Butterfly Stompers: An Alternative History Podcast
Butterfly Stompers: An Alternative History Podcast
Podcast Description
The alternative history podcast where comedian & history graduate Joe Dehuai takes one hilarious historical vandal back in time to change the course of history! Listen as we delve into bizarre butterfly effects, crazy counterfactuals and weird what if history. Whether our guests give the spacetime continuum a polite nudge or push old father time off a cliff is up to them- How much difference could stomping on a butterfly make? Sit back (in time) and relax as you strap in for obscure facts, improvised historical hijinx, and maybe even a revealing exploration of the vagaries of time...also FUN!
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Content Themes
Explores themes of historical counterfactuals, variability in the timeline, and comedic interpretations of significant moments. Episodes discuss scenarios like preventing John Lennon’s assassination, a world without Nintendo, and humorous reimaginings of dictators like Napoleon faced with absurd challenges.
What would you do if you could change history? Butterfly Stompers is the hilarious alternative history podcast for history buffs, comedy lovers, and curious minds. Strap in for bizarre butterfly effects, weird ‘what if’s’ and improvised time-travel chaos as comedian & history graduate Joe Dehuai takes his historical vandal guests on a joyride in their chosen time machine. Whether we give the spacetime continuum a polite nudge or push old father time off a cliff is up to them- How much difference could stomping on a butterfly make? Don’t waste any more time – listen now!
What if an apple never fell on Isaac Newton's head and he never came up with Gravity?
Join us as we take special guest historical vandal, Cardiff-based physicist and stand-up comic Ollie Edwards, on a joyride through alternative history. Armed with a suspiciously oversized time-travel watch, Ollie dials back to 1666 Lincolnshire to intercept a falling apple — and stop it from bonking the world’s biggest nerd, Isaac Newton, on the head.
Ollie's plan? Derail the discovery of gravity by giving Newton a glow-up. With the help of returning guest and chaos consultant Austin Hampshire, we embark on a mission to turn the powdered-wigged volcel into a 17th-century sex symbol.
Along the way we talk:
🍎 Newton’s lesser known 4th law of being a complete virgin 💅 Why he kept sticking a needle in his eye
🧠 What scientists back then even knew
We also discuss the fate of Cambridge University without their MVP, why ancient statues had little dicks, and debate whether Jesus would be a good pint
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Historical Vandal: @ozzie._04
Chaos Consultant: @austihamps
Cardiff University Comedy Society: @CU_Comedy
Stand-up at Cardiff Comedy Society: Zingers, The Flute & Tankard: https://www.cardiffstudents.com/events/10648/40403/
Alternative History | What If History | Counterfactual Comedy | Isaac Newton | Physics | Time Travel | Cardiff Comedy | Queer Eye for the Nerd Guy
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