History Impossible

History Impossible


Latest Episodes

An Impossible Pop Quiz: The Great Hollywood Coverup
August 15, 2019

After a mega-sized two-parter episode of History Impossible, it seems only fitting that listeners get a pseudo-mega-sized Pop Quiz episode (if only because there was indeed more ground to cover). Ms. Molly's recap of the Great Hollywood Coverup is certai.

The Great Hollywood Coverup Part II: Dames, Drug Dealers, and Dragoonery
July 26, 2019

When we last left the side of renowned and loved silent film director William Desmond Taylor, he was lying dead on the floor of his bungalow and his valet was shrieking for someone--anyone--to help. Little did the valet know that "help" would indeed come.

The Great Hollywood Coverup Part I: Moving Pictures, Moral Crusaders, and Murder
July 01, 2019

Nearly 100 years ago, scandal after scandal was rocking the new kid in town, the motion picture business; Tinseltown; Hollywood. Overdoses on mercury bichloride, cocaine-addicted starlets, prostitution and drug rings, suicides, and an alleged raucous org.

An Impossible Pop Quiz: The White Death
May 16, 2019

The Pop Quiz returns for a much lighter, more fun episode (or fun recounting for Molly, at least) of the third episode of History Impossible, the story of Simo Häyhä, the White Death, the Magic Shooter. Give this quiz a listen to see how Molly manages to.

The White Death
April 22, 2019

In the winter of 1939, a Soviet colossus came bearing down on the small Baltic nation known as Finland, sparking off a 105-day conflict known to history as the Winter War. Facing impossible odds, the Finnish Army did all it could to fight off their Russi.

An Impossible Pop Quiz: The Union Rapists
March 25, 2019

For the second episode of History: Impossible, we have our second episode of An Impossible Pop Quiz! This time around, we discuss the misery that was the second episode of History: Impossible about sexual assault in times of war--in particular the Americ.

The Union Rapists
March 11, 2019

CONTENT WARNING: This episode contents graphic depictions of sexual assault and violence, occasionally involving minors. The American Civil War was supposedly a war of liberation. But the question of who some of these liberators actually were rarely gets.

An Impossible Pop Quiz: The Original Donald Trump
February 28, 2019

And now for something completely different... In light of the fact that there inevitably will be delays and desires to hear more from the world of History: Impossible, I've decided to have my history-ambivalent lady friend Molly Pan along for the ride. A.

The Original Donald Trump
January 28, 2019

Nearly a century and a half before populist messaging was used to propel the unlikeliest and most divisive of candidates into the Oval Office, the groundwork was being laid amid the most terrifying time in American history. A true vision of a post-apocal.

Episode Zero: An Impossible Introduction
January 28, 2019

In this introductory episode to History: Impossible, self-imposed ground rules are laid out, information on past, present, and future is provided, and thanks to inspirations are given.  This will probably be one of the few times you'll hear such an off-t.

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