It's the history you'll wish you'd learned in school.
Did you know that at for a brief period, Pepsi owned the sixth-largest fleet of warships in the world? No, of course you don't....because you were busy memorizing the exact date and time of the Boston Tea Party, just like the rest of us. And to think - you COULD have been writing that report on the repeated theft of composer Joseph Haydn's severed head....if only you'd known about it at the time!
But it's better late than never, so let hosts Adam Azra'el and Anthony Staten take you on a wild ride through some of history's more bizarre and obscure bits. Why? So that you can:
- Impress that special someone with your weird knowledge on your first date.
- Go back and turn in a way cooler paper to your high school history teacher.
- Join an online forum for history buffs and give 'em the old razzle-dazzle.
Honestly, we couldn't care less what you do with the information….that's your business.
The Lesser Stories began as a now-defunct podcast called Really Useful Knowledge, which was the exact same podcast but without the flash and with a name that wasn't as good. Three episodes in, the name changed and everybody just kind of started over with what would become Season 1. Setbacks, technical trouble, and an utterly incoherent release schedule kept the LS audience limited more or less to Adam and Anthony's moms, neither of whom are what we'd call hardcore fans today.
Season 2 saw a number of logistical repairs to the episode recording paradigm and a release schedule that made it almost seem like somebody with half a brain had grabbed the wheel, and the show's audience expanded significantly. Reveling in their success and never ones to miss an opportunity for self-sabotage, Adam and Anthony inexplicably took a 3-year hiatus and lost control of at least one social media account.
Adam and Anthony reunited in 2026 to record Season 3….but don't tell anybody, it's a secret.
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