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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Escaping Slavery in London
21 February 2022In 1655, White Londoners began advertising in newspapers to retrieve enslaved people who had escaped. Groundbreaking research is bringing to...
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The Boy Who Fought for the Nazis
21 February 2022At the end of the Second World War thousands of German children were sent to the frontlines in the largest mobilisation of underage combatants in...
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The Last Invasion of Britain
21 February 2022Popular knowledge may claim Hastings as the site of the last invasion of mainland Britain by Norman forces in 1066. True, this was the last...
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Eureka! Innovation in Ancient Greece
20 February 2022It's often thought that the ancient Greeks were devout in tradition, strict in their ways and beliefs. But how true is this? When it comes to...
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Section 28 and Britain's Battle for LGBT+ Education
20 February 2022Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988 was a controversial amendment to the UK's Local Government Act 1986, enacted on 24 May 1988 and...
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The Rise & Fall of England's Richest Dynasty
19 February 2022Throughout Medieval history, figures like Joan of Arc, Henry VIII, and William the Conqueror are commonly forefront when many think of the middle...
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Crisis in Ukraine: Reporting the 2014 Revolution
18 February 2022With a 130,000 estimated Russian troops stationed at various points along the Ukrainian border - tensions are rising not only in eastern Europe,...
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ENDURANCE22: Dan's Diary #03
17 February 2022The Endurance22 crew have made it to the Weddell Sea and the point where they believe Shackleton’s ship sunk! It’s a rocky start as they begin...
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Women's Work in 17th Century London
17 February 2022In the late 17th century, young women arrived in London to earn their own living, with mistresses setting up shops and supervising female...
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The First Australians
17 February 2022Indigenous Australians have lived on the vast continent of Australia for thousands of years - but how have they survived isolation, extreme...
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River Kings: Epic Stories of the Viking Age
17 February 2022To mark the US release of our very own Dr Cat Jarman’s incredible book River Kings: A New History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk...
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Veganism with BOSH!
17 February 2022You wouldn't think Jimmy, a livestock farmer, and bestselling vegan authors, Henry Firth and Ian Theasby (aka the BOSH! guys), would have much in...
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Hitler's Atlantic Wall
16 February 2022The Atlantic Wall is one of the biggest construction projects in history a line of formidable defences stretching from the Pyrenees to the...
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ENDURANCE22: Arrival in Antarctica
16 February 2022Icebergs, albatrosses and growlers- the team have crossed the Antarctic circle! In the first of our episodes recorded from Antarctica, Dan takes...
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The Search for Alfred the Great's Tomb
15 February 2022Alfred the Great (r. 871-899) is without a doubt one of the best-known and most admired kings of early medieval England. We know quite a lot about...
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The Fall of Singapore: 80th Anniversary
15 February 2022The Fall of Singapore to the Japanese Army took place in the South-East Asian theatre of the Pacific War, with fighting in Singapore lasting...
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ENDURANCE22: Dan's Diary #02
14 February 2022Dan gives a quick update on the expedition's progress towards Antarctica from a rather wet and windy deck as the crew prepare for a storm to...
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The Glencoe Massacre
14 February 2022In the early hours of 13 February 1692, in the rugged and beautiful mountains of Glencoe in the Scottish Highlands, some 30 members and associates...
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The Last Emperor of Mexico
14 February 2022Abraham Lincoln, Stag-do-esque antics, and forbidden overnight stays within the Vatican - the tale of the Last Emperor of Mexico sounds more like...
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Dear John, The Wartime Breakup Letter
14 February 2022Writing letters to a spouse or sweetheart deployed overseas was portrayed as a patriotic duty, a means to boost the morale of the fighting man....
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The Truth About Saint Valentine
13 February 2022St. Valentine of Rome, patron saint of beekeepers and epilepsy, among many other things. But who exactly is the real St Valentine, and how has the...
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