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 Sharks
17 July 2025Long before the first dinosaurs, the first trees or even the formation of the rings of Saturn, our planet's oceans were ruled by prehistoric...
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Dark History of the Luddites
17 July 2025Would you have joined the OG Luddites? In 1811 and 1812 across the midlands and north of England which were the Silicon Valley of the day,...
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When Women Ruled the Low Countries
17 July 2025Five generations of remarkable women - from Mary of Burgundy to Isabella Clara Eugenia - made an enduring impact on the Low Countries. By...
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Christopher Wren
15 July 2025Architect, astronomer, anatomist, and genius who rebuilt London after the Great Fire —Christopher Wren. His life is nothing short of...
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Childbirth in Medieval Times with Kate Lister
15 July 2025This episode contains explicit language and graphic descriptions of birth
Today we're delving into historical childbirth's stark realities,...
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Sex Lives of the Roman Legion
15 July 2025As the Roman Empire grew, so did the importance of its army - the Roman Legion.
But what was life on the march like? What happened on the...
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200 Years Inside Sing Sing Prison
14 July 2025In May 1825, a group of prisoners arrived on the banks of the Hudson, thirty odd miles up river from New York. They began to build what would...
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Nicholas Culpeper: Herbalist and Radical
14 July 2025The maverick herbalist who fought for medical freedom.
We love a rebel with a cause here on Not Just The Tudors, and Nicholas Culpeper was...
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The Plague That Shook The Roman Empire
14 July 2025In the 6th century, the Roman Empire was split and its future hung in the balance.
Emperor Justinian dreamed of restoring it to its former...
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Crusaders And Castles: The Siege Of Acre
14 July 2025The first Assassin's Creed game puts players in the thick of the Siege of Acre during the Third Crusade. We can climb its battlements and fight in...
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Pirates: Barbary Corsairs & The Bombardment of Algiers
13 July 2025For centuries, the Barbary Corsairs captured ships and enslaved European Christians, turning the Mediterranean into a sea of fear and ransom....
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52:16
The Queen of Sheba
13 July 2025A figure of wealth, wisdom, and global fascination - how did the Queen of Sheba become one of history’s most enduring royal icons?
In this...
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54:21
Royal Sex: Marie Antoinette
11 July 2025Behind the wild accusations of extra-marital affairs and a lavish lifestyle, who was the real Marie Antoinette? Why did her marriage to King Louis...
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45:23
Canterbury Tales: Pilgrims' Professions
11 July 2025Do you know what a Squire did? Was a Merchant as fancy as he sounds?
Gone Medieval continues our week of pilgrimage as Matt Lewis is joined...
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Boudicca: Myths vs Reality
10 July 2025Boudicca, the warrior queen of the Iceni tribe, has become a symbol of resistance and British defiance. But what do we really know about her, and...
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Revolutionary War: What If the British Won?
10 July 2025Today we're heading back 250 years to the end of the Revolutionary War - but this time, we're asking what might have happened if the British had...
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48:13
The Truth About Frankenstein
10 July 2025Against a time of radical change, a gothic masterpiece was written by the teenage Mary Shelley.
Published in 1818, Frankenstein takes us...
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Doggerland: The North Sea Atlantis?
10 July 2025Tristan Hughes is joined by Dr. Rachel Bynoe who has literally dived into the enigmatic world of Doggerland, a prehistoric landmass now submerged...
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48:15
Mary Rose & the Battle of the Solent
10 July 2025Before the Spanish Armada threatened England in 1588, an even more dangerous invasion loomed, just across the Channel in France. The Battle of...
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Why Do Empires Fall?
8 July 2025For centuries, the Roman Empire commanded unparalleled control over the world around it. It expanded its borders through trade and conquest,...
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The Power of Medieval Gossip
8 July 2025People have always gossiped, but what did they gossip about in medieval times? How were women punished for gossiping? And where does the term...
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