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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.
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HILF 118 - The Black Death with Mary Ramos Part 2 [RE-RELEASE]
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 (https://maryramos
HILF 117 - The Black Death with Mary Ramos Part 1 [RE-RELEASE]
Dawn is joined by celebrated Music Supervisor, Mary Ramos (https://maryramosmusic.com/), 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
HILF 116 - Worst-Ever Days at Work [RECORDED LIVE]
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 ma
HILF 115 - The Glencoe Massacre with Joe Roche
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 come
HILF 114 - Jonestown [RECORDED LIVE]
Join Dawn and some very special guests - including her dear, sweet mom - and a live audience at Flappers Comedy Club (https://flapperscomedy.com/) (in beautiful Burbank, California). Hear the tragic tale of Jonestown, why you too could have
HILF 113 - Cults with Kat Perkins
Dawn is joined by Kat Perkins (https://www.katperkinsmusic.com/), one of her best friends (and the voice of the HILF theme song!) for a dive into the dark history of cults. From the strangest real-life rituals, to the made-up cults - and wh
HILF 112 - King Philip and The Boston Massacre [RECORDED LIVE]
King Philip is simultaneously a real historic figure, and an object of early American fantasy. Join Dawn and a live audience at Flappers Comedy Club (https://flapperscomedy.com/) (in beautiful Burbank, California) to hear the tale of how hi
HILF 111 - The Odyssey, Part Two with Sam Cowan
The journey isn't over, it's only just reached the underworld. Rejoin Dawn and guest Sam Cowan (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4293483/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk) as they link arms to follow Odysseus all the way home. Whether you're preparing for Chris
HILF 110 - The Odyssey with Sam Cowan
As Christopher Nolan (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0634240/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk) brings The Odyssey (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33764258/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk) to the big screen, Dawn is taking listeners back to the source. Join Dawn and guest Sa
HILF 109 - The Night Witches, Part Two with Heather Cowan
You're back in the cockpit with Dawn and guest, Heather Cowan (https://www.instagram.com/heather.n.cowan/), for part two of this little-known chapter of World War II history. Re-join these badass fliers through more of their spine-tingling
HILF 108 - The Night Witches with Heather Cowan
Climb into the cockpit with Dawn and guest, Heather Cowan (https://www.instagram.com/heather.n.cowan/), as they get to know some of the baddest-asses from this little-known chapter of World War II history. -- 🎧 HILF EP39 - NAZI KILLERS wit
HILF 107 - The Rise and Fall of Richard Nixon with Kelly Vrooman [RECORDED LIVE]
Dawn and guest, Kelly Vrooman (https://www.instagram.com/kellyvrooms/?hl=en), go down the rabbit hole with neither the first nor the last "disgraced" American president. Join them as they review the unlikely rise and spectacular fall or Ric
HILF 106 - Book Masters, Part Two with Stacey Hovhannisyan
Welcome back to book club! Whether you’re a book worm who is always looking for new nerdy stuff to read - or you only like history when it’s funny - this is for you! Return with Dawn and her classmate, Stacey Hovhannisyan (https://www.linke
HILF 105 - Book Masters with Stacey Hovhannisyan
Whether you’re a book worm who is always looking for new nerdy stuff to read - or you only like history when it’s funny - this is for you! Dawn sits down with her classmate, Stacey Hovhannisyan (https://www.linkedin.com/in/stacey-hovhannisy
HILF 104 - Pirate Queens: Mary Read and Anne Bonny [RECORDED LIVE]
Join host, Dawn Brodey, (https://www.instagram.com/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 oppo
HILF 103 - Pearl Harbor Day with Sam Hale [RECORDED LIVE]
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 (https://www.instagram.com/thesamanthahale/), Horror Nerd, and learn all about her gran
HILF 102 - Captain Woodes Rogers, Pirate Hunter with Patrick Day
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 (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0206537/) to fall with her! Hear the swashbuckling story of
HILF 101 - The Sex Trial of Mae West with John Heimbuch
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 pl
HILF 100 - The Iranian Revolution with Zari Faripour [ RE-RELEASE ]
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 color
HILF 99 - Lilith with Rhiannon Fiskradatz and Shanan Custer
Before there was Adam and Eve, there was Adam and Lilith! Hear the hot gossip straight from the Garden of Eden, and some of the best stories of this pre-biblical bad-ass. Dawn is joined by two Minneapolis besties who thought when they booke
HILF 98 - The 1961 Freedom Rides with Dave Reinitz [ RE-RELEASE ]
Dawn's Guest, Dave Reinitz (https://www.instagram.com/davereinitz/) is a stand-up comedian and stain-glass artist whose personal connection to this slice of History brings it alive for all of us. Hear about how his mother, Janet Braun-Reini
HILF 97 - Socrates with Nat Baimel
The 'Father of Philosophy' and the teacher of Plato, Socrates was arguably the most important intellectual in human history. He was also a war veteran, a bad dad, and never wrote anything himself. So why did Athens kill him; and why do you
HILF 96 - Spartacus with JB Ball
Get into the ring with Spartacus! An enslaved gladiator turned rebel general who led the largest, most destructive assault against the Roman Empire EVER. Dawn is joined by comedian, JB Ball (https://jb-ball.com/), who also happens to be the
HILF 95 - The Tragedy of the USS Indianapolis with Mark Decarlo [RECORDED LIVE]
Join Dawn and a LIVE audience to get the true story you probably heard first in Jaws. It's the USS Indianapolis a doomed ship from World War 2 which endured one of the worst shark attacks in human history. On the anniversary of both the rel
HILF SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
2026 is going to be a big year for HILF! Find out what annals Dawn will be exploring next, and what it means for you!---🎟️ Get tickets to HILF Public School (https://www.flapperscomedy.com/site/comedians.php?person_id=298659/) - the live,
HILF 94 - The Rosetta Stone with Maggie Melby
Before it was a modern language-learning program, the Rosetta Stone was the ancient world’s ultimate decoder ring—a 2,200-year-old decree carved in stone that finally unlocked Egyptian hieroglyphics. Without it, your favorite stories and li
HILF 93 - Catherine the Great, Part Two with Kelly Vrooman
Return with Dawn and guest, improvisor Kelly Vrooman (https://www.kelly-vrooman.com/), as they follow Catherine the Great from the dramatic coup that brought her power, through her rein as The Last Empress of Russia. Forbidden pregnancies,
HILF 92 - Catherine the Great with Kelly Vrooman
Join Dawn and the hilarious, Kelly Vrooman (https://www.kelly-vrooman.com/), as they saddle up with Catherine the Great. Hear how a young German girl in middle-nobility finds herself the Last Empress of Russia. You'll love the torrid story
HILF 91 - Frankenstein with Helen Shephard [ RE-RELEASE ]
Mary Shelley began writing her novel, Frankenstein, in 1816 when she was only 17 years old. Today it remains one of the most-assigned books of all time, finding it's way into classes ranging from Law to Scientific Ethics to Fashion to Polit
HILF 90 - The Black Dahlia Murder with Kaycee Conlee
On a chilly January morning in 1947, officers arrived to what they were told was "a broken mannequin" lying in a field. They discovered instead, the body of a woman cut completely in half at the waist. She lay naked and drained of blood, he
