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Fin vs History

Fin vs History

By: Fin Taylor & Horatio Gould
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 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© Fin Taylor & Horatio Gould / Podmasters
Episodes
  • Don’t Even Talk To Me Before You’ve Picked My Coffee | Papa Doc: Haitian Dictator (Part 1)

    Don’t Even Talk To Me Before You’ve Picked My Coffee | Papa Doc: Haitian Dictator (Part 1)
    Jan 12 2026
    Coffee, Voudou & Lesbians - Haiti or Hackney? How one man went from doctor to dictator armed with nothing but folklore and a lesbian sidekick. The show for people who like history but don't care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes, ad-free listening and early access to series, become a Truther and sign up to the Patreon ⁠patreon.com/fintaylor 00:00 – Island Gaddafi 04:00 – But first coffee 06:30 – Haiti is in the group of death 09:15 – Voodou revolt 11:20 – Supporting black business 13:25 – The worst people occupy the worst country 16:15 – Papa becomes a Doc 20:05 – Alan Akbar 22:45 – Reads one book and becomes a dictator 23:55 – Voodou sex doll (the 28:24 – 8 man coup 30:48 – Zombie gangsters 34:30 – Madam Adolphe 38:30 – No more Mr Normal guy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    49 mins
  • Fleshlights to Fleshlights, Dust to Dust (with Joanne McNally!) | The History of Sex Work (Part 2)

    Fleshlights to Fleshlights, Dust to Dust (with Joanne McNally!) | The History of Sex Work (Part 2)
    Jan 8 2026
    Comic powerhouse Joanne McNally joins us to talk sex work from the Victorian era onwards, and also to act as the Pope’s representative on the Quickshot Launch Masturbator 3000 The History of Sex Work (Part 2/2) The show for people who like history but don't care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes, ad-free listening and early access to series, become a Truther and sign up to the Patreon ⁠patreon.com/fintaylor Chapters; 00:00 - serving c*nt 04:03 - Do you like neckbeards? 07:58 - He strumpets 11:17 - Arcane slurs 14:31 - Molly houses 16:12 - Mother Clap 21:24 - Victorian Prostitutes 24:03 - overrun with whores 27:59 - contagious diseases act 31:22 - Modern day sex work 34:22 - Victorian laws 36:14 - World War sex 40:37 - Wine and Women 44:20 - German prostitutes 47:52 - Chemical prophylactic 49:34 - Nazi brothels 54:48 -Pinophile Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • When Britannia Kink-Shamed The Waves | The History of Sex Work (Part 1)

    When Britannia Kink-Shamed The Waves | The History of Sex Work (Part 1)
    Jan 5 2026
    For as long as there have been fat ugly men, there have been women who charge to have sex with them. But who knew it was us free-loving, sexually liberated brits who invented all the stigma and shame? The show for people who like history but don't care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes, ad-free listening and early access to series, become a Truther and sign up to the Patreon ⁠patreon.com/fintaylor Chapters; 00:00 - Happy ending? 02:40 - Cockallation 06:42 - oldest profession 08:21 - The epic of Gilgamesh 10:01 - Gay sheep 12:30 - Shamhat the harlot 15:29 - Cumscription 20:57 - Ancient Greece 25:39 - When in Rome 28:57 - Lupanar 36:52 - Medieval brothels 39:18 - Cunny for your thoughts 41:44 - Gropecunt lane 45:01 - Cucks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    51 mins
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A laugh a minute… plus enough interesting stuff to keep your mind from wandering off…

Best way to describe it would be… it feels like you’re sitting at the back of a history lesson with your best friends… there is no teacher to tell you to rain it in…so you just keep making outrageous comments and jokes till your sides hurt from laughing…

The funniest podcast I’ve ever listened

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The content, the delivery and the topics stand out from every other show - become a truther today and never regret tomorrow

The only podcast I actually look forward to

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