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Stonedhenge: History and High Thoughts
History for people who hated history class. Join Travis (the history buff) and Tom (the enthusiastic bystander) as they stumble through the weirdest corners of the past, armed with questionable logic and a mountain of curiosity. Stonedhenge delivers high thoughts, historical chaos, and absolutely zero credentials. From the Emu War to the Corpse Pope, we cover the stories your teacher skipped. If you’ve ever wondered how empires fell or what ancient leaders were like at a party, you’re in the…
Episodes
- Stonedhenge: History and High Thoughts
Grigori Rasputin - Why You Shouldn't Let Your Wife's Yoga Instructor Run the Government
Grigori Rasputin is historically known as "The Mad Monk," but he was really just a wandering holy man, a snake oil salesman, and a walking scandal generator in…
- Stonedhenge: History and High Thoughts
Vlad the Impaler - The True Story Behind the Vampire Legend
Happy Halloween from Stonedhenge! Today, we are tracing the real, horrifying history behind the world's most famous monster: Dracula. We are taking a trip to…
Stonedhenge: History and High ThoughtsThe Panda Conspiracy - Genetically Engineered Lawnmowers
Pandas break every rule in evolutionary biology, leading fringe science theorists to believe they are actually artificial cryptids genetically engineered by a…
- Stonedhenge: History and High Thoughts
Navajo Code Talkers - Hiding a Safe Inside Another Safe
During World War II, the United States military needed a communication system that the Japanese couldn't intercept. Their solution? An unbreakable code built…
- Stonedhenge: History and High Thoughts
The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom - The Ultimate Exam Anxiety
The Taiping Rebellion was the deadliest civil war in human history, and it all started because one guy got extreme exam anxiety. In this episode, we take the…
- Stonedhenge: History and High Thoughts
Mansa Musa: Crashing Economies and Camels with Attitude Problems
Mansa Musa, the ruler of the Mali Empire, is widely considered the richest man in history. He had so much wealth that during his pilgrimage to Mecca, he…
- Stonedhenge: History and High Thoughts
Theodore Roosevelt - How to Survive the Ultimate 1800s Grief Arc
We made it to our one-year anniversary! To celebrate 26 episodes of Stonedhenge, we decided to bust out the dab rig and get ridiculously high while talking…
- Stonedhenge: History and High Thoughts
The Last Samurai - Why Tom Cruise Lied to You
Everything you learned from that Tom Cruise movie The Last Samurai isn't entirely accurate. In this episode, we are tracking the real history of the Satsuma…
- Stonedhenge: History and High Thoughts
Alexander the Great Part 2: War Elephants and Employee Burnout
In this episode, we track the final, paranoid years of Alexander the Third of Macedon. We cover: The Drunken Boss: How Alexander adopted Persian court styles…
- Stonedhenge: History and High Thoughts
Alexander the Great: The Farmer with a Shotgun and the Gordian Knot
Alexander the Great built the massive Macedonian Empire by age 30 and died by 32. But as we find out today, being a "Great" figure in ancient history mostly…
- Stonedhenge: History and High Thoughts
Richard the Lionheart: The English King Who Preferred France
If you know King Richard the Lionheart, you probably know him as the "good" king from the Robin Hood movies who was off fighting the Crusades while his evil…
- Stonedhenge: History and High Thoughts
The Aztec Conquest pt 2: Carrying Warships Over Mountains
When we last left Hernán Cortés, he had taken an emperor hostage and everything had blown up in his face. In this episode, we are tracking the brutal and…
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The Aztec Conquest pt 1: Hernán Cortés and the Worst Guest in History
When Hernán Cortés sailed for the New World, he wasn’t just exploring...he was actively ignoring his boss and bringing "emotionally unstable men with swords"…
Stonedhenge: History and High ThoughtsProject Stargate: Weaponizing Telepathy in the Cold War
Long before anyone was making movies about staring at goats, the US government panicked over a rumor and spent 20 years and millions of dollars trying to win a…
- Stonedhenge: History and High Thoughts
The War of 1812: Revolutionary War 2: Electric Boogaloo
Long before the US was a global superpower, they were just a 30-year-old country that decided to pick a fight with the strongest navy in the world. Why?…
- Stonedhenge: History and High Thoughts
Tarrare: The Weird Medical Mystery of the Spy Who Ate a Toddler
Long before competitive eating was a televised sport, getting kicked out of your parents' house for eating a quarter of a cow in a single day was just the…
Stonedhenge: History and High ThoughtsDid Oppenheimer Actually Invent the Nuke? (The Mohenjo-Daro Mystery)
What if J. Robert Oppenheimer didn't actually invent the atomic bomb, but just rediscovered it? Today, we are flipping the script. Travis is taking a break…
- Stonedhenge: History and High Thoughts
The History of Medicine: When Doctors Blamed the Stars
Long before anyone knew what a germ was, or had any basic common sense, getting sick basically meant a demon was pissed at you, or the moon was just in a bad…
- Stonedhenge: History and High Thoughts
The Tower of Babel: History's Biggest Measuring Contest
In the Bible, humanity tried to build a tower to heaven, and God responded by smashing it and scrambling everyone's languages. Fast forward to the Middle Ages…
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The Golden Age of Piracy: Blackbeard, Nassau, & The Ocean's First S-Corp
What happens when thousands of heavily armed sailors suddenly get laid off? They steal an island and start their own businesses. In the early 1700s, unemployed…
- Stonedhenge: History and High Thoughts
Coffee: How a Hyperactive Goat Accidentally Invented Capitalism
Before coffee, humanity ran on "low battery mode"—mostly beer, wine, and going to bed at sunset. Then, an Ethiopian goat herder noticed his goats were dancing…
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The Great Stink: 1858 & The Forbidden Soup of the Thames
What happens when you put 2.5 million people in a city with no plumbing during a heatwave? You get the "Great Stink," a disaster so bad it literally stopped…
- Stonedhenge: History and High Thoughts
Emperor Norton: America’s Fake King (Please Accept My Coupons)
In 1859, a failed businessman named Joshua Norton did the only logical thing left to do: he declared himself Emperor of the United States. Surprisingly, the…
- Stonedhenge: History and High Thoughts
The Dancing Plague of 1518: The Forbidden Boogie
In July 1518, a woman named Frau Troffea stepped into a street in Strasbourg and began to dance. She didn't stop for a week. Within a month, 400 people had…
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The Cadaver Synod: Putting a Dead Pope on Trial
In January 897 AD, Pope Stephen VI ordered his predecessor, Pope Formosus, to stand trial for perjury and illegal ambition. The only problem? Formosus had been…
- Stonedhenge: History and High Thoughts
The Great Emu War: Australia vs. Tall Angry Chickens
In late 1932, the Australian government declared war on a new enemy: 20,000 emus destroying wheat crops in Western Australia. They sent the Royal Australian…
- Stonedhenge: History and High Thoughts
Augustus the Strong: Poland’s Original Gym Bro King
Augustus II (1697–1733), also known as "Augustus the Strong," was the Elector of Saxony and King of Poland who cared more about his bench press than his…
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Attila the Hun: History’s Most Misunderstood Horse Dad
In the 5th Century AD, the Roman Empire faced a threat it couldn't bribe or bully: Attila the Hun. Known as the "Scourge of God," he united the barbarian…
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Joan of Arc: The Original Flame Emoji
In 1429, a 17-year-old illiterate peasant girl named Joan of Arc showed up at the court of the French King and claimed God had sent her to save France. Even…
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Miyamoto Musashi Pt. 2: The Duel at Ganryu Island
The legend of Miyamoto Musashi concludes with the most famous duel in history: The Battle of Ganryu Island. In this episode, we cover the climax of Musashi's…
- Stonedhenge: History and High Thoughts
Miyamoto Musashi Pt. 1: The Samurai Who Never Lost
Miyamoto Musashi is arguably the greatest swordsman who ever lived. An undefeated ronin (masterless samurai), he won his first duel at age 13 and went on to…
Stonedhenge: History and High ThoughtsThe Fall of Constantinople: 1453 & The World's First Off-Road Navy
In 1453, Sultan Mehmed II showed up to the most fortified city on earth with a simple plan: "What if we just built a cannon the size of a barn?" In this…