History Hit Podcasts
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Trump, Putin, Bolsanaro: The Return of The Strongman
3 November 2020Ruth Ben-Ghiat joined me on the podcast to discuss what modern authoritarian leaders have in common and how they can be stopped. We discussed the...
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27:50
War, Pandemics & Elections
2 November 2020It's election time and for this episode James is joined by one of the most famous Historians in the world, Niall Ferguson. Niall delves into United...
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23:19
Hong Kong Flu
2 November 2020Professor George Dehner is a world environmental historian who examines the intersection of humans and disease in the modern era. We talked about...
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27:47
America's Contested Election
2 November 20201876 was a great pivot in US history. In the presidential election that year a record turn out and chaotic vote counts, particularly in Florida...
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26:45
WW2 Heroine Christian Lamb Turns 100
1 November 2020Christian Lamb has had a remarkable life. The daughter of an admiral, she served in the navy during the war and went on to become an expert in...
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Catullus: Rome's Most Erotic Poet
1 November 2020If you're looking for a raunchy Roman poet, look no further than Catullus. Born into one of the most exciting periods in Roman history, in the...
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Margaret Beaufort: Mother of the Tudors
30 October 2020Nicola Tallis comes on the show to talk about the extraordinary Margaret Beaufort: 'Mother of the Tudors' and the ancestor of all subsequent...
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30:17
The Forgotten D-Day: Operation Dragoon
30 October 2020On 15 August 1944, the Allies landed in Southern France. The operation was a success, nearly cutting off an entire German Army group, which perhaps...
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51:40
Ancient Ethiopia: The Kingdom of Aksum
29 October 2020At its height the Kingdom of Aksum was considered one of the four great powers of the Ancient World. Situated primarily in what is now northern...
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22:34
Mutiny on the Spanish Main
28 October 2020Angus Konstam joined me on the podcast to tell the dramatic story of HMS Hermione. In 1797, the British frigate was the site of the bloodiest...
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34:28
The Secret History of Nuclear War
28 October 2020Why is it that nobody has used the absolute weapon, the nuclear bomb, since 1945? Was it ever likely that the American arsenal would be used against...
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17:53
Time Travel to Regency Britain with Ian Mortimer
27 October 2020Ian Mortimer joined me on the podcast to take us back in time to the Regency period. It was a time of exuberance, thrills, frills and unchecked bad...
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Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolution
26 October 2020Sudhir Hazareesingh joined me to discuss the life of Toussaint Louverture, a revolutionary leader who confronted the forces of slavery, settler...
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17:16
The Battle of Belleau Wood
26 October 2020Pride of place in the lore of the U.S. Marine Corps goes to the Battle of Belleau Wood, fought in 1918 between the Germans and the Americans during...
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51:39
The Origins of Ancient Vietnam
25 October 2020It is one of the most extraordinary ancient archaeological sites in Southeast Asia, albeit one that is relatively unheard of outside of Vietnam....
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25:36
Trump and Presidential History
25 October 2020Two weeks before the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Richard Brookhiser joined me on the podcast to discuss Trump and presidential history.
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War Lord with Bernard Cornwell
24 October 2020Bernard Cornwell joined me on the podcast to discuss his final book in the Last Kingdom series. War Lord is the epic story of how England was...
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50:35
The Battle of Philippi: Death of the Roman Republic
23 October 2020In October 42 BC the Roman Republic committed suicide. Near the town of Philippi in northern Greece the forces of Brutus and Cassius, the famous...
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26:05
Operation Barbarossa
23 October 2020In June 1941, Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa. The campaign on the Eastern Front which was now opened up involved more forces than any other...
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20:16
Britain's Oldest Laws
22 October 2020Joanna McCunn joined me on the podcast to discuss the history of some of Britain's oldest and strangest laws. From shooting Welshmen with...
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The Battle of Philippi: Death of the Roman Republic
22 October 2020In October 42 BC the Roman Republic committed suicide. Near the town of Philippi in northern Greece the forces of Brutus and Cassius, the famous...
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