109: The History of Ice Cream

It's a History Podcast · Oct 8, 2026 · 10m

Hello! In this week's episode we are taking a look at the history of Ice Cream. Ice Cream is a dessert that has many different origins, as multiple cultures from around the world have enjoyed eating some version of an ice cream style dessert for centuries.

There have been multiple inventions that have helped Ice Cream become the everyman dessert we know it as today, including the Hand Crank Ice Cream Maker.

There is also a bit of myth with this history as we look at just how waffle cones became popular.

Sources for today episode include:

An article from the Museum of Ice Cream titled The…