If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.

Herodotus

In 2018, Riley Knight started Half-Arsed History, a weekly history podcast, as a hobby project while working as a primary school teacher. Since then, it has grown to become a full-time career, leading to live shows around Australia and—somewhat unbelievably—a book deal.

You can subscribe to twice-weekly episodes on Spotify or iTunes. Additionally, if you have too much money and don’t know what to do with it, you can support Half-Arsed History on Patreon., or buy a copy of History’s Strangest Deaths.

Riley lives on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. He likes reading, long-distance running, cricket, and collecting little historical artefacts.

Half-Arsed History acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the unceded Gubbi Gubbi (Kabi Kabi) Land on which the podcast is written and recorded, and pays respect to First Nations Elders past, present, and emerging. Indigenous sovereignty was never ceded. This continent always was, and always will be, Aboriginal Land.

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Album Art Images:

• Ortelius, Abraham. Typus Orbis Terrarum. 1570. Ink on paper. Via Wikimedia Commons.
• Fiske, N.W. Herodotus. 1854. In Manual of Classical Literature, p. 434. Philadelphia: E. C. & J. Biddle, 1854. Via Hathi Trust.

• Strauss, Johann. Radetzky March. 1848. United States Marine Band, 1992, MP3. Via Wikimedia Commons.

• Bierstadt, Albert. The Falls of St. Anthony. Circa 1880. Oil on canvas. Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum, Madrid, Spain. Via Wikimedia Commons.