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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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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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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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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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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Time's Monster with Priya Satia
21 October 2020Priya Satia joined me on the podcast to discuss the dramatic consequences of writing history today as much as in the past. Against the backdrop of...
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JFK in WW2
21 October 2020In this podcast, Deirdre Henderson gives us a unique insight into the mind of President John F. Kennedy. Deirdre was hired by JFK as his...
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Nelson and the Slave Trade
20 October 2020Vice Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson died at Trafalgar on 21 October 1805. Recently there has been considerable interest in Nelson's views on the...
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The Battle of the Somme: The Pals
20 October 2020The Battle of the Somme, fought between July and November 1916, is perhaps one of the most famous battles in British history. For this episode,...
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The Conquistadores
19 October 2020Fernando Cervantes joined me on the podcast to reframe the story of the Spanish conquest of the New World, set against the political and intellectual...
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The Expulsion of Native Americans
18 October 2020Claudio Saunt joined me on the podcast to discuss the United States' expulsion of Native Americans from the East to territories west of the...
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Sophocles' Lost Plays
18 October 2020The Big Three. In antiquity it could mean a whole host of different things, the triumvirate of Caesar, Pompey and Crassus for instance. But for...
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Saving Bletchley Park with Sue Black
17 October 2020Dr Sue Black is a British computer scientist, academic and social entrepreneur. She has been instrumental in saving Bletchley Park, the World War II...
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African Europeans with Olivette Otele
16 October 2020Olivette Otele joined me on the podcast to discuss the long African European heritage through the lives of individuals.
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Bombing of Dresden: A Veteran's Account
16 October 2020Ken Oatley served as a navigator with 106 Sqdn, RAF. He was one of the last men to hear Guy Gibson alive and he took part in numerous raids,...
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Nero
15 October 2020Shusma Malik joined me on the podcast to discuss the infamous Emperor Nero. He ruled nearly 2000 years ago, after taking over from his stepfather...
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69 AD: Rise of Vespasian
15 October 202069 AD was a tumultuous year in Roman history. 4 Romans assumed the title of emperor; only one remained standing by the year’s end. His name was...
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Putting the 'World' Back into World War Two
14 October 2020The traditional view of the Second World War focusses on mainland Europe between 1939 and 1945. Germany is the aggressor drawing its closest...
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1066: Year of Invasions
13 October 2020Emily Ward and Pragya Vohra talk about the history of the Viking invasion of 1066.
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America's Entry into the World Wars
13 October 2020It was not until 1917 that the USA entered the First World War, President Woodrow Wilson having proclaimed neutrality in 1914. Similarly, it took the...
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