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.
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Vaccine Roll Outs: Tragedy and Triumph
23 November 2020Paul Offit is on the US Food and Drug Administration's advisory panel on vaccines. He talked Dan through the history of massive public vaccination...
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00:27:57
Crucible of Our Modern World
23 November 2020The crucible of our modern world is commonly thought to be the 1960s, but Charles Emmerson thinks that it could be argued to have been the tumultuous...
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00:58:14
In Conversation with Astronaut Al Worden
22 November 2020Al Worden was an American astronaut and engineer who was the Command Module Pilot for the Apollo 15 lunar mission in 1971. He is one of only 24...
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Linothorax: Kevlar of the Ancients
22 November 2020The House of the Faun in Pompeii is known for being one of the largest and most impressive private residences in the ancient city. Among its many...
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00:23:00
Bloody Sunday 100 Years On
21 November 2020Diarmaid Ferriter joined me on the podcast to talk about the events of Bloody Sunday on 21st November 1920, which marked a decisive turning-point in...
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From Dynamite to Drones: How Terrorist Technologies Impacted the Start of the First World War
20 November 2020Professor Audrey Cronin is the world's leading expert in Terrorism and Technology. She has released a new book, Power to the People, and spoke with...
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Iceland's Titanic: The SS Godafoss
20 November 2020On 10 November 1944, the Icelandic steam merchant ship SS Godafoss was hit by a German U-boat torpedo. She sank in 7 minutes, killing everybody on...
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Abraham Lincoln with Sidney Blumenthal
19 November 2020Sidney Blumenthal joined me on the podcast to talk about the political life of Abraham Lincoln and what his legacy means today.
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Volcanic Vineyards of Pompeii
19 November 2020An ancient town, buried and preserved beneath volcanic ash, Pompeii is a gift to archaeologists and historians seeking to find out more about the...
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00:16:56
The Pioneers of Egyptology
18 November 2020Chris Naunton joined me on the podcast to talk about the work of the many people who contributed to our understanding of ancient Egypt. Subscribe...
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00:30:39
Douglas Haig: The Most Hated Man in Modern British History?
18 November 2020Sir Douglas Haig was a British commander during the Battle of the Somme, the Battle of Arras, the Battle of Passchendaele, the German Spring...
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00:19:47
How Deep History Swung the US Election
17 November 2020Lewis Dartnell joined me on the podcast to talk about a theory that links the outcome of the US election to geology. Subscribe to History Hit and...
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I’m a Celeb Special: Gwrych Castle
16 November 2020Gwrych Castle dominates the road into North Wales. A sprawling Victorian ruin on land that belonged to the same family for over 500 years. It is now...
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00:20:24
Suicide at the Fall of Nazi Germany
16 November 2020There is almost no end to the dark secrets that emerge from the smashed ruins of 1945 Europe. Dr Florian Huber has spent years researching the...
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00:31:32
SAS: Band of Brothers
15 November 2020June 1944: the SAS parachute deep into occupied France, to wreak havoc and bloody mayhem. In a country crawling with the enemy, their mission is to...
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Terror in the Teutoburg Forest
15 November 2020Its been used for nationalist propaganda across the ages and its just been dramatised for Netflix, but what do we actually know about the Battle of...
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00:21:58
Coventry's Blitz
14 November 2020David McGrory joined me on the podcast to discuss Coventry’s Blitz. On the night of 14 November 1940, a Luftwaffe air raid devastated the city of...
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00:29:43
The History of Beer with Pete Brown
13 November 2020Pete Brown used to advertise lager for a living, until he realised that writing books about beer was even more fun, and entailed drinking even more...
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One Family, 600 Years of Farming in England's Lake District
12 November 2020James Rebanks joined me on the podcast to tell the history of his family farm in the Lake District hills. This was part of an ancient agricultural...
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Agrippa and Augustus: The Golden Age
12 November 2020The Romans, an ancient conquering civilisation with an empire that spread from Europe across the Balkans to the Middle East and North Africa. For...
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The Unknown Warrior
11 November 2020100 years ago today, the Unknown Warrior, a common soldier and an unidentified casualty of war, was buried in Westminster Abbey with all the pomp and...
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