On today’s episode we talk about one of the most fraught elections in American history, where violence, initmidation and outright fraud precipitated a constitutional crisis - the 1876 election between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel Tilden.
Counterfactuals: The Mutiny That Almost Lost the Revolution
30/12/2025 | 1 h 4 min
On today’s episode, we talk about the mutiny of the Pennsylvania Line on New Years Day, 1781, and how it might have altered the trajectory of the American Revolution, and everything after.
Counterfactuals: The Battle of the Bulge at Elsenborn Ridge
16/12/2025 | 1 h 7 min
On today's episode, we talk about a forgotten part of the Battle of the Bulge - Elsenborn Ridge, where outnumbered allied units held against veteran German divisions, and what the chances were that the Reich could have turned the tide in 1944.
Counterfactuals: The Last Invasion of Britain
02/12/2025 | 1 h 1 min
On today’s episode we talk about what is often called the last invasion of mainland Britain - a disastrous and almost farcical series of blunders that ended in abject disaster. But what if it didn’t?
Counterfactuals: What if the Chicken Didn't Cross the Road?
18/11/2025 | 1 h 9 min
Today we talk about the most numerous bird on the planet - the chicken - and how the world might be different if we never domesticated it.
If you love history, this is the podcast for you! Stories of forgotten history, presented by Josh Geiger with Lance Geiger, The History Guy, from the hit YouTube channel The History Guy: History Deserves to be Remembered. Visit the channel here: www.youtube.com/TheHistoryGuyChannel We believe that history does not have to be boring. At its heart, history is storytelling, and we believe that it should be told with passion and genuine love for the material. History might be tragic, it might be comic, but it is the story of who we are, and we should not be afraid to enjoy that story and be moved by it.