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We've finally reached the end of the road! We cover the final official Woodstock tour from 2009 and the catastrophic attempts at bringing back the festival for Woodstock 50. Then we take a detour down the strange story of the failed Korean Wood
We continue our history of Woodstock by looking at the middle child known as Woodstock '94, which was easily the best run of all of the official festivals. We also take a brief look at "Polish Woodstock", an unofficial spin-off with it's own la
Ryan goes us as we dive into the deep history of Woodstock in our final series of this season! Everyone's heard of Woodstock, but most people don't know just how deep the story goes. We're not just covering the music like everyone else; we're
We wrap up our series on the Seminole Wars! Intro/outro music: "Crunk Knight" by Kevin MacLeod
Jacob joins us again to recount the story of the Seminole Wars. Learn about some of early America's strangest conflicts along with the history of the Seminole people, the early U.S. military, and how they shaped the history of Florida. Intro
We're once again joined by Casey as we explore the history of rigged sporting events from across the world. We also get distracted talking about hunky football players and lifestyle of John Daly! SourcesTim Donaghyhttps://www.espn.com/
On this episode we're joined by close friend of SideStories Casey as we look at Rome's most infamous emperor, Caligula. Join us as we talk about his rise, fall, pleasure ships, supposed return as a ghost, and yes, we will talk about the horse!
Our final episode of our Weird World War II series wraps up with a view from the other side of the war. We take a look at the little-known story of Fritz Klingenberg, who led perhaps the strangest invasion of the entire war. You won't want to m
Our World War II series continues with the life story of Teddy Roosevelt Jr, the confusingly named son of the famous president who lived an incredible life of adventure, which included personally leading his soldiers to victory on D-Day! Sou
We're back! After a long hiatus, SideStories has returned from the dead! This time, we're sharing the strange tale of how American soldiers fought alongside German soldiers to defend French prisoners...from other Germans! SourcesBattle for
We're back from the dead! New SideStories episodes are out now! Background music: "Crunk Knight" by Kevin MacLeod
Well, this is it, folks. After more than a year of putting out content for you, the Sidestories adventure must come to a close. Join us (and a very special suprise guest) as we reminisce about our favorite episodes, our greatest accomplishments
Poker is one of the most popular card games on the planet and it has a uniquely American story. It also has a fascinating history with the legal system! Join us at the table as we tell you all about it and maybe you'll learn how to play too!
Continuing our discussion on gunpowder weapons from last episode, we explore all kinds of cannons from various places and times--while also trying to figure what exactly a cannon is anyway!Follow us on Twitter @sidestories_pod!Intro/outro m
On this very explosive episode of Sidestories, we discuss the history of the development of gunpowder in China, attempt to define what a "gun" is (it's harder than you might think!), and share stories about some of the earliest gunpowder weapon
This week on Sidestories, we discuss one of America's most fascinating (and sadly obscure) founding fathers--Isaac Sears. Sears had many adventures privateering, mob-forming, and rabble rousing during the American Revolution. He might've gotten
On this somewhat different episode we ask the ever popular question: what if you could go back to the past? Where would you go and what would you do? We also discuss the concept of anemoia, being the protagonist of history, and how we view and
On this week's episode of Sidestories, we begin our tour of Revolutionary France, by recounting the tragically short life of Evariste Galois. A complicated young man, Galois was a French mathematician and political revolutionary who led protest
We're back with season 3!Join us as we discuss the history of Valentine's Day and it's namesake(s?), what it is, what it isn't, and why it's defintely not for the birds. Enjoy!Follow us on Twitter @sidestories_pod!Intro/outro music: "Cru
Merry Christmas and happy holidays from Sidestories!We all have our own holiday traditions that we look forward to each year. This week, we're taking a look at some of the uniques ways that people around the world celebrate Christmas. Now go g
As we approach the end of the year and reflect on how things have changed, on the show we reflect on the history of writing journals. Who wrote the first journal in history? We answer that on today's episode of SIdestories!Follow us on Twitt
George Hackenschmidt lived a life of incredible strength, endurace, and overall adventure. Today we discuss some of his greatest achievements such as inventing the bench press and lifting a horse! The perfect episode to listen to while you hit
Well, our extended Spooktober is finally coming to a close as we all transition into the Holiday Season. In this banger of an episode, Aaron is joined by Ryan to scream, snarl, and shout about the origins of heavy metal music, it's connection t
This week on Sidestories, Aaron and special guest Casey continue their discussion of serial killers with the story of Eugene Butler, perhaps the most famous serial killer of North Dakota. Butler moved to the state in the late 1800's to start a
Gilles de Rais was a famous soldier, Marshal of France, friend of Joan of Arc...and was also accused of ruthlessly murdering dozens of children in cold blood. Was de Rais innocent, or can he truly be considered one of history's first recorded s
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