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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WW2: The Moro Warriors
3 October 2022The resistance fighters of the Moro, an indigenous Muslim population of the Philippines, have been described as most the most successful and...
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The Raising of the Mary Rose
3 October 2022Forty years ago on 11 October 1982, after 437 years under water, Henry VIII’s warship, the Mary Rose, was raised from the seabed of the...
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The Energy Crisis: 2022 vs 1973
2 October 2022A long dark, cold winter looms with soaring energy prices. Some of the advice we've heard recently includes buying a new kettle or taking a...
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The Rise and Fall of Roman London
2 October 2022In 43 AD, the Romans set up temporary forts along the banks of a river to wait for their Emperor, Claudius, to march onto the enemy capital of...
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FORENSICS: Lie Detectors
2 October 2022What does Wonder Woman have to do with the invention of the lie detector? Does refusing to yank a donkey’s tail make you a liar? Is it folly to...
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26:01
The World’s Greatest Cathedrals
1 October 2022The emergence of the Gothic style in twelfth-century France - with its pointed arches, flying buttresses and stained glass windows - triggered an...
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Patton: America's Greatest General?
30 September 2022General George S. Patton was one of America's most successful - and indeed unconventional - military leaders.
From a young age, 'Georgie'...
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38:43
Bad King James VI & I
30 September 2022You might know him best as the longest reigning Scottish king, the son of Mary, Queen of Scots, the father of Charles I, or the eponymous poster...
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39:18
The Evolution of Warfare with Sir Lawrence Freedman
29 September 2022From the stone age to current day, from sticks and rocks to drones and artillery - the nature of warfare has changed drastically throughout...
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43:02
Battle of Midway
29 September 2022The Battle of Midway took place between the US and Japan in June 1942. The US victory, after 4 days of fighting in the air and sea around the...
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46:22
The Real King Arthur: Ambrosius Aurelianus
29 September 2022A friend of Merlin, the husband of Guinevere, and the inspiration for numerous Hollywood blockbusters - the story of King Arthur is known by many...
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26:25
Remembering Hilary Mantel
29 September 2022Dame Hilary Mantel died on 22 September 2022 at the age of 70. Her acclaimed Wolf Hall trilogy - which brought the life of Thomas Cromwell so...
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The Atomic Bomb & the Secret City
28 September 2022In 1939 Franklin D Roosevelt received a letter from Albert Einstein, warning him that the Nazis might be developing nuclear...
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40:44
Space Food
28 September 2022If humans travel to Mars then by the time they come home all the food they eat will be five years old. Want a bite?
Food often gets...
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23:43
What Could Labour Learn From Harold Wilson?
27 September 2022In the week of the Labour Party when polls indicate that the party is likely to form the next government, it seems an opportune moment to examine...
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Private Members’ Clubs
27 September 2022Private Members’ Clubs are often the location of suspected scandal - from Oscar Wilde to Chris Pincher, what happens behind these elitist...
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King Cnut & the End of the Viking Age
27 September 2022Dr. Cat Jarman concludes her month-long series about her favourite, specialist subject - the Vikings.
Cnut the Great became King of England...
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21:03
A Short History of the Bank of England
26 September 2022As the UK's bond market has suffered its biggest fall in decades and the pound has reached its lowest ever price against the US dollar, Dan talks...
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29:00
Hollywood Blacklist
26 September 2022After World War 2 ended, the Nazis defeated, America feared communist infiltration of its institutions, among them, Hollywood.
In November...
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48:21
War Crimes
26 September 2022Warning: This episode contains content that some listeners may find upsetting
No matter the war being fought, it's a sad fact that war...
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The Sinking of the Mary Rose
26 September 2022Exactly forty years ago, in a groundbreaking and spectacular piece of marine conservation that captured the imagination of the world, the Mary...
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