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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Elizabeth I's Censored Annals: A Major Discovery
17 August 2023Did King James VI of Scotland plot to assassinate Elizabeth I? Did she name him as her successor? For centuries, dozens of pasted-over passages in...
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President John Adams
17 August 2023Sequels are always hit and miss. So what must it have been like to be the second President of the United States, following the man who originated...
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Battle of Gettysburg
16 August 2023The first three days of July 1863 saw the bloodiest single battle of the American Civil War. This clash between the Unionist and Confederate...
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Digital Calculators
16 August 2023What did humans do before calculators? How big was the very first electronic calculator? And what do monkey bones have to do with the...
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The Rise of the Taliban
15 August 2023Is it possible that the Taliban of today are more fanatical than before? American and Coalition troops recently fought a bitter, 20-year war...
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Polyamory: From Mormons to 60s Counterculture
15 August 2023The polyamory movement has a long and interesting history. It takes in Pilgrims meeting Native American Indians, Mormons having their take on it,...
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Sex: The Medieval Rules
15 August 2023Sex. It’s everyone’s favourite subject. But has it been that way since the Middle Ages? The repressive instincts of some medieval churchmen...
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Scottish Clans
14 August 2023It is believed clans started to emerge in Scotland around 1100AD and were originally the descendants of kings – if not of demigods from Irish...
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28:37
The Texas Chicken Ranch: Famous Brothel to Broadway
14 August 2023When it closed in 1973, the Texas Chicken Ranch was the oldest continually operating brothel in the United States. Why was this brothel able to...
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Baghdad Soundwalks | Trailer
14 August 2023Baghdad Soundwalks guides you through the history, intrigue and drama of medieval Baghdad, the setting for Assassin's Creed Mirage. Join our hosts...
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Christopher Wren
14 August 2023Best known for St. Paul’s Cathedral, Christopher Wren was the greatest architect Britain has ever known. But he was so much more: he applied his...
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Putin's Rise to Power
14 August 2023Serving continuously as either Prime Minister or President since 1999, Vladimir Putin's leadership of Russia has always dominated the geopolitical...
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Gladiators of Pompeii
13 August 2023This episode contains some references to graphic violence.
Gladiators are one the most enduring symbols of Ancient Rome, and Pompeii is no...
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40:35
Oppenheimer: Inventor of the Atomic Bomb
13 August 2023Robert Oppenheimer was the father of the atomic bomb - a weapon of unprecedented power, which, when dropped on Japan, would end WWII and would...
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Archimedes and the Siege of Syracuse
12 August 2023Dan tells the story of Archimedes, the ancient Greek inventor whose weapons of war protected the town of Syracuse from a Roman army. The Romans...
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34:46
Afghanistan: The Legacies of Withdrawal
11 August 2023In August 2021, after 20 years of military presence, the United States withdrew the last of their troops from Afghanistan. With chaos quickly...
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Æthelstan: First King of the English
11 August 2023The grandson of Alfred the Great, Æthelstan the Glorious was the first King of England, reigning from 924 to 939. Æthelstan inherited the...
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History of Kissing: Why do we lock lips?
11 August 2023A good old smooch. It’s something that we do on a daily basis in one form or another (if we’re lucky), and yet have you ever stopped and...
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The Pueblo Revolt
10 August 2023On August 10 1680, the Pueblo people began the most successful uprising against colonial power in North America.
For 11 days, Spanish...
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Attila the Hun: Scourge of God
10 August 2023One of the most powerful, and feared, leaders of history - Attila the Hun's legacy has persevered over centuries. His consolidation of the Hunnic...
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Treasures of Lambeth Palace
10 August 2023Books belonging to Henry VIII, Richard III, Mary I and Edward VI are among the treasures in the historic library of the Archbishops of Canterbury,...
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