History Hit Podcasts
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The Irish at the Somme
30 June 2021105 years ago, it was the eve of the Battle of the Somme. This is regularly remembered as an Anglo-French offensive, and the contributions of...
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Marginalised in the Middle Ages with Eleanor Janega
29 June 2021Much of Medieval history focuses on the kings, queens, bishops, and the nobility of the period, but what do we know about those people on the...
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The Truth About Spartan Society
29 June 2021Sparta. Situated in the southern Peloponnese, this ancient Hellenic city-state has become ingrained in popular imagination as the home of unmatched...
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Saint Edmund: England's Lost King
29 June 2021From Danish Archers using him as target practice to a wolf towing his perfectly severed head, King Edmund has a wealth of tales attached to his name...
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Heywood: The Catholic Satirist who Kept his Head
28 June 2021Playwright and musician John Heywood was a devout Catholic humanist and biting satirist - married to Sir Thomas Moore's niece - who managed to...
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Sarajevo 1914: Assassination of the Archduke
28 June 2021Europe in 1914 was a tinderbox of imperial tensions and the spark that would light the conflagration would be the assassination of Archduke Franz...
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History's Most Famous Battles
28 June 2021War! Something so ruinous has the power to both bring communities together whilst conversely ripping them apart. Many have taken place, but why are...
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Berlin and the Dawn of the Cold War
27 June 2021In the aftermath of World War II, amongst the shattered ruins of Berlin a new conflict was born, the Cold War. With the common purpose of defeating...
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Vindolanda: Jewel of Roman Britain
27 June 2021Situated roughly two miles south of Hadrian's Wall in the heart of the Northumberland countryside, Vindolanda is home to some of the most remarkable...
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From Airman to Attorney General: RAF Navigator Johnny Smythe
26 June 2021Beginning with his birth in 1915 in Sierra Leone, the life of John Henry Smythe OBE MBE is almost unbelievable. From becoming a navigator in the...
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White Ship Disaster
26 June 2021During the night of the 25 November in 1120, a routine crossing of the English Channel went catastrophically wrong. The White Ship disaster saw...
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Hunting the Viking Great Heathen Army
25 June 2021In 865 AD Britain was invaded by the Great Heathen Army an alliance of Scandanavian warriors determined to conquer the kingdoms of East Anglia,...
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After WW2: Life in the Third Reich
25 June 2021After 6 years of war, countries around the world were in a state of ruin in 1945, not least the losing side. The people of Germany had been under the...
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Hampton Court: Gold & Glory
24 June 2021On 7 June 1520, Henry VIII of England and François I of France met at the Field of Cloth of Gold. For three weeks on English soil in Northern...
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History of Freemasonry
24 June 2021John Dickie joins Dan from the History Hit Archive to discuss the international story of an organisation that now has 6 million members across the...
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Artemis of Ephesus: The Great Mother Goddess
23 June 2021An incredibly popular goddess, characterised in statues of her by a vest of bee hives, or are they breasts … bull scrotums? In this episode Tristan...
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The World According to Obama Official Ben Rhodes
23 June 2021Ben Rhodes has served at the very pinnacle of politics in his role as deputy national security adviser in Barack Obama's Whitehouse and seen what it...
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Battle of Passchendaele
23 June 2021Lyn Macdonald is revered as the great chronicler of the human experience of the Western Front. She recorded interviews with more veterans of the...
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Operation Barbarossa
22 June 2021On 22 June 1941 Hitler unleashed Operation Barbarossa the biggest military operation in human history. More than 3 million men of the Axis poured...
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Dirty Love: The Ancient Greek Novel
22 June 2021The novel, and in particular the romance genre, is at the heart of a billion dollar industry, but when did they originate? In this episode, Professor...
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The Berserkers
22 June 2021To go berserk, meaning out of control with anger or excitement: the phrase originates from stories of the Berserkers, but what do we really know...
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