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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Elvis: Destined to Die Young
31 January 2021Sally Hoedel joined me on the podcast to talk about the turbulent life and career of Elvis Presley, King of Rock ‘n’ Roll.
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Lockdown Learning: Russian Revolution
29 January 2021Helen Rappaport, a specialist in Russian history, joined me on the podcast for the third episode of our lockdown learning series to talk about the...
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The Budapest Ghetto
29 January 2021Born in Budapest in July 1944, Agnes Grunwald-Spier resided in the Ghetto with her mother from November 1944 to January 1945. For this week's...
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Pirates
28 January 2021Rebecca Simon joined me on the podcast to talk about the Golden Age of Piracy within the British-Atlantic world.
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Liberalism with Ian Dunt
25 January 2021In this episode, I was joined by journalist Ian Dunt, a well known a commentator on politics and on Brexit. Ian is host of the 'Oh God What Now'...
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King George V in WW1
25 January 2021King George V played a critical role in Britain's war effort during World War One, from the outbreak of war in 1914, until the King's Pilgrimage in...
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Cold War Submarine Warrior
24 January 2021Eric Thompson has had his finger literally on the nuclear button. He joined the Royal Navy submarine service in the early days of the Cold War. He...
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The Mystery of the Ninth Legion
24 January 2021The legions of Rome were the nucleus of Rome’s military might for centuries. From campaigning in northern Scotland to the Persian Gulf, these...
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Lucy Worsley on Queen Victoria
23 January 2021BAFTA winning historian and Joint Chief Curator of Historic Royal Palaces Lucy Worsley takes Dan on a tour of Kensington Palace, one of the...
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Lockdown Learning: The Middle Ages
22 January 2021In this week's Lockdown Learning episode, I was delighted to be joined by medieval historian Marc Morris. We discuss broad themes relating to the...
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Surviving Arnhem: Colonel John Waddy’s War
22 January 2021For this incredible episode, Dan spoke to the late Colonel John Waddy OBE. John was the last surviving veteran of the battle for Arnhem, Operation...
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Rediscovering Amazon Civilisations
21 January 2021Ella Al-Shamahi, explorer, paleoanthropologist, evolutionary biologist and stand-up comic, joined me on the podcast to talk about Amazon...
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44:51
Edges of Empire: The Sasanian Frontiers
21 January 2021For centuries, arguably the greatest external threat the Roman Empire faced came from the East. From the Sasanian Persian Empire. With its nucleus...
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Marissa Roth, Photojournalist
20 January 2021Marissa Roth, Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist, joins me on the podcast to talk about her pictures of the 1992 LA riots and lifetime of war...
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The Secret Nazi Found in an Armchair
20 January 2021This episode is all about Robert Griesinger. ‘Who?’ you ask. The name means nothing to most, yet his was a life which impacted upon so many, and...
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Indonesian Cave Art: A Dramatic New Discovery
19 January 2021It’s a paradox for the ages, breaking news about people who lived and died thousands of years ago. This discovery is no different, because Adam...
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The Second Reich
18 January 2021On 18 January 1871 as the Siege of Paris raged a couple of miles away King Wilhelm I of Prussia was proclaimed Emperor of the German empire in the...
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