My Favorite Podcast

My love for “Stuff You Missed In History Class” stretches backs months and months. The most important thing you should know about this podcast, is that you don’t listen to it for the history lessons. I’m obsessed with this podcast because all of the thinly veiled drama between the hosts that seems to be boiling right underneath the various civil discussions of Alexander the Great or Queen Elizabeth.

The podcast began well over a year ago with a male and female host. There was light banter between the two, mild flirting, and then the guy was gone and replaced by this really butch girl. Fem Girl #1 was clearly upset that New Butch Girl was now her co-host on this podcast and the tension between the two periodically came to a head in various throwaway statements like “Oh, well, you WOULD be into that form of medieval torture during the Spanish Inquisition. That is just so YOU.”

Anyway, eventually Butch Girl leaves, and #1 Fem Girl suddenly gets a new co-host that is EXACTLY LIKE HER. From a period that I now refer to as the “sugar/spice era,” these 2 girls tried to out nice each other on topics ranging from the holocaust to mass suicides. Their competitive cheerfulness added a horrifying peppiness to pretty much every historical subject tackled. In an epic defeat, #1 Fem Girl finally waved the white flag, and #2 Fem Girl is now piloting the ship. Ohmygod, you guys, history can be fun.