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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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.
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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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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!
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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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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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27:51
French Spies in the American Revolution
30 March 2023The story of the American Revolution is one of the best known in American history. But it could have been very different. Outgunned and outmanned...
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Troy
30 March 2023Often thought of as an ancient, mythical idea, immortalised in the works of Homer, it's hard to imagine Troy as real place. But when Heinrich...
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36:34
How People Died in 16th Century London
30 March 2023In one week in London in September, 1665, no fewer than 47 different causes of death were reported, including consumption, fever, dropsy, being...
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The Space Shuttle
29 March 2023Over a period of 30 years, NASA's Space Shuttle program contributed to some of space exploration's most important achievements, as well as some of...
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30:34
Fish Tanks and Aquariums
29 March 2023Early aquariums didn't have much more in them than some sorry looking trout. Yet such was the excitement at being able to see this underwater...
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34:14
Scott's Last Days in the Antarctic
28 March 2023Captain Robert Falcon Scott died in his tent in Antarctica in March 1912 during his failed effort to become the first person to reach the South...
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Pestle or Sex Toy? The Roman 'Dildo'
28 March 2023You may have seen the news that archaeologists have been reassessing a phallic object from Vindolanda Roman Fort in the north of...
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Vikings in Spain
28 March 2023When we think of Vikings, we tend to picture them in the colder climates of Northern Europe, and not so much in the warmer regions of Spain and...
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26:50
HMS Victory
27 March 2023During the Battle of Trafalgar, the men on the gun decks of HMS Victory felt the heat of fire from above and from below; they dodged enemy cannon...
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38:00
The White House Chief of Staff
27 March 2023While the President of the United States is often seen as the most powerful person in the world, the vastness of the Federal government is too...
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44:40
Rise of ISIS
27 March 2023This episode contains graphic references of violence and torture
The rise of Islamic State (ISIS) stands as one of the darkest legacies of...
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38:51
Pieter Bruegel the Elder: Renaissance Painter
27 March 2023During a time of increasing religious and political conflict, Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s paintings portrayed work and pleasure, rituals and...
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