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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Iceland's Titanic: The SS Godafoss
20 November 2020On 10 November 1944, the Icelandic steam merchant ship SS Godafoss was hit by a German U-boat torpedo. She sank in 7 minutes, killing everybody on...
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Abraham Lincoln with Sidney Blumenthal
19 November 2020Sidney Blumenthal joined me on the podcast to talk about the political life of Abraham Lincoln and what his legacy means today.
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Volcanic Vineyards of Pompeii
19 November 2020An ancient town, buried and preserved beneath volcanic ash, Pompeii is a gift to archaeologists and historians seeking to find out more about the...
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The Pioneers of Egyptology
18 November 2020Chris Naunton joined me on the podcast to talk about the work of the many people who contributed to our understanding of ancient...
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30:39
The Most Hated Man in British History?
18 November 2020Sir Douglas Haig was a British commander during the Battle of the Somme, the Battle of Arras, the Battle of Passchendaele, the German Spring...
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19:49
How Deep History Swung the US Election
17 November 2020Lewis Dartnell joined me on the podcast to talk about a theory that links the outcome of the US election to geology.
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25:03
I’m a Celeb Special: Gwrych Castle
16 November 2020Gwrych Castle dominates the road into North Wales. A sprawling Victorian ruin on land that belonged to the same family for over 500 years. It is now...
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20:24
Suicide at the Fall of Nazi Germany
16 November 2020There is almost no end to the dark secrets that emerge from the smashed ruins of 1945 Europe. Dr Florian Huber has spent years researching the...
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31:35
SAS: Band of Brothers
15 November 2020June 1944: the SAS parachute deep into occupied France, to wreak havoc and bloody mayhem. In a country crawling with the enemy, their mission is...
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Terror in the Teutoburg Forest
15 November 2020Its been used for nationalist propaganda across the ages and its just been dramatised for Netflix, but what do we actually know about the Battle...
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Coventry's Blitz
14 November 2020David McGrory joined me on the podcast to discuss Coventry’s Blitz. On the night of 14 November 1940, a Luftwaffe air raid devastated the city...
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29:46
The History of Beer with Pete Brown
13 November 2020Pete Brown used to advertise lager for a living, until he realised that writing books about beer was even more fun, and entailed drinking even...
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19:05
One Family, 600 Years of Farming in England's Lake District
12 November 2020James Rebanks joined me on the podcast to tell the history of his family farm in the Lake District hills. This was part of an ancient agricultural...
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Agrippa and Augustus: The Golden Age
12 November 2020The Romans, an ancient conquering civilisation with an empire that spread from Europe across the Balkans to the Middle East and North Africa. For...
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The Unknown Warrior
11 November 2020100 years ago today, the Unknown Warrior, a common soldier and an unidentified casualty of war, was buried in Westminster Abbey with all the pomp...
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32:37
WW1 & Terrorist Technologies
11 November 2020Professor Audrey Cronin is the world's leading expert in Terrorism and Technology. She has released a new book, Power to the People, and spoke...
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36:31
WW2's Special Ops Sisters
10 November 2020Jean and Patricia Owtram were teenagers when the Second World War broke out. They both served in secret roles, one on the coast intercepting...
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Dunkirk's Little Ships
9 November 2020In this episode, Dan meets veterans who were rescued from Dunkirk by the famous Little Ships. These were the 700 private boats that sailed from...
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38:49
The Other Alexander
8 November 2020Alexander, an Ancient Greek king and a victorious conqueror. No, not that one, not Alexander the Great. This time, we’re talking about his uncle,...
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30:18
Remembrance Sunday: In Search of My Father
8 November 2020John Watts never knew his father. He was conceived days before his father, Wing Commander Joseph Watts, was killed on a bombing mission over...
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24:07
The US Cabinet
7 November 2020Lindsay Chervinsky joined me on the podcast to discuss the history of the US Cabinet. We also discussed the electoral college system and the...
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