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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"Bloody Mary": Debunking the Myths
2 February 2026Was Mary Tudor truly “Bloody Mary”? Has England’s first reigning queen been misunderstood for centuries? Determined to restore Roman...
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Adam and Eve
1 February 2026Adam and Eve: parents of humanity, or characters in a Near Eastern myth about wisdom, mortality, and the limits of being human?
Tristan...
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The Parliament of Bats: Plantagenets at War
30 January 2026How could England be ruled when the king was just a baby? When Henry VI came to the throne at nine months old, the hunger for power among his...
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How Filthy Were the Victorians?
30 January 2026They say people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. The Victorians might have done well to live by that rule.
For all of the dirt that...
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The Annexation of Hawaiʻi
29 January 2026How did Hawaiʻi - once an independent, internationally recognised kingdom - become America's 50th state? It's a tale of economic pressure,...
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Ireland Under the Brutal Tudors
29 January 2026What impact did the Tudors have on Ireland, not just in the councils of kings and earls, but in the rhythms of ordinary life? What were the...
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Essex's Darkest Witch Hunt
29 January 2026This is the story of a 16th century cunning woman, a folk healer, who was found guilty of being a witch. Accusations spiralled until more than a...
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The First Popes
29 January 2026What do we know about the earliest Popes, and how did they shape the early Christian Church amidst persecution?
Tristan Hughes is joined by...
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Joan of Arc
29 January 2026Teenage peasant, visionary commander, convicted heretic, national saint - Joan of Arc's life reads like a legend. Today, Dan digs past that legend...
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What Caused the Viking Age?
27 January 2026A wind whips across the North Sea as dragon-headed ships cut through the waves towards Anglo-Saxon England. Their arrival marks the start of the...
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The Most Notorious Sex Worker of 18th Century Dublin
27 January 2026Dublin in the 18th century was a wealthy colonial capitol, but only for a select few.
Amongst this hugely divided and politically charged...
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America's Worst General
26 January 2026Who was the worst American army general of all time? We round off our month of military history by looking at the leaders who standout for all the...
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Elizabeth I's Doctor - & Poisoner?
26 January 2026Why was a Portuguese-born Jewish doctor, who rose to become Elizabeth I’s chief physician, brutally executed for treason in a scandal that...
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Who Was the Witchfinder General?
26 January 2026Mathew Hopkins, also known as the ‘Witchfinder General,’ was responsible for a campaign of terror across 17th-century England. In just a few...
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The Tang Dynasty: The End of China's Golden Age?
26 January 2026Assassin’s Creed Dynasty provides a vivid recreation of China as it was 1300 years ago, during the reign of the Tang Dynasty. The story focuses...
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The Dambusters Raid Explained
26 January 2026In May 1943, the RAF launched one of the Second World War’s most audacious missions: the Dambusters Raid. Today, we follow the raid as it...
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Xerxes the Great
25 January 2026He is one of the most famous rulers of the ancient world, remembered for leading a vast Persian invasion of Greece. Yet Xerxes the Great was far...
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How Filthy was the Renaissance?
23 January 2026The Renaissance, a period of transformation in art, learning, philosophy and science that brought us Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael and...
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The Hospitallers: Warrior Monks
23 January 2026Matt Lewis explores the evolution of the Knights Hospitaller, from charitable brotherhood to a formidable fighting force at the heart of the...
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Origins of the First Amendment
22 January 2026The First Amendment of the US Constitution is just forty-five words long, but its impact has drastically shaped American life. For much of...
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The Battle of Bosworth
22 January 2026In August 1485, the would-be king Henry Tudor went head-to-head with King Richard III - the final, decisive battle of the Wars of the Roses. Only...
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