Really Useful Knowledge
Comedy
History's Least Important Bits. Amazing and useless true stories, hosted by Adam Azra'el and Mark Teskey
Episodes
Episode 4: Grenade Goofs and Broadsword Battles
6/18/2019
Adam and Mark take a look at WWII with a story of some grenade mishaps in Italy and a British nutjob famous for playing bagpipes in the heat of battle.
Hosts: Mark Teskey, Adam Azra'el
Producer: Adam Azra'el
Duration:00:11:33
Episode 3: Heinous Hindsight and Telegram Travesties
6/9/2019
Adam and Mark discuss the Japanese children's game known as Kancho and the really, really awful idea that ended the German Empire during WWI.
Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Mark Teskey
Producer: Adam Azra'el
Moron: Arthur Zimmerman
Duration:00:14:05
Episode 2: Marathons and Mayhem
6/2/2019
Mark and Adam discuss the finer points of the awful 1904 Olympics and the most Irish fire in history.
Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Mark Teskey
Producer: Adam Azra'el
Duration:00:13:25
Episode 1: Pinball, Pepsi, and Papal Privates
5/28/2019
Adam, Mark, and special guest Anthony Staten discuss the wager that saved the pinball industry, Pepsi's short-lived status as an actual global superpower, and the struggle in the Vatican to enforce a modesty standard on its historical artwork.
Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Mark Teskey
Guest: Anthony Staten
Producer: Adam Azra'el
Duration:00:20:36
Episode 0: Freuchen's Forays and Haydn's Head
5/22/2019
Hosts Adam Azra'el and Mark Teskey discuss Peter Freuchen, a Danish explorer/next-level badass, and the curious case of the theft of composer Joseph Haydn's head.
Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Mark Teskey
Producer: Adam Azra'el
Duration:00:17:26