HILF: History I'd Like to F**k

HILF 116 - Worst-Ever Days at Work [RECORDED LIVE]

Join Dawn for three hilarious stories told live, all centered around one simple question: what is the WORST DAY AT WORK? Dawn and her guests dig into spectacular professi

HILF 115 - The Glencoe Massacre with Joe Roche

It was a cold and blustery night in 1692 when the Macdonalds were slaughtered in their beds by a group of rival Campbells who had not only sworn them no harm, but had bee

HILF 114 - Jonestown [RECORDED LIVE]

Join Dawn and some very special guests - including her dear, sweet mom - and a live audience at Flappers Comedy Club (in beautiful Burbank, California). Hear the tragic t

HILF 113 - Cults with Kat Perkins

Dawn is joined by Kat Perkins, one of her best friends (and the voice of the HILF theme song!) for a dive into the dark history of cults. From the strangest real-life rit

HILF 112 - King Philip and The Boston Massacre [RECORDED LIVE]

King Philip is simultaneously a real historic figure, and an object of early American fantasy. Join Dawn and a live audience at Flappers Comedy Club (in beautiful Burbank

HILF 111 - The Odyssey, Part Two with Sam Cowan

The journey isn't over, it's only just reached the underworld.  Rejoin Dawn and guest Sam Cowan as they link arms to follow Odysseus all the way home.  Whether you're pre

HILF 110 - The Odyssey with Sam Cowan

As Christopher Nolan brings The Odyssey to the big screen, Dawn is taking listeners back to the source. Join Dawn and guest Sam Cowan as they get down and dirty with Home

HILF 109 - The Night Witches, Part Two with Heather Cowan

You're back in the cockpit with Dawn and guest, Heather Cowan, for part two of this little-known chapter of World War II history. Re-join these badass fliers through more

HILF 108 - The Night Witches with Heather Cowan

Climb into the cockpit with Dawn and guest, Heather Cowan, as they get to know some of the baddest-asses from this little-known chapter of World War II history.  -- 🎧 H

HILF 107 - The Rise and Fall of Richard Nixon with Kelly Vrooman [RECORDED LIVE]

Dawn and guest, Kelly Vrooman, go down the rabbit hole with neither the first nor the last "disgraced" American president.  Join them as they review the unlikely rise and

HILF 106 - Book Masters, Part Two with Stacey Hovhannisyan

Welcome back to book club! Whether you’re a book worm who is always looking for new nerdy stuff to read - or you only like history when it’s funny - this is for you! Retu

HILF 105 - Book Masters with Stacey Hovhannisyan

Whether you’re a book worm who is always looking for new nerdy stuff to read - or you only like history when it’s funny - this is for you! Dawn sits down with her classma

HILF 104 - Pirate Queens: Mary Read and Anne Bonny [RECORDED LIVE]

Join host, Dawn Brodey, and a LIVE audience to hear this most-titillating chapter from The Golden Age of Piracy, the tale of Mary Read and Anne Bonny. Born in very differ

HILF 103 - Pearl Harbor Day with Sam Hale [RECORDED LIVE]

Join Dawn and a LIVE audience to hear what John Wayne Gacy and a plane crash have to do with her birthday. You'll also get to know the fabulous Sam Hale, Horror Nerd, and

HILF 102 - Captain Woodes Rogers, Pirate Hunter with Patrick Day

Dawn found herself tits-deep in pirate history and fell so far down the rabbit hole, she called on her friend - and frequent leading man - Patrick Day to fall with her!  

HILF 101 - The Sex Trial of Mae West with John Heimbuch

Climb in bed with one of the first-ever sex symbols, Mae West! She was born in the 1800’s and lived long (and well) enough to star on broadway, lead the silver screen, an

HILF 100 - The Iranian Revolution with Zari Faripour [ RE-RELEASE ]

Re-join Dawn and her guest, 76 year-old Zari Faripour, an elegant, intelligent, one-time refugee from the Iranian Revolution. Dawn delivers a utility outline of the major

HILF 99 - Lilith with Rhiannon Fiskradatz and Shanan Custer

Before there was Adam and Eve, there was Adam and Lilith! Hear the hot gossip straight from the Garden of Eden, and some of the best stories of this pre-biblical bad-ass.

HILF 98 - The 1961 Freedom Rides with Dave Reinitz [ RE-RELEASE ]

Dawn's Guest, Dave Reinitz is a stand-up comedian and stain-glass artist whose personal connection to this slice of History brings it alive for all of us. Hear about how

HILF 97 - Socrates with Nat Baimel

The 'Father of Philosophy' and the teacher of Plato, Socrates was arguably the most important intellectual in human history. He was also a war veteran, a bad dad, and nev