History Hit Podcasts

Locks and the Great Lock Controversy

In Victorian England, a prisoner was promised their freedom if only they could pick a lock...

This week on Patented it's the history of...

Human Origins: Australopithecus

For millions of years, Australopithecus thrived in Africa's vast landscapes, laying the groundwork for the emergence of the Homo genus. Later,...

The Greatest Medieval Divorce Scandal

In 855, the Carolingian king Lothar II was married to the aristocratic Teutberga for political reasons. But there was a third...

Vietnam War & Australia

With discussions of the Vietnam War often focusing on the United States' role and position on the Asian continent, countries like Australia...

Victorian Pregnancy & Childbirth: The Untold History

Why did Victorian doctors recommend women to lie still in solitary confinement for days after giving birth? What was the 'sit up and cough'...

The Wright Brothers

Approximately 100 thousand flights take off and land each and every day. A months long journey on a boat is condensed to just a few hours with the...

Ravenna and the Fall of Rome

The fall of the Western Roman Empire stands as one of the most monumental moments in ancient history, symbolising the end of centuries of Roman...

Elizabethan 'Travel Liar': The Truth about David Ingram

In 1567, a sailor named David Ingram sailed from Plymouth with 400 others on a slaving expedition. The ensuing events read like a fantastic...

The British Empire

The British Empire was one of the most influential and far-reaching empires in history. Dan and his guest journalist and author Sathnam Sanghera...

Suffragette Scientists

Hold onto your lab coats, because the suffragette scientists are here to shake things up! Patricia Fara, author of A Lab of One's Own, joins...

Hiding Anne Frank

In this episode of Warfare, host James Patton Rogers is joined by Tony Phelan and Susanna Fogel, creators of the new TV series A Small Light,...

The Pre-Raphaelites: Art & Sexual Liberation

The Pre-Raphaelites: Art & Sexual Liberation

If there’s one thing we like to embrace on this podcast, it’s a slice of controversy. Which...

Medieval Japan: Myths of the Samurai

Medieval Japan - especially its stories of fearless Samurai and Ninja warriors - have an enduring place in our consciousness. But how true are...

D-Day: Britain and America's 'Special Relationship'

The 6th of June, 1944 was the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany and the pinnacle of the 'special relationship' between Britain and the United...

White Women Slave Owners

Of all of the people enslaved in the southern United States over time, 40% of them were owned by women. For example, when she married George...

D-Day: US Airpower with WW2 Veteran Chuck Richardson

On June 6th 1944, Allied forces launched a massive amphibious invasion of Normandy, France - the operation involved over 150,000 troops from the...

Mary Queen of Scots, Catherine de' Medici & Elisabeth de Valois

Three powerful Renaissance queens all lived together at the French court for many years. They were bound together through blood and marriage,...

The Ejector Seat

An ejector seat propels a human at speeds reaching 200 miles in less than a second. It can save a life... or snap a neck. John Nichol remembers...

Hieroglyphs

Vulture. Snake. Baboon in a Basket. Get ready for hieroglyphs, history, and hilarity as Dallas talks to Egyptologist Chris Naunton.

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Boudica's Battle of Britain

The Celtic queen who led a major uprising against the Roman Empire in ancient Britain, Boudica, is a name known throughout history. Her rebellion,...

Origins of the Forbidden Fruit Myth

How did the apple become the dominant symbol of temptation and sin, when it isn’t even mentioned in the Bible story of Adam and...