HILF Podcast: History I'd Like to Fu-k

When the King first began to impose the new taxes following The Seven-Years War (aka: The French & Indian War) the American colonies didn't so much refuse to pay them as they just... didn't pay them.

Find out how England responded when they found out that we weren't bad at math, we were just being obstinate.

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This map of Boston not only shows the layout of the town as it was in 1770, but it includes the 'Entrenchments of his Majesty's Forces'... the f***s.

Find out where in Boston some of the most f**kable events unfolded, and why you should visit them as a tourist... but not drive there.

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Dawn begins her tale of the Boston Massacre with the story of the brutality within His Majesty's Army. Long before the shots rang out in front of the Custom House, killing Americans; there had been firing-squad executions of British deserters in Boston Common.

Find out how the treatment of the British Soldiers had led to a lot of desertions and how the heavy-handed response may have contributed to The Boston Massacre.

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The red coat of the British Regular became a loathsome image to the colonial Americans, of course, during the Revolution - but it was not always so. It was once the uniform of the soldiers there to fight with the colonies against the French; and it was the very uniform some of them wore when the considered themselves 'subjects of King George'.

Find out how the colonists were able to separate their hatred of the 'red coat' from the Red Coats themselves, and how that contributed to that fateful day in Boston.

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Dawn's guests are the hilarious co-hosts of the sports podcast, IN A PICKLE RADIO. Dave and Sarah cover 'the less glamorous side of sports' and (le gasp) a lot of history.

Find out why they chose THE BOSTON MASSACRE as their HILF subject and see how these two Bostonians do in Dawn's pop quiz.

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On March 5th, 1770 a cluster of British soldiers, stationed in Boston to "keep the peace in the King’s colonies", fired upon a civilian crowd - killing five. Hear the story of what came to be known as The Boston Massacre, how it influenced American history and gave rise to one of our most beloved Founding Daddies.

Dawn's guests are sports podcasters (and native Bostonians) Sarah Retalic and Dave Houghton of IN A PICKLE RADIO. Find out how much they know regarding one of their city's defining events, and keep score along with Dawn all the way to the surprise ending.

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As a final face-off between Jimmy and Mike, Dawn asked each of them to make their case for who was the greatest wrestler of all time.

Find out who nominated Ric Flair and why they're probably - objectively - right.

EP52 - The Montreal Screwjob with Jimmy and Mike is available RIGHT NOW.

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The Montreal Screwjob of 1997 was not the first screwjob in wrestling history, and it was not even the first one to take place in that city! Hear about another wrestling controversy that took place with Joe 'The Strangler' Lewis in Montreal over sixty years earlier.

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There has been debate about why the screwjob happened, whether it was good or bad - whether it was actually a screwjob at all. What is not really debated is that this guy, the ref for the match, was one of the most screwed-over in the end.

Wrestling fans are passionate and many passionately hated what happened to Brett Hart. Looking for a scapegoat, Earl Hebner filled the bill.

Find out how Earl Hebner got caught up, by whom, and why he is still reluctant to talk about it.

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November 9th, 1997 in Brett Hart's hometown of Montreal, Vince McMahon wanted to him to not only lose... but to lose to a heel using his own move against him.

He couldn't do it.

He wouldn't do it.

Which is why they had to screw him.

Hear the whole story on the latest episode of The HILF Podcast.

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If you don't already, please embrace the newly minted word, KAYFABE. It's like the faith of wrestling, but it it is oh-so-much more than that... a little bit of theater, a little but of politics, and a whole lotta fun.

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It may appear to be just a sweaty, scantily-clad hug between friends, but in the world of wrestling, this embrace threatened to blow a hole in the heart of wrestling fans. Faces and heels, friends?!? How dare you?

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Shawn 'The Heartbreak Kid' Michaels posed for pl***oy and received a bit of ribbing for it on behalf of Brett Hart.

Was this the beginning of the rift that bring their in-ring animosity backstage? Hear all about it on the latest episode of HILF with the hosts of BACON IS MY PODCAST.

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Pro-Wrestling showdowns often have ‘ripped-from-the-headlines’ face-offs. One of the most famous was in 1984 in Madison Square Garden when Hulk Hogan beat The Iron Sheik in a five minute match.

Find out (along with Mike and Jimmy) what contemporary global crisis spurred the audience to be SO STOKED about watching such a short show.

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The white-haired fella putting the pain on this wincing young man is legendary, Stu Hart.

One of his sons, Brett THE HITMAN Hart, would go on to not only dominate the WWF, but the historical tale brought to you in this episode of HILF: History I'd Like to F**k.

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In the 1880's, carnivals across America began to feature strong-man competitions and wrestling matches that drew huge crowds and made a ton of money. According to practically every historian on the subject, these matches were almost always 'fixed'.

Find out why such rigged matches were fixed as much for the sake of the entertainment as the money... and why you probably wouldn't have it any other way.

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Wrestling has been around for at least as long as we've been telling stories. From Gilgamesh to the Bible to Monday Night Raw - join Dawn and her guests as they navigate the complicated and entertaining journey of Pro Wrestling.

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This is not only a great comic book, it is a tremendously educational read on the history of "the one true sport." From Gilgamesh to Vince McMahon, from the US to Japan. If you want to learn about Pro Wrestling and have fun doing it, this is the book for you.

Hear why Dawn has always had a soft spot in her heart for pro-wrestling and why this book selection was an act of love on behalf of her guests.

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Meet Mike and Jimmy, the endearing co-hosts of BIMP (Bacon is my Podcast). Like Dawn finds something sizzling in every moment in history, Mike and Jimmy seek out that delicious goodness in life through their show.

Learn how they met Dawn, how they met each other and what all of this has to do with Pro Wrestling.

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From the world of professional wrestling, The Montreal Screw Job was a real-life, behind-the-scenes drama involving some of the biggest names in the sport: Brett Hart, Shawn Michaels, and Vince McMahon. Even to those who freely admit that wrestling is fake, it was real enough to change the sport - and television - forever.

Dawn’s guests are and the co-hosts of the hit podcast ‘Bacon is my Podcast’ and that makes this episode a three-way, baby.
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Dawn and Leah discuss some of their favorite holiday rom-coms and what are the best-and-worst executions of the trope.

Do you have a favorite? Join the conversation!
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🎄 The final installment of the HILF Holiday Bone-Us episodes is with comedian, podcaster and author of the Christmas Rom-Com novel, The Holiday Breakdown.

Join their conversation on the history of the genre and how Dawn was converted from a one-time rom-com hater.
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🎄A HILF stocking stuffer ❄️

Welcome back to your seat at Dawn’s kitchen table with her mom and two older sisters.

You heard them HILF in EP #34, now you’re a fly on the wall as the discuss their family history! You’ll hear about the time Mom found a b**g in Dawn’s dorm room; Anne’s encounter with a naked neighbor after her car broke down; and Lisa - the only person I know who got hit by a deer... you read that right

While the story of Cleopatra meeting Julius Caesar after being dramatically unfurled from a rug may be bu****it... it is none-the-less part of her legacy if only because of centuries of re-telling.

Pictured here is the actress Claudette Colbert (1937), one of the many beauties to play Cleopatra on film.

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Alexandria today remains among the most beautiful cities on earth, and while much of the ancient world's artifacts are erased, the beating heart of the history cannot be.

Hear how the ancient city of Alexandria was the setting for some of the most dramatic events in the life of one of the most famous women in history.

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Octavian? Who the hell is Octavian?!?

Certainly it was the question on the mind of Mark Antony when he read Caesar's will.

Hear how Octavian rises to be the first Emperor of Rome and the key to the undoing of both Antony and Cleopatra...

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When Julius Caesar was murdered in the senate on the Ides of March, his friend Mark Antony had been detained at the entrance and was unable to help him. Meanwhile, Caesar's Egyptian wife and child hit the road fu**in' fast.

Hear how Antony hunts down the assassins and catches up with Cleopatra in the latest episode of HILF.

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If you spend any time sipping whiskey with an historian, they're likely to shed some tears over the burning of the library of Alexandria. It had been built about 200 years before Cleopatra was born and was home to an inestimable wealth of art, literature and history now lost forever.

Hear how Cleopatra and Caesar were in part to blame for one of the major fires the library suffered, and what happened next on the latest episode of HILF.

HILF EP50 - Cleopatra, Part 1 with Kiki Andersen is available RIGHT NOW!

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When Cleopatra came to Rome, she made a big splash. Not only did she adorn herself in colors Roman women were unaccustomed to, but she brought a menagerie of animals they had never seen before. Among them, a creature they could only describe as a camel mixed with a leopard, or a Camelopard.

It was, of course, a giraffe.

Learn more about how Cleopatra changed Rome... and how it changed her on the latest episodes of HILF

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Sure, Cleopatra was a sexpot but the history books have not overlooked the f**kability of Mark Anthony - the second of her powerful Roman lovers.

Marlon Brando famously played him in the film version of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar (1953), a work in which Cleopatra is mentioned but not seen.

HILF EP50/51 - Cleopatra, Part 1 and 2 with Kiki Andersen are available RIGHT NOW!

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