History Hit Podcasts

The Real Moriarty with Ben Macintyre

Adam Worth was the quintessential criminal mastermind. He faked his own death, robbed banks in the US, stole diamonds in South Africa and amassed...

The Rosetta Stone

In 1798, the young French General Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Egypt. After successfully taking Alexandria, he ordered the reconstruction of a fort...

The First Battle of the Civil War: Fort Sumter

A 34-hour bombardment, one (accidental) death, and the start of the bloodiest war the United States has ever seen.

The Battle of Fort...

Shogun and Shinto: What Life Was Like In Feudal Japan

What was life like in feudal Japan? If you were born into the chaos of the Warring States period, would you have been a farmer, a merchant or a...

Six Wives: Katherine Howard

Six wives - six lives that we think we know everything about.  But beyond their mostly doomed marriages to Henry VIII and, in most cases,...

Ghost of Marie Antoinette

What if a leisurely visit to the Palace of Versailles transported you back to the court of Marie Antoinette — would you believe it or question...

John the Baptist

Not long after the turn of the first millennium, a Jewish prophet emerged from a period of desert solitude in the Jordan River valley. He wore...

Heracles

Tristan Hughes continues the Greek Gods and Goddesses series with today’s deity; the most popular mythical hero of them all: Heracles, or...

London's Oldest Parish Church: Great St. Barts

Once connected to a busy and thriving hospital, Great St Bart's Church in Smithfield is not only a survivor of the Great Fire of London, but also...

The Whiskey Rebellion: Tax Protest & Armed Resistance

This episode was first released on November 14 2022.

The Whiskey Tax, imposed in 1791, was the first federal tax on a domestic product by a...

Sex Life of Henry VIII

When we think of Henry VIII we think of a big, blood thirsty tyrant.

But was there more to this caricature of a king then we give him credit...

Legendary Woman Samurai: Hosokawa Gracia

Toda Mariko, or Mariko-san, one of the main characters from the new TV series Shogun - adapted from James Clavell's epic novel - is based on a...

Last Witches of England

This is the dark history of the last people to be executed for witchcraft in England. In 1682, Temperance Lloyd, Mary Trembles and Susannah...

The Ark of the Covenant

The Ark of the Covenant is one of the most famous, yet mysterious, objects mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. This special box that held the sacred 10...

The Other D-Day: The Eastern Front

Historian, broadcaster and author Jonathan Dimbleby joins Dan to explain how Hitler's plans in the East went disastrously wrong.

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Dan's History Heroes: Britain's Greatest Soldier, Part 2

Please note that this episode contains some explicit language.

This is the story of Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart, Britain's most extraordinary...

The REAL Bridgerton: Historians React To Season 3

*SPOILER ALERT: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS DETAILS OF SEASON 3 OF BRIDGERTON*

With the second part of season 3 of Bridgerton dropping on Netflix...

Pope Joan: Sacred Scandal

Out of the shadowy world of the medieval church, an extraordinary legend emerged of a woman who disguised herself as a man and remarkably, rose to...

Dan's History Heroes: Britain's Greatest Soldier, Part 1

This is the story of Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart, Britain's most extraordinary soldier. The one-handed, one-eyed, walking stick-wielding war hero...

Presidential Pardons: Mormons, Conscientious Objectors & January 6th

In the US Constitution, the President of the United States is granted the right to pardon those convicted of federal crimes.

But how do they...

Six Wives: Anne of Cleves

Six wives - six lives that we think we know everything about. But beyond their mostly doomed marriages to Henry VIII and, in most...