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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

Latest Episodes:

Bin Sniffers, Wicket Keepers, Lily Gilders & Chuff-Slingers: Winston Churchill | Post War British Prime Ministers, 1945-1979 Sep 08, 2025

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It’s Winston’s difficult second album, how do you follow beating Hitler? You drink brandy for breakfast , cut off some Malaysian heads, and frame all homosexuals as spies, that’s how.

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CHAPTERS: 00:00 The Difficult Second Album 04:30 Petrol, Eggs and Maize 09:53 Winston the Travel Baddie 14:50 Daddy’s Back 20:49 Punching People for Tellies 24:38 Gilding the Lily 27:10 Mau Mau Uprising 32:23 The Last True Imperalist 37:21 All Gay People Are Spies 41:34 The Real One Died On The Toilet

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Dropping the N-Bomb on Israel & Palestine: Clement Attlee (Part 2) | Post War British Prime Ministers, 1945-1979 Sep 04, 2025

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Clement Attlee’s Britain left India like a man with IBS who’d just seen the restaurant’s hygiene rating. Could Clement have done anything differently with Palestine?

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00:00 The Special Needs Relationship

07:09 British Night Night Bomb

12:09 David Ghandi

18:59 Blame the Bossmen

25:25 Attlee’s SuperNonce

33:23 1949 Devaluation Crisis

38:53 Kids Take The Lightswitch

46:14 Knight of the Garter

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Britain has a Cuck Dad and a Bitch Mum: Clement Attlee (Part 1) | Post War British Prime Ministers, 1945-1979 Sep 01, 2025

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Clement Attlee might just be the most boring man to ever hold office. But how did this wet dweeb end up laying the foundations of modern Britain that Mummy Thatcher so readily slaughtered?

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 Mummy and Daddy

04:45 Loose Clements

09:17 Domestic Terrorist

17:17 Britain’s Fattest Man

22:02 1945 Election

26:44 Attlee's Cabinet

30:28 Clement the Patrician

36:56 Benefit Fraud Starts Here

43:09 Annus Horribilis

48:30 Free the Hogs

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A Real Country Doesn’t Collapse Over Bananas (with Geoffrey Asmus) | The CIA Under Allen Dulles Aug 28, 2025

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Geoffrey Asmus joins us to talk CIA coups under its most controversial head, Allen Dulles. Was he a sinister puppet master orchestrating coups against democratically elected politicians? Or a man who just loved bananas?

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Denying the Holocaust in a Female Body Inspector T-Shirt | The Origins of the CIA Aug 25, 2025

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Grab your best bong and your least stained Female Body Inspector T-Shirt and settle in for a lesson on the truth they don't want you to know about, from invisible ink during the American Revolutionary War of 1776 to back-channeling with Nazi Scientists in Switzerland.

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In this House We Say Grace with Horse Cock | Vikings (Part 2) Aug 21, 2025

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The Chemsex Furries head east down the Volga, before Harold Hard-Drive’s end signals the final curtain on the Viking Age

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The 9th Century #MeToo | Vikings (Part 1) Aug 18, 2025

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How did one of the most violent societies in history end up at IKEA?

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CHAPTERS: 00:00 Aquatic Rape on Sea 05:12 Dan Snowdrome 12:44 Raid on Lindisfarne 19:52 Golden Age of Dwarfs 27:29 Death and Valhalla 35:30 Berserkers 42:10 Northerners are Vikings 50:30 Ibn Wiping My Ass

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Start The Boats ! | Dunkirk Part 4: Miracle Aug 14, 2025

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It’s the last time this country loved a small boat, as everyone from the Ayatollah to an ex-Titanic officer mucks in to help the boys escape

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CHAPTERS: 00:00 BumFurk 05:07 Lorry Porridge Pier 09:31 Hitler’s Ring is Tightening 16:39 Big Mole Evacuation 23:24 Charles Lightoller 28:17 We Shall Fight Them By The Bins 34:58 Maginot Mop Up

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Boss Baby’s Darkest Hour | Dunkirk Part 3: Cornered Aug 11, 2025

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The British Army is trapped in northern France by the Farty Techno Nazis, but how close did we come to surrender via a back channel with a big bowl of pasta?

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CHAPTERS: 00:00 Luxury Nazi Holiday 05:10 Boss Baby’s Darkest Hour 10:24 Hitler’s Halt Order 18:20 British National Day of Prayer 23:34 Halifax and the Big Bowl of Pasta 29:35 Monday of Colour 32:20 Operation Dynamo 38:29 Monty Makes His Name 43:37 Tennant and the Man Made Mole

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Hitler’s Farty Pig Forest Party | Dunkirk Part 2: Blitzkrieg Aug 07, 2025

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While Hitler’s Doctor is trying to stop him farting, his troops are nailing amphetamines and storming through France in what proves to be the high point of the Nazi Stag.

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CHAPTERS: 00:00 Sniffskrieg 04:07 The French Iron Dome 09:20 British Expeditionary Force Loves Tun Tun 15:32 Monty and Gorty 18:16 Nazi Working Breakfast 22:27 Hitler’s Farty Techno Convoy 26:14 Dr Theo Morell 31:39 Nazi Stag Gets Going 34:06 Churchill’s Sticky Wicket 39:24 Panzademonium 42:39 Nazi Super Soldier Drug 45:35 First Nazi War Crime

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