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  • Defending A City With Just Two Loaves Of Bread
    Oct 16 2026
    At its very core, war is essentially throwing everything you have at your enemy and hoping that they break first. And at times, that breaking point can be as much a psychological one as a physical one.

    Wars of attrition, as in the case of prolonged siege warfare, are all about seeing who can last the longest.

    And today's story is all about one of those siege warfare breaking points, and how an army was defeated by a woman who had nothing but her cunning, boldness and two loaves of bread.

    Hosted by history teacher turned podcaster, Nick Charlie Key (host of The Fantastic History of Food).

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    18 min
  • How The Nazis Tried To Turn Whales Into Margarine
    Oct 2 2026
    Many people have heard some pretty bizarre tales from World War 2 history, but few come close to matching this one for its scale, scope and sheer absurdity.

    In this episode we'll explore how the German people's love of margarine (and the concurrent dwindling of their supply lines) led to an audacious plan that almost led to a spectacular German landgrab all the way down in the Antarctic!

    Hosted by history teacher turned podcaster, Nick Charlie Key (host of The Fantastic History of Food).

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    16 min
  • When A Navy Destroyer Fought A Submarine Using Potatoes
    Sep 18 2026
    War often calls for quick thinking and unconventional tactics, but few battles have ever been won with… potatoes. But, during World War II, the USS O’Bannon, a U.S. Navy destroyer, found itself in a tense standoff with a Japanese submarine. With the enemy dangerously close, too near in fact for their deck guns to be effective, the crew resorted to a rather unexpected weapon.

    This is the incredible tale of how the USS O’Bannon used quick thinking, and a well-stocked pantry, to help sink a Japanese submarine.

    Hosted by history teacher turned podcaster, Nick Charlie Key (host of The Fantastic History of Food).

    New episodes release EVERY TWO WEEKS!.

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    16 min
  • When The Austrian Army Accidentally Went To War...With Itself!
    Sep 4 2026
    In 1788, the Austrian army marched toward Karansebes expecting to fight the Ottoman Empire.

    Instead, a drunken argument somehow ended with thousands of Austrian soldiers firing on each other. Cavalry were mistaken for enemy troops, artillery opened fire on friendly forces, and Emperor Joseph II ended up fleeing for his life.

    By the time the real Ottoman army arrived, the Austrians had already done most of the damage themselves.

    This is the ridiculous and tragic story of the Battle of Karansebes, when an army accidentally went to war with itself.


    Hosted by history teacher turned podcaster, Nick Charlie Key (host of The Fantastic History of Food).

    New episodes release EVERY TWO WEEKS!.

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    17 min
  • Using Donkey Missiles To Blow Up A Confederate Army Camp
    Aug 21 2026
    In one of the most ill-advised military ideas of the American Civil War, some poor donkeys were turned into self-guided ballistic missiles.

    But as we'll find out, donkeys aren't always reliable when it comes to navigation!

    Hosted by history teacher turned podcaster, Nick Charlie Key (host of The Fantastic History of Food).

    New episodes release EVERY TWO WEEKS!.

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    17 min
  • The Candy Bomber Of Berlin
    Aug 7 2026
    What do chewing gum and tiny parachutes have to do with the Cold War era Berlin Airlift?

    Quite a lot, as it turns out!

    This is the story of the American airforce pilot Gail Halvorsen, the "Candy Bomber of Berlin", who began dropping little sweet packages from his aircraft to the children of Berlin and accidentally became one of the most famous pilots of the early Cold War.

    Hosted by history teacher turned podcaster, Nick Charlie Key (host of The Fantastic History of Food).

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    19 min
  • When A Dog Was Officially Enlisted In The South African Navy
    Jul 24 2026
    During World War II, the sailors at Simon’s Town Naval Base gained an unlikely new recruit: a giant Great Dane named Just Nuisance.

    After repeatedly sneaking onto trains to follow his sailor friends into Cape Town, the Navy solved the problem by officially enlisting him, giving him a rank and the right to free rail travel.

    From attending parades and breaking up fights to escorting drunken sailors home, Just Nuisance became a beloved wartime mascot and one of South Africa’s most unusual military legends.

    This is the funny, heartwarming story of the only dog ever officially enlisted in the Royal Navy.


    Hosted by history teacher turned podcaster, Nick Charlie Key (host of The Fantastic History of Food).

    New episodes release EVERY TWO WEEKS!.

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    18 min
  • How Native Americans Used A Ball Game To Infiltrate A Fort
    Jul 3 2026
    Before lacrosse became a modern sport with helmets, pads, and tiny goals, it was a massive Native American war game played across miles of open land.

    But in 1763, outside Fort Michilimackinac, the Ojibwe and Sauk used it for something even more dramatic: a deception so simple the British never saw it coming.

    This is the bizarre but true story of how a ball game, an open fort gate, and one very badly timed lack of suspicion helped turn a sporting spectacle into one of the strangest infiltrations in North American military history.

    Hosted by history teacher turned podcaster, Nick Charlie Key (host of The Fantastic History of Food).

    New episodes release EVERY TWO WEEKS!.

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    19 min