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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The 7 Wonders of the Ancient World
31 January 2024People have always looked to the wonders of the ancient world for awe and inspiration. In the Ancient era, people embarked on dangerous...
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First Polynesians
30 January 2024In small wooden canoes and with just the stars for navigation, how did the first Polynesians conquer the largest ocean on earth? For centuries...
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The Apache Wars
29 January 2024What were the Apache Wars? How did they begin? And how did the end of the Mexican-American War impact the indigenous people of that...
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Sex in Ancient Rome
29 January 2024How sexually depraved were the Romans?
Whilst they were a civlised, stoic and innovative bunch, they were also a promiscuous bunch with very...
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The Black Death
29 January 2024By the time the Black Death subsided, between 75 and 200 million people in Afro-Eurasia were dead, entire towns and cities had collapsed, and the...
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How Ecology Shaped History with Peter Frankopan
29 January 2024History books rarely make much reference to the impact of climate and the natural environment on people, and vice versa. Yet volcanic...
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The Buzzard: Serial Looter
29 January 2024The new season of "Echoes of History" features Ubisoft's new game: "Skull and Bones".
Among pirates, a nickname creates the legend. A...
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Hermes: Messenger of the Gods
28 January 2024Famed as the herald of the Greek gods, Hermes is the ‘jack of all trades’ when it comes to the pantheon of Mount Olympus. Known for his...
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Alaskan Stories: Sedna the Sea-Goddess & Myth of Last Frontier
28 January 2024We are the stories we tell. In Alaska the Inupiaq people tell the story of Sedna the goddess of the sea. They understand that the land they live...
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Masters of the Air: WWII's Bloody 100th Bombers
28 January 2024Screenwriter John Orloff joins Dan to talk about the new WWII mini-series 'Masters of the Air'. It tells the true story of the 'Bloody Hundredth',...
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Sex in Ancient Egypt
26 January 2024How did the Ancient Egyptians differ from us? In many ways they did, but in terms of sexuality, perhaps not so much.
As we’ll find...
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Masters of the Air: WW2's Bloody 100th Bombers
25 January 2024How did the 100th bomber group get a reputation for being unlucky? Who were they? And what was their role in the Second World War?
In this...
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Battle of Hastings
25 January 2024Over the previous three episodes in our special series, Gone Medieval has taken a close look at the three main contenders for the throne of...
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The Mythical Origins of Britain
25 January 2024The British Isles were once thought of as the edge of the Ancient World, a land of giants and other mysteries. According to these myths, survivors...
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Henry VIII's Nemesis, Cardinal Pole
25 January 2024Reginald Pole has been styled as both the nemesis of Henry VIII and as Mary I's bloody accomplice. Pole was related to the English royal...
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The Vandals
25 January 2024Known for bringing about the fall of the Western Roman Empire - the Vandals have a reputation for violence, destruction, and conquering. Moving...
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Alexander the Great
24 January 2024This is everything you need to know about the famed conqueror Alexander the Great. Alongside Dan Snow, host of Dan Snow's History Hit, Tristan and...
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One Life: The 'British Schindler' Nicky Winton & The Kindertransport
24 January 2024Nicholas Winton masterminded an effort that saved the lives of 669 Jewish Children from Czechoslovakia on the eve of World War Two. There's a new...
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The Taj Mahal
23 January 2024The Taj Mahal is one of the most iconic and romanticised buildings on earth. Commissioned by a Mughal ruler to mark the passing of his beloved...
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William the Conqueror
22 January 2024When his cousin King Edward the Confessor died childless, Duke William of Normandy saw the throne of England as his birthright. But one man stood...
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Murder in the Stuart Court
22 January 2024The public fascination with true crime is nothing new. Four centuries ago, the sensational story of the death in the Tower of London of...
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