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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FDR & Stalin
23 January 2025They say that the enemy of your enemy is your friend, but did that apply to President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his Soviet counterpart, Joseph...
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Mysterious Murder of Juan Borgia
23 January 2025In June 1497, Juan - or Giovanni - Borgia, favoured son of Pope Alexander VI, was found brutally murdered in the River Tiber. Who committed this...
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Babylon's Epic of Creation
23 January 2025The biblical story of creation is famous - but did you know an even older myth may have influenced it? Enter the Enuma Elish, Babylon’s own Epic...
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Is the Devil Dead?
23 January 2025(2/2) What does the resurrection of a hanged woman have to do with the Devil? Did the Enlightenment kill Old Nick or is he still a part of our...
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31:49
How WW1 Inspired The Lord of The Rings
22 January 2025J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth is perhaps the most captivating fantasy world ever created. His mythology and folklore continue to influence the...
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58:42
Teutonic Knights
21 January 2025Who built the imposing castles of Poland and Lithuania?
Dr. Eleanor Janega is joined by archeologist Aleksander Pluskowski to discuss the...
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Erotic Letters of Ancient Rome
21 January 2025Long before phones allowed for sexting, how did the Ancient Romans exchange their illicit thoughts and desires? And what did a Roman dick pic look...
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Vasco da Gama and The Rise of the Portuguese Empire
20 January 2025Dan tells the epic story of Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama, whose daring voyages at the turn of the 16th century laid the foundations for the...
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38:10
Romans in America
20 January 2025Why was there once a fashion for styling your hair like Brutus, the most famous of Julius Caesar's assassins? Why are there so many neoclassical...
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Suleiman the Magnificent
20 January 2025Assassin’s Creed Revelations lets us meet a young Suleiman before he became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, and long before he became “the...
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52:46
Wolf Hall: Who's Who?
20 January 2025Professor Suzannah Lipscomb explores the lives of the cast of Tudor courtiers who appear in Wolf Hall, including Thomas Cromwell, Richard Rich,...
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39:32
Final Days of Henry VIII
20 January 2025You could smell Henry VIII's rotting legs from three rooms by the end. He was in constant pain, barely able to move. Yet he never loosed his grip...
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Charlemagne
20 January 2025Charlemagne was king of the Franks and Emperor of the mighty Carolingian Empire. His unusually long reign saw him conquer vast swathes of Europe,...
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The Franks
19 January 2025How did the Franks rise to power in the fragmented Western Roman Empire?
Tristan Hughes explores the dramatic story of the Franks, from...
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45:23
Gone Medieval Goes Wassailing
17 January 2025Matt Lewis, joined by Dr. Eleanor Janega, explores the Halstow Wassail—a modern iteration of an ancient tradition rooted deep in medieval...
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45:38
Medieval Lesbians
17 January 2025How do you begin to look for examples of lesbians in the medieval period?
Even though it was deeply frowned upon by the powers that be, the...
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42:05
The Rise of Napoleon
17 January 2025Napoleon Bonaparte is a household name; a rare example of someone who is as well remembered by his supporters as by his enemies. His life is rich...
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FDR vs Hitler
16 January 2025The leaders of the two most powerful nations fighting in the Second World War, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Adolf Hitler, never met. They...
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37:03
Cesare Borgia
16 January 2025Cesare Borgia, one of history's most controversial figures, was known for his ruthless ambition and political cunning. From his dramatic rise to...
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49:59
Origins of the Devil
16 January 2025(1/2) How has the devil been depicted through history? What are his origins? And why should he be portrayed as beautiful?
In the first part...
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46:47
The Roman Invasion of Britain
16 January 202543 AD. A large Roman armada sails across the perilous English Channel intent on conquest. It is the dawn of one of the most seminal moments in...
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