Podcast · 134 episodes
Fin vs History, page 2
by Fin Taylor & Horatio Gould · English
For people who like history but don't care what actually happened. Join comedians Fin Taylor and Horatio Gould as they guess/explain every event in human history, from Neanderthals to 9/11. Guaranteed to give you an entirely new and incorrect perspective on world events. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/fintaylor
All episodes, page 2
I Prefer El Alamein’s Early Stuff (with Pierre Novellie) | Monty vs Rommel (Part 3/4)Part 3/4 of Monty vs Rommel focuses on the North African battles around El Alamein—especially the first Battle of El Alamein recap, Monty’s arrival as commander of the Eighth Army, and the lead-up to…6 Jul 2026 · 1 h 2 min · 30 chapters
Italy’s Greatest Weapon Is Surrender | Monty vs Rommel (Part 2/4)North African campaign in 1940-41, focusing on Italy’s invasion of Egypt, the British counteroffensive Operation Compass, and the German intervention under Rommel (Operation Sonnenblum/Sunflower)…2 Jul 2026 · 53 min · 20 chapters
Nazis Are No Match For Knobbly Knees | Monty vs Rommel (Part 1/4)The North African WWII campaign and the contrasting command styles of British General Bernard “Monty” Montgomery and German General Erwin “Rommel” (Part 1 of a 4-part series), framed with jokes about…29 Jun 2026 · 1 h 1 min · 24 chapters
Cuckolded by Mr Tumble | Claudius (Part 2)Claudius (Part 2) covers Claudius’s rise after Caligula’s death, his Roman conquest of Britain (starting in AD 43), and his later domestic/political collapse. Guests: Horatio Gould (co-host).25 Jun 2026 · 57 min · 19 chapters
Not All Roman Emperors Are Visible | Claudius (Part 1)Claudius’ rise to power as a “hidden” emperor—positioned between Caligula’s tyranny and Nero’s later reign—framed around how his visible disabilities and outsider status kept him alive while he…22 Jun 2026 · 56 min · 19 chapters
Hanging Out The Blatter it | The History of The World Cup (Part 4/4)World Cup history from USA 94 through 2010 and beyond, framed as a rise-and-fall story of football’s commercialization and FIFA corruption.18 Jun 2026 · 1 h 5 min · 32 chapters
First Port Stanley, Now This?? (with The Upshot!) | The History of The World Cup (Part 3/4)World Cup History (Part 3/4) covering 1974 (Zaire at West Germany), 1978 (Argentina’s title amid dictatorship and alleged match-fixing), and 1982/1986 (Maradona, Falklands fallout, and the…15 Jun 2026 · 1 h 2 min · 32 chapters
Pickles The Dog Didn’t Kill Himself (with The Upshot!) | The History of The World Cup (Part 2/4)This episode (part 2/4 of “The History of The World Cup”) covers the post-war World Cups, focusing on Germany/Japan’s ban, the 1954 “Miracle of Bern,” and Pelé’s rise in 1958 and beyond, before…11 Jun 2026 · 1 h 10 min · 25 chapters
Fascist Eurovision | The History of The World Cup (Part 1/4)The episode (part 1/4) traces the early history of the FIFA World Cup, arguing it was “corrupt from the get-go,” linking football governance and tournament organization to European politics and…8 Jun 2026 · 58 min · 22 chapters
Why I’m No Longer Talking To Black People About Race (With We Saw That)| The White Slave Trade (Part 2)Part 2 of “The White Slave Trade,” focusing on European “white slavery” by North African Barbary pirates (1530–1780), including castration/eunuch slavery in earlier contexts, and later galley slavery…4 Jun 2026 · 1 h 1 min · 28 chapters
The Dickless-Accountant Industrial Complex | The White Slave Trade (Part 1)The episode claims to trace “white slavery” (enslavement and trafficking of Europeans) from early medieval Europe through the Holy Roman Empire’s expansion under Otto I, a transregional slave trade,…1 Jun 2026 · 1 h 4 min · 34 chapters
Protestcaust | The Reformation (Part 4/4)The Counter-Reformation and the religious wars that follow Protestant challenges to Catholic authority, focusing on the Council of Trent, the Roman/Spanish Inquisition, persecution in Spain, and the…28 May 2026 · 57 min · 31 chapters
Calvin Goes Acoustic | The Reformation (Part 3/4)Part 3/4 of a Reformation series, focusing on Jean Calvin’s move from France to Geneva, the rise of Calvinism, and how Calvinism spreads to Scotland through John Knox, shaping Presbyterianism and…25 May 2026 · 55 min · 19 chapters
Protestant Therapy is Grinding Your Teeth | The Reformation (Part 2/4)Part 2 of a Reformation deep-dive focused on Martin Luther’s summons to the Diet of Worms (1521), his “Here I stand” defense of conscience, his outlawing via the Edict of Worms, and his later hiding…21 May 2026 · 1 h 4 min · 31 chapters
K-Hole in a Cave Hole | The Thai Cave Rescue (Part 2)Part 2 of Finverse History’s Thai Cave Rescue retelling, focusing on the logistics and medical strategy to extract 13 trapped boys (and their coach) from Tham Luang cave, including oxygen/air limits,…14 May 2026 · 59 min · 24 chapters
A Knight in Shining Shaun-the-Sheep-T-Shirt | The Thai Cave Rescue (Part 1)The Thai Cave Rescue (2018) in the Tam Luang Nang Non cave system on the Thai-Myanmar border, focusing on the boys’ entrapment after early monsoon flooding and the initial international response,…11 May 2026 · 56 min · 25 chapters
Grampa Gandhi’s Night-Time Boner Test | Mahatma Gandhi (Part 4/4)Final installment of a podcast series on Mahatma Gandhi, framed through satirical claims about his “creepy uncle” persona, alleged sexual repression, and political letters/arguments during WWII and…7 May 2026 · 1 h 9 min · 24 chapters
Hindu Mussolini’s Vulva Envy | Mahatma Gandhi (Part 3/4)Part 3 of a Gandhi-focused history episode covering Gandhi’s return to India (1915) after 21 years in South Africa, his World War I stance, and his role in major resistance campaigns: Champaran…4 May 2026 · 1 h · 26 chapters
Dev Vader | Mahatma Gandhi (Part 2/4)Mahatma Gandhi’s formative years in South Africa (1893–1914), starting with his arrival in April 1893, his legal activism for Indians, and his shift toward nonviolent resistance (Satyagraha),…30 Apr 2026 · 56 min · 17 chapters
No Nut Falafelmaxxing | Mahatma Gandhi (Part 1/4)The episode (Part 1/4) frames Mahatma Gandhi as a “horny holy man” and uses his early life to discuss British Raj history, the 1857 Indian mutiny, and India’s caste system (including how the British…27 Apr 2026 · 1 h 6 min · 26 chapters
Say That To One Of Their Seven Faces | Chernobyl (Part 3/3)Part 3 of a Chernobyl series, covering the aftermath and containment of Reactor 4, the exclusion zone, Soviet blame/cover-up, and how the disaster reshaped nuclear policy and the USSR; it also…24 Apr 2026 · 53 min · 24 chapters
A Greek Building Site | Chernobyl (Part 2/3)Part 2 of “Chernobyl (Part 2/3)” focuses on the immediate aftermath of the April 26, 1986 reactor 4 power surge, the explosions, radiation levels, early Soviet denial/disinformation, delayed…23 Apr 2026 · 1 h · 32 chapters
Every Mushroom Cloud… | Chernobyl (Part 1/3)Part 1 of a 3-part series on the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, framed as a Soviet “communist Titanic” and used to explain nuclear fission, reactor design, and the early chain of events…20 Apr 2026 · 52 min · 16 chapters
Going Back In Time To Smush Hitler’s Cheeks | The Battle of Little Big Horn (Part 4/4Part 4 of a “Custer series” covering the aftermath of the Battle of Little Bighorn (Custer’s death), the U.S.16 Apr 2026 · 46 min · 22 chapters