History Hit Podcasts
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The Real Great Gatsby
1 April 2024A wealthy man in his early 30s. An army man. A German immigrant. A bootlegger. A lover. Who was Jay Gatsby? And if he was based on a real person,...
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Medieval Mass Murdering Monk: Malmesbury Abbey
1 April 2024Malmesbury Abbey in Wiltshire was an institution of national significance from the late seventh century until the dissolution of the monasteries...
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Martin Luther
1 April 2024A controversial figure during his lifetime, Martin Luther set in motion a revolution that split Christianity in the West and left an indelible...
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George Washington
31 March 2024As Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, George Washington was a central feature of the American Revolutionary War. He was also the first...
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Pontius Pilate
31 March 2024Pontius Pilate was the Roman Prefect of Judea during the reign of Emperor Tiberius and is most famous for condemning Jesus of Nazareth to death by...
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The Amelia Earhart Mystery Solved?
31 March 2024What happened to the pioneering pilot, Amelia Earhart? In 1937, while attempting to circumnavigate the globe by aircraft, Earhart and her...
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Scandalous Sex Lives of Royalty
29 March 2024We've been fascinated by royalty for hundreds of years, but what do we know about their sex lives? Quite a lot, it turns out.
Today we're...
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What is a Pilgrimage?
29 March 2024In medieval times, Britain was criss-crossed by pilgrim routes, that took in such world-famous sites as Canterbury and Lindisfarne as well as...
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President Andrew Johnson: Reconstruction & The First Impeachment
28 March 2024Three quarters of a million people dead in the Civil War. A country separated in to two. How do you join it back together? Do you punish the...
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Surgery in the Early Modern Age
28 March 2024Today surgery is one of the most important sectors in the medical field. But what was surgery like for people in the 16th and 17th centuries,...
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The Murdering Midwife of Covent Garden
28 March 2024‘If only walls could talk’ is a phrase which feels particularly relevant to mysterious murder cases throughout history. And in today’s...
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The Pantheon
27 March 2024The Pantheon is one of the greatest Roman monuments still standing. First built as a pagan temple by Marcus Agrippa during the reign of Caesar...
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2. The British Empire: The Raj and Indian Independence
27 March 2024This is the story of the British Empire in India. Over two episodes, we'll chart India's history from the birth of the Mughal Empire until the...
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The Dark History of Ballet
26 March 2024Whilst ballet is undoubtedly one of the most graceful and elegant art forms, it also has a long and dark history of sexual exploitation.
How...
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Medieval Sex Work
26 March 2024Prostitutes were everywhere in the streets and neighbourhoods of medieval cities. In one and the same building, there might be a school upstairs,...
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1. The British Empire: Mughals & the East India Company
26 March 2024This is the story of the British Empire in India. Over two episodes, we'll chart India's history from the birth of the Mughal Empire until the...
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Who is the Real Dracula? The Bloody History
25 March 2024This is the incredible history of Dracula, from medieval ruler Vlad the Impaler, to Bram Stoker and the Victorian theatre world. Get ready for a...
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Jewish History of Venice
25 March 2024Essential to any history of Venice during its glory days is the story of its Jewish population. Venice gave the world the word ghetto....
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D.B. Cooper & the 70s Hijacking Craze
25 March 2024On 23 June 1972, a man boarded American Airlines Flight 119 in St Louis. He sat most of the way to Tulsa before donning a wig and a pair of gloves...
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The Salem Witch Trials
24 March 2024More than 200 accused, 20 executed and a village plagued with hysteria. Were the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 and 1693 the work of superstition, a...
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Britain After the Ice Age: Star Carr
24 March 2024Over 13,000 years ago, Britain emerged from the ravages of the Ice Age as a changed land. Mesolithic hunter-gatherers who had adapted to cold...
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