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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The Battle of the Bulge
21 December 2022Lasting six brutal weeks, from December 16, 1944, to January 25, 1945, the Battle of the Bulge in the Ardennes region of Belgium was Adolf...
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The Real 'Good King Wenceslas'
20 December 2022At this time of year, many of us will find ourselves singing about a royal personage who braves the snow on the Feast of Stephen –...
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Sex Advice in the 20th Century
20 December 2022What is ‘good’ sex? Why might you need to get your protractor out in the bedroom? And when was foreplay ‘invented’?
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Toilets, Underpants & Pillows: Everyday Things with Greg Jenner
20 December 2022Why do grandmas wear bloomers? How did romans clean themselves after using the toilet? Pillows were originally made of stone?! These are all...
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The French & Indian War with Dan Snow
19 December 2022As the British and French colonies in North America expanded in the middle of the 18th century, they inevitably clashed. Fighting between the two...
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The Real SAS Rogue Heroes
19 December 2022The Special Air Service, more colloquially known as the SAS, was the creation of Officer David Stirling during the Second World War. Located in...
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Tudor Christmas Carols
19 December 2022A Tudor Christmas would have probably featured as much singing as we have today, if not more, and surprisingly many of the carols would have been...
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Who Was Jesus, The Man?
19 December 2022Followed by billions and worshipped across the planet, Jesus is the most famous person who ever lived. Jesus Christ is revered as a prophet and...
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Monopoly
18 December 2022There’s so many versions of Monopoly these days. Which one is the original? London? No. Atlantic City? Uh uh. The original had property names...
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The Rise and Fall of Crassus
18 December 2022Often overshadowed by his more successful peers (anyone heard of Julius Caesar?), Crassus' rise and fall from power is that of legend. A Roman...
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Finding Richard III
17 December 2022In recent weeks, cinema audiences have been enjoying The Lost King, which tells the story of the efforts of amateur historian Philippa Langley to...
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CIA & the Nazis
16 December 2022The Cold War saw an era of heightened tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union - double agents, clashing political ideologies, and...
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Alexander the Great's Sex Life
16 December 2022Did Alexander the Great and the Queen of the Amazons really have sex for 13 days solid? What do we know about his male lovers? And how did his sex...
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Germany's Extreme Monarchists
16 December 2022Last week a celebrity chef, former police officers and serving army officers were arrested in Germany as part of an extremist coup to overthrow...
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The War of 1812
15 December 2022In the early 19th century, amidst the Napoleonic wars, the British began restricting the United States’ trade with Europe. On top of this, the...
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Filth, Noise & Stench in England
15 December 2022In English cities of the 17th century, there was plenty to offend the eyes, ears, nose, taste buds, and skin of inhabitants. Residents were...
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Hammurabi: Rise of the Babylonians
15 December 20222000 BC saw the famed city of Babylon begin to flourish under the rule of a King called Hammurabi. Renowned for his famous law code, the stele of...
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'My Grandfather, the Wehrmacht General in Russia'
15 December 2022Angela Findlay was determined to find out if her grandfather, Karl von Graffen, was a Nazi and what he did on the Eastern front. An artist and...
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Tupperware
14 December 2022Today it’s a Tupperware party and you’re all invited! Tupperware epitomises the post-war suburban dream. But pop open the lid and peep inside...
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Tattoos
14 December 2022There are many common misconceptions and misunderstandings about Tattoos. They can act as a window into the social economic and cultural issues of...
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Trash
13 December 2022From reality television to theatre productions to foreign goods, the word trash has a long history of being used to deride things that are thought...
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