Love the show as always, but I was literally yelling at my phone for you to make the connection that Kit Harrington, a.k.a. John Snow is actually related to the Harrington gentleman that invented the modern toilet lol

surprisingly interesting despite the presumed mundane topics presented in the titles of each episode. i like to listen to intense real stories of injustice and crime-related topics. this is an amazing pallet cleanser and provided me with many interesting additional to add to conversations that actually grab people’s attention. started from the oldest and am working my way up to the most current. it will take awhile since it started on the precipice of the podcasting game. a proven and utterly fascinating podcast. from the role butter played in the disruption of medieval catholicism and it’s power, to the neat things our history books omitted e.g., our strategic plan to get china addicted to opiates and then systematically ensuring a war on chinese restaurants by using the tactics we implemented to create an addict riddled economical threat and turning it around by propagandizing the idea that it was the chinese emigrants who were trying to trick us into a world of sin by opening chinese cuisine restaurants. an interesting, unbiased, and lacking in editorializations. rare these days. and yes it’s true, it’s not left or right podcast. just interesting history told with transparency sans agenda.

It’s awesome because most podcasts just tell the history but these guys put their own stories and opinions in it

Yes, I enjoy history and no I don't have much time for entertainment at this stage of my life, but i do have time for these gents to fill my cup with ridiculous history! I listen while I'm doing dishes or laundry or on the way home from work , even as I'm winding down to go to sleep. To the people complaining about ads, come on …its that or consumer funded. I’m personally not looking for pay as you listen content.

Chex mix was a cereal first. Delicious with milk as they fill up with milk like a pillow. Then people started making a savory mix with Worcestershire and then Chex mix started packaging the mix.

Great podcast filled with interesting, and a lot of little known stories of history. The hosts are charismatic and provide great tangents. After listening to a couple of episodes you catch on to their vibe and settle in to listen like a “silent” friend on the couch. I came over from Stuff You Should Know and happily added this podcast to my weekly listening schedule.

…. and going down rabbit holes.

Loved the show. You were saying you were going to be in NYC soon. Check out The City Reliquary 370 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn. Lots of ridiculous NYC stuff.

One of the best things about this show is the random things that come up in conversation!!! It feels like just straight up being with friends and chatting. It’s the best!!!!

Guys, too much kibbutzing, not enough substance.

Tried listening but it’s more like buddies just rambling what they know. I like the idea a lot but after 1 episode I just can’t do it.

New listener here. I’ve only listened to a handful of episodes so far (jumping around out of sequence) but I find the topics fascinating and well researched. I knew when I heard a Dennis Reynolds’s reference in the Saltan Sea episode, it was a winner.

Just as it says. 11 minutes of ads for less than 30 minutes of content is the worst. I’m still in the 2019 episodes so this might get better, but for not I spend way too much time skipping ads. Also, Ben needs to learn to breath quieter and less often. He one word between his very loud intakes just makes me cringe.

Decided to listen to this podcast after ad on radio. Picked the podcast on hot sauce. I struggled through listening as the hosts worked too hard to be funny, and they weren’t. l reached my limit when they had to interject their ‘wokeness’ when they asked if the owners of Tobasco have apologized for the original creators of Tobasco having slaves!! Are you kidding!! You are not perfect so stop being high and mighty. Just tell the history of hot sauce. Ridiculous is a good name as this podcast is ridiculously non-entertaining.

While the topics can be interesting, the podcasters are boing and dry.

I love this podcast it’s fun and informative. I like that they keep it light with humor.

I REALLY wanted to love this podcast but I didn't. The hosts are likable, knowledgeable, and both have beautiful voices with deep rich tones. But... way too much idle chatter without much substance, yes there are a few great nuggets but not enough for me. Perhaps I will revisit this podcast in the future and see if I feel differently

I wanted so much to like this podcast, Sometimes the subject matter is something I would find interesting… But I can’t take much of these guys. They ramble like mice on crack. Just everywhere , all over the map. Eventually, they find their way back to the subject matter, but I do t have the patience. 80% rambling garbage. 20% actual history

I enjoy how Ben and Noel tell the story with enthusiasm and gusto. Never a dull moment here.

I love this podcast! especially because it helps me fall asleep at night. Please make a premium option to listen without ads. I will be dosing off then be woken up by an ad

Enjoyed episode on Krampus and all the nuance of his creation and celebrations. Thanks’

Naked mole rats the episode is sus I’m grossed out 🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮 and right now I’m sick cus I have a cold😷😷😷😷🤧🤧🤧🤧

You guys rock! Thanks for all of your hard work.

Even when it’s a topic I’m not interested in, I’m listening to the episode because these guys keep me laughing and learning. Appreciate y’all, Noel, Ben, and Max!

I have been listening for a long time. I enjoy history and enjoy information with the lighthearted banter.

I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE this podcast! Great topics! Just wish they would go a little more in depth on the topics.

They literally just reposted the shows again and again

If they could stay focused on the topic it would easily be 5 stars. Great content, but only half of the show is the actual content.

Ma-SKEE-gan I grew up here and it’s so painful listening to y’all pronounce it 😂😂 love the podcast but ickk lol

If it wasn’t for the mindless prattle.

6 min into the basketball podcast (my first one) and they haven't even started talking about it. Just stop the jibber jabbing and do the show, nobody wants to hear random things about other people named Naismith.

Too many long ads

I really enjoy the style - interwoven with the topic are asides, quasi-related banter and tangents that add color to the conversation. The topics they select are diverse and interesting, and I always learn something from each episode. There are a lot of ads but I fast forward through em. The fact that the woke whiners seem to somehow be triggered by it is just a bonus.

Great content. Too many commercials.

Great show.

Didn’t the FBI investigate the song Louie Louie by the Kingsman ?

Very interesting and fun

Please start quoting things properly. You are perpetuating the stupidity of America. Also stop pluralizing the word, “regard”. As in, “in regards to anything”. It’s regard, singular, always in this situation.

Good episode. Definitely should continue/do an episode like this but involving Eminem

Stupid running tangent conversations that nobody cares about and repetitive big language words. I gave it an episode.

I really tried to like this podcast, the concept is cool. But the few episodes I listened to could very easily have been a fraction of the length. Way too many unrelated tangents.

I’ve been listening since the beginning, but I find I’m often annoyed with the silly sound effects and constant references to movies that seem unrelated. Maybe I’m not your demographic. I used to anxiously wait for new episodes, but now listen when I’m caught up with my other podcasts.

The info is good, I like the format, but there are so many ads. I watched the first 30 minute episode, it had like 4 ads every ad break and there were like 3 or 4 breaks. Nah. Too many for me. I’m not picky about ads, but this is too much.

Fascinating episode. Loved me some Matchbox way back when.

I have no issue with ads (especially since it’s easy enough to skip ahead on here), but lately the way the ads have been edited into each episode is horrible. They will cut away halfway through a conversation, play 3 minutes of ads (which are done by the hosts, so it’s tough to tell when it’s back to the episode), and then drop the listener right back into the middle of the conversation after the ads are done. And this happens multiple times an episode. I have no issue with ads, but if you’re going to have so many could you at least edit them around the episode.

I cringe every time Max opens his mouth. Can you please keep him quiet, thx

Finally found another interesting podcast to add to my library.

They cram 10 minutes of material into 40 minutes. Very boring to listen to as they Constantly chatter without any real content. It sounds like a couple of guys at your work that are supposed to be working but they just talk and you have to work around them. I found myself quit bored and frustrated that they can’t seem to stay on topic without weird illustrations and comments that distract from what they are saying. I think it would be easier just to look it up myself.

I'm enjoying this podcast. This podcast and Stuff You Missed in History Class always manage to find interesting tidbits from history that I'd never heard before. Even the silly voices are amusing and usually I don't like actors being used in podcasts. PS: Oh wait! They too woke! Boohoo my butt hurts! Gonna give'em one star!!! LOL

Subject matter and information is really good, but the put on voices make listening unbearable. Just talk and tell the story.