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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Who Owns Greenland?
15 January 2025It sounds outlandish that President-Elect Donald Trump has said he wants to buy Greenland but this isn't the first or even second time the United...
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Myths of Magna Carta
14 January 2025Did you know that Magna Carta wasn't originally intended as a beacon of civil liberties? Dr. Eleanor Janega is joined by Steven Franklin of Royal...
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History of Red Lipstick
14 January 2025Red lipstick has a unique feminine power to it.
It's been on the lips of some of the most influential people in history, including Cleopatra...
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Who Was Sitting Bull?
13 January 2025Sitting Bull, Jumping Badger, Slow - what do we know about the man who went by each of these names? How did he earn them and what was his role in...
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Dissolution of the Monasteries
13 January 2025Professor Suzannah Lipscomb explores the dissolution of some 800 monasteries and nunneries by King Henry VIII, a campaign that dramatically...
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Great Fire of London: Mobs, Firestorms, and Revenge
13 January 2025(2/2) As the Great Fire of London worsens mob rule begins to appear and a hunt for a scapegoat takes over. Maddy Pelling tells Anthony Delaney the...
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Topkapi Palace: The Heart of the Ottoman Empire
13 January 2025Associate Professor Nilay Özlü from Istanbul Technical University joins Matt Lewis to help him understand the Ottoman's most significant mark on...
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Roald Amundsen
12 January 2025Roald Amundsen was surely one of history's greatest explorers. He beat Scott to the South Pole, and was the first person to reach the North Pole...
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