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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200 Years' War - Michael Livingston
7 November 2025Was the Hundred Years War actually a two-century long conflict?
Matt Lewis sits down with Professor Michael Livingston to re-examine the...
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Was Lee Harvey Oswald a Lone Gunman?
6 November 2025Why not have a go at understanding one of the most famous conspiracies of the 20th Century?
We will probably never get an answer for what...
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Henry VIII's Murderous Reign
6 November 2025Henry VIII was a monarch everyone was excited for, and turned into someone who weaponised his powers for murder.
What happened in his life...
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What if Guy Fawkes had succeeded?
6 November 2025On 5 November 1605, Guy Fawkes became infamous not for what he achieved, but for what he failed to do: kill King James VI & I and bring down the...
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Proto-Vikings: The Nordic Bronze Age
6 November 2025Who were the Vikings' ancient ancestors? In this episode Tristan Hughes explores the fascinating maritime culture, sophisticated trade networks...
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Rome's African Emperor: Septimius Severus
6 November 2025We dive into the life and legacy of the North African-born ruler who rose through the ranks to seize the imperial throne. We discover how Severus...
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The Truth About Mary Shelley
4 November 2025Frankenstein and his monster are household names - even if one is often confused for the other. But what of their creator?
In this episode...
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Ad Gefrin: Anglo-Saxon Palace
4 November 2025Dr. Eleanor Janega is on a field trip to uncover the secrets of the Anglo-Saxon palace at Ad Gefrin, the summer residence of King Edwin of...
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Bleeding Kansas: Start of the Civil War?
3 November 2025Was 'Bleeding Kansas' a dress rehearsal for the Civil War to come? During the 1850s pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers clashed in the newly...
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The Perfume Poisoner Who Killed 500 Men
3 November 2025Deep in Renaissance Rome, it is said that a woman called Giulia Tofana supplied poison to kill some 500 abusive men.
Is this the stuff of...
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King vs. Emperor: The Battle of Pavia, 1525
3 November 2025500 years ago, the fields outside Pavia in Italy became the stage for one of the most dramatic and decisive battles of the Renaissance. Francis I...
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Daily Life in the Roman Empire
3 November 2025Anno 117: Pax Romana presents a different side of the Roman Empire - a multicultural world where people from diverse backgrounds lived side by...
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The First Day of the Somme
3 November 2025In partnership with Findmypast, Dan narrates the extraordinary story of the bloodiest day of the First World War. The first day of the Somme saw...
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Fall of Babylon
2 November 2025The year is 539 BC. The greatest city of the ancient world has fallen. Babylon has opened it's gates to a new conqueror: the mighty Persian king...
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Introducing a chilling new podcast: TWISTED TALES WITH HEIDI WONG
1 November 2025Reality is the real horror.
Every Monday, poet and paranormal obsessive Heidi Wong unearths the chilling true stories behind the world’s...
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Inside the Icelandic Witch Trials
31 October 2025Picture a witch. Chances are, you're thinking of a woman.
But in 17th century Iceland, over 90% of the people killed for being a witch, were...
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Medieval Hallowe'en
31 October 2025Come with us down the dark, damp woodland lane for Gone Medieval's Halloween Spooktacular.
Matt Lewis is joined by Amy Boucher and Alix...
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Ancient Irish Funeral Traditions
31 October 2025Have you ever been to an Irish wake? If so, you may have heard of the ancient tradition of keening or the superstition of the 'hungry grass'. In...
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American Origins of Halloween
30 October 2025How did the pre-Christian commemoration of Samhain travel across the seas from Ancient Ireland to America? And how did it evolve into the...
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Truth About Irish Funeral Beliefs
30 October 2025What are the origins of keening for the dead? What is the history of Irish wakes? And why must you never put a coffin down on the way to the...
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Diary of Samuel Pepys
30 October 2025Professor Suzannah Lipscomb unlocks the pages of one of the most extraordinary diaries ever written. Samuel Pepys chronicled his life in...
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