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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Medieval Pubs
18 November 2022For centuries, the pub has played a central role in our lives and communities. Throughout Britain, there are many pubs saying that they are the...
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Who Really Invented the Light Bulb?
17 November 2022While Thomas Edison is widely credited as the inventor of the electric lightbulb in 1879, it had existed in one form or another since the the...
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Valley of the Kings
17 November 2022On the west bank of the Nile, across from the ancient city of Thebes, lies the Valley of the Kings - the final resting place of several Pharaohs...
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Henry VIII’s Lost Brother, Prince Arthur
17 November 2022During the early part of the sixteenth century England should have been ruled by King Arthur Tudor with his wife Catherine of Aragon as Queen. Had...
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The Budget: Britain's Financial Crisis Explained
17 November 2022Rising interest, cost of living crisis, energy prices at an all-time high- is Britain's precarious financial situation the fault of policymakers...
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Warhammer
16 November 2022***Real life inventor alert*** We speak to Rick Priestley the co-creator of the weird world of Warhammer where valiant humans, noble elves, savage...
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Band of Brothers: A New Discovery
16 November 2022In part 2 of this series on Easy Company and the American 101st Airborne Division, we are back in the village of Aldbourne, following in the steps...
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878 AD: A Key Anglo-Saxon Year
15 November 2022878 AD witnessed a pivotal moment in the history of England as an emerging, unified nation, with the defeat of the Vikings by Alfred the Great at...
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Heartthrobs
15 November 2022What makes a heartthrob? Is he brooding, flamboyant or a bad boy? And what qualities translate to sex symbol status in society?
Which men...
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Band of Brothers: Yanks in Britain
15 November 2022In the first of this 2-part series dedicated to the legacy of Easy Company and the American 101st Airborne Division, Dan visits the idyllic...
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The Whiskey Rebellion
14 November 2022The Whiskey Tax, imposed in 1791, was the first federal tax on a domestic product by a United States government. It was introduced by Alexander...
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Oliver Cromwell’s Republic
14 November 2022On 30 January 1649, King Charles I was executed for treason. Within weeks the monarchy had been abolished and the House of Lords discarded. The...
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Mussolini's Rise & Fall
14 November 2022Exactly a century after the 1922 March on Rome which brought fascist dictator Benito Mussolini to power, the far-right party Brothers of Italy...
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Sunken Swedish Warship Discovered!
14 November 2022In December 2021, marine archaeologists working alongside the Swedish Navy came across the wreck of a 17th-century warship in the Stockholm...
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Batteries
13 November 2022Hold onto your fishing rods guys. We’re tracking down the origins of batteries and it turns out it has a lot to do with a fish with a nasty...
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54:55
Zeus: King of the Gods
13 November 2022Zeus, the chief deity in Greek mythology, is the Olympian god of sky and thunder, and is king of all other gods and men.
His tale is one of...
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Executions in Medieval London
12 November 2022Public executions were a major part of Londoners’ lives from the 12th century right through to the 19th. Now the Museum of London Docklands has...
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Origins of WW1: Beyond the Archduke
11 November 2022The 11th of November marks Remembrance Day, a memorial day honoured since the end of the First World War. Hostilities ended on the 11th hour of...
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Hacks, Hitler & the Hotel Imperial
11 November 2022We might now be used to hearing about the intimate details of celebrities and world leaders, but when did this become the norm?
In the lead...
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Lost Recordings from the Front Line
11 November 2022Often faster than letters sent by ship, WWII soldiers stationed in South East Asia would send heartfelt and humorous video messages to their loved...
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African Americans in WW2
10 November 2022The experience of African Americans in World War 2 was, to say the least, a gross double standard. While fascism was confronted in the name of...
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