History Hit Podcasts
History Hit has a wide variety of podcasts including Dan Snow’s History Hit, The Ancients, Gone Medieval, Not Just The Tudors, Betwixt The Sheets, American History Hit, After Dark, and Echoes of History.
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Nat Turner's Rebellion
6 April 2026In 1831, a rebellion erupted in Virginia that sent shockwaves across the United States, and challenged the brutal system of slavery in a way that...
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The Victorian Era's Wildest Murder
6 April 2026It was one of the most gruesome crimes of the Victorian era... and it ended up in David Attenborough's garden! Kate Webster, a servant, killed and...
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The Commanders: The Best of the Rest
6 April 2026For the final episode in our 'Commanders' series, we've drawn on your suggestions to pay tribute to the commanders who didn’t make our main...
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Elizabethan Boy Actresses
6 April 2026Why were Shakespeare’s greatest heroines played by teenage boys? How did they learn their craft? On the Elizabethan stage, highly trained young...
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Judas Iscariot
5 April 2026**Warning: This episode contains graphic descriptions of violence, including suicide**
What really happened to Judas Iscariot? From shifting...
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Inside the Brothels of New Orleans
3 April 2026Storyville was the red-light district in New Orleans, created in 1897.
What was it like in this neighbourhood, and inside the brothels...
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What Are the Late Medieval Ages?
3 April 2026Matt Lewis and Dr. Eleanor Janega dive into the chaos of the late Middle Ages; from the Great Famine and the Little Ice Age to plague, peasant...
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NEW SERIES: The Crusades
2 April 2026Discover the story behind one of history’s most powerful and controversial eras in our three-part mini-series on the Crusades.
From a...
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What Is The Kennedy Curse?
2 April 2026Their name is synonymous with power, influence ... and tragedy. And with so much of the latter, many have taken to speculating - are the Kennedy...
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When the Spanish Armada Reached Ireland
2 April 2026What happens when a fleeing armada meets an unforgiving coast? Shipwreck, slaughter and survival collide as Professor Suzannah Lipscomb and...
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The Real Outlander
2 April 2026The book and TV series "Outlander" has introduced millions of fans to Scottish history and the story of the Jacobites.
One of those fans is...
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The Crusades: A Complete Guide
2 April 2026To launch our mini series on the Crusades, we've put together your complete guide to almost two centuries of holy war - from start to finish. We...
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Britain's First Dog
2 April 2026Fifteen thousand years ago, as the Ice Age loosened its grip on Northern Europe, humans returned to the previously inhospitable British Isles. But...
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The Women Who Ruled Medieval Burgundy, and Europe
31 March 2026What if the most powerful warlords in medieval Europe were women?
From wine country to empire, Burgundy’s Duchesses brokered marriages,...
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The Victorian Sex Trafficking Panic
31 March 2026Was there really a boom in sex trafficking at the end of the 19th century? What was 'white slavery'? And how often did the traffickers get...
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The Trail of Tears | The Frontier
30 March 2026The Trail of Tears is one of the darkest chapters in American history: the forced removal of thousands of Native Americans from their ancestral...
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The Man Who Ate Everything
30 March 2026Listener warning: this episode contains a description of cruelty to animals
One of the strangest tales to emerge from Napoleonic France was...
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Is Saladin Overrated?
30 March 2026The original Assassin’s Creed game focuses on the Assassins' efforts to bring down the Templars during the Third Crusade from 1189-1192. He...
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The Commanders: Zhukov
30 March 2026Marshal Georgy Zhukov was undoubtedly one of the Second World War's most formidable figures. Rising from humble peasant origins, Zhukov became the...
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Henry Wotton: Outlaw and Royal Spy
30 March 2026Assassination plots, Venetian stand‑offs and a diplomat in disguise: how did one maverick change the course of history?
Professor Suzannah...
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The Roman Centurion
29 March 2026What did it take to become a Roman centurion? To command, to punish and to lead from the very front of Rome’s armies?
In this episode of...
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