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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Germany's Extreme Monarchists
16 December 2022Last week a celebrity chef, former police officers and serving army officers were arrested in Germany as part of an extremist coup to overthrow...
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The War of 1812
15 December 2022In the early 19th century, amidst the Napoleonic wars, the British began restricting the United States’ trade with Europe. On top of this, the...
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Filth, Noise & Stench in England
15 December 2022In English cities of the 17th century, there was plenty to offend the eyes, ears, nose, taste buds, and skin of inhabitants. Residents were...
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Hammurabi: Rise of the Babylonians
15 December 20222000 BC saw the famed city of Babylon begin to flourish under the rule of a King called Hammurabi. Renowned for his famous law code, the stele of...
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28:47
'My Grandfather, the Wehrmacht General in Russia'
15 December 2022Angela Findlay was determined to find out if her grandfather, Karl von Graffen, was a Nazi and what he did on the Eastern front. An artist and...
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Tupperware
14 December 2022Today it’s a Tupperware party and you’re all invited! Tupperware epitomises the post-war suburban dream. But pop open the lid and peep inside...
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Tattoos
14 December 2022There are many common misconceptions and misunderstandings about Tattoos. They can act as a window into the social economic and cultural issues of...
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37:40
Trash
13 December 2022From reality television to theatre productions to foreign goods, the word trash has a long history of being used to deride things that are thought...
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29:15
Battle of Maldon
13 December 2022Dr. Cat Jarman finds out more about a fragment of Old English poetry that depicts one of the defining conflicts of 10th century England - the...
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34:04
Modern Medicine
13 December 2022The American Civil War saw a transformation in medical provision on the battlefield. A loose grouping of medical practitioners was reshaped into a...
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40:05
The Assassination of President McKinley
12 December 2022On 5th September, 1901, President William McKinley attended a public reception at the Pan American Exposition, a 6-month-long World’s Fair, in...
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24:07
World Wars & World Cups
12 December 2022An accusation that has dogged the Qatar World Cup throughout the tournament is that of ‘sportswashing’. You’ve probably seen it in an...
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The First Printed English Bible
12 December 2022England was the only European country that completely banned translating the Bible. The dissident Lollards had produced one after the death of...
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37:00
Stalingrad
12 December 2022The Battle of Stalingrad was the deadliest battle of the Second World War, and one of the bloodiest in the history of warfare. Infamous for its...
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24:57
Emojis 😊💩🍆
11 December 2022The hieroglyphs seem to hold a lot of secrets about Ancient Egyptians. What do emojis say about us? What on earth is their story?
Emojis...
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Hera: Queen of the Gods
11 December 2022Hera, the wife and sister of Zeus, goddess of marriage, royalty and women, is the Queen of the Gods in Greek mythology.
Despite her seat of...
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30:05
Origins of Carols
10 December 2022The Christmas carols we sing each year share roots in medieval church music. But as Matt Lewis finds out in this episode, carols were not just for...
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40:22
The Spies Who Built the CIA
9 December 2022The CIA is one of the most well-known and powerful government organisations across the globe. But who's responsible for its creation, and why have...
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58:09
The Last Dambuster: Johnny Johnson
9 December 2022Of all the air raids carried out during World War Two, none are as enduringly famous as the attack by Lancaster Bombers against the dams of...
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35:30
Pearl Harbor
8 December 2022On the morning of 7th December 1941, hundreds of Japanese planes took off from aircraft carriers and attacked Pearl Harbor, on Oahu island,...
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38:07
Carausius: The Pirate King
8 December 2022With ancient Rome often being viewed as a mighty, impenetrable empire - it seems unlikely that one man, let alone a pirate, could ever bring this...
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