Backrow Lessons

Paul Davis & Nolan Meschke
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  • History
  • Series

Two history nerds take on real historical concepts and provide their own humorous, wacky telling of what happened hundreds of years ago all around the world.

  1. Episode 1

    #2.01 - Get Stranded On Dude Island - The Lost Colony of Roanoke Part 1

    Welcome back and to Season 2!! This week in our season premier we start things out with a bang and jump right into one of the spooooookiest and most talked about failures in history...the Roanoke Colony! However before we can get down to North Carolina, we have to make our way across the ocean and boy is that is a journey in of itself! Tag along with Paul and Nolan as we catch loads of fish in many different ways, learn how to use corn to properly perform your new years resolutions and most of all why bringing a bunch of dudes, and only dudes, across the ocean is a terrible idea! Tune in for each and every episode of BACKROW LESSONS!!! Check us out on all the social media sites https://twitter.com/BackrowLessons https://www.facebook.com/BackrowLessons https://backrowlessons.podbean.com/ https://www.instagram.com/Backrowlessons/

  2. Episode 2

    #2.02 - Failing Upwards - The Lost Colony of Roanoke Part 2

    This week in the 2nd episode of season 2, we continue the tale of the spoooookiest event in the show's history...the Roanoke Colony! Or as we are going to find out, it is a whole lot less scary and a how lot more caused by laziness! Tag along with Paul and Nolan as we find out who was part of that lost colony and what happened to them, explore the lasting effects of the failed colony and talk about what happens when you take away a dignified man's sweet wine monopoly!! Tune in for each and every episode as we continue this crazy and hilarious journey on BACKROW LESSONS!!! Check us out on all the social media sites! https://twitter.com/BackrowLessons https://www.facebook.com/BackrowLessons https://backrowlessons.podbean.com/ https://www.instagram.com/Backrowlessons/

  3. Episode 3

    #2.03 - Accidentally Colonization - Jamestown & Henry Hudson

    This week in the 3rd episode of season 2, we get back to our roots; terrible failure and awful tragedies!  Or at least we are going to find the humor in all of these attempts at changing the world! Tag along with Paul and Nolan as we find new and interesting foods in the Americas, accidentally claim a set of islands and discover the truth that Jeffery Dahmer might be a time traveler!! Tune in for each and every episode as we continue this crazy and hilarious journey on BACKROW LESSONS!!! Check us out on all the social media sites! https://twitter.com/BackrowLessons https://www.facebook.com/BackrowLessons https://backrowlessons.podbean.com/ https://www.instagram.com/Backrowlessons/

  4. Episode 4

    #2.04 - Secret Agent Midnight - The Purchase of Manhattan Island & the Founding of the New Sweden Colony

    This week in episode 4 of season 2, we follow the life and times of what very well be the first special agent in the history of America...such a special agent he was named it from birth! How is there a secret agent happening in America when there are barely any colonies there you ask; well listen in to this episode and you will find out what I mean!!   Come with Paul and Nolan as we settle the largest city in the world, meet the locals in the area and make some deals, but most of all, come with us as we discover the exact location of...Heaven! It's a lot closer than you'd think!   All that and more, so make sure to tune in for each and every episode as we continue this crazy and hilarious journey on BACKROW LESSONS!!!   Check us out on all the social media sites! https://twitter.com/BackrowLessons https://www.facebook.com/BackrowLessons https://backrowlessons.podbean.com/ https://www.instagram.com/Backrowlessons/

  5. Episode 5

    #2.05 - Peach Trees & Beaver Pelts - Kieft’s War & The Fall of New Sweden

    This week in episode 5 of season 2, we jump back & forth across the ocean chasing warfare, but for good reason! Enormous amounts of riches and criminal justice hopefully await us on the other side. Tho make sure the captain knows where we are going.   Come with Nolan as we discover such amazing things as what happens when you sell you plot of land to the producer of Law & Order in the 1600's, the largest and most strict leader in all of New Sweden, but most of all find out if 14,000 beaver sink or swim.    All that and more, so make sure to tune in for each and every episode as we continue this crazy and hilarious journey on BACKROW LESSONS!!!   Check us out on all the social media sites! https://twitter.com/BackrowLessons https://www.facebook.com/BackrowLessons https://backrowlessons.podbean.com/ https://www.instagram.com/Backrowlessons/

  6. Episode 6

    #2.06 - Dictator-Head-On-A-Stick (Oliver Cromwell & The Restoration)

    This week in episode 6 of season 2, things get really crazy when small disagreements over trade lead from all out war to long, drawn-out trials for people that are already long gone. I promise you, it is even weirder and more dumb than you can already believe. And that is even before you even factor in if they got the right people!! Grab you bird eggs and aim them right at Nolan and Paul as we dive in and connect how 17th century bear wrestlers, hiding in oak trees, and a 450+ year old severed head all play into the story of the founding of America!!! All that and more, so make sure to tune in for each and every episode as we continue this crazy and hilarious journey on BACKROW LESSONS!!!   Check us out on all the social media sites! https://twitter.com/BackrowLessons https://www.facebook.com/BackrowLessons https://backrowlessons.podbean.com/ https://www.instagram.com/Backrowlessons/

  7. Episode 7

    #2.07 - 300 II: Dick Nickel’s Revenge - The Capture of New Netherlands & the New Haven Colony

    This week in episode 7 of season 2, just like the british forces we will be following, we make our presence known loud and proud! How do we do this? Powered by the fuel of history and non-canonical direct to video sequels! Don't understand yet? That's ok, just hop on in and find out!   Come with Paul and Nolan as we learn about the origins of things we all thought we knew, like how and why the Pilgrims came to the new world, the surprise attack that took New York by surprise, and why you should never pray you sailors met god before they even leave port.   All that and more, so make sure to tune in for each and every episode as we continue this crazy and hilarious journey on BACKROW LESSONS!!!   Check us out on all the social media sites! https://twitter.com/BackrowLessons https://www.facebook.com/BackrowLessons https://backrowlessons.podbean.com/ https://www.instagram.com/Backrowlessons/

  8. Episode 8

    #2.08 - Less Puritans, More Dudes And Murder! - The Founding of Boston & The Carolina Colony

    Ahoy maties! How goes it? Paul and Nolan here with a brand new episode of the Backrow Lesson Podcast! Hope you brought your basketball shorts, murder plots, and ski masks for robbing banks. We are going in hot...on the history of America's earliest major cities.   Hope you brought your finest wears, ran into your old college friends and most of checked the date to make sure you got the anniversary wrong, its gonna be another wild and educational episode of the Backrow Lessons Podcast!   Also get excited for the visual component of each episode coming on saturdays after each audio episode!   Check us out on all the social media sites! https://twitter.com/BackrowLessons https://www.facebook.com/BackrowLessons https://backrowlessons.podbean.com/ https://www.instagram.com/Backrowlessons/

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Two history nerds take on real historical concepts and provide their own humorous, wacky telling of what happened hundreds of years ago all around the world.

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  • Creator
    Paul Davis & Nolan Meschke
  • Episodes
    24
  • Seasons
    2
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2021 Backrow Lessons
  • Show Website
    Backrow Lessons