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 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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How To Predict the Future of War
12 July 2021With every new technological breakthrough the battlefield of the future changes, often beyond recognition. Named as one of the United States’...
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The Irish War of Independence
11 July 202111 July 1921 the truce that bought the Irish War of Independence came into effect. The negotiations that brought about the end of hostilities,...
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Julius Caesar’s Invasions of Britain
11 July 2021On the day of the Euro 2020 final, we’re talking England versus Italy…Ancients style (well, sort of). Historian and archaeologist Dr Simon...
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A History of Tennis
10 July 2021In this archive episode, David Berry joined Dan on the pod to discuss the history of tennis. From the birth of modern tennis in Victorian Britain to...
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Battlefield Archaeology
10 July 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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How Coffee and Tobacco Captivated Britain
9 July 2021When tobacco arrived in Britain in the 1560s, it was hailed as a "holy herb", a miracle cure to improve health and a catalyst for wit and...
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Spitfires: The Kids Who Built Them
9 July 202181 years after the beginning of the Battle of Britain in July 1940, we are looking at the people behind one of the iconic machines which helped the...
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The Death of Anne Boleyn
8 July 2021The Story of the Death of Anne Boleyn is a long narrative poem written by the secretary to the French ambassador in London within two weeks of the...
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England and Italy. The History.
8 July 2021The history of Italy and England stretches back thousands of years well before Italy and England even existed as nations. As the two will meet in the...
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Begram: Crossroads of the Ancient World
8 July 2021Bagram, also known as Begram, has been in the news a lot recently. Over the past couple of days, the last US and NATO troops have withdrawn from...
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The Japanese Americans Who Fought in WWII
7 July 2021After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour in December 1941, Japanese Americans were put in a terrible position in the USA. Many tens of thousands of...
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WW2: Spying on Nazis
7 July 2021When captured Nazi generals found themselves in Britain in the Second World War, they were probably surprised to be brought to a beautiful country...
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Assyria and the Birth of Writing
6 July 2021It is often the case that it is assumed that it was in ancient Greece and the eastern Mediterranean that was host to the foundation of European...
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Strait of Messina
6 July 2021Dividing Sicily from Italy, the Strait of Messina is a small stretch of water with an incredible history that stretches back to ancient times. It was...
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