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One day, Paul Bates found a book in an alley. It wasn’t a magical book, but it was very old - 132 years old, to be exact. It’s called The Pictorial Treasury of Famous Men and Famous Deeds: i...
Fantasy brought to you by late-stage capitalism. Starring Bobby Moynihan & Rhea Seehorn, with Jon Hamm, John Waters and more! Brought to you...
Clare Blackwood joins me for the tale of Lord Admiral Nelson: commander of the Royal Navy, hero of the Napoleonic Wars, deadbeat husband. Li...
Guests Rhys Waters and Jesse Harley ('Canadian Politics is Boring') come for the weaponry and stay for the pyromania as we explore the life...
Comedian Brandon Hackett is here for the story of Walter Raleigh, namesake of Raleigh, North Carolina: a great explorer, so we're told, but...
In a surprisingly horny episode, comedian Ashley Botting is here for the story of Sir Henry Holland: physician to the wealthy, confidante to...
Alastair Forbes is here for stories about lighthouses! Specifically, stories about lighthouse disasters. We'll also hear a bit about John Sm...
Allana Reoch is here to learn all the uncomfortably public details about legendary poet John Milton. Will Allana come around on him? Does sh...
The Dubious Book returns with an extremely funny episode about Queen Victoria's favourite painter, Edwin Landseer. Tim Baltz and Marty Adams...
Hi friends! Been a long time. But I'm happy to tell you that more episodes are just around the corner. Season 2 arrives May 3rd with with mo...
It's the season finale! Comedian Lisa Brooke is here for the rags to riches tale of Edward Baines, the newspaperman who had the distinction...
Just before slavery was abolished in the USA, tens of millions of Russian serfs also received their liberty. But was there a catch? Yes, of...
Paloma Nuñez joins me for the story of not one but four explorers: all famous, all psychos, as we dive into a very pro-colonial chapter. Bro...
Kris Siddiqi and Nigel Downer are here to learn about Sir Titus Salt who, for reasons unexplained, built a city in his own name! Was it a Ch...
Comedian Stacey McGunnigle is here to learn about Sir William Ferguson, Scottish surgeon, and stares aghast as we cut open and examine the w...
How many animals died to satisfy Thomas Edison's thirst for power? How did Nikola Tesla cause Mark Twain to soil himself? And how is former...
This contemporary account of Thomas Edison portrays the famed inventor as a brilliant wunderkind - but comedian Carson Pinch is here to tell...
Jan Caruana (CBC's Because News) is here for the life and times of 19th Century Italy's second-greatest sculptor! From his sad childhood to...
Paul is reunited with Nug Nahrgang and Lee Smart of the comedy podcast Illusionoid. Together they learn the tale of Adolph Nordenskiöld, a m...
England's first attempt at maritime exploration was a disaster! But the survivors didn't come home empty-handed. Actor Christy Bruce is here...
Comedian Alastair Forbes could not be more disappointed to be on an episode about tunnels, but sticks around anyway for a whirlwind tour of...
Meet the warrior whose life and times inspired Frank Herbert’s DUNE! Baroness Von Sketch Show's Aurora Browne is here for a tale of conquest...
David Tomlinson (Star Trek: Discovery) came in with a low opinion of William Shakespeare - but leaves with a lower one as the Dubious Book t...
Host Paul Bates dismantles the British Empire one deed at a time as he guides us through history, as told by a skewed and suspect book from...