American Filth
History Podcasts
From famous founders to capitalist cooks, from sex scandals to the dirtiest blues song, AMERICAN FILTH dives into the filthier side of American history: uncovering people who society has largely excluded from the history books because they were too unconventional, provocative, seedy, dirty, trashy…. Or just plain filthy. And sure, some of these folks made great contributions to history. But that’s not the part of their lives AMERICAN FILTH is interested in. This podcast is here for the drama, the spice, and general tomfoolery. The weekly series of brisk episodes plunges face-first into the dirtiest events and people in the annals of American history.
Location:
United States
Description:
From famous founders to capitalist cooks, from sex scandals to the dirtiest blues song, AMERICAN FILTH dives into the filthier side of American history: uncovering people who society has largely excluded from the history books because they were too unconventional, provocative, seedy, dirty, trashy…. Or just plain filthy. And sure, some of these folks made great contributions to history. But that’s not the part of their lives AMERICAN FILTH is interested in. This podcast is here for the drama, the spice, and general tomfoolery. The weekly series of brisk episodes plunges face-first into the dirtiest events and people in the annals of American history.
Language:
English
Episodes
Free Speech and Lenny Bruce
10/30/2024
A comedian said offensive stuff this week at a Trump gathering (is that what they're called?), so let's look at a comedian of yore, who fought for the right to say c**ks**ker on stage!
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Duration:00:27:27
Petting Parties
10/23/2024
In the 1920s, the youths were kissing and touching each other! Disgusting!
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Duration:00:25:39
American Filth Live! London Edition
10/15/2024
American Filth recorded another live episode! This time with the Cheerful Earful Podcast Festival in London. We got to explain to the Brits how filthy America's Founding Fathers were and also recite Gabbie's Declaration of Dependence, a plea for Britain to take us back.
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Duration:00:37:03
The Puritan Guide To Gettin' Some
10/9/2024
Were you transported back in time to colonial America?? Well, don't worry. Follow this guide to get some hanky-panky.
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Duration:00:28:35
Executed For Stealing A Bonnet?
10/2/2024
Rachel Wall was executed for stealing a bonnet. But was that really her only crime???
Come see American Filth live in London! The podcast will be part of the Cheerful Earful Podcast Festival with a live show on October 15 at 8 p.m. at the Bedford Pub. Tickets can be found here.
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Duration:00:22:20
The Accidental President
9/25/2024
Tenth president John Tyler annexed Texas and Florida into the United States, and if that's not filthy enough, he also married a woman 30 years younger than him, and even more sinister, he might have fathered a kid or to with an enslaved woman.
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Duration:00:29:38
Sending Nudes in the 19th Century
9/18/2024
Artist Sarah Goodridge sent a miniature painting of her bosom to a no-good senator. Some people say they were just friends, but then why did she send him a tit pic???
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Duration:00:26:16
Bisexual Baddies Alexander Hamilton and John Laurens
9/11/2024
Were these young bucks just really good friends??? Or was something else going on???
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Duration:00:33:23
American Filth Season 2!
9/4/2024
All the filth returns September 11!
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Duration:00:02:04
AF GREATEST HITS: Bedfellows Headfellows
8/28/2024
One more week until American Filth returns! The show's crowning achievement has been outing historical figures who might have been gay. And it all started with some bigoted Southerners who sent a couple of spicy letters.
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Duration:00:22:03
AF GREATEST HITS: The Solitary Vice
8/21/2024
New episodes back in two weeks! In the meantime...the solitary vice is not, in fact, listening to American Filth. But instead...well, figure it out by listening to the episode from earlier this year when Kellogg's CEO said that poor people should just eat cereal! What a time!
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Duration:00:35:04
AF GREATEST HITS: Vicious White Women
8/14/2024
AF summer break continues... so let's go back to Nashville, where young Union soldiers wet their whistle so much that 100 sex workers were forced aboard a boat and stranded in the river for days.
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Duration:00:25:18
BTS: AF Theme Remix is THE SONG OF THE SUMMER
8/9/2024
Some AF BTS! That stands for American Filth behind-the-scenes. Gabbie talks to Jesse Nighswonger, who composed the theme song. He also made an extra special remix that critics (Gabbie) are calling the song of the summer.
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Duration:00:09:08
AF GREATEST HITS: Livin' and Dyin' By the Wiener
8/7/2024
The show's on summer break and will be back in September. So let's go back to the beginning...to our esteemed Founding Father Gouverneur Morris who died as he lived: with his wiener.
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Duration:00:28:57
The Guy Who Assassinated the Assassin
7/31/2024
So... after John Wilkes Booth killed Abraham Lincoln, there was a huge manhunt that ended with Booth getting shot by a guy who had previously cut his own balls off. Whomst was this man? Well, he made hats and loved god.
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Duration:00:35:45
The Worst Showman
7/24/2024
I know this will be hard to imagine, but the man who is considered the father of the American freak show wasn't the greatest of guys. He was actually a pile of American Filth if you can believe it. This episode, we're talking about PT Barnum and his origin story of exploitation and racism!!
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Duration:00:30:17
America's Gay Prussian General
7/17/2024
Whoa! It's the live episode but in regular format. America wins its independence with the help of a gay Prussian.
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Duration:00:22:06
American Filth Live!
7/10/2024
It's our recording of American Filth Live! Featuring a gay Prussian who changed the course of the Revolutionary War.
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Duration:00:45:30
Binging with the Founders
7/3/2024
Two days before the end of the Constitutional Convention, the delegates, including George Washington, got hammered.
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Duration:00:14:38
Quaker Jugs
6/26/2024
Sometimes when Puritans are oppressing you, a Quaker, you gotta pull the girls out.
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Duration:00:32:06