History Hit Podcasts
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1:05:22
What Are the Late Medieval Ages?
3 April 2026Matt Lewis and Dr. Eleanor Janega dive into the chaos of the late Middle Ages; from the Great Famine and the Little Ice Age to plague, peasant...
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52:14
What Is The Kennedy Curse?
2 April 2026Their name is synonymous with power, influence ... and tragedy. And with so much of the latter, many have taken to speculating - are the Kennedy...
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49:53
Britain's First Dog
2 April 2026Fifteen thousand years ago, as the Ice Age loosened its grip on Northern Europe, humans returned to the previously inhospitable British Isles. But...
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49:44
How and Why the Crusades Started
2 April 2026This is your guide to almost two centuries of holy war - from start to finish. We untangle faith, politics and myth, and reveal how the Crusades...
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1:02:19
The Real Outlander
2 April 2026The book and TV series "Outlander" has introduced millions of fans to Scottish history and the story of the Jacobites.
One of those fans is...
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50:24
When the Spanish Armada Reached Ireland
2 April 2026What happens when a fleeing armada meets an unforgiving coast? Shipwreck, slaughter and survival collide as Professor Suzannah Lipscomb and...
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45:03
The Women Who Ruled Medieval Burgundy, and Europe
31 March 2026What if the most powerful warlords in medieval Europe were women?
From wine country to empire, Burgundy’s Duchesses brokered marriages,...
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46:54
The Victorian Sex Trafficking Panic
31 March 2026Was there really a boom in sex trafficking at the end of the 19th century? What was 'white slavery'? And how often did the traffickers get...
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51:48
The Trail of Tears | The Frontier
30 March 2026The Trail of Tears is one of the darkest chapters in American history: the forced removal of thousands of Native Americans from their ancestral...
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1:04:49
The Soviet Marshal Georgy Zhukov
30 March 2026Marshal Georgy Zhukov was undoubtedly one of the Second World War's most formidable figures. Rising from humble peasant origins, Zhukov became the...
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57:55
Saladin: The Third Crusade's Greatest General?
30 March 2026The original Assassin’s Creed game focuses on the Assassins' efforts to bring down the Templars during the Third Crusade from 1189-1192. He...
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43:45
The Man Who Ate Everything
30 March 2026Listener warning: this episode contains a description of cruelty to animals
One of the strangest tales to emerge from Napoleonic France was...
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52:35
Henry Wotton: Outlaw and Royal Spy
30 March 2026Assassination plots, Venetian stand‑offs and a diplomat in disguise: how did one maverick change the course of history?
Professor Suzannah...
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1:00:06
The Roman Centurion
29 March 2026What did it take to become a Roman centurion? To command, to punish and to lead from the very front of Rome’s armies?
In this episode of...
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1:06:26
A Complete History of Medieval Ireland
27 March 2026What happens when a kidnapped teenager returns to the land of his captors to change it forever? Dr Eleanor Janega and James Hawes romp through...
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42:45
The Truth about Charlie Chaplin
27 March 2026Charlie Chaplin had an extraordinary life: from the workhouses of Victorian London to the glamorous films sets of Hollywood's Golden Age.
He...
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50:04
Rise and Fall of the Shakers
26 March 2026The United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, best known as the Shakers, emerged in the UK in the 18th Century. So how is it that...
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53:10
Britain's First Ghost Hunt
26 March 2026It was the original modern ghost hunt, the one that set the template for all the haunted houses to come. When a wealthy plantation family moves...
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38:44
The Real Peaky Blinders
26 March 2026Today, we step beyond the slow-motion swagger and into the gritty, complex reality of the Peaky Blinders. Who were the gangsters behind the myths?...
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1:05:58
The Delian League: Ancient NATO?
26 March 2026What happens when a defensive alliance slowly turns into an empire? Tristan Hughes and Professor Polly Low explore the Delian League, the...
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43:50
The Rise and Fall of Pirate Captain Kidd
26 March 2026Was Captain William Kidd a ruthless pirate or a pawn in a royal gamble gone wrong? Professor Suzannah Lipscomb and Debbie Kilroy trace his...
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