History Podcasts
The History Hit network gives you access to a growing range of podcasts presented by and featuring historians at the forefront of research and debate.
Scroll down to listen to the most recent episodes from our network.
Dan Snow’s History Hit explores the deep history behind today’s headlines – giving you the context to understand what is going on today. Everything has a history, every challenge made easier by understanding its nature, its genesis. In a world of fast opinions, we put historians into the debate, women and men who bring real knowledge built over careers spent researching.
The Ancients, hosted by historian Tristan Hughes, is dedicated to discussing our distant past. Historians and archaeologists join Tristan to discuss specific themes from antiquity, from Neolithic Britain to the Fall of Rome.
Professor Suzannah Lipscomb presents Not Just the Tudors. Together with expert interviewees, she covers the sweeping range of the early modern period: everything from the Aztecs to witches, Velázquez to Shakespeare, Mughal India to the Mayflower.
Gone Medieval is hosted by historians Matt Lewis and Eleanor Janega, who shine a light on one of the most fascinating yet misunderstood periods of history: the Middle Ages. In each episode, experts lead listeners beneath the skin of captivating stories to uncover new insights.
In Betwixt the Sheets join historian, Kate Lister as she unashamedly roots around the topics which seem to have been skipped in history class. Everything from landmark LGBTQ+ court cases, to political scandal, to downright bizarre medieval cures for impotence.
In American History Hit, join Don Wildman twice a week for your hit of American history, as he explores the past to help us understand the United States of today. We’ll hear how codebreakers uncovered secret Japanese plans for the Battle of Midway, visit Chief Powhatan as he prepares for war with the British, see Walt Disney accuse his former colleagues of being communists, and uncover the dark history that lies beneath Central Park.
After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal joined History Hit’s award-winning podcast network in October 2023, hosted by actor, writer and historian Anthony Delaney and writer, broadcaster, historian Maddy Pelling. Together, the duo unpick history’s spookiest, strangest and most sinister stories – from the disappearance of HMS Terror to the origins of Halloween.
War historian and broadcaster James Rogers hosts our Warfare podcast, which opens up fascinating new perspectives on how conflict has shaped and changed our world. James teams up with fellow historians, veterans, and experts to reveal astonishing new histories of inspirational leadership, breakthrough technologies, and era defining battles.
Patented, hosted by Dallas Campbell, dives into stories of flukey discoveries, erased individuals and murky marketing ploys with the help of experts, scientists and historians.
Click on any of the listings below to listen to the most recent episodes from our network.
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Fanny and Stella: The Men Who Shocked Victorian Society
21 June 2022In 1870, two young women were arrested after leaving a theatre in London. These women, so-called Fanny and Stella, were in fact Ernest Boulton and...
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Nuclear Disasters
20 June 2022In 2011, a 43-foot-high tsunami crashed into a nuclear power plant in Fukushima, Japan. In the following days, explosions would rip buildings...
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Isabel Clara Eugenia: Early Modern Europe's Most Powerful Woman
20 June 2022Isabel Clara Eugenia was the heir to the kingdoms of Spain and Portugal, but she was never crowned Queen. But despite this, her life provides a...
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The Cold War in West Africa
20 June 2022The Cold War wasn’t just limited to nuclear tensions and competition between the great powers.
What’s often overlooked is that...
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HS2: Digging up the 'Dark Ages'
19 June 2022An extraordinary discovery has been unearthed by archaeologists working alongside the HS2 rail project. The find, made at an undisclosed location...
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The Image of God
19 June 2022Often pictured with a flowing white beard, looking down from Heaven - why is God always seen as an old man? In today's episode, Professor...
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The Invention of Sex Toys
19 June 2022_CW: This episode is a bit saucier than normal with explicit sexual references and some swearing. If that isn’t your cup of tea or are listening...
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Poppers
17 June 2022*WARNING There are adult themes and explicit descriptions of drug use in this episode. All drugs come with their own risks and legal implications....
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Why the USA Joined WW1
17 June 2022It's easy to forget there was a time before the special relationship, when the United States might never have gotten involved in the First World...
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The Sinking of the Lancastria
16 June 2022On June 17, 1940, the British ocean liner, RMS Lancastria, was sunk during Operation Aerial.
RMS Lancastria had sailed to the French port of...
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Mary II and Anne: Sister Queens
16 June 2022To mark the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, June is Queenship month on Not Just the Tudors. Our series continues with a look at two of...
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Sustainable Farming with The Radwans
16 June 2022Have you ever thought about having a complete change in lifestyle, trading in the busy city hustle for more traditional way of life on a farm? The...
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HS2: Uncovering An Anglo-Saxon Burial Site
16 June 2022An extraordinary discovery has been unearthed by archaeologists working alongside the HS2 rail project. The find, made at an undisclosed location...
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Mermaids
16 June 2022The central Mediterranean is home to a bounty of creatures - fish, dolphins, and... mermaids? In today's episode Dr Amelia Brown returns to the...
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The Siege of Loyalty House
15 June 2022The Civil War was the most traumatic conflict in British history, pitting friends and family members against each other, tearing down the old...
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Lunar Rover
15 June 2022The success of the Apollo Missions relied on hugely imaginative engineering. There is perhaps no better example of this than the first off-planet...
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Treasures of The Royal Mint
14 June 2022A history of British monarchs in coins. With a history stretching over 1,100 years, The Royal Mint has forged a fascinating story through the...
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Urban Life in Medieval Cities
14 June 2022Between 1000 and 1500, European towns and cities started to take shape, impacting the lives of millions of people as different cultural, social...
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The Femme Fatale & The French President
14 June 2022This is the story of Marguerite Steinheil, the woman who shook Paris at the turn of the 20th century with one scandal after the next…one of...
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Falklands40: Identifying the Unmarked Graves
13 June 2022Argentina surrendered to British forces in Port Stanley on the 14th of June 1982. The Falklands conflict was over. In the months after the...
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How to Become Queen in Early Modern Europe
13 June 2022In Early Modern Europe, Queens did not come fully formed. Rather, a series of rites, rituals and ceremonies transformed a hesitant bride into a...
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