Historically High

A discussion about the Band of Brothers and Easy Company, focusing on their historical significance and personal stories from World War II.

This episode is a fun, interactive quiz about sweet and salty snack foods, structured like a game show with hints and playful banter.

The hosts discuss various historical myths and legends, focusing on lost cities like Atlantis and El Dorado, and debate their origins and credibility.

The hosts discuss the Miracle on Ice and other iconic US Olympic moments, debating which is the greatest.

This Patreon-exclusive episode explores the Red Ball Express, a World War II logistics operation that highlights how supply chains and transportation strategies are crucial to military success.

This episode explores the terrifying prospect of losing a ship at sea during World War II and details the rescue procedures used to save sailors, with a specific example from the Battle of Midway.

Historically High hosts Chris and Adam trace the run-up to Operation Gunnerside, the 1943 Norwegian commando raid on the Vemork heavy-water plant that fed Nazi Germany's nuclear program.

Hosts Adam and Chris of Historically High cover the 1982 Chicago Tylenol murders, in which seven people died after taking cyanide-laced Extra Strength Tylenol capsules from retail shelves across Chicago suburbs — a case that was never solved and produced no criminal convictions.

On Historically High, co-host Adam walks his co-host through the 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment, opening with the claim that psychologist Philip Zimbardo's later conclusions were shaped to fit his hypothesis and that the study helped prompt the creation of institutional review boards.

Historically High's second episode on Ireland picks up at the 1845 potato famine, tracing the collapse of a country reliant on a single crop after Phytophthora infestans — originating from American potato shipments to England — rotted harvests in the ground.

Historically High's second console wars episode covers the sixth-generation era beginning with Sony's PS2 launch in October 2000, which sold over 160 million units — nearly triple the combined sales of the GameCube and Xbox.