History is a Freakshow - Finn Taylor & Horatio Gould
Fin Taylor is an English comedian, writer and podcaster.Horatio Gould is also an English comedian, writer, and podcaster.
History is basically one long reminder that no matter how bad your day is, someone in the past was probably getting catapulted off a castle wall. Feel better? Good. Humanity may be a litany of disasters, but the past is packed with lessons, even some dark humor, if you look closely enough.
Expect to learn what makes the Japanese unique and why so many Japanese people practiced Seppuku, why post-war Europe was the funniest time in modern history, whether life was better in the past or just way, way worse than we imagined, why there is a rise of pro-Hitler media across social media, if too much irony is a bad thing, why racism is so ingrained in modern science, if fertility and embryo science has gone too far and much more…
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0:00 What Makes Japanese Culture So Distinct?
9:44 Was Post-War Britain the Funniest Time in History?
18:15 The Unlikely Heroes of Post-War Britain
22:30 Life Has Been Much Worse
27:12 How Would Historical Leaders Cope in Today’s World?
32:10 The Shocking Rise of Pro-Hilter Media
42:01 Were the Aztecs as Brutal as We Think?
46:33 Will Bryan Johnson Actually Live to 120?
53:58 Is Too Much Irony a Bad Thing?
01:07:38 Why Was Racism So Ingrained in Science?
01:21:08 When Does Embryo Selection Go Too Far?
01:31:12 What’s Next for Fin and Horatio?
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