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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The Forgotten Hero of Everest
6 November 2020Ed Caesar joined me on the podcast to tell the story of World War I veteran Maurice Wilson, Britain's most mysterious mountaineering...
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Air Power at Gallipoli
6 November 2020Dan chats to Mike Pavelec on the often-overlooked use of naval air power at Gallipoli during World War One. Mike is a Professor of Airpower Studies...
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Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors
5 November 2020Alexander the Great. One of the most recognisable names in history. In his short lifetime he conquered the mighty Persian Empire and marched his...
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Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors
5 November 2020Alexander the Great. One of the most recognisable names in history. In his short lifetime he conquered the mighty Persian Empire and marched his...
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Why We Remember
4 November 2020Ash Alexander-Cooper OBE is a former specialist military unit colonel in the British Armed Forces, world-championship athlete and award-winning...
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The Electoral College
4 November 2020Fabian Hilfrich joined me on the podcast to talk about the US electoral college.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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