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 Unheard Tapes of Bomber Command
4 September 2021Over 55,500 men died flying with Bomber Command during World War Two; more than the number who serve in the Royal Air Force today. Flying at night...
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37:49
How To Save Medieval Churches
4 September 2021With Christianity dominating Europe, the Church became one of the most powerful institutions in Britain during the Medieval period and its places of...
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53:11
The Start of WWII
3 September 2021On September 1 1939 Nazi Germany invaded Poland followed two days later by France and the United Kingdom declaring war on Germany and beginning the...
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26:47
Before 9/11: The Day Wall Street Exploded
3 September 2021At lunchtime on 16 September 1920, a horse drawn cart exploded on the busiest corner of the Financial District of New York. To find out more about...
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41:16
Tudors in Love
2 September 2021The dramas of courtly love have captivated readers and dreamers for centuries. Yet they’re often dismissed as something that existed only in the...
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41:05
Digging Medieval Battlefields
2 September 2021How different is battlefield archaeology compared to other disciplines? Do local legends ever help track down evidence in a field? And why are potato...
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52:06
Roman Camps in Britain
2 September 2021When one mentions Roman military installations you would be forgiven for instantly thinking of their forts, the remains of which we can see today...
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21:22
Are Mandatory Vaccines New?
1 September 2021Vaccines have become a subject of great controversy in recent months but the requirement to have them is far from new. Almost since the earliest...
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43:42
The Boy Who Followed His Father to Auschwitz
1 September 2021In 1939, Gustav Kleinmann, a Jewish upholsterer in Vienna, was arrested by the Nazis. Along with his sixteen-year-old son Fritz, he was sent to...
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28:02
John Simpson: Six Decades of Warzones
31 August 2021Over six decades John Simpson has been on the frontline of reporting bringing news from some of the most dangerous places on the planet to the...
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34:57
Harald Bluetooth
31 August 2021Many of us use Bluetooth technology every day, but know nothing or little of its namesake. And there is little to be known of the King of Denmark...
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47:54
Accused of Witchcraft
30 August 2021Not all suspicions of witchcraft led to a formal accusation, and not all such accusations led to trials and execution. During the entire...
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40:05
The Secret History of the SBS
30 August 2021The SBS was formed out of the Commandos during the Second World War to help counter Nazi domination of Europe. This small unit made up of regulars...
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53:49
Trident: Does the Nuclear Deterrent Work?
30 August 2021With the nuclear submarine TV series, Vigil, coming out last night, the UK’s leading expert on Trident, Dr Nick Ritchie from the University of...
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31:33
Britain's Economy: How We Got Here
29 August 2021The industrial revolution began in Britain and became one of the most extraordinary economic miracles in human history but the next two centuries...
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57:23
Nan Madol: Venice of the Pacific
29 August 2021Nan Madol. It is one of the most awesome, enigmatic and unique ancient sites in the World, and yet most people have never heard the name. Labelled...
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34:27
Martin Luther King Jr
28 August 2021On 28 August 1963 Martin Luther King Jr delivered his 'I have a dream' speech stood in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. to an...
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36:38
Wars of the Roses: Castles & Guns
28 August 2021In Britain, you’re never too far from a castle. These landmark structures are key to the history of the country, the rise and fall of great powers...
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39:44
The Invasion of Poland in World War Two
27 August 2021In this episode from the archive, Roger Moorhouse discusses the Polish campaign of 1939 comprehensively, separating the myths from reality and...
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47:30
Al-Qaeda
27 August 2021Their attacks of 11 September 2001 sparked a War on Terror which echoes loudly to this day, but where did Al Qaeda come from, how did their...
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29:56
Henry VIII's Break with Rome
26 August 2021King Henry VIII was deeply religious and started out as a staunch supporter of the Pope and the Roman Catholic church. But everything changed when...
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