesting chapters in Australian history, we’ve got the birthdays of actors and queens and… someone else… and we’ve got the downfall of the famous Red Baron, the German flying ace. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"This week in history we’ve got several important or at least interesting chapters in Australian history, we’ve got the birthdays of actors and queens and……","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2307,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/half-arsed-history-64122/episodes/week-16-the-death-of-the-red-baron/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/half-arsed-history-64122/week-16-the-death-of-the-red-baron.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}