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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Ireland Under the Brutal Tudors
29 January 2026What impact did the Tudors have on Ireland, not just in the councils of kings and earls, but in the rhythms of ordinary life? What were the...
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The First Popes
29 January 2026What do we know about the earliest Popes, and how did they shape the early Christian Church amidst persecution?
Tristan Hughes is joined by...
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The Most Notorious Sex Worker of 18th Century Dublin
27 January 2026Dublin in the 18th century was a wealthy colonial capitol, but only for a select few.
Amongst this hugely divided and politically charged...
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What Caused the Viking Age?
27 January 2026A wind whips across the North Sea as dragon-headed ships cut through the waves towards Anglo-Saxon England. Their arrival marks the start of the...
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America's Worst General
26 January 2026Who was the worst American army general of all time? We round off our month of military history by looking at the leaders who standout for all the...
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The Dambusters Raid Explained
26 January 2026In May 1943, the RAF launched one of the Second World War’s most audacious missions: the Dambusters Raid. Today, we follow the raid as it...
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The Tang Dynasty: The End of China's Golden Age?
26 January 2026Assassin’s Creed Dynasty provides a vivid recreation of China as it was 1300 years ago, during the reign of the Tang Dynasty. The story focuses...
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Elizabeth I's Doctor - & Poisoner?
26 January 2026Why was a Portuguese-born Jewish doctor, who rose to become Elizabeth I’s chief physician, brutally executed for treason in a scandal that...
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Who Was the Witchfinder General?
26 January 2026Mathew Hopkins, also known as the ‘Witchfinder General,’ was responsible for a campaign of terror across 17th-century England. In just a few...
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Xerxes the Great
25 January 2026He is one of the most famous rulers of the ancient world, remembered for leading a vast Persian invasion of Greece. Yet Xerxes the Great was far...
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How Filthy was the Renaissance?
23 January 2026The Renaissance, a period of transformation in art, learning, philosophy and science that brought us Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael and...
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The Hospitallers: Warrior Monks
23 January 2026Matt Lewis explores the evolution of the Knights Hospitaller, from charitable brotherhood to a formidable fighting force at the heart of the...
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Origins of the First Amendment
22 January 2026The First Amendment of the US Constitution is just forty-five words long, but its impact has drastically shaped American life. For much of...
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Girl With a Pearl Earring: Identity Revealed
22 January 2026Could one of art’s greatest mysteries at last be solved? Who was the luminous girl with a pearl earring in Vermeer's iconic painting? ...
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The Origins of Rome's Empire
22 January 2026396 BC. The city of Veii lies in ruins, destroyed by Rome in a brutal act of early imperial expansion. Yet just six years later, Rome itself would...
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Inside A Medieval Leper Colony
22 January 2026Come back with us to a Medieval leper colony.
What was life really like for patients inside the gates? What did it mean when the 'leper...
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The Battle of Bosworth
22 January 2026In August 1485, the would-be king Henry Tudor went head-to-head with King Richard III - the final, decisive battle of the Wars of the Roses. Only...
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The Syphilis Explosion of the American Civil War
20 January 2026It's been estimated that between eight and twelve percent of soldiers contracted a venereal disease during the American Civil War. What on earth...
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The Eleanor Crosses
20 January 2026The death in 1290 of Eleanor of Castile, beloved Queen of King Edward I, sparked one of the grandest gestures of royal mourning in English...
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America's Greatest General
19 January 2026Eisenhower, Washington, Greene, Grant. There have been thousands of Generals in the United States' Armed Forces. Picking out the best of the crop...
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The Victorian's Dark Obsession with Ancient Egypt
19 January 2026The Victorians had a lot of twisted fascinations, but their fixation on Ancient Egypt might be the darkest of the lot.
From 'mummy...
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