February 4, 2020
Episode 15: Y2k Reloaded (Originally posted January 20, 2020) “Where were you when Y2k *didn’t* happen?” December 31st, 1999 – In this (super late) New Year’s […]
July 20, 2019
Episode 12 – EPIC FAILS in SPAAACE!!! In honor of the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11’s historic mission to the moon, Erik and Chris kick off […]
April 27, 2019
Episode 11 – “Totally Getting Lost” (with Ben Thompson) – Q & A Ben Thompson returns! In this Season Finale Q and A, “Epic Fails” co-authors Erik […]
April 7, 2019
The following is a deleted chapter from “EPIC FAILS – The Age of Exploration: Totally Getting Lost” 1513 – Ponce de Leon ‘discovers’ Florida On April […]
April 7, 2019
The following is a deleted chapter from “EPIC FAILS – The Age of Exploration: Totally Getting Lost” 1497 – John Cabot’s attempted voyage(s) to America… John […]
December 9, 2018
Episode 5 – “EPIC FAILS” – The Book Tour (with BEN THOMPSON) History authors unite! Erik Slader and Ben Thompson (Badass, Guts and Glory) join forces […]
August 9, 2018
“As long as nuclear weapons exist, the chances of survival of the human species are quite slight.” – Noam Chomsky Ever since the Manhattan Project unleashed […]
May 22, 2018
CONTENT WARNING: this article contains mild language, crude humor, alcohol, and Vikings! The Viking Age: 793-1066 “Like a thunderbolt from heaven.” – Patriarch Photios (describing a […]
September 26, 2016
CONTENT WARNING: this article contains some mild language, crude humor, and alcohol. History is saturated with the exploits of highly intoxicated individuals. And while there are […]
July 11, 2016
CONTENT WARNING: this article contains commentary on religion, and includes disturbing descriptions of torture and death. The Spanish Inquisition 1478-1834 The Spanish Inquisition was a Judicial […]
April 29, 2016
HEAR ALL ABOUT IT ON THE EPIK FAILS OF HISTORY PODCAST! The Great Emu War of 1932 That one time the Australian Army faced off against […]
April 15, 2016
Ah, The Roman Empire. The largest Empire of the ancient world, once thought too big to FAIL (too big, in fact, to govern). Back when real […]