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20 of the Best History Podcasts for Bringing the Past to Life
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20 of the Best History Podcasts for Bringing the Past to Life
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Dec 31st, 2024
The very best - in my humble opinion - history podcasts on all things old and dusty. Categories include: Everyone, Everywhere (podcast that cover all the world's history at any time), A Bit More Specific (shows that cover some people or just some places), The American Ones (American history, clearly), Even More Specifi...
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Dan carlin is not a historian and he wants you to know that, but the podcasting world has made it clear that he is our historian, as his show has won awards and gained a massive following over the years. Hardcore History is the place you go if | ||||||||||
This is a podcast that goes in depth on all sorts of stories. A BBC Radio show, Melvyn Bragg discusses history from all over the world and from every century to reveal things you may have never heard or give more information on something you’ve | ||||||||||
What about history do you feel you know for a fact? That there is no debate on, that is set in stone? Well, Malcolm Gladwell is here to show you what you may have missed and how that little detail or perspective or person or word, just might ch | ||||||||||
This is a storytelling podcast for all the stories you’ve never heard and probably the ones you never really wanted to hear. Aaron Mahnke takes a deep-dive into the dark parts and people that are scattered across the centuries by telling grueso | ||||||||||
I hit this podcast up when I don't want to hear more details on topics I already know way too much about. The title says it all; Holly and Tracy take listeners through events and lives you probably haven't heard of but that had major repercussi | ||||||||||
History is clearly all about stories, and this is the place for every story imaginable, including the ones that may or may not be true but are still inspiring us and our culture today. Jon Hagadorn walks you through history as if you were readi | ||||||||||
If you're like me and tired of white men dominating the history scene, this is the podcast for you. Beckett and Susan walk through every century and continent to let you know what the other sex has been up to all these years through well-resear | ||||||||||
When Mike Duncan finished explaining to us Rome from beginning to end, he started on a new project: teaching the world about every major revolution that has happened in world history. Revolutions is now ten revolutions down and there is no end | ||||||||||
Mike Duncan started this podcast because he couldn’t find a show on Rome to listen to. Though the series has ended, it earned Duncan his name as a leader in the history podcasts category. I love how he spares no detail in telling this incredibl | ||||||||||
There is a vast difference between learning about history and living it, experiencing it yourself. American History Tellers is a show that puts you in the shoes of normal, everyday people during some of the most formative moments in American hi | ||||||||||
If ancient or even old history isn’t your thing, Slow Burn is the podcast for you. Having covered Watergate and the Clinton scandals, this is a podcast committed to recent American political history as investigated by Leon Neyfakh, who tends to | ||||||||||
There are things we understand as facts that are functioning in our world today like healthcare, abortion rights, racism and such. But these things have not always been facts or have not always been understood as they are now, and Back Story is | ||||||||||
Okay, maybe world history or American history or political history isn’t really your thing, but who doesn’t love food? Burnt Toast is here to answer all of your food history questions, from how burnt toast happens and what it’s good for to why | ||||||||||
Arguably one of the coolest museums in Washington, D.C. is the International Spy Museum which tells the stories of everyone who has lived in the shadows and mastered in deception for a country at some point. And SpyCast is here to share the sto | ||||||||||
Art is and always has been the way a society and a culture separate themselves from any other and define themselves and their values. Which means it and the history surrounding it is an absolutely necessary part of studying history, and The Art | ||||||||||
If you’re a philosophy nerd or you think you may want to be, you may have started reading different famous writers and their works. But there is a lot you can miss about those philosopher’s lives and cultures if you only read their writing. Ste | ||||||||||
Do you love film and television? Does sitting in a movie theater for hours on end sound like the perfect day to you? Do you know the major actors from today and every black-and-white classic? Then this is the podcast for you. Karina Longworth t | ||||||||||
If you don’t have a lot of time but you aren’t interested in sacrificing quality, The Memory Palace is the place for you. In under fifteen minutes, Nate DiMeo transports you to another time in history through incredible storytelling and vivid | ||||||||||
This is a BBC podcast that tells compelling stories throughout history from the perspective of someone who lived through that moment. From the breakdown of the Soviet Union to Jewish ghettos, black activists in America to hikers in Russia, you’ | ||||||||||
Produced by the University of Texas at Austin, 15 Minute History is “for educators, students, and history buffs alike.” Discussing world history from every century, this is a podcast that allows you to hear some fascinating research from impres | ||||||||||
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