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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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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19:01
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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41:30
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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42:21
Liberation of Dachau
3 April 2023A warning that this episode contains descriptions of genocide and terms for groups which were classified that way at the time.
In April...
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23:12
The Rise of Zelenskyy
2 April 2023Volodymyr Zelenskyy's meteoric rise to power has been packed with drama and action. His journey has taken him from a Russian-speaking, aspiring...
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21:30
Assassins vs Templars: Robert de Sablé
2 April 2023What does it take to be the Grand Master of the Knights Templar? Robert de Sablé, born into a respected military family in France was the 11th...
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23:05
April Fool's Day
2 April 2023When does spaghetti grow on trees? When can you milk a duck? When does Google read your brainwaves? On April Fool’s Day!
Come with us into...
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36:47
Alexandria: The Sunken City
2 April 2023The Egyptian city of Alexandria was one of the greatest cities of the ancient Mediterranean world. Founded by Alexander the Great himself in...
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37:47
Medieval Origins of Coronations
1 April 2023A coronation is a moment of history packed with symbolism and meaning, and throughout April 2023 Gone Medieval will be your perfect historical...
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40:50
Early Modern Murder
31 March 2023What was the early modern version of CSI? Why might whole pubs have been singing an executed person’s final words? And was the crime of murder...
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42:22
Churchill's Darkest Hour
31 March 2023Winston Churchill's ascension to Prime Minister in 1940 was a key turning point in world history, ultimately being one of the first steps to help...
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40:29
Septimius Severus
30 March 2023Given his incredible career, you'd perhaps expect the name of Roman Emperor Septimius Severus to be better known. Born in North Africa in 145AD,...
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