Episodios

  • Adolf Hitler and the Nazis in Power (Part 1 of 2)
    Nov 6 2025

    ⚡PINT-SIZED HISTORY TAKES ON ADOLF HITLER AND THE NAZIS AGAIN⚡


    From beer halls to blitzkrieg, we talk about how did a certain failed Austrian painter captured the imaginations of the disillusioned in Germany, attempted to rebuild a fallen great nation and eventually formed one of the deadliest regimes in history.


    In this two-part special, we’re diving headfirst into the dark rule of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party.


    We’re unpacking the chaos of the mid 1930s as the Fuhrer attempts to win the hearts and minds of the German people, the difference between Fascism and National Socialism, and the political manoeuvring the NSDAP employed to sell hate to the masses.


    This isn’t just a history lesson, it’s a story of how easily extremism spreads as modern politics echoes similar movements.


    In Part One, we cover:

    ⚡ Hitler's grand designs - How Hitler attempts to buy grace with the German masses to sell them his antisemitic desires

    ⚡ The night of the long knives – When Hitler pulled power away from the SA and assassinated his biggest opponents

    ⚡ Socialism vs. Fascism – How Nazism is nothing like socialism despite what it says on the tin.


    Join us as we break down the Nazis in power in 1930s Germany — the key events, the key players, and the terrifying consequences that followed.


    🎧 So grab a pint, press play, and get ready for a chilling walk through recent history.


    🎵 Shoutout to @bigshortage for our opening jingle!

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  • The East India Company: Company Rule (part 2 of 2)
    Oct 23 2025

    PINT-SIZED HISTORY ARE ENTERING THE GAME OF THRONES


    Join Joe and Zack as they set sail into the extraordinary and ruthless rule of The East India Company, the corporation that built an empire, toppled kingdoms, and changed the world forever.


    We talk about Company Rule and how it shaped India’s destiny, grew Britain’s wealth, and spawned the global age of empire.


    In this episode, we unpack:

    • The Birth of a Giant: How a royal charter launched a global trading juggernaut.
    • From Trade to Tyranny: How profit turned to power — and business became conquest.
    • India Under - Company Rule: How politics, plunder, and power redrew a continent.
    • Greed & Rebellion: The corruption, famines, and uprisings that shook the Raj.


    🍻 Grab a pint and join us as we explore the company that blurred the line between corporation and empire, and left a legacy still felt today.


    🎶 Shoutout to @bigshortage for our iconic jingle!


    🎧 Stream now on Spotify, YouTube & Apple Podcasts and don’t forget to follow/subscribe so you never miss an episode!

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    49 m
  • The East India Company (part 1 of 2)
    Oct 16 2025

    PINT-SIZED HISTORY ARE SAILING TO INDIA.


    Join Joe and Zack as they set sail into the extraordinary rise (and ruthless rule) of The East India Company.


    The corporation that built an empire, toppled kingdoms, and changed the world forever.


    This pint-sized episode explores how a handful of London merchants became the most powerful company in history.


    How Company Rule shaped India’s destiny, grew Britain’s wealth, and spawned the global age of empire.


    In this episode, we unpack:

    • The Birth of a Giant: How a royal charter launched a global trading juggernaut.
    • From Trade to Tyranny: How profit turned to power — and business became conquest.
    • India Under Company Rule: How politics, plunder, and power redrew a continent.
    • Greed & Rebellion: The corruption, famines, and uprisings that shook the Raj.


    🍻 Grab a pint and join us as we explore the company that blurred the line between corporation and empire, and left a legacy still felt today.


    🎶 Shoutout to @bigshortage for our iconic jingle!


    🎧 Stream now on Spotify, YouTube & Apple Podcasts and don’t forget to follow/subscribe so you never miss an episode!

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    38 m
  • The History of North Korea: From Kim Il-sung to Kim Jong Un (Part 2 of 2)
    Oct 2 2025

    PINT-SIZED HISTORY ARE GOING (BACK) TO KOREA.


    This time though we're going north of the border, unlike the US Army in 1951.


    Have you ever wondered what Kim Jong-Il was actually like? Have you ever thought that the 'little rocket man' Kim Jong Un felt like a plastic bag drifting through the wind?


    No? NEITHER HAVE WE. But Joe's decided that we're going for a deeper dive on the Kims. The supreme leaders who honestly just get weirder and weirder as they come and go.


    We're talking all things Kim. The crazy dictator dynasty who bent an entire nation to their knees for the last 75 odd years and let me tell you they are really odd.


    You'll find out how their ruthlessness and commitment to rule, backed up by an enormous propaganda machine, inflicted untold hardships and suffering on the population of North Korea.


    Shoutout to @bigshortage for the jingle!


    Don’t forget to follow and subscribe so you never miss an episode!


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    51 m
  • The History of North Korea: From Kim Il-sung to Kim Jong Un (Part 1 of 2)
    Sep 25 2025

    PINT-SIZED HISTORY ARE GOING (BACK) TO KOREA.


    This time though we're going north of the border, unlike the US Army in 1951.


    Have you ever wondered what life is like in North Korea? Have you ever thought that Kim Jong-Il just looked a little bit lonely?


    No? NEITHER HAVE WE. But Joe's decided that today's episode is going to be a deep dive on the three Kims. The supreme leaders who honestly just get weirder and weirder as they come and go.


    We're talking all things Kim. The crazy dictator dynasty who bent an entire nation to their knees for the last 75 odd years and let me tell you they are really odd.


    You'll find out how their ruthlessness and commitment to rule, backed up by an enormous propaganda machine, inflicted untold hardships and suffering on the population of North Korea.


    Shoutout to @bigshortage for the jingle!


    Don’t forget to follow and subscribe so you never miss an episode!

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    49 m
  • Rasputin, Russia's Greatest Love Machine (Part 2 of 2)
    Sep 11 2025

    PINT-SIZED HISTORY GOES WILD IN ST. PETERSBURG


    Our final part from our two-parter about Rasputin and his rise within the imperial Russian Empire aristocracy.


    We talk about all the scandals he was involved in, particularly with the Tsarina Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, the incredible stories about his life at the heart of Russian royalty, and the debauchery that led to his eventual assassination by Russian elites.


    Joe and Zack discuss the legendary tale of the spiritual cult leader Rasputin and his devious ways. He may or may not have seduced the entire Russian aristocracy.


    🍻 Grab a pint, strap in, and relive early 20th century through the lense of a sex-crazed madman.


    🎶 Shoutout to @bigshortage for our iconic jingle! 🔥


    🎧 Don’t forget to follow and subscribe so you never miss an episode!

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    32 m
  • Ra-Ra-Rasputin, Lover of the Russian Queen (Part 1 of 2)
    Sep 4 2025

    PINT-SIZED HISTORY GETS MYSTICAL... and kinda sexy?


    Step into an epic two-parter about the imperial Russian Empire and all the scandals, mystery and debauchery that it encompassed.


    Joe and Zack discuss the legendary tale of the spiritual cult leader Rasputin and his devious way. He may or may not have seduced the entire Russian aristocracy.


    🍻 Grab a pint, strap in, and relive early 20th century through the lense of a sex-crazed madman.


    🎶 Shoutout to @bigshortage for our iconic jingle! 🔥


    🎧 Don’t forget to follow and subscribe so you never miss an episode!

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    30 m
  • The Battle of Britain
    Aug 21 2025

    ✈️ PINT-SIZED HISTORY TAKES TO THE SKIES! ✈️


    “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” – Winston Churchill


    🎧 Join Joe and Zack as they soar into the dramatic story of the Battle of Britain, the first major campaign fought entirely in the air, and a turning point of World War II that decided the fate of Europe.


    The first episode of Season 3 looks at how a battered RAF faced down the might of the Luftwaffe, how radar and resilience tipped the scales, and why this clash of Spitfires and Messerschmitts became legend.


    In this episode, we unpack:


    🛡️ The Blitz beginnings: Hitler’s plan to crush Britain from the skies.

    📡 Radar & Resilience: How new tech, innovation and hardy pilots saved the RAF and Britain.

    🦅 The Few: The pilots who risked everything in dogfights over the Channel.

    🔥 The Turning Point: Why the Luftwaffe faltered, and how Britain stood tall.


    🍻 Grab a pint, strap in, and relive the summer of 1940 - a story of survival, defiance, and the roar of Spitfires in the skies.


    🎶 Shoutout to @bigshortage for our iconic jingle! 🔥


    🎧 Stream now on Spotify & Apple Podcasts – and don’t forget to follow/subscribe so you never miss an episode!

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