History

65 podcasts tagged with History

Newsletters, feeds and podcasts about history: historical stories, research and writing that puts the present in context.

  1. Dwarkesh Podcast

    Deeply researched interviews by Dwarkesh Patel with leading thinkers on AI, history and science.

  2. American History Tellers

    Dramatised stories of the Cold War, Prohibition, the Gold Rush and other chapters of US history.

  3. Ancient History Fangirl

    Misbehaving emperors, poison assassins and mythology from two millennial historians.

  4. Behind the Bastards

    Robert Evans tells the stories of the worst people in history.

  5. Business Wars

    Dramatised stories of the great business rivalries.

  6. Conflicted

    An ex-jihadi turned MI6 spy and a former monk on the history behind conflicts.

  7. Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

    History through the people who fought oppression.

  8. Dan Snow's History Hit

    Historian Dan Snow tells the stories of history's defining moments.

  9. Dressed: The History of Fashion

    The history of fashion.

  10. Echoes of History

    The real history behind the Assassin's Creed games.

  11. Gone Medieval

    Vikings, kings, murders, myths and power politics from the Middle Ages.

  12. History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

    Peter Adamson takes listeners through the history of philosophy.

  13. History on Fire

    Daniele Bolelli's podcast where history and epic collide.

  14. HistoryExtra podcast

    Gripping stories from the past and conversations with historians, from BBC History Magazine.

  15. Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley

    Lucy Worsley revisits women from the past put on trial for murder.

  16. Last Podcast On The Left

    All the horrors our world has to offer, imagined and real.

  17. Legacy

    Afua Hirsch and Peter Frankopan on extraordinary people from history.

  18. Lore

    Dark historical tales and the folklore behind them.

  19. Medieval Death Trip

    Readings and discussions of medieval texts.

  20. Not Just the Tudors

    Professor Suzannah Lipscomb on everything from the Aztecs to witches and Shakespeare.

  21. Origin Story

    Ian Dunt and Dorian Lynskey tell the real stories behind misunderstood political ideas.

  22. Our Fake History

    Myths we think are history, and history hidden in myths.

  23. Past Present Future

    David Runciman's history of ideas podcast.

  24. Radio Diaries

    First-person diaries, sound portraits and hidden chapters of history.

  25. Real Dictators

    Paul McGann tells the hidden lives of history's tyrants.

  26. Real Survival Stories

    True stories of ordinary people thrust into extraordinary survival situations.

  27. Retronauts

    The history of video games, one game at a time.

  28. Rex Factor

    A fun review of all the kings and queens of England and Scotland.

  29. Ridiculous History

    Ben Bowlin and Noel Brown dive into history's ridiculous moments.

  30. Short History Of...

    Each week, a short, immersive history of one extraordinary event.

  31. Sidedoor

    The Smithsonian's stories from behind the scenes.

  32. Slow Burn

    Slate on America's most consequential moments.

  33. Stuff You Missed in History Class

    Holly and Tracy bring you the greatest and strangest stories from history.

  34. The Age of Napoleon Podcast

    The life and career of Napoleon Bonaparte and his era.

  35. The Ancients

    History Hit's podcast about the distant past, with leading historians and archaeologists.

  36. The Book Club

    Dominic Sandbrook and Tabitha Syrett bring the historical context behind famous books.

  37. The Bowery Boys: New York City History

    American history through the streets of New York City.

  38. The British History Podcast

    A chronological retelling of British history, focused on the lives of the people.

  39. The History of Byzantium

    The story of the Roman (Byzantine) Empire from 476 to 1453.

  40. The History of Egypt Podcast

    Ancient Egypt, from creation to Cleopatra, in their own words.

  41. The History of England

    David Crowther's long-running retelling of the story of England.

  42. The History of English Podcast

    The spoken history of a global language.

  43. The History of WWII Podcast

    Ray Harris Jr explores the Second World War in depth.

  44. The Irish Passport

    The culture, history and politics of Ireland.

  45. The Lonely Palette

    Art history, one painting at a time.

  46. The Memory Palace

    Nate DiMeo's short, beautiful stories from the past.

  47. The Partial Historians

    Dr Rad and Dr G laugh their way through ancient Rome.

  48. The Rest Is Classified

    Spies, espionage and covert operations with David McCloskey and Gordon Corera.

  49. Throughline

    NPR's time machine: how did we get here?

  50. Tides of History

    Patrick Wyman on the deep history that shapes our world.

  51. Unexplained

    Strange and mysterious real-life events.

  52. Witness History

    Short stories of big moments from history, told by the people who were there.

  53. You Must Remember This

    Karina Longworth on the secret and forgotten histories of Hollywood.

  54. You're Wrong About

    Sarah Marshall reconsiders people and events that have been miscast.

  55. Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

    Tim Harford tells true stories of awful mistakes, dumb decisions and wild disasters, and what they can teach us. From Pushkin Industries.

  56. Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

    Dan Carlin's epic, multi-hour episodes take an unorthodox look at the past, from the Mongols to the First World War. Episodes are rare but long.

  57. Empire

    William Dalrymple and Anita Anand explore the rise and fall of empires, from the British Empire and the Mughals to the Ottomans and Ancient Rome.

  58. Fall of Civilizations

    Each long episode looks at the collapse of a different civilisation: what happened, why they fell and what it felt like to live through it.

  59. Gastropod

    Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley explore the hidden history and surprising science behind a different food or farming topic every other week.

  60. In Our Time

    The BBC Radio 4 discussion programme on the ideas, people and discoveries that shaped the world, from history and philosophy to science and literature.

  61. Revisionist History

    Malcolm Gladwell revisits something from the past, whether an event, a person, an idea or a song, and asks whether we got it right the first time.

  62. Revolutions

    Mike Duncan's narrative history of the great political revolutions, told season by season, from the English Civil War to Russia.

  63. The Rest Is History

    Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook tell the stories of history's biggest moments, rulers and battles, often in multi-part series.

  64. We Have Ways of Making You Talk

    The Second World War podcast with comedian Al Murray and historian James Holland, covering battles, forgotten fronts and untold stories.

  65. You're Dead to Me

    The comedy podcast that takes history seriously: Greg Jenner is joined by a comedian and an expert historian for each episode. From BBC Radio 4.

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