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 First CIA Mission to Afghanistan
25 April 2022In September 2001, Al-Qaeda had struck and America was aghast. Eight brave CIA officers set the pace, being the first Americans to step foot on...
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The Death of King George V: A Royal Murder Mystery
24 April 2022Just before midnight on January 20, 1936, King George V died at Sandringham, in Norfolk, England. The scandal of King George V’s reign would not...
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Tanks
24 April 2022Tanks defined 20th century conflict — they conjure to mind images of Tiananmen Square or the Soviet Army rolling into a liberated Berlin. But...
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Saint George
24 April 2022The 23rd of April marks Saint George's Day - but who are we actually celebrating? Is there any truth behind the myth of the man who slew the...
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Global Middle Ages with Peter Frankopan
23 April 2022The term “Middle Ages” is commonly used but really only applies to a Western European view of history. It was created at the beginning of the...
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The Falklands War: An Argentinian Veteran's Perspective
22 April 2022The Falklands War, or the Guerra de las Malvinas? For today’s guest, it was the latter. Roberto Herrscher grew up singing the songs of the...
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Victoria: A Greedy Queen
22 April 2022Warning: There are adult themes, explicit language and references of disordered eating and diets in this episode.
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Victoria: A Greedy Queen
21 April 2022Warning: There are adult themes, explicit language and references of disordered eating and diets in this episode.
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29:03
Milton's Paradise Lost: An Epic Poem
21 April 2022In 1667 - 355 years ago this month - a young London publisher called Samuel Simmons printed a very important book - John Milton's Paradise Lost....
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Food in the Greco-Roman World
21 April 2022When we think of the modern Mediterranean, delicious and vibrant food is one of the first things that come to mind. But how much has the regional...
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Nature in Abandoned Places with Cal Flyn
21 April 2022From ghost towns to nuclear exclusion zones, what happens when nature reclaims derelict spaces?
Award-winning writer Cal Flyn is On...
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31:41
The History of the RNLI
20 April 2022Since its foundation in 1824, the volunteers of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution have been braving the most savage of elements at sea to...
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Voices of Waterloo
20 April 2022On Sunday 18 June 1815 60,000 men were slaughtered in the Battle of Waterloo. Napoleon Bonaparte's French army was finally defeated by an almighty...
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23:09
The Origin of Zero
20 April 2022Nada, naught, nil, zip, zilch, zero. Whatever you call it, it's hard to imagine the world without it. Zero is the basis for all modern computing...
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Operation Mincemeat: The Deception that Changed WWII
19 April 2022It’s 1943. The Allies are determined to break Hitler’s grip on occupied Europe and plan an all-out assault on Sicily, but they face an...
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Voodoo & Vodou
19 April 2022Warning: This episode includes strong language and some adult themes.
What comes to mind when you see the word voodoo? Most people tend to...
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28:51
The Northman: How to Put Vikings On Screen
19 April 2022The Northman now showing in UK cinemas is an action-filled epic that follows a young Viking prince on his quest to avenge his father's...
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42:56
Medieval Sex
19 April 2022*WARNING this episode includes explicit language and adult themes*
What were your medieval ancestors getting up to in the bedroom? Join sex...
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Josephine Baker: Entertainer and Spy
18 April 2022On November 30th, 2021, Josephine Baker, the French-American performer, second world war resistance hero, and activist became the first Black...
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How Tudor England Treated Outsiders
18 April 2022The recently released film Lapwing is set during the Tudor period, one year after the Egyptian Act of 1554 effectively criminalised Romani people...
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Hidden Treasures: Britain's Art in WW2
18 April 2022As Europe prepared for the Second World War, a challenge presented itself to the men and women of Britain’s museums, galleries and archives: how...
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