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

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 different circumstances and on opposite sides of the Atlantic, their worlds would collide and eventually combine in the most swash-buckingly way. 

Hear pirate trivia with comedian, Becca Melkonian.

Test your knowledge against comedian, Meryl Klemow.

Get to know my classmate, and future history professor, Stacey Hovhannisyan. 

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✅ Follow HILF on TikTok! 

🎟️ HILF Public School - the live, interactive version of HILF: First Thursdays at Flappers Comedy Club - Burbank, CA

🤑 HILF is now on Patreon!

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LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) 

See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)

See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich Ancients

Check out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!

Buy Me a Coffee

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WANNA TALK? 

Find us on Instagram or email us [email protected]

Theme song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins

Podcast art: Designed by Joe Dressel

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 learn all about her grandpa... and his bulge.

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✅ Follow HILF on TikTok! 

🎥. See Sam's one-hour special!

🎙️ Come see Dawn in Horror Nerd at The Hollywood Improv, April 17th, 2026

🎟️ HILF Public School - the live, interactive version of HILF: First Thursdays at Flappers Comedy Club - Burbank, CA

🤑 HILF is now on Patreon!

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LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) 

See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)

See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich Ancients

Check out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!

Buy Me a Coffee

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WANNA TALK? 

Find us on Instagram or email us [email protected]

Theme song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins

Podcast art: Designed by Joe Dressel

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!  Hear the swashbuckling story of a man who helped write some of the 18th century's most toe-curling and horrifying chapters. 

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🎥 - Watch Florescent Beast - "What is the cost of being creative?"

🎥 - Watch Cruel Hearts - "Find what you love, let it kill you..."

🎟️ Get tickets to HILF Public School - the live, interactive version of HILF: First Thursdays at Flappers Comedy Club - Burbank, CA

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SILF's (Source's I'd Like to F*ck) 

A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates by Captain Charles Johnson (Whoever he is...)

A Cruising Voyage Around the World by Captain Woodes Rogers. (I screamed... will you?)

Villains of All Nations by Marcus Rediker (THE greatest place to dive into pirate history at large.)

LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) 

See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)

See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich Ancients

Check out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!

HILF is now on Patreon!

Buy Me a Coffee

Find your next favorite podcast on BIG COMEDY NETWORK.

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HILF original music by Kat Perkins @katperkinsmusic

HILF original artwork by @thejoedressel

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, and even release a ROCK ALBUM before she died! Guest is historian and playwright, John Heimbuch, who wrote the hit play Mae West and the Trial of Sex. 

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🎟️ Get tickets to HILF Public School - the live, interactive version of HILF: First Thursdays at Flappers Comedy Club - Burbank, CA

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SILF's (Source's I'd Like to F*ck) 

YOUTUBE - Watch a bit of Mae West in action!

ARTICLE - Read a bit more about her life and times (American Heritage) 

LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) 

See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)

See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich Ancients

Check out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!

HILF is now on Patreon!

Buy Me a Coffee

Find your next favorite podcast on BIG COMEDY NETWORK.

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HILF original music by Kat Perkins @katperkinsmusic

HILF original artwork by @thejoedressel

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 events and people involved in the 1970's revolution, while Zari colors it with her unique perspective and amazing life experiences.

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🎟️ Get tickets to HILF Public School - the live, interactive version of HILF: First Thursdays at Flappers Comedy Club - Burbank, CA

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SILF's (Source's I'd Like to F*ck) 

BOOK -  Iran Awakening by Shirin Ebadi

ESSAY - Structural Causes of the Iranian Revolution by Ervand Abrahamian.

YOUTUBE - The Crash Course folks kill this stuff... 

For your current news, start with Reuters. 

LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) 

See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)

See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Crazy Rich Ancients

Check out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!

HILF is now on Patreon!

Buy Me a Coffee

Find your next favorite podcast on BIG COMEDY NETWORK.

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HILF original music by Kat Perkins @katperkinsmusic

HILF original artwork by @thejoedressel