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History Buffoons Podcast

History Buffoons Podcast

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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.


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Reach out to us at: historybuffoonspodcast@gmail.com

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    • Irena's List: Irena Sendler
      Jan 6 2026

      A forged ID, a nurse’s armband, and a will that never broke. We share the astonishing real story of Irena Sendler, the Polish social worker who smuggled 2,500 Jewish children out of the Warsaw Ghetto and buried their true names in glass jars beneath an apple tree. From her father’s dying lesson—“jump in to save the drowning”—to her cool defiance at university benches, Irena learned early that compassion is a verb. When the ghetto sealed and starvation spread, she turned bureaucracy into a shield: epidemic passes, forged papers, and a rescue network that moved babies in crates and older kids through churches and courthouses that straddled the wall.

      We walk through the logistics and the heartbreak: convincing parents to let children go with no guarantee of reunion, training kids to pass as Catholic under a guard’s questions, and using an ambulance dog to drown out a baby’s cry at a checkpoint. The jars of names become a second rescue, a promise that identity and lineage would endure even if families could not. Captured and tortured in 1943, Irena refused to betray anyone and faced a firing squad—until a bribed guard wrote her down as executed and slipped her into hiding. After the war, she unearthed the jars and tried to reconnect survivors, even as communist Poland buried her story for decades.

      The twist arrives from an unlikely place: three Kansas students who unearthed a single line about Irena and turned it into Life in a Jar, a school play that helped restore her legacy. We reflect on late recognition, the courage of ordinary families and nuns who hid children at mortal risk, and why small acts—papers, passes, doors held open—can bend history. If you’re drawn to hidden World War II stories, the Warsaw Ghetto, Holocaust rescue, and the power of names and memory, this conversation will stay with you long after it ends.

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      Yad Vashem: The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
      https://www.yadvashem.org/righteous/stories/sendler.html

      Life in a Jar Foundation (by the Kansas students who rediscovered her story)
      https://www.irenasendler.org

      United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) – Irena Sendler
      https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/irena-sendler

      Chabad.org: Irena Sendler: The Woman Who Saved 2,500 Children
      https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/1079233/jewish/Irena-Sendler.htm

      Aish.com: Remembering Irena Sendler
      https://aish.com/irena-sendler-the-unsung-hero-of-the-holocaust/

      PBS / Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation
      https://www.jewishpartisans.org/partisans/irena-sendler

      The Guardian obituary (2008)
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    • The Origin of Weird: 1904 Olympic Marathon
      Jan 1 2026

      What happens when a world-stage marathon is staged like a dare? We head back to the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis and trace a course lined with heat, dust, and a shocking lack of common sense. With temperatures near 90 degrees, one lonely water stop, and cars belching dust into runners’ faces, the race becomes a case study in how bad science and thin rules can turn sport into survival.

      We break down the pivotal moments that made this marathon infamous: Fred Lorz riding in a car for miles, then crossing the line to cheers; Thomas Hicks stumbling through the final stretch after his handlers fed him raw eggs, brandy, and strychnine; and Felix Carvajal, the Cuban mail carrier who ran in street clothes, chatted with spectators, ate apples, took a roadside nap, and still finished fourth. Each story exposes a different failure—of oversight, of medical judgment, of basic safety—that forced the sporting world to rethink how endurance events should be run.

      Along the way, we connect the chaos to what came next: standardized marathon distance, closed and marked courses, real hydration protocols, bans on outside assistance, and the early roots of anti-doping. This is a fast-moving, eye-opening tour through the day the Olympics learned the hard way that grit needs guardrails. If you care about running history, athlete welfare, or just love a wild true story, this one delivers lessons with every mile.

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    • Buffoons Reminisce
      Dec 30 2025

      What do a goat mayor, a corpse on trial, and a coconut SOS have in common? They all made our year of storytelling outrageous, insightful, and way more fun than history class ever was. We mark the end of the year by quizzing each other on the wildest tales we told, reliving the moments that made us gasp, laugh, and occasionally yell “nope rope” at a snake on a beer can.

      We jump from the Mona Lisa heist and how absence made it iconic to the roots of May Day in the Haymarket era. We revisit the Thuggee cult’s devotion to Kali, the Cadaver Synod where a dead pope faced judgment, and Guy Fawkes’ 36 barrels beneath Parliament. The thread continues with the Children’s Blizzard’s deadly turn, the Canada–Denmark “whiskey war” on Hans Island, and Annie Oakley earning “Little Sure Shot” from Sitting Bull. There’s WWII espionage in Operation Mincemeat, genetics with the CCR5 delta-32 mutation and HIV resistance, and a healthy eye-roll at anti-comet pills that preyed on fear.

      American legends and scandals get their time too: Sarah Rosetta Wakeman fighting the Civil War in disguise, the Black Sox scandal that reshaped baseball, and the Kentucky Derby’s shaky beginning on its way to Triple Crown glory. We round it out with JFK’s PT-109 survival and the coconut-coded rescue, the Forty Elephants’ criminal code of conduct, and the surprising way Charles Dickens helped cement “Merry Christmas” in everyday speech. It’s a fast, funny, and deeply curious ride through the corners of history that stick.

      If you love smart storytelling with a wink, you’re in the right place. Tap follow, share this with a friend who loves weird history, and leave a review to help others find the show. What story should we tackle next?

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