You "know" a lot about history. Vikings wore horned helmets. Napoleon was tiny. The people of Pompeii froze solid, mid-bite. Everyone knows it.

Hang on a minute. What if almost none of it is true?

The Truth Is Weirder is the history show that checks the story. Cass tells it the way everyone remembers it. Pip goes looking for the actual evidence, a letter, a dig, an old painting, and the real story turns out stranger than the myth every single time. Famous "facts" on trial, for curious kids aged 9 to 13 and the grown-ups in the front seat.

Got a myth you want Cass and Pip to bust?

We'd love to hear it, email hello@thetruthisweirder.com. New episodes weekly, wherever you get your podcasts.

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