Drunk History

Boston's Great Molasses Flood

Season 4 E 8 • 11/22/2016

Arthur Jell is not the man who you want building your molasses tank.

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Andrew Jackson, Badass Dude
Drunk HistoryS4 E3

Events spin out of control after Andrew Jackson agrees to be a second in a duel between two of his soldiers.
10/11/2016
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Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Meet a Soviet Sniper
Drunk HistoryS4 E4

Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt get a surprise when they welcome the Soviet Union's most lethal sniper to the White House.
10/18/2016
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Teddy Roosevelt Saves Football
Drunk HistoryS4 E4

Teddy Roosevelt rescues football from itself with some rule changes that make the sport less deadly.
10/18/2016
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Lord Gordon Gordon Cheats a Robber Baron
Drunk HistoryS4 E5

A fake Scottish nobleman who goes by Lord Gordon Gordon steals more than $100,000 from railroad magnate Jay Gould.
10/25/2016
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Sadie the Goat Head Butts Her Way to Notoriety
Drunk HistoryS4 E5

Head butting strangers, being a pirate, getting her ear bitten off -- Sadie the Goat was one busy woman.
10/25/2016
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The Wright Brothers Get a Hand From Their Sister
Drunk HistoryS4 E6

Orville and Wilbur Wright get off the ground thanks to the brains and determination of their sister, Katharine.
11/01/2016
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03:02

The Kopp Sisters Fight Back
Drunk HistoryS4 E6

When a wealthy businessman tries to intimidate three sisters in 1910s New Jersey, they take matters into their own hands.
11/01/2016
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01:57

Victor Lustig Sells the Eiffel Tower
Drunk HistoryS4 E7

Con man Victor Lustig swindles a man into buying the Eiffel Tower for scrap metal.
11/15/2016
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06:49

William Shakespeare Steals His Own Theater
Drunk HistoryS4 E7

When a Puritan landowner tries to shut down Shakespeare's theater, the playwright and his company take matters into their own hands.
11/15/2016
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05:47

Julia Child Goes From Spy to Gourmet Chef
Drunk HistoryS4 E8

On her way to becoming a famous chef, Julia Child works as a spy overseas and meets her future husband.
11/22/2016
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02:56

Boston's Great Molasses Flood
Drunk HistoryS4 E8

A Boston distillery chooses the absolute worst person to oversee construction of its giant molasses tank.
11/22/2016
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02:24

Alexander Hamilton Teams Up with George Washington
Drunk HistoryS4 E9

Lin-Manuel Miranda describes Hamilton's tutelage under General Washington -- and his crazy eagerness to fight in the Revolutionary War.
11/29/2016
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02:41

Alexander Hamilton's Steamy Affair
Drunk HistoryS4 E9

Lin-Manuel Miranda describes how news of Hamilton's infidelity found its way into the newspaper -- and how Hamilton tried to deal with it.
11/29/2016
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Steve Dahl's Disco Demolition
Drunk HistoryS4 E10

When rock 'n' roll DJ Steve Dahl blows up a crate of disco records in a baseball stadium, teenagers riot in celebration.
12/06/2016
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02:52

The Cherry Sisters' Terrible Vaudeville Act
Drunk HistoryS4 E10

Five sisters discover that putting on horrible morality plays is more lucrative than farming.
12/06/2016
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01:23

Drunk History Christmas Special
Drunk HistoryS4

Washington crosses the Delaware, Dickens pens "A Christmas Carol" in six weeks, and Teddy Roosevelt bans Christmas trees in a new special premiering November 28 at 10/9c.
11/01/2017
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A Very Teddy Roosevelt Christmas - Uncensored
Drunk HistoryS5 E14

Teddy Roosevelt decreed a ban on Christmas trees, but his children changed his mind with their holiday spirit.
11/29/2017
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05:31

Rose Valland Takes On the Nazis
Drunk HistoryS5 E1

Tiffany Haddish tells the story of Rose Valland, an assistant curator in Paris who helped recover thousands of works of art taken by the Nazis during World War II.
01/23/2018
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Clara Barton: The Angel of the Battlefield
Drunk HistoryS5 E1

Just when fate looked its bleakest for the Union soldiers fighting at the Battle of Antietam, along came an angel: Clara Barton.
01/23/2018
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Jack Parsons Loved His Sex Magick
Drunk HistoryS5 E2

Taran Killam plays Jack Parsons, a brilliant rocket scientist who found himself under the sway of occultists.
01/30/2018
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02:53

Rasputin's Journey to St. Petersburg
Drunk HistoryS5 E2

Once a lowly wanderer, Rasputin became a trusted confidant to Russia's Tsar Nicholas II and a frequent host of orgies.
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