Podcast
Fin vs History
For people who like history but don't care what actually happened.
Join comedians Fin Taylor and Horatio Gould as they guess/explain every event in human history, from Neanderthals to 9/11.
Guaranteed to give you an entirely new and incorrect perspective on world events.
Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/fintaylor
- Comedy chart
- #167
- Episodes
- 200
- Releases
- Twice a week
- Typical length
- 58 min
- On air since
- 2025
- Latest episode
- 1 day ago
Episodes
200 episodes, newest first
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56 min
The War of The Noses | Agincourt (Part 1)
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We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that goes down a on widow with me Shall be my brother.
Agincourt (Part 1)
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Chapters:
00:00 God Fearing Erection
08:01 Give Succor to Widows
12:44 Too Many Sons
18:28 Henry V
21:57 The Only Welsh History
25:21 Where is the Dopamine?
28:38 Clarkson’s Skin Care Routine
35:43 Mentally Ill French King
43:42 Least Horny French Woman
48:26 Medieval Rage Bait
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47 min
Russian Humour Is Pushing People Into Canals | Stalin: Yalta & Last Days (Part 5)
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Communist or capitalist, we all just want to be at home watching TV. Stalin: Yalta & Last Days (Part 5) Chapters: 00:00 - Yalta Conference 05:11 - Stalin is Aura Farming 10:32 - Potsdam: Where are the boys? 14:51 - Gold Medal Syndrome 19:08 - Stalin’s Dinner Parties 22:08 - Prank patrol 25:07 - Stalin’s film club 30:55 - Doctors Plot 34:03 - Bring back embalming! 37:23 - Summing up Stalin
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1 hr
Hitler’s Jet Fuel Melts Stalin’s Beams | Stalin: Barbarossa (Part 4)
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Hitler gets the ick and breaks Stalin’s heart with Operation Barbarossa
Stalin: Barbarossa (Part 4)
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00:00 - It’s an extender!
04:53 - molotov-ribbentrop pact
10:03 - Male bonding
13:50 - Stalin giving Hitler the ick
17:06 - The Winter War
20:24 - Smug Sniper
24:54 - Ronaldo 9/11
29:44 - Operation Barbarossa
34:17 - Pumped and Dumped
37:42 - Victory against Micromanagement
40:30 - Jihadi Dog
41:20 - Stalingrad
47:17 - Pubestache
50:13 - Operation Uranus
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59 min
Holodomybeer | Stalin: Show Trials & Killing Trotsky (Part 3)
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Grab your nachos and pick axe, it’s time to take down Trotsky.
Stalin: Show Trials & Killing Trotsky (Part 3)
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Chapters;
00:00 - The Great Terror
05:08 - Red Flags everywhere
09:28 - Eliminating the Pret Class
15:26 - Peas in a purge
20:52 - Scum, Prostitute, deserves it
28:11 - Dry execution
32:20 - Who’s that for?
34:47 - Tying up the loose ends
40:50 - Where are your nachos?
47:44 - Burnham-Gvir pact
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55 min
Human Rights Are Red Tape | Stalin: Famine (Part 2)
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Stalin Eliminates Clarkson and sends Caleb to the Gulag
Stalin: Famine (Part 2)
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Chapters;
00:00 - Man-made Famine
06:01 - Manifesting Industrialisation
10:41 - Charlies Gulag
13:29 - U-grain? Ukraine
17:45 - eliminating Caleb and Clarkson
23:52 - Human life is too important
26:04 - Collectivisation
29:00 - We’ve over done it
34:48 - Everyone is Albert Fish
36:36 - Cheer up love
40:23 - What I don’t eat in a day
46:35 - Things can only get better
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1 hr 4 min
A Lager Boy In A Sea of Hobgoblins | Stalin: Rise to Power (Part 1)
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Clear your schedule and hang on to your prostates, its Stalin fortnight! Kicking it off with Stalin’s early life in Georgia, yes please, mah wife.
Stalin: Rise to Power (Part 1)
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00:00 - Russo-clusterfuck
10:58 - Yes please, mah wife
16:31 - Crazy Beso
22:49 - Industrial Capitalism (Timpsons)
25:34 - Kitchen sink Borat
29:39 - Stalin Allardyce
33:20 - I forgot my coat
39:05 - He loves Wolves
42:14 - Trotsky the Hob goblin
46:10 - RED ARMY
49:43 - Lenin is pussy whipped
53:57 - Russel branding it
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1 hr 4 min
Standing On The Shoulders Of Mengele | The History of Medicine (Part 2)
Show notes
Strap in, we’re on course to planet phronologos.
The History Of Medicine (Part 2)
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Chapters:
00:00 - It’s A Refuge
05:27 - You need Balls
09:21 - The In House Phrenologist
13:44 - Smoking Arse
18:15 - Trial And Error
22:18 - The Irish Giant
24:48 - Dick N Mix
26:56 - The Worst Surgeon
29:36 - Tin Tin
32:50 - Charlie’s Squeamish
36:07 - He’s An Angel
39:30 - It’s Not A Crime
42:33 - It’s Getting Less Scientific
46:57 - AIDS
54:02 - Dog’s Dinner
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1 hr
Libtard Aliens Farming Diabetics For Piss | The History of Medicine (Part 1)
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This episode of Fin vs History is brought to you by Hexclad. Find your forever cookware @hexclad and get 15% off at https://www.hexclad.co.uk/FVH ! Offer excludes bundles and other items already on sale. #hexcladpartner #sponsored If it doubt, put a dock leaf on it. The History Of Medicine (Part 1) The show for people who like history but don't care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes, ad-free listening and early access to series, become a Truther and sign up to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/fintaylor This episode of Fin vs History is also brought to you by Surfshark.
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Chapters: 00:00 - Women In Stem
02:35 - Dock Leaves
07:00 - He’s Completely F*cked
11:15 - The First Cold
15:01 - Faeces (Other)
17:52 - Sperm, Poo, Vagina
22:42 - The Shipman Amendment
24:55 - The Diabetic Harvest
28:25 - Enough Is Enough
30:23 - Woo Woo Stuff
34:14 - Bryan Johnson
37:48 - Chinese Medicine
44:14 - Miracle Village
48:40 - It’s Just Crowd Work
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1 hr
Travelling Back In Time To Kill The Wrong Baby Hitler (with Gianmarco Soresi!) | Prohibition (Part 2)
Show notes
.. with Gianmarco Soresi! Let’s talk about the birth of modern nightlife.
Prohibition (Part 2)
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Chapters:
00:00 - Mussolini The Musical
03:38 - The Wrong Hitler
10:58 - 10 Gooning Street
14:39 - Click Or Snap?
19:05 - Interactive Theatre Experiences
28:03 - Gays Drive Nightlife?
30:04 - Everybody Becomes Cool
34:32 - What A Shame
37:34 - Men’s Mental Health
42:35 - The Sandro Introduction
47:48 - Really Andy?
50:01 - Sparkly McGee
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54 min
Beers Don’t Hit Women, Italians Do | Prohibition (Part 1)
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Welcome to Prohibition: the women are nosy, the children are drunk. Can someone prescribe some whisky?
Prohibition (Part One)
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Chapters:
00:00 - Scat Man
07:50 - Sitting Duck
10:40 - Surfshark Ad
12:04 - The Siren Call
18:35 - Tom The Tinker
20:57 - Punchbags
25:21 - The Child Drunkard
28:33 - It’s Not A Right
31:58 - The Saloon Smasher
34:58 - All Pints Are Crap
37:05 - The Other Hitler Boy
38:04 - Clueless C*cks Klan
41:46 - Have I Got Booze For You?
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59 min
Imagine The Falklands But With Less Going On | Napoleon’s Final Exile (10/10)
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In our final part of our epic Napoleonic Wars series, we find Napoleon fat, smelly and trapped in the house.
The Napoleonic Wars (Part Ten)
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Chapters:
00:00 - Go Home
07:34 - Bloodbath
10:10 - Come On Ethel!
14:51 - Too Fat For The Barrel
18:26 - Napileseon Bumsfallenapart
24:23 - Fool’s Mate
29:11 - The Long Game
35:50 - That’s A Furrowed Brow
38:11 - Hitler’s Memoirs
40:09 - Big T*ts
43:50 - Hitler and Napoleon
48:43 - Napoleon’s Penis
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57 min
Has There Ever Been A Better Advert For Anusol? | The Battle of Waterloo (9/10)
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Piles and pigs, the two things you didn't know you needed for warfare.
The Napoleonic Wars (Part Nine)
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Chapters:
00:00 - Horses, Onions
05:42 - You Had One Job
10:04 - Charlie’s Friend
13:48 - Carjitsu
15:38 - Tough Not Effective
20:49 - Grouchy Is Grumpy
23:12 - Wade In The Water
28:03 - The War Pigs
34:21 - What You On About?
39:25 - Sucks To Be You!
42:35 - Warxiety
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1 hr 2 min
I Don’t Beef Wellington Someone Unless I Really Love Them | The Napoleonic Wars (Part 8/10)
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Once, twice, three times a cuckold..
The Napoleonic Wars (Part Eight)
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Chapters:
00:00 - Paula Hitler
05:56 - Cavalry Is Gay
08:37 - Hold On!
10:53 - Modern Day Cavalry
12:51 - Charlie’s Sleep
18:14 - England Pingland
22:03 - The School Sh*oter
31:25 - bin Laden
39:25 - Gangrene
41:39 - Philip Schofield
45:16 - Beef Wellington
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58 min
Neigh Their Neighm | Napoleon Invades Russia (Part 7/10)
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A huge part of being a general is not giving your army the ick.
The Napoleonic Wars (Part Seven)
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Chapters:
Chapters:00:00 - Charlie’s Voice Note
01:53 - Meet Me Halfway
05:58 - He’s Portly
07:10 - Scum Of The Earth
08:23 - Did He Die?
12:05 - The French Awoo
15:07 - Can You F*ck It For Me?
17:20 - He Wants A Slapped Wrist
21:18 - Please My Friend
24:53 - BIG ARMY
26:15 - Neigh Their Name
28:00 - Onions
30:53 - Charlie’s Russia
33:39 - Boradingdong
38:10 - In The Bin
40:40 - You Ruined It!!
44:13 -The Vibes Are Bad
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1 hr 1 min
Napoleonic Warfare is Rock Paper Scissors | Austerlitz & The Peninsular War (Part 6/10)
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Napoleon is back, desperate for an heir and is good because he just is, alright!
The Napoleonic Wars (Part Six)
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Chapters:
00:00 - Rock Paper Scissors
05:44 - Charlie’s Breakfast
10:04 - He Just Is!
12:06 - Ding, Meet Dong
17:45 -The blackout
21:24 - Am I A Good Boss?
24:50 - I’m So Hard
32:51 - AWOO!
35:06 - Self Defenestration!
38:33 - Spawn Mogging
44:38 - We Love An Enquiry
48:20 - I Know What You Mean Brother
52:54 - Bumfirk
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56 min
9/11 at 3 miles an hour | The Battle of Trafalgar (Part 5/10)
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This was the best day to be a shark.
The Napoleonic Wars (Part Five)
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The show for people who like history but don't care what actually happened.
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Chapters:
Chapters: 00:00 - Britain Stands Alone 04:43 - Hold Your Breath 09:47 - Test Cricket Benny Hill 13:30 - He’s Gonna Get Me! 17:45 - Stephen Hawking 24:02 - SpitRake 30:21 - Sunday Buttplug 33:47 - The Tire Change 39:46 - Bucket List Stuff 42:06 - Gutted Mate
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1 hr 3 min
We’re All Cucks, But Some Of Us Never Found the Right Chair | The Napoleonic Wars (Part 4/10)
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There’s a cuck inside us all.
The Napoleonic Wars (Part Four)
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Chapters:
00:00 - It’s Dad’s Night
03:24 - Intellectual Slaggery
10:23 - A Proud Cuck
16:24 - The Devils Threesome
19:38 - Rock And A Hard Place
23:21 - Drinking The River Nile
27:28 - The Signet Ring
31:50 - Stuck In A Portaloo
39:22 - Crayfish Picking
46:26 - Charlie’s Lizard
48:56 - Finleonic Code
52:33 - Gavin Plumb
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56 min
When Phone-Tapping Was Honourable | The Battle of The Nile (Part 3/10)
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The Napoleonic Wars (Part Three).
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Chapters:
00:00 - They Bodied
02:44 - Auto Erotic Hum Actually
05:46 - Sacre Blut
10:08 - Chinese Security Guard
17:10 - Did You Know That?
20:02 - Adrian Chiles
24:03 - Never Rob A Bossman
27:53 - Biscuits
31:04 - Bust For Your Country
37:19 - 18th Century 9/11
41:17 - Blinded By Greatness
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50 min
A JackAss-ian Figure | Horatio Nelson (Part 2/10)
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You must hate the french like you hate the devil.
The Napoleonic Wars (Part Two)
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Chapters:
00:00 - Who’s That Up There?
05:45 - They’re Noises
09:05 - Captain Suckling
12:09 - Jackass But Drama
16:54 - Dull As Dishwater
20:54 - Solid As A Rock
26:16 - A Ship of The Line
31:05 - He’s A Man Of Action
35:31 - He’s Got Big Balls
39:54 - Such A Bloke
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1 hr 4 min
History To Corner Women To | The Napoleonic Wars (Part 1/10)
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Introducing Napoleon, the man who invented propaganda.
The Napoleonic Wars (Part One)
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Chapters:
00:00 - Opening Animation
1:21 - It’s Time For The Boys
06:24 - The Glorious Death
10:52 - French Hitler
16:13 - He’s Like Messi
18:21 - He Looks Like He Smells
21:41 - You’ll See
24:44 - He Wrote Smut
27:51- What’s Scabies?
32:44 - She Had Black Teeth
38:23 - Real History
42:54 - The Mental Health Guy
47:58 - I Could Do This
50:51 - Napoleon’s Dog
53:45 - Josephine’s Affair
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