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 Oldest Known Shark Attack
20 July 2021It’s a crossover with Jaws and Open Water that we never expected, but a 3,000 year old corpse has thrown a surprising topic into the mix: shark...
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The Origins of English
20 July 2021Approximately 1.35 billion people use it, either as a first or second language, so English and the way that we speak it has a daily impact on huge...
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Elizabeth I and Catherine de' Medici
19 July 2021The relationship between Elizabeth I and Catherine de' Medici - the two most powerful Queens of their time - is one of the most intriguing and...
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Dancing Mania
19 July 2021In the summer of 1518, one of the most bizarre afflictions in history struck the city of Strasburg; dancing mania. This epidemic of dancing spread,...
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Modern Siege Warfare
19 July 2021Besieging a city is often thought to be an antiquated strategy, lost to technological advances and the complexity of modern conflict. In this...
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Robin Hood
18 July 2021Robin Hood is one of the most famous legends of British history, but did he exist and if so who was he? Gareth Morgan, Learning Development Officer...
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The Romans in Brittany
17 July 2021It was one of the most powerful empires in history, leaving marks and remnants across the globe, but in this episode we are looking specifically at...
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Saladin and the Crusades
17 July 2021Saladin was one of the greatest Sultans of the middle ages, and the first sultan of Egypt and Syria. He famously defeated the Crusader army at the...
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Medieval Ludlow
17 July 2021Founded in the late 11th century after the Norman conquest of England, the town of Ludlow is critical to Medieval history. From an impressive...
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Why the Statues Are Coming Down
16 July 2021Recent years have seen a spate of statue removals from the toppling of Confederate statues in the United States, the tearing down of the Edward...
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Spanish Civil War & Gerda Taro
16 July 2021Starting off as a novice photographer with strong political motivations, Gerda Taro became well known during the Spanish Civil War, only to sadly...
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16th Century Feminists
15 July 2021In this edition of Not Just The Tudors, Suzannah Lipscomb talks to Hannah Dawson, editor of The Penguin Book of Feminist Writing who draws upon...
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Mythbusting Medieval Buildings
15 July 2021From spiral stairs to tunnels leading to pubs and brothels, to witch markings; join us as we find out the truth about medieval buildings. Matt Lewis,...
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Scythed Chariots
15 July 2021What could be more terrifying than an army racing towards you? An army on chariots? What if those chariots had blades mounted on either side? In this...
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The Peasants' Revolt
14 July 2021In 1381 England was rocked by one of the most widespread popular uprisings of the medieval period; the Peasants' Revolt. Beginning in Essex in...
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The Soviet Spy in the Cotswolds
14 July 2021A mother of three living in a small British village, and an accomplished Soviet operative who co-ordinated a network of spies within Britain's atomic...
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World War Two Showdown in the Mediterranean
13 July 2021By the summer of 1942 Malta had been under siege by Axis forces for over a year and the situation on the island was bleak with food and fuel almost...
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Runes
13 July 2021Runes give us a unique understanding of the Vikings in their very own words. While the Latin alphabet became widely adopted in northwestern Europe...
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Carthage vs Greeks? The First Sicilian War
13 July 2021480 BC is a year widely-celebrated in Greek history. When Leonidas' Spartan core and their Hellenic allies fought a powerful Persian army at...
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Sodomy & Sex Crimes in France
12 July 2021In the 16th and 17th centuries and beyond, certain sexual acts were made capital crimes in England, France and other countries. The offence...
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Captain Cook 250 Years On
12 July 2021250 years ago today Captain James arrived back from one of the most remarkable voyages of exploration in the history of the world. The expedition...
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