History Hit Podcasts

How Revolutionary was the Declaration of Independence?

In July 1776, a group of men in Philadelphia committed an unthinkable act: they challenged one of the most powerful empires in the world by...

Day in the Life of a Salem Puritan

What did it feel like to wake up Salem Village during the darkest days of the witch trials? Would you be able to swallow down your beer and...

Fall of Sparta

How did Sparta, the most feared military state in ancient Greece, fall from grace in a single generation?

In this episode of The Ancients,...

Elizabeth I's Succession Crisis

What happens when a Queen refuses to name her heir? How does she hold her kingdom together when every courtier is secretly preparing for her...

A history of (American) occupation in Greenland

This isn't the first or even second time the U.S has made moves to procure Greenland in the last 160 years. President Donald Trump has stepped up...

How to Survive as a Medieval Single Woman

Being single in 2026 is a major disadvantage, so what was it like as a single woman in the Medieval period?!

Joining Kate today is the...

Tower of London: Medieval Palace

In the first of two special episodes from the iconic Tower of London, Dr. Eleanor Janega charts the transformation of the William the Conqueror's...

America's Bloodiest General

Ruthless tactics. Extreme violence. The loss of huge numbers of their own troops. The deaths of the most opposing troops. What makes a general...

Inside the Victorian Asylum

One of the dark symbols of the Victorian age is the asylum. It struck fear into the mind but what was the reality of life inside its walls? Maddy...

Christopher Marlowe: A Dangerous Life

Was Christopher Marlowe a rebel, a genius, or a heretic ahead of his time? From his plays that shocked Elizabethan England to his brutal murder,...

Alfred the Great's Downfall: The Battle of Chippenham

Among the many cool characters from the Viking Age that are brought to life in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is Alfred the Great. Before his...

The Rise, Fall and Rise of the Taliban

The Taliban’s return to power in August 2021 shocked the world. But, it was not an abrupt collapse — it was decades in the making. Lyse Doucet...

Rise of Christianity

How did a persecuted minority religion rise to be embraced and enforced by mighty Roman Emperors?

Tristan Hughes is joined by Professor...

How Filthy Were The Romans?

Some of the key remnants of the Roman Empire are their public baths - huge complexes, multiple different rooms, the basis of many of our modern...

The Kingdom of Mercia

Once the powerhouse of the Anglo-Saxon world, the kingdom of Mercia dominated not just Wessex but nearly all its neighbouring realms. At its...

How Dangerous Was The Oregon Trail?

From the 1830s until the arrival of the transcontinental railroad, hundreds of thousands of people packed their possessions into wagons and headed...

How Did Ancient Romans become Christians?

Around 50 CE, a small group of travellers began to preach that a Jewish man, crucified by the Romans, had risen from the dead. Teaching love,...

Enchanted Realms: Fairies in the 16th Century

In the early modern period, belief in fairies was quite commonplace. But put all thoughts of Tinkerbell aside! Professor Suzannah...

The First Life on Earth

Today we’re going back to the beginning – no Romans, Celts, Egyptians or Macedonians in sight. Billions of years of prehistory as we look at...

The Truth About the Conjuring's Ghost Hunters

Ghost hunting couple Ed and Lorraine Warren transformed twentieth century America into an enchanted land dotted with haunted houses, cursed...

Medieval Europe's Most Evil Monarch

Who was the worst Medieval monarch?

Dr. Eleanor Janega teams up with the hosts of our sister podcast After Dark to delve into the lives of...