Welcome to Naked History, the podcast that peels back the polished layers of the past to reveal the weird, wild, and wonderful truths beneath. Hosted by historian Dyllan Gasaway, this show dives into the untold tales, strange coincidences, and overlooked events that shaped the world. From volcanic eruptions that sparked literary masterpieces to strange coincedences, absurd inventions, historical what-ifs, and the mystery of it all, you've found the right place.
Welcome to Naked History, the podcast that peels back the polished layers of the past to reveal the weird, wild, and wonderful truths beneath. Hosted by historian Dyllan Gasaway, this show dives into the untold tales, strange coincidences, and overlooked events that shaped the world. From volcanic eruptions that sparked literary masterpieces to strange coincedences, absurd inventions, historical what-ifs, and the mystery of it all, you've found the right place.
We clock real message-per-minute speeds (why 30 seconds changes a battlefield), show how code lists evolved with “change sheets,” and walk through the improv rules talkers used when the word list ran out. We play with the phonetic layer (your “ant–arrow–bear” matters more than you think),
Then a quick This Week in History (Nov 24–30): Macy’s first parade as immigrant street theater, two space picks that reset expectations, and the era of competing Thanksgivings. We close with a compact compare—human code vs. machine crypto—minus the math headache. Takeaways you can use: how to design comms that fail gracefully, and a tiny drill to build your own family phonetic.
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