RHLSTP Book Club 87 - Jo Hedwig Teeuwisse
RHLSTP with Richard Herring
British Comedy Guide
4.8 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 8 March 2024
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Book Club #87 - 101 Things That Never Happened - Richard chats with Dutch historian Jo Hedwig Teeuwisse aka The Fake History Hunter about her internet quest to spot historical rubbish online and correct it and how that has led to a fabulously entertaining and pedantic book. They discuss the non-existence of the chastity belt, how Vikings didn’t have horns on their helmet, how Beethoven was not black and why medieval people are wrongly perceived as dirty animals, plus whether it’s possible to be sure that any history is true, why we should question what we see on the internet and the darker side of fake history. Plus how to become a history detective yourself and how being corrected online can lead to thanks or anger. And did Hitler only have one ball - you’ll have to read Rich’s book to find out about that.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello welcome to more of the Richard Herring podcast feed powered by a cast plus |
| 0:06.2 | hope you're enjoying all these tour podcasts there is still a chance to catch some |
| 0:10.6 | though they're selling out very fast. We in fact Sheffield on the 7th of March |
| 0:15.6 | sold out but check the theatre website for returns. Monday the 11th of March Adam Buxton and Leemsis A, the rest of square theatre, |
| 0:25.4 | sold out. But you can get tickets for the Warwick Arts Center where I'm talking to |
| 0:28.8 | Lindsay Santoro and the Exploding Heads, Internet phenomenon, and at Bedford on the 21st where I'm talking to Olaf Falafel and my old friend |
| 0:36.7 | Al Murray. I'm at Glasgow on the 27th of March, sold out, Susie McCabe and Fred Macaulay, and then it Hull on the 28th of March |
| 0:45.2 | with Tommy Cannon and Bob Mortimer. |
| 0:47.2 | There are three tickets left as I talk to you, so get there quick if you want to come and see that. |
| 0:52.2 | Also, this Richard sharing.com slash Rahalestopah to come and see that. Also this Richard Herring. |
| 0:53.3 | com slash Rahalesto. |
| 0:54.7 | Come and see me on tour, doing stand-up |
| 0:56.6 | for the first time in six years. |
| 0:58.2 | Richard Herring.com slash Ballback coming |
| 1:00.5 | lots of places around England and some places in Scotland. |
| 1:04.0 | And that's about it for the moment. |
| 1:07.0 | All right, sit back relax and enjoy Raha Lustapah. |
| 1:10.0 | This episode is brought to you by the completely made-up adventures of Dick Turpin on Apple TV Plus. |
| 1:18.0 | This looks fantastic. It stars my mate Noel Fielding and as you could expect it's absurd it's hilarious it's not exactly |
| 1:25.9 | following the history of the famous high women but it is a lot of fun and it's got an amazing cast they filmed some of this up the hill from my house and I hung around outside |
| 1:37.2 | Hoping that asked me to be in it but they didn't need me because they have an amazing cast including Tamsin Greg Asim Chaudry, Greg Davies is in it, |
| 1:45.3 | Ellie White, Dwayne Boatchi and Tew Bonneville's in it as well. That's how classy it is. |
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