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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Henry VIII vs. Catherine of Aragon | History's Worst Breakups
3 February 2026Welcome to a brand new mini-series on Betwixt the Sheets, where our host, Dr Kate Lister, takes you through the most catastrophic breakups in...
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How to win a Medieval Battle
3 February 2026Matt Lewis and Dr.Eleanor Janega are launched into a medieval battle, how do they survive? They explore the intricacies of medieval warfare; from...
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Darkest Hours: Brother Against Brother
2 February 2026There is no question that the Civil War is one of the darkest chapters in American history. With roughly 2.5 percent of the population lost, a...
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Viking Age Music In Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2 February 2026The Assassin’s Creed games specialise in recreating the places and sounds of the past. But how can we know what music our ancestors listened to?...
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"Bloody Mary": Debunking the Myths
2 February 2026Was Mary Tudor truly “Bloody Mary”? Has England’s first reigning queen been misunderstood for centuries? Determined to restore Roman...
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52:52
Whaling
2 February 2026The history of whaling is complicated. At its height in the 18th and 19th centuries, whaling was a global enterprise built on perilous voyages,...
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Dark Truth About Victorian 'Freak Shows'
2 February 2026Julia Pastrana was a Mexican woman exploited as a sideshow attraction in life and grotesquely exhibited even after her death because of her...
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59:05
Adam and Eve
1 February 2026Adam and Eve: parents of humanity, or characters in a Near Eastern myth about wisdom, mortality, and the limits of being human?
Tristan...
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53:35
The Parliament of Bats: Plantagenets at War
30 January 2026How could England be ruled when the king was just a baby? When Henry VI came to the throne at nine months old, the hunger for power among his...
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40:20
How Filthy Were the Victorians?
30 January 2026They say people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. The Victorians might have done well to live by that rule.
For all of the dirt that...
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54:59
The Annexation of Hawaiʻi
29 January 2026How did Hawaiʻi - once an independent, internationally recognised kingdom - become America's 50th state? It's a tale of economic pressure,...
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56:09
The First Popes
29 January 2026What do we know about the earliest Popes, and how did they shape the early Christian Church amidst persecution?
Tristan Hughes is joined by...
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Joan of Arc
29 January 2026Teenage peasant, visionary commander, convicted heretic, national saint - Joan of Arc's life reads like a legend. Today, Dan digs past that legend...
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Essex's Darkest Witch Hunt
29 January 2026This is the story of a 16th century cunning woman, a folk healer, who was found guilty of being a witch. Accusations spiralled until more than a...
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46:36
Ireland Under the Brutal Tudors
29 January 2026What impact did the Tudors have on Ireland, not just in the councils of kings and earls, but in the rhythms of ordinary life? What were the...
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44:45
The Most Notorious Sex Worker of 18th Century Dublin
27 January 2026Dublin in the 18th century was a wealthy colonial capitol, but only for a select few.
Amongst this hugely divided and politically charged...
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1:10:54
What Caused the Viking Age?
27 January 2026A wind whips across the North Sea as dragon-headed ships cut through the waves towards Anglo-Saxon England. Their arrival marks the start of the...
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America's Worst General
26 January 2026Who was the worst American army general of all time? We round off our month of military history by looking at the leaders who standout for all the...
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44:43
The Dambusters Raid Explained
26 January 2026In May 1943, the RAF launched one of the Second World War’s most audacious missions: the Dambusters Raid. Today, we follow the raid as it...
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Who Was the Witchfinder General?
26 January 2026Mathew Hopkins, also known as the ‘Witchfinder General,’ was responsible for a campaign of terror across 17th-century England. In just a few...
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Elizabeth I's Doctor - & Poisoner?
26 January 2026Why was a Portuguese-born Jewish doctor, who rose to become Elizabeth I’s chief physician, brutally executed for treason in a scandal that...
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