History Hit Podcasts

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...

A History of Queer Women

One thing’s for certain, queer people have always been a part of society. The language may not have always been there to describe them in all of...

War Gaming the 19th Century

War Gaming, an activity that has been around as long as warfare itself, provides valuable insights into the complex nature of war. Whether it's...

California Gold Rush

From the rings on our fingers, to coins in our pockets and, for a select few, the medals hanging around our necks. Gold is one of the most coveted...

Origins of Horse Riding

Human and Horse relationships have long be intertwined; from the ancient Eurasian plain, through to modern cowboys. But how did these huge,...

Shakespeare's First Folio

Four hundred years ago in 1623, the first collected edition of Shakespeare's plays was printed. Known as the First Folio, the book was integral to...

Love and Lust in WWII

Though rarely spoken about, love, lust and sexuality were key to many soldiers' experiences of the Second World War. Veterans might allude to them...

Stone Tools: The First Ever Invention

Stone Tools are technology 1.0. They’re where it all begins. For millions of years, Stone Tools were our primary piece of technology. At some...

Murder in the Roman World

The Ancient Romans are often thought of as ahead of their time. They invented concrete, sophisticated road systems and even underfloor...

Origins of Scottish Independence

For the first time in 18 years, the Declaration of Arbroath - an iconic document in the story of the struggle for Scottish independence in the...