Historicool

Historicool is a podcast which delves into some of history's interesting figures and events. Your hosts, Matt Nelson and Wayne Bridgman will seek to bring these to life for you, the fascinated listener, with interesting facts and a dose of mischievous humor. This episode sees us take are second shot at learning about the Prohibition period in early twentieth century America. The banning of alcohol was to give rise to a new form of organised crime - da gansta! as a certain Al Capone said - "Pwohibition has mwade nothing bwut twouble."

Historicool is a podcast which delves into some of history's interesting figures and events. Your hosts, Matt Nelson and Wayne Bridgman will seek to bring these to life for you, the fascinated listener, with interesting facts and a dose of mischievous humor. This episode makes you want to cry into your beer but denies you the beer to cry into as we look into the furore behind the Prohibition act in early twentieth century America. Can the prohibition of delicious drinkable substances which give pleasure to people work? Is addiction a health problem or a moral one? Why not crack one open with us, sit back, relax, then go pee and then find out!

Historicool is a podcast which delves into some of history's interesting figures and events. Your hosts, Matt Nelson and Wayne Bridgman will seek to bring these to life for you, the fascinated listener, with interesting facts and a dose of mischievous humor. This episode makes you want to cry into your beer but denies you the beer to cry into as we look into the furore behind the Prohibition act in early twentieth century America. Can the prohibition of delicious drinkable substances which give pleasure to people work? Is addiction a health problem or a moral one? Why not crack one open with us, sit back, relax, then go pee and then find out!

Historicool is a podcast which delves into some of history's interesting figures and events. Your hosts, Matt Nelson and Wayne Bridgman will seek to bring these to life for you, the fascinated listener, with interesting facts and a dose of mischievous humor. This episode brings us a second dose of how medicine has evolved throughout history. So hold onto your hats (and your breakfast) as we take a queasy trip to the disease riddled docs waiting room of the olden days...

Historicool is a podcast which delves into some of history's interesting figures and events. Your hosts, Matt Nelson and Wayne Bridgman will seek to bring these to life for you, the fascinated listener, with interesting facts and a dose of mischievous humor. This episode brings us a second dose of how medicine has evolved throughout history. So hold onto your hats (and your breakfast) as we take a queasy trip to the disease riddled docs waiting room of the olden days...

Historicool is a podcast which delves into some of history's interesting figures and events. Your hosts, Matt Nelson and Wayne Bridgman will seek to bring these to life for you, the fascinated listener, with interesting facts and a dose of mischievous humor. This episode begins a journey down the passage of medical history. Historical medicine largely consisted of doctors doing things that today would be considered psychopathic crimes. With treatments ranging from cheerily chowing down on animal dung, gargling a mouthful of human waste and supping some delicious mercury, it's a wonder we have survived long enough to benefit from modern medicine...

Historicool is a podcast which delves into some of history's interesting figures and events. Your hosts, Matt Nelson and Wayne Bridgman will seek to bring these to life for you, the fascinated listener, with interesting facts and a dose of mischievous humor. This episode begins a journey down the passage of medical history. Historical medicine largely consisted of doctors doing things that today would be considered psychopathic crimes. With treatments ranging from cheerily chowing down on animal dung, gargling a mouthful of human waste and supping some delicious mercury, it's a wonder we have survived long enough to benefit from modern medicine...

Historicool is a podcast which delves into some of history's interesting figures and events. Your hosts, Matt Nelson and Wayne Bridgman will seek to bring these to life for you, the fascinated listener, with interesting facts and a dose of mischievous humor. This episode is part two of our look at the life and times or emperor Nero. What times he had! Let's just say his lifestyle could not really be described as "Vanilla". Nero has consolidated his power and now embraces his performing potential, providing the lucky, lucky masses with performaces that are...unforgettable. Singer, Poet, Olympian, creative mass murderer - his skills know no bounds (or so he believes).

Historicool is a podcast which delves into some of history's interesting figures and events. Your hosts, Matt Nelson and Wayne Bridgman will seek to bring these to life for you, the fascinated listener, with interesting facts and a dose of mischievous humor. This episode is part two of our look at the life and times or emperor Nero. What times he had! Let's just say his lifestyle could not really be described as "Vanilla". Nero has consolidated his power and now embraces his performing potential, providing the lucky, lucky masses with performaces that are...unforgettable. Singer, Poet, Olympian, creative mass murderer - his skills know no bounds (or so he believes).

Historicool is a podcast which delves into some of history's interesting figures and events. Your hosts, Matt Nelson and Wayne Bridgman will seek to bring these to life for you, the fascinated listener, with interesting facts and a dose of mischievous humor. In this episode we meet another Roman emperor - one whose reign was lavish and tyrannical. He killed his mother, persecuted Christians and is said to have "fiddled while Rome burned"! Would you let a 16 year old run the biggest empire the world has ever seen? When we were 16 we didn't trust ourselves to eat a bacon sandwich properly let alone run ancient Rome! At 16, Nero was given just that responsibility. What could possibly go wrong? Was castrating your slave and then marrying him a normal act in those days? Let's find out...

Historicool is a podcast which delves into some of history's interesting figures and events. Your hosts, Matt Nelson and Wayne Bridgman will seek to bring these to life for you, the fascinated listener, with interesting facts and a dose of mischievous humor. In this episode we meet another Roman emperor - one whose reign was lavish and tyrannical. He killed his mother, persecuted Christians and is said to have "fiddled while Rome burned"! Would you let a 16 year old run the biggest empire the world has ever seen? When we were 16 we didn't trust ourselves to eat a bacon sandwich properly let alone run ancient Rome! At 16, Nero was given just that responsibility. What could possibly go wrong? Was castrating your slave and then marrying him a normal act in those days? Let's find out...

Historicool is a podcast which delves into some of history's interesting figures and events. Your hosts, Matt Nelson and Wayne Bridgman will seek to bring these to life for you, the fascinated listener, with interesting facts and a dose of mischievous humor. In this episode we take a hesitant peek under the functional dress of those women of magic know as...witches! Were they knowledgable healers or barmy old cat loving crones?Or was there something more sinister and perhaps...occult afoot? Can we get to the bottom of what drove the local populace to to villify these mysterious ladies? If anyone can, wiccan.

Historicool is a podcast which delves into some of history's interesting figures and events. Your hosts, Matt Nelson and Wayne Bridgman will seek to bring these to life for you, the fascinated listener, with interesting facts and a dose of mischievous humor. In this episode we take a hesitant peek under the functional dress of those women of magic know as...witches! Were they knowledgable healers or barmy old cat loving crones?Or was there something more sinister and perhaps...occult afoot? Can we get to the bottom of what drove the local populace to to villify these mysterious ladies? If anyone can, wiccan.

Historicool is a podcast which delves into some of history's interesting figures and events. Your hosts, Matt Nelson and Wayne Bridgman will seek to bring these to life for you, the fascinated listener, with interesting facts and a dose of mischievous humor. This episode looks at the life (and lives taken) and times of the famous fresh faced gunslinger - Billy the Kid.

Historicool is a podcast which delves into some of history's interesting figures and events. Your hosts, Matt Nelson and Wayne Bridgman will seek to bring these to life for you, the fascinated listener, with interesting facts and a dose of mischievous humor. This episode looks at the life (and lives taken) and times of the famous fresh faced gunslinger - Billy the Kid.