Podcast

Fin vs History

Comedy

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

  1. 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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    56 min
  2. 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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    47 min
  3. 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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    1 hr
  4. 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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    59 min
  5. 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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    55 min
  6. 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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    Chapters:

    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
  7. Standing On The Shoulders Of Mengele | The History of Medicine (Part 2)

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    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 4 min
  8. 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
  9. Travelling Back In Time To Kill The Wrong Baby Hitler (with Gianmarco Soresi!) | Prohibition (Part 2)

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    .. with Gianmarco Soresi! Let’s talk about the birth of modern nightlife.

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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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    1 hr
  10. 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?
    43:37 - Weaponised Toe Crushing

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    54 min
  11. 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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    59 min
  12. 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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    57 min
  13. 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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    1 hr 2 min
  14. 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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    58 min
  15. 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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    1 hr 1 min
  16. 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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    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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    56 min
  17. 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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    1 hr 3 min
  18. 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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    56 min
  19. 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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    50 min
  20. 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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    1 hr 4 min