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HILF 119 - The Earth is Flat and other Lies my Mother Told Me with SUSAN HUCKLE
2026/11/07 | 52 mins.Dawn is joined by author, Susan Huckle, who grew up in an evangelical church and witnessed her mom go from a belief in the Rapture to falling deep down the rabbit hole of virtually every conspiracy theory you’ve ever heard of: 9/11 was a inside job, Bill Clinton is the antichrist, and - of course - the earth is flat.
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---Theme song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins.- Hear about the places that managed to avoid the plague, at least for a little while, and what a medieval haz-mat suit looked like. Also, continue to roll the 'Death Dice' along with celebrated music supervisor, Mary Ramos, to see if any of the characters we meet along the way manage to avoid the sickness and death that overcame half of the global population. ---✅ 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!---SILF's (Sources I'd Like to F*ck)The Great Courses - With Dorsey Armstrong, PhD. Got a library card? Find it via Hoopla or Libby!
Check out this great visual guide to understanding how The Black Death compares to other pandemics.
Read an article about plague bodies being found outside London this decade!
Read Mary Ramos's article in Variety breaking down the soundtrack to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
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Crazy Rich Ancients
Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)
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Crazy Rich Ancients
Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)
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---Theme song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins. - Dawn is joined by celebrated Music Supervisor, Mary Ramos, who has worked on some of the most incredible film scores in movie history! A close collaborator with Quentin Tarantino, she’s had a hand in everything from Pulp Fiction to Django Unchained - and a slew of other favorites in-between.Join us as we discuss the very beginning of The Black Death, starting with Patient Zero in Italy and then follow us… and the rats, and the fleas… around the world and right to our own back door.---✅ 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!---SILFS (Sources I'd Like to F*ck): The Great Courses - With Dorsey Armstrong, PhD. Got a library card? Find it via Hoopla or Libby!
Check out this great visual guide to understanding how The Black Death compares to other pandemics.
Read an article about plague bodies being found outside London this decade!
Read Mary Ramos's article in Variety breaking down the soundtrack to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
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
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---HILF original music by Kat Perkins @katperkinsmusic
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Crazy Rich Ancients
Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)
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---Theme song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins. - 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 professional disasters, bad decisions, and the kind of workplace chaos that makes you grateful you can just go home at the end of the day. Recorded live with the HILF crowd at Flappers Comedy Club (in beautiful Burbank, California). 🔗 JOE ROCHE🔗 KELLEY VROOMAN--- Read the Gizmodo article from 2010! This discusses the play-by-play detail of the lost iphone prototype story. ✅ 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!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
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---WANNA TALK? Find us on Instagram or email us hilfpodcast@gmail.comTheme song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins
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Crazy Rich Ancients
Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)
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---Theme song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins. - 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 been their guests for almost two weeks. Dawn is joined by friend and comedy writer, Joe Roche, for the dark tale of the Glencoe Massacre. --🎟️ Get tickets and HILF LIVE! : First Thursdays at Flappers Comedy Club - Burbank, CA---SILFS (Sources I'd Like to F*ck): BOOK: The Glencoe Massacre by John Prebble
PODCAST: BBC In Our Time: The Glencoe Massacre (2010)
VIDEO: Knives in the Dark (Part one of two)
VIDEO: History Hit 'Forgotten Massacre of Jacobite Revolution' - Dan Snow
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
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HILF is now on Patreon!
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---HILF original music by Kat Perkins @katperkinsmusic
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---LILF's (Link's I'd Like to F*ck) See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL!
Crazy Rich Ancients
Histories Greatest Mysteries (multiple seasons)
Check out HILF MERCH now available on Redbubble! Stickers, t-shirts, bags and more!
HILF is now on Patreon!
Buy Me a Coffee
---Theme song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins.
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Host, comedian Dawn Brodey, takes you through the annals of history with a special guest and history subject each episode. From Dillinger to Frankenstein, from The Crusades to Freak Shows - Dawn brings her history degree and unfiltered sense of humor to deliver well-researched deep-dives that strip history naked and serve it up raw.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/hilf-history-i-d-like-to-f-k--7501529/support.
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