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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Operation Valkyrie: The Attempted Assassination of Hitler
21 July 2024On the 80th anniversary of the 20th of July Plot, Dan explores the dramatic events when members of Germany's military and political elite...
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Neanderthal Britain
21 July 2024For more than 100,000 years, Neanderthals made their home in Ice Age Britain, right on the edge of the inhabitable world. But what evidence do we...
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US Presidents Who Escaped Assassination
19 July 2024Lincoln, FDR, Reagan, Clinton, Bush and now Trump. All have been targets of assassination attempts while in or running for office. Listen to this...
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The Medieval Tudors
19 July 2024We don't often use the word 'Tudor' on Gone Medieval but we can't ignore how the Tudors have a sensational medieval story.
Henry VII...
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Incest & Royalty: House of the Dragon & Beyond
19 July 2024With the House of the Dragon featuring *that* incest scene, we thought we'd look into the real history of sexual relations within...
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Sovereignty, the Constitution and 100 years of Citizenship: Native Rights
18 July 2024This podcast contains adult language.
What was the ‘Indian Citizenship Act’ of 1924? Why was it necessary? How did it happen? And why...
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Pyramid of the Sun
18 July 2024The Pyramid of the Sun is ancient America’s Great Pyramid of Giza. Built in the legendary city of Teotihuacán, and given its name by the...
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Spycraft: From the Elizabethans to the Restoration
18 July 2024The 16th and 17th centuries were a crucial time for spycraft, full of political intrigue and diplomatic subterfuge. Walsingham was known as a 'Spy...
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Real History of the Illuminati
18 July 2024There really was a secret society called the Illuminati that aimed to create a New World Order. This is true story of the Illuminati and how they...
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The Royal Marines
17 July 2024Members of this elite unit - formed in 1664 under Charles II - were present at the American Revolution, the Battle of Trafalgar, the Crimean War,...
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US Presidents Who Were Almost Assassinated
16 July 2024Lincoln, FDR, Reagan, Clinton, Bush and now Trump. All have been targets of assassination attempts while in or running for office. Dan is joined...
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Gaslighting to Woke: Origins of Modern Buzzwords
16 July 2024What does it mean to be 'woke'? What did the bluesman Leadbelly mean when he coined the phrase? And what does a story set in Victorian London have...
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The Murder of Thomas Becket
16 July 2024Today on Gone Medieval we arrive at one of the most consequential events in English history; the murder of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas...
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The Rise of Presidential Power
15 July 2024Right from independence, a question has hovered over the government of the United States. How much power should the President have? Not too much,...
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The Industrial Revolution: The Birth Of Modern London
15 July 2024The Industrial Revolution began in Britain in the late 18th century, giving birth to an era that has changed world history. The period was...
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The Death of Henry VIII
15 July 2024On 28 January 1547, King Henry VIII died at the age of 55. Just hours before his passing, his last will and testament had been read, stamped,...
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The Greatest Tea Race of the Victorian Age
14 July 20242/4. With towering masts and billowing sails, the Cutty Sark and the Thermopylae raced neck and neck through relentless waves to be the first to...
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Roman Roads
14 July 2024Do all roads lead to Rome? We find out in today's episode all about one of the Roman Empire's greatest legacies - it's web-like network of roads...
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Royal Murder: 1810 Death in St James's Palace
14 July 2024In 1810 a valet called Joseph Sellis was found dead in St James's Palace. All eyes turned to his master the Duke of Cumberland, fifth son of...
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The Cutty Sark
13 July 20241/4. Join Dan for the first episode in a mini-series telling four stories of ships that have shaped Britain and its maritime history, from the...
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Surprising History of Redheads: From Prehistoric Gingers to Ed Sheeran
12 July 2024Boudica. Elizabeth I. Ed Sheeran. The history of the redhead goes back thousands of years, and it fluctuates from prejudice in medieval Europe, to...
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