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 French & Indian War with Dan Snow
19 December 2022As the British and French colonies in North America expanded in the middle of the 18th century, they inevitably clashed. Fighting between the two...
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31:20
The Real SAS Rogue Heroes
19 December 2022The Special Air Service, more colloquially known as the SAS, was the creation of Officer David Stirling during the Second World War. Located in...
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Tudor Christmas Carols
19 December 2022A Tudor Christmas would have probably featured as much singing as we have today, if not more, and surprisingly many of the carols would have been...
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27:20
Who Was Jesus, The Man?
19 December 2022Followed by billions and worshipped across the planet, Jesus is the most famous person who ever lived. Jesus Christ is revered as a prophet and...
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Monopoly
18 December 2022There’s so many versions of Monopoly these days. Which one is the original? London? No. Atlantic City? Uh uh. The original had property names...
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The Rise and Fall of Crassus
18 December 2022Often overshadowed by his more successful peers (anyone heard of Julius Caesar?), Crassus' rise and fall from power is that of legend. A Roman...
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41:55
Finding Richard III
17 December 2022In recent weeks, cinema audiences have been enjoying The Lost King, which tells the story of the efforts of amateur historian Philippa Langley to...
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50:38
CIA & the Nazis
16 December 2022The Cold War saw an era of heightened tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union - double agents, clashing political ideologies, and...
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45:03
Alexander the Great's Sex Life
16 December 2022Did Alexander the Great and the Queen of the Amazons really have sex for 13 days solid? What do we know about his male lovers? And how did his sex...
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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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44:24
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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50:57
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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'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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27:41
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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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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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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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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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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