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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Secret History of Nuclear Testing
3 February 2021How do you test a weapon of mass destruction? A weapon whose potential you can only estimate. Since 1945, countries with nuclear capabilities have...
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Edges of Empire: Rome's Northernmost Town
2 February 2021Roughly two miles south of Hadrian’s Wall lie the remains of Roman Corbridge, the northernmost town of the Roman Empire. The site’s...
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How the Establishment Resisted the Abolition of Slavery
1 February 2021Historian Michael Taylor joined me on the podcast to discuss the resistance of the British establishment to the ending of the slave trade.
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Gary Lineker on his 'D-Day Dodger' Grandfather
1 February 2021Gary Lineker's grandfather was one of the 'D-Day Dodgers': men who fought in the Italian campaign, who were accused of missing the supposedly harder...
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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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Edges of Empire: Rome's Northernmost Town
31 January 2021Roughly two miles south of Hadrian’s Wall lie the remains of Roman Corbridge, the northernmost town of the Roman Empire. The site’s...
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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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