Softcore History

Softcore History

A podcast for the casual fan of history. The Wikipedia reader. The kids who grew up with a dad who watched the same 10 hours of World War II specials on The History Channel. Join Dan Regester, Rob Fox, and a weekly guest as they tastefully insert themselves into the past. The only thing we don’t show is our research.

  1. 3 hr ago

    The Man Who Inspired Saving Private Ryan's Gnarliest Moments

    Staff Sergeant Ray Lambert hit Dog Green Sector of Omaha Beach with the first wave on D-Day. He was a medic. His job was to save, not kill. But that fact did not prevent him from taking an absolute BEATING on the beach that day. Despite multiple horrific wounds throughout the morning, he never stopped treating wounded soldiers. He might have had the most brutal day of anyone on Omaha Beach who didn't die or lose a limb. Still, he never stopped saving lives. Not even when his own side accidentally tried to drown him. Subscribe to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠the Softcore History Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for hundreds of hours of extra history content including episodes like this, listener voicemails, movie watch-alongs, and weekly bonus episodes.  Check out Praesidus Watch Co.'s new A-11 LMUV watch series that commemorates D-Day's 82nd anniversary, made from steel from a real Willys MB. That AND the A-11 Utah Beach series, made with real sand from Utah Beach. -- https://praesidus.com/pages/dday-82 Get 10% off ZIppix Toothpicks with code SOFTCORE at https://zippixtoothpicks.com/discount/SOFTCORE Rob Fox⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/robfoxthree/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/RobFoxThree ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@robfoxthree ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Dan Regester ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/danregester/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    1hr 17min

  2. 25 May

    How The Green Mountain Boys Broke Benedict Arnold

    The capture of Fort Ticonderoga early in the American Revolution was a crucial, if militarily uneventful, victory early in America's fight for independence. The capture cut British Canada off from the 13 colonies and supplied important heavy artillery to force the British out of Boston. And it was all accomplished by glory hounds Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold, a ragtag group of men more interested in capturing the fort's booze than the fort itself, and what sounds like the worst spy plan in U.S. history. Subscribe to ⁠⁠⁠⁠the Softcore History Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠ for hundreds of hours of extra history content including episodes like this, listener voicemails, movie watch-alongs, and weekly bonus episodes.  Refresh your everyday with luxury you'll actually use. Head to ⁠⁠Quince.com/SOFTCORE⁠⁠ for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too. Rob Fox⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/robfoxthree/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/RobFoxThree ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@robfoxthree ⁠⁠⁠ Dan Regester ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/danregester/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    1hr 3min

  3. 18 May

    The Time We Almost Nuked The Moon

    After the launch of Sputnik, the U.S. needed a response to show they had not fallen behind the Soviets during the Cold War. The Air Force put together a top-secret, very real plan under the name Project A119 to detonate a nuclear bomb on the surface of the moon for the rest of the world to see. Carl Sagan was brought in to do calculations on the blast radius and the Space Race almost went atomic. Subscribe to ⁠⁠⁠the Softcore History Patreon⁠⁠⁠ for hundreds of hours of extra history content including episodes like this, listener voicemails, movie watch-alongs, and weekly bonus episodes.  Refresh your everyday with luxury you'll actually use. Head to ⁠Quince.com/SOFTCORE⁠ for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too. Rob Fox⁠⁠ ⁠ ⁠https://www.instagram.com/robfoxthree/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/RobFoxThree ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@robfoxthree ⁠⁠ Dan Regester ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/danregester/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    48 min

  4. 11 May

    UFO Files: The Hatfields and McGoblins

    The recent release of the UFO Files left out arguably the most exciting human vs. extraterrestrial encounter in American history: when a group of backwoods Kentucky rednecks spent an August night in 1955 fighting off a dozen goblin-like aliens with a shotgun and a rifle from inside their humble farmhouse. This is the story of The Kelly-Hopkinsville Encounter aka the Hopkinsville Goblins. Subscribe to ⁠⁠the Softcore History Patreon⁠⁠ for hundreds of hours of extra history content including episodes like this, listener voicemails, movie watch-alongs, and weekly bonus episodes.  Refresh your everyday with luxury you'll actually use. Head to Quince.com/SOFTCORE for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too. Rob Fox⁠ https://www.instagram.com/robfoxthree/ ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/RobFoxThree ⁠⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@robfoxthree ⁠ Dan Regester ⁠https://www.instagram.com/danregester/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    1hr 6min

  5. 4 May

    The Horny Emperor Who Loved To Cosplay

    Zhu Houzhao took over the Ming Dynasty at just 14. He was more interested in women, drinking, and pretending to be a soldier than actually running China. He left his royal court in the hands of his eunuch friends as he hung out in his "Leopard Quarter" all day getting wasted with his exotic animals and prostitutes. Refresh your everyday with luxury you'll actually use. Head to Quince. com/SOFTCORE for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too. Subscribe to ⁠the Softcore History Patreon⁠ for hundreds of hours of extra history content including episodes like this, listener voicemails, movie watch-alongs, and weekly bonus episodes.  Rob Fox ⁠https://www.instagram.com/robfoxthree/ ⁠⁠ https://twitter.com/RobFoxThree ⁠⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@robfoxthree  ⁠ Dan Regester ⁠https://www.instagram.com/danregester/ ⁠⁠ https://twitter.com/dan_regester⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    53 min

  6. 27 Apr

    This is What Happens When A Woman Takes Power

    The Assyrian queen Semiramis is one of the most notorious rulers in ancient history. Not just because she was a woman ruling a violent, male-dominated society. And not because she competently ruled the massive empire for years. Mostly, it turns out, because there were some WILD stories about her, um, dating life. Subscribe to the Softcore History Patreon for hundreds of hours of extra history content including episodes like this, listener voicemails, movie watch-alongs, and weekly bonus episodes.  Download thePrizePicks app today and use code SOFTCORE to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup! That’s code SOFTCORE to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup! PrizePicks. It’s good to be right. Rob Foxhttps://www.instagram.com/robfoxthree/ https://twitter.com/RobFoxThree https://www.tiktok.com/@robfoxthree  Dan Regesterhttps://www.instagram.com/danregester/ https://twitter.com/dan_regester Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    57 min
  7. The American That Made Hating The Pope Cool

    20 Apr

    The American That Made Hating The Pope Cool

    Lewis Charles Levin was a 19th century Jewish American politician, newspaper editor, and conspiracy theorist who believed that Irish immigrants were soldiers of the Catholic Church sent by the Pope to cause division in our nation. He became a congressman for the state of Pennsylvania and was a major voice in the nativist movement.Subscribe to the Softcore History Patreon for hundreds of hours of extra history content including episodes like this, listener voicemails, movie watch-alongs, and weekly bonus episodes. Download thePrizePicks app today and use code SOFTCORE to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup! That’s code SOFTCORE to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup! PrizePicks. It’s good to be right.Rob Foxhttps://www.instagram.com/robfoxthree/ https://twitter.com/RobFoxThree https://www.tiktok.com/@robfoxthree Dan Regesterhttps://www.instagram.com/danregester/ https://twitter.com/dan_regester Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    1hr 2min
  8. The Horniest Soldiers In American History

    13 Apr

    The Horniest Soldiers In American History

    As American soldiers liberated France, they had one thing on their mind: Boning. It turns out that the GIs who were landing in Normandy and fighting in the hedgerows were at least partly motivated by the fact that they were convinced Francewas going to be their own personal Panama City Beach circa Spring Break 2003. Between the famous brothels in Paris, the French having a reputation for... being French, and American propaganda that all but assured our soldiers that they'd be getting laid constantly once they got to Paris, our grandfathers marched through France with pretty much full erections. What followed was a two-year sex party that altered Franco-American relations forever. Subscribe to the Softcore History Patreon for hundreds of hours of extra history content including episodes like this, listener voicemails, movie watch-alongs, and weekly bonus episodes. Download thePrizePicks app today and use code SOFTCORE to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup! That’s code SOFTCORE to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup! PrizePicks. It’s good to be right.Rob Foxhttps://www.instagram.com/robfoxthree/ https://twitter.com/RobFoxThree https://www.tiktok.com/@robfoxthree Dan Regesterhttps://www.instagram.com/danregester/ https://twitter.com/dan_regester Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    1hr 10min
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A podcast for the casual fan of history. The Wikipedia reader. The kids who grew up with a dad who watched the same 10 hours of World War II specials on The History Channel. Join Dan Regester, Rob Fox, and a weekly guest as they tastefully insert themselves into the past. The only thing we don’t show is our research.

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  • Creator
    Softcore History
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    311
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright Softcore History
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