Podcast · 135 episodes
Fin vs History, page 4
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 4
A Non-Offending Homosexual | Gordon of Khartoum (Part 1)Part 1 of a biography/discussion of British officer General Gordon, focusing on his early life and rise through the Crimean War, then his postings in China during the Second Opium War and the Taiping…26 Jan 2026 · 54 min · 29 chapters
McHaggis Atta and The Hunt For Butcher’s Bin Laden | William Wallace (Part 2)Part 2 of “Finn versus History” compares William Wallace to Osama bin Laden and frames the 1297 Battle of Stirling Bridge as a “terrorist attack.” It then covers Wallace’s later campaigns, the Battle…22 Jan 2026 · 49 min · 17 chapters
Which Came First: The Toilet or The Deep Fried Roast Dinner? | William Wallace (Part 1)Finverse History (William Wallace, Part 1) mixes medieval Scottish history with comedic commentary, arguing about “freedom fighter vs terrorist” framing.19 Jan 2026 · 49 min · 18 chapters
A Voodoo Schizophrenic Molesting Himself | Papa Doc: Haitian Dictator (Part 2)Part 2 of a series on Haitian dictator François “Papa Doc” Duvalier, focusing on how his paranoia after a 1959 stroke escalated repression, cult-like voodoo beliefs, rigged elections, and mass…15 Jan 2026 · 53 min · 24 chapters
Don’t Even Talk To Me Before You’ve Picked My Coffee | Papa Doc: Haitian Dictator (Part 1)Part 1 of “Papa Doc: Haitian Dictator,” set in Haiti’s history leading to François “Papa Doc” Duvalier.12 Jan 2026 · 49 min · 24 chapters
Fleshlights to Fleshlights, Dust to Dust (with Joanne McNally!) | The History of Sex Work (Part 2)Part 2 of The History of Sex Work focuses on male same-sex prostitution in 18th-century London (the “molly houses”) and then broadens to Victorian-era regulation of prostitution, wartime…8 Jan 2026 · 1 h 2 min · 22 chapters
When Britannia Kink-Shamed The Waves | The History of Sex Work (Part 1)The early history of sex work, arguing that stigma is culturally imposed—especially by Britain/Christianity—and using examples from Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, and medieval England.5 Jan 2026 · 51 min · 21 chapters
Pull Yourself Up By Your Buttplugs | Margaret Thatcher & The Falklands (Part 6/6)This episode (Part 6/6) covers Margaret Thatcher’s final years in office, focusing on the 1987 election, the AIDS crisis, and the political decisions that helped end her premiership.2 Jan 2026 · 49 min · 24 chapters
The National Union of Racist Burnt Toast | Margaret Thatcher & The Falklands (Part 5/6)Part 5 of a “Thatcher and the Falklands” series, focusing on Thatcher’s second term (1983–1984), especially the 1984–85 National Union of Miners strike, plus the 1984 Brighton hotel bombing attempt…1 Jan 2026 · 57 min · 23 chapters
A Duke of Edinburgh Award With Live Ammunition | Margaret Thatcher & The Falklands (Part 4/6)The 1982 Falklands War land campaign (San Carlos landings, battles for Goose Green, Mount Harriet, Mount Tumbledown, Mount Longdon) and how it bolstered Margaret Thatcher politically; includes…29 Dec 2025 · 54 min · 21 chapters
The Belgrano was a War Fine | Margaret Thatcher & The Falklands (Part 3/6)The UK’s rapid escalation after Argentina’s invasion of the Falklands, leading to major operations (Black Buck air raids, the maritime exclusion zone) and the sinking of the Argentine cruiser General…26 Dec 2025 · 56 min · 24 chapters
Our Poor, Innocent Antarctic Model Village | Margaret Thatcher & The Falklands (Part 2/6)The Falklands War as the “turning point” in Margaret Thatcher’s career, framed as Britain’s “poor innocent” Antarctic model-village Britain versus Argentina’s opportunistic nationalism.25 Dec 2025 · 58 min · 23 chapters
Smashing The Glass Floor As Well As The Ceiling | Margaret Thatcher & The Falklands (Part 1/6)This episode (Part 1 of a six-part series) frames Margaret Thatcher’s early life and rise to power, arguing that her Methodism and moral worldview shaped “Thatcherism”: poverty as personal failure…22 Dec 2025 · 58 min · 35 chapters
The Sound of Blue Balls | Beethoven: The Great Composers (Part 2)A comedic, irreverent biography of Ludwig van Beethoven, framed as “sick” and “blue balls” (sexual frustration), focusing on his upbringing, neurodivergence claims, deafness, relationships, and major…18 Dec 2025 · 59 min · 24 chapters
A Fritzlian Slip | Mozart: The Great Composers (Part 1)A comedic, irreverent “Finn vs. History” episode about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, framed through 18th-century Austria, musical career milestones, and recurring jokes (including scatology and “Fritzlian…15 Dec 2025 · 56 min · 16 chapters
W.O.P. | The Mafia (Part 2)Mafia history in New York (and earlier Italian/Irish immigration and anti-Italian violence), focusing on extortion gangs, Prohibition-era bootlegging, and Lucky Luciano’s reorganization of the Mafia…11 Dec 2025 · 1 h · 24 chapters
Natural Born Killers Who Kiss Their Mum On The Mouth | The Mafia (Part 1)Origins and early development of the Sicilian mafia (Cosa Nostra) in 19th–early 20th century Italy, including its “proxy state” role after feudalism ends, its initiation rites, and early documented…8 Dec 2025 · 53 min · 20 chapters
Buzzt-a-Nut Aldrin’s Lunar Land Acknowledgement | The Space Race (Part 2)Finn vs. History (Space Race Part 2) covers the 1950s–1969 race to reach and land on the Moon, treating the Moon landings “as if they did” (with a promise to debate if they didn’t on Patreon).4 Dec 2025 · 53 min · 28 chapters
In Space No One Can Hear You Sieg Heil | The Space Race (Part 1)The early Space Race, framed as a Cold War contest whose origins are traced to Nazi rocket development (V-weapons) and the postwar “paperclip” recruitment of German scientists, leading up to Sputnik…1 Dec 2025 · 1 h 1 min · 29 chapters
Stagecoach W*anker (with James Buckley) | Dick Turpin & Highwaymen (Part 2)Part 2 of a Finverse History series on Dick Turpin and highwaymen, focusing on his shift from stagecoach-related crime to road ambushes, escapes, aliases, and eventual capture and execution in 1739.27 Nov 2025 · 55 min · 22 chapters
Tough on Blackface, Tough on the Causes of Blackface | Dick Turpin & Highwaymen (Part 1)The episode discusses the English “highwaymen” tradition and how it evolved into romanticized (but often brutal) armed robbery, focusing on Dick Turpin and the broader context that produced highway…24 Nov 2025 · 59 min · 28 chapters
Britain's Shiny New Pacific Toilet | Captain Cook & The First Fleet (Part 2)Part 2 of “Captain Cook & The First Fleet” on Finn vs. History, covering Captain James Cook’s voyages (especially his mapping of Australia/New Holland and later Antarctic and Pacific exploration) and…20 Nov 2025 · 1 h 2 min · 28 chapters
Don't Topple Statues, Wedgie Them | Captain Cook & The First Fleet (Part 1)A comedic, critical history discussion of Australia’s “culture war” origins, focusing on Captain James Cook and the First Fleet era setup (Cook as a symbol), plus earlier European myths about a…17 Nov 2025 · 1 h · 33 chapters
Cult of Zero Personality | Pol Pot (Part 4/4)Part 4/4 of “Finversus History” on the collapse of Democratic Kampuchia under Pol Pot/Khmer Rouge, the end of the genocide, and what happened to Pol Pot afterward.13 Nov 2025 · 41 min · 23 chapters