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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Victorian London's Hidden Porn Trade
12 September 2023Holywell Street, just off London's Fleet Street, was the hidden epicentre of Victorian pornography.
The Daily Telegraph described it as "the...
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39:42
The Knights Templar
11 September 2023Few organisations in history have names as loaded with legend as the Knights Templar. Western culture is infused with the mythology of these pious...
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34:42
9/11: Toxic Gas, PTSD & Rebuilding
11 September 2023New York was a city of 8 million people in 2001. A city that would be changed forever by the events of 9/11.
In this episode, we will not...
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The Bazaar
11 September 2023In this episode we’ll travel to the Bazaar (AKA souk), a place of trade and politics, the beating heart of the city…
Throngs of people...
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34:58
Hapsburg Inbreeding with Dr. Adam Rutherford
11 September 2023One of Early Modern Europe’s most powerful families, the Hapsburgs shared a physical trait so distinctive that it came to be regarded as a badge...
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39:10
The Nazi Massacre at Rumbula
10 September 2023What would it be like to discover that your grandfather was a Nazi? For decades, generations of Germans have been grappling with the legacies of...
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35:38
Deep-Sea Submersibles & the Titan Disaster
10 September 2023The Titan submersible implosion was a tragic example of marine exploration going wrong. Today Dallas speaks to one of the world's leading marine...
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44:06
Liangzhu: Cradle of Chinese Civilisation?
10 September 2023Where do you begin to understand the origins of Chinese civilization? Located near the Yangtze River, the treasures of the Liangzhu culture can be...
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33:25
Europe's 1848 Revolutions
8 September 2023In 1848, Europe was wracked by a series of revolutions that turned the established political order on its head. Across the continent populations...
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32:01
How to Spot Magic in Medieval Buildings
8 September 2023In the Middle Ages, people made marks and concealed many objects in their buildings to protect themselves from harmful magic. Dead cats, horse...
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53:10
Cleopatra to Jane Austen: Perfumes of Powerful Women
8 September 2023Why did Cleopatra soak the sails of her ship in jasmine? How did Queen Elizabeth smell? And why was perfume an essential tool of power for women...
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34:54
The Mexican-American War
7 September 2023In 1848, after almost two years of fighting, the US annexation of former Mexican territory was signed into a treaty.
Mexico lost a third of...
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42:29
Michelangelo
7 September 2023At 31, Michelangelo was considered the finest artist in Italy, perhaps the world. Long before he died at almost 90, he was widely believed to...
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Medusa
7 September 2023This episode contains references to sexual assault.
Medusa stands as one of the most iconic yet misconstrued figures of Greek...
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50:56
Chichén Itzá
6 September 2023One of the new Seven Wonders of the World, Chichen Itza is home to monumental pyramids, temples, and is a treasure trove of archaeological...
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47:40
Patriarchy
6 September 2023Why are men in charge? Who invented Patriarchy?
Was it chest-thumping primate ancestors? Was it spear-wielding hunter gatherers? Was it at...
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27:37
Marco Polo
5 September 2023You may have heard the many myths about the life and exploits of Marco Polo- was he really the one who brought ice cream and spaghetti from his...
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39:07
Bestiality
5 September 2023When sex between two humans can be many things, how do we define bestiality - that is, sex between a human and a non-human?
Especially...
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42:42
Origins of the Māori
5 September 2023Around the time of the start of the Hundred Years’ War between England and France, and the Black Death was devastating tens of millions of...
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23:24
The Legacy of Rome
4 September 2023Rome has attracted aspiring conquerors and leaders for millennia, not just as a great metropolis, but as an idea. It has long been a symbol of...
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47:12
Oppenheimer: What If America Never Dropped the Atomic Bomb?
4 September 2023The new Oppenheimer movie has everyone asking questions about the atomic bombs dropped on Japan in 1945 - were two bombs necessary? Would the war...
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