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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The Road to Civil Rights
10 April 2023Under segregation, African Americans' lives were severely limited. Restricted entry to public places, private businesses and public transport,...
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35:55
The Secret History of Nuclear War
10 April 2023Why is it that nobody has used the absolute weapon, the nuclear bomb, since 1945? Was it ever likely that the American arsenal would be used...
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52:15
Catherine Howard: Henry VIII's Fifth Wife
10 April 2023Catherine Howard was Queen Consort - and fifth wife - to Henry VIII for just 16 months before he had her executed for treason for committing...
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The Assassination that Ended South African Apartheid
9 April 2023The assassination of Chris Hani was a pivotal moment in the dismantling of South African apartheid. On the 10th of April, 1993, he was shot dead...
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34:36
Assassins vs Templars: The Assassins & The Crusaders
9 April 2023In 1192, Conrad of Montferrat was assassinated, the question was, did Richard I have anything to do with it? Then, 80 years later Lord Edward, who...
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47:46
Athena: Goddess of Wisdom
9 April 2023This episode contains graphic references of a sexual nature.
Athena is the goddess of wisdom, tactical war and skilled craft in Greek...
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50:09
Vasectomies
9 April 2023Why did Sigmund Freud want a vasectomy at 67 years old? Why were goat gonads all the rage in the 1920s? Who was the first person to get the...
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44:32
Tournaments & Rebellion in Historical Fiction
8 April 2023The Second Baron’s War was a time of great unrest and upheaval in 13th century England. Fought just decades after the signing of Magna Carta, it...
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36:55
AI At War: Killer Robots
7 April 2023What if we could take people completely out of the equation when planning military strikes? Lethal autonomous weapons systems use artificial...
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34:15
Sports Bra
7 April 2023REAL LIFE INVENTOR ALERT!!!
Two jockstraps cleverly sewn together. That was how the very first sports bra was made in 1977. The product...
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27:50
Hudson River: America's First Art Movement
6 April 2023English-born artist Thomas Cole emigrated to the United States in 1818. Six years later he began what is now known as the Hudson River School,...
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33:46
Mary, Queen of Scots on Film: Historians’ Verdict
6 April 2023What do you get when you bring together five top historians to debate Mary, Queen of Scots on film? History with the gloves off - our second...
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41:13
Rise of the Assyrians
6 April 2023At its pinnacle, the kingdom of Assyria stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf, a feat few could compare with in 660BCE....
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41:23
The Rise and Fall of Saddam Hussein
5 April 2023Perhaps one of the best-known modern dictators, Saddam Hussein ruled Iraq for nearly 30 years before eventually being overthrown in 2003 by the US...
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49:23
AI
5 April 2023Get ready for the coming of our robot overlords by listening to this episode all about the history of AI. Who was Shakey the robot? Why did we...
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Massacre on the Slave Ship Zong
4 April 2023Please note, this episode contains descriptions of racial violence that some listeners may find disturbing.
In November 1781, a British...
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31:56
Excavating An Anglo-Saxon Palace: Ad Gefrin
4 April 2023Though today it is just a muddy field, the small hamlet of Yeavering was once a bustling centre of Anglo-Saxon power in the North of England. At...
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50:32
A History of the C-Word
4 April 2023WARNING: This episode includes adult content and explicit language. As offensive terms go, you are entering a hard hat area.
It’s one of...
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23:18
Operation Paperclip: America's Nazi Scientists
3 April 2023In the aftermath of the Second World War, the Allied Powers sent research teams into the ruins of the Third Reich to cherry-pick the best German...
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32:43
Espionage & Enslavement in the Revolution
3 April 2023Claire Bellerjeau tells Don the the story of Liss, an enslaved Black woman in 18th century New York, and her involvement with one of George...
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Creator of Don Quixote: Cervantes
3 April 2023In the early 17th century, an aged veteran of Spain's wars against the Ottoman Empire published a book. It was the story of a poor nobleman who...
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