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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Drones: A History
29 September 2021Although the use of drones has become well established and publicised in recent years, the history of unmanned aircraft stretches all the way back to...
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James Bond
28 September 2021James Bond is one of the most successful films and book franchises of all time and with the arrival of a new addition to the canon it seemed the...
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Medieval Science
28 September 2021The word 'medieval' is often used to describe backward ideas and opinions, but why is this the case? The middle ages was a time of life-changing...
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The Last Witches of England
27 September 2021In 1682 three women, Temperance Lloyd, Mary Trembles and Susannah Edwards, from the town of Bideford were tried and hanged as witches. They were...
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The Gunpowder Plot: Tudor Origins
27 September 2021The Gunpowder Plot is one of the hinge events of British history - an act of terror the roots of which stretch back to the Tudor period and Henry...
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Hitler’s North African Genocide
27 September 2021When we think of the Holocaust, we tend to think about Europe and Germany. However, during World War II, Hitler's antisemitic race laws also...
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Sir Ranulph Fiennes on Shackleton
26 September 2021Sir Ranulph Fiennes is possibly the most famous living explorer but he believes that the greatest ever polar explorer is Sir Ernest Shackleton....
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Roman Weapons
26 September 2021Legendary leaders and notorious battles, we imagine the sound of clinking armour. But what did the Romans take with them into battle? In the...
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Duke of Windsor: The Nazi King?
25 September 2021When Edward VIII abdicated the throne in December 1936 his desire to marry the American divorcee Wallis Simpson was cited as the main cause but did...
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What is a Pilgrimage?
25 September 2021People of a multitude of cultures, religions, and cultures around the world have long traveled vast distances as forms of pilgrimage. But why would...
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The Rise of Hannibal
24 September 2021He was one of the greatest enemies the Romans ever faced. An excellent general and a larger-than-life figure, he led an army across the alps and...
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Duke of Wellington
24 September 2021Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, was a soldier, statesman, and prominent political figure who served the United Kingdom twice as Prime...
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Holbein and the Tudor Court
23 September 2021In the early 1530s, the painter Hans Holbein the Younger returns to London. His patronage by Anne Boleyn and the influential Thomas Cromwell leads...
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Child Survivors of the Holocaust
23 September 2021The Holocaust was perhaps the most infamous and traumatic event of the Twentieth century and it seared itself into the consciousness of the world but...
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Werewolves and Strix-Witches
23 September 2021It’s werewolf time on the Ancients! In this episode Exeter University’s Professor Daniel Ogden highlights how these mythical creatures have...
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A History of Sex for Sale
22 September 2021Sometimes referred to as the world's oldest profession sex workers have been part of human society for as long as recorded history, but how have...
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WW2: Britain's Most Decorated Spy
22 September 2021Odette Sansom, was the most highly decorated woman, and the most decorated spy of any gender during World War II. She was awarded both the George...
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History of the Taliban
21 September 2021In August 2021 the Taliban swept to power in Afghanistan for the second time capturing Kabul and ousting the American backed regime, but where do...
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Fortress Cilicia: Megastructures in the Near East
21 September 2021In the aftermath of Alexander the Great’s death, his empire became the subject of a series of titanic clashes: the Wars of the Successors. In...
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The Saxon Origins of London
21 September 2021From ghost town to ceremonial, ecclesiastical and economic hub: how did London develop in the Saxon era, and how is that crucial to what London has...
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Hans Holbein's Early Years
20 September 2021Hans Holbein the Younger is celebrated for his hyper-realistic, iconic portraits of Henry VIII, Thomas More, Thomas Cromwell, Anne of Cleves, Jane...
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