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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A History of Iran
15 January 2026How does Iran's history underpin today's unrest? Dan traces more than 2,500 years of Iran's story — from the first Persian empires through...
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The Deadly Arctic Witch Trials
15 January 2026It all started when a huge storm drowned 40 men on Christmas Eve, 1617.
The people of Vardø, northern Norway, needed someone to...
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Hamnet
15 January 2026How much do we really know about William Shakespeare, his wife Anne Hathaway, and the family tragedies that may have shaped the bard's greatest...
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How to Survive on Hadrian’s Wall
15 January 2026Step into the daily lives of those stationed along Hadrian's Wall, from Roman soldiers to civilians. Tristan Hughes and Dr. Francis Macintosh are...
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The Sagas of the Earls of Orkney
13 January 2026Sail north with Gone Medieval to Orkney’s storm-lashed islands, where saints, shipwrecks, blood-feuds and tax disputes all unfold in the Sagas...
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Who Was the Victorian Thames Torso Murderer? With Lucy Worsley
13 January 2026For over a century, a series of gruesome murders have gone unsolved. Until now?
The Thames Torso Killer terrified Victorian Londoners by...
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America's Most Innovative General
12 January 2026New weapons, new opponents, new technology - as warfare evolves, armies need generals able to evolve with it. In this episode, Don is joined by...
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U.S. Interventions in Latin America and Beyond
12 January 2026For over 200 years, American presidents have repeatedly justified intervention as 'protection' - from the Monroe Doctrine of the 1820s, Teddy...
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The Great Fire of London As It Happened
12 January 2026The Fire that struck London in 1666 was one of the city's darkest chapters. In this episode, Anthony and Maddy examine the accounts of people who...
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Tudor True Crime: Murder in Renaissance Rome
12 January 2026This episode contains discussions of incest and sexual assault.
Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by historical novelist Elizabeth...
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Rasputin: Russia's Greatest Propaganda Machine?
12 January 2026Grigori Rasputin is a household name, mostly thanks to the Boney M song. And such is Rasputin’s reputation that you can’t help but think of...
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Medea: Maligned Sorceress or Heartless Murderer?
11 January 2026She helped Jason win the Golden Fleece, betrayed her own family, and became one of the most feared figures in Greek myth. Medea’s name has...
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How Filthy Were the Egyptians?
9 January 2026Lead in eyes, scented animal fat melting over wigs, teen circumcision - the Ancient Egyptians went to great lengths for beauty and hygiene. So how...
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Tower of London: Medieval Prison
9 January 2026Locked in the Tower of London after hours, Matt Lewis searches for his vanished co‑host Dr. Eleanor Janega. They swap wild escape stories of...
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How Revolutionary was the Declaration of Independence?
8 January 2026In July 1776, a group of men in Philadelphia committed an unthinkable act: they challenged one of the most powerful empires in the world by...
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Fall of Sparta
8 January 2026How did Sparta, the most feared military state in ancient Greece, fall from grace in a single generation?
In this episode of The Ancients,...
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Elizabeth I's Succession Crisis
8 January 2026What happens when a Queen refuses to name her heir? How does she hold her kingdom together when every courtier is secretly preparing for her...
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A history of (American) occupation in Greenland
8 January 2026This isn't the first or even second time the U.S has made moves to procure Greenland in the last 160 years. President Donald Trump has stepped up...
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Day in the Life of a Salem Puritan
8 January 2026What did it feel like to wake up Salem Village during the darkest days of the witch trials? Would you be able to swallow down your beer and...
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How to Survive as a Medieval Single Woman
6 January 2026Being single in 2026 is a major disadvantage, so what was it like as a single woman in the Medieval period?!
Joining Kate today is the...
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Tower of London: Medieval Palace
6 January 2026In the first of two special episodes from the iconic Tower of London, Dr. Eleanor Janega charts the transformation of the William the Conqueror's...
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