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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Mafia Women
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The Great Fire of London
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Prosthetics in Antiquity
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Shakespeare’s Henry V
1 September 2022This week marks 600 years since the death of King Henry V, perhaps best known for his military successes during the Hundred Years War against...
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Taiwan: China's Ukraine?
31 August 2022Located just 100 miles off the coast of mainland China, the nation of Taiwan sits in the so-called 'first island chain' - a group of US-friendly...
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Sports Bra
31 August 2022REAL LIFE INVENTOR ALERT!!!
Two jockstraps cleverly sewn together. That was how the very first sports bra was made in 1977. The product...
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Robin Hood
30 August 2022Robin Hood is one of the most famous legends of British history, but did he exist and if so who was he? Gareth Morgan, Learning Development...
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Britain After Rome
30 August 2022What really happened in Britain after the fall of Rome? How did people adapt to their new lives? How were new identities formed, and eventually...
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Charles II's Mistresses
30 August 2022Lucy Walter, Barbara Palmer, Louise Kérouaille and Nell Gwynn. These are the names of just a key few of King Charles II’s mistresses.
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The March on Washington
29 August 2022On August 28, 1963, some 200,000 people gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. to protest the continuing inequalities faced...
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A 16th Century Celebrity Executioner
29 August 2022The German executioner Meister Frantz Schmidt kept a fascinating journal of all the executions, torture and punishments he administered between...
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Al-Qaeda
29 August 2022Their attacks of September 11 2001 sparked a War on Terror which has a legacy that very much lasts to this day, but where did Al-Qaeda come from,...
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Storytime with the Snows: 1066
28 August 20221066 is one of the most critical and dramatic years in British history. In the space of one year, the country had three kings, three major battles...
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Cryptocurrency
28 August 2022If you feel confused and left behind by cryptocurrency then this is for you. We're taking you on a journey through the strange history of...
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Ancient Americas: the South American Stonehenge
28 August 2022One of the largest archaeological sites in South America, located near Lake Titicaca in Western Bolivia - Tiwanaku is a brilliantly mysterious...
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King Henry V
27 August 2022Few kings have left more of an impression on the English - and then the British - nation as King Henry V, who died on 31 August 1422. The Battle...
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Kokoda: Australia's Thermopylae?
26 August 2022After the Fall of Singapore in February 1942, the focus of the Pacific War moved closer to Australia. Japanese forces bombed Darwin and began to...
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Sexual Violence
26 August 2022Definitions of what can and cannot be described as sexual violence vary widely across time and place. In 48 countries around the world today, for...
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Richard III: How to find a Lost King
25 August 2022In August 1485, King Richard III was killed at the Battle of Bosworth. In 2012, having been lost for over 500 years, the remains of King Richard...
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Ancient Americas: The Moche
25 August 2022Known for their iconic ceramics and notable artwork - the Moche people flourished in ancient northern Peru. But who were the people behind the...
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Thomas Cromwell's Private Life
25 August 2022Thomas Cromwell was an extraordinary figure in the Tudor court. Lawyer, politician, minister and peer of the realm, Cromwell deployed all of his...
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