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40+ History Must Haves

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May 13th, 2025
Documenting, deciphering, and puzzling over the past

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    "abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast guides listeners through immersive audio fantasies, r...

    All-American Ruins

    SocietyCultureTravelHistory
    Acast

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    3 Ratings
    History with a dash of make-believe. Touching, fascinating, bingeworthy
    "The Cold War, Prohibition, the Gold Rush, the Space Race. Every part of your life - the words y...

    Audible

    HistoryKidsFamilySocietyCulture
    WonderyAudible

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    26 Ratings
    Haven't spent time with this one, but a friend loves it
    "A podcast for all ancient history fans! The Ancients is dedicated to discussing our distant pas...

    History Hit

    History
    AcastHistory Hit Network

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    11 Ratings
    "BackStory is a weekly public podcast hosted by U.S. historians Ed Ayers, Brian Balogh, Nathan C...

    BackStory

    HistoryEducationSocietyCulture

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    9 Ratings
    Love this show. Series over, but a great archive of programs.
    "The first woman on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorist List was a Black Panther. The richest person...

    Audible

    History
    Audible

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    1 Rating
    "Join domestic historian Ruth Goodman as she guides you through the surprising, often epic, stor...

    NOISER

    HistorySocietyCultureDocumentary
    Noiser

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    2 Ratings
    Fascinating series! Get it while it is still available
    "In "Hardcore History" journalist and broadcaster Dan Carlin takes his "Martian", unorthodox way...

    Dan Carlin

    HistorySocietyCultureAncient History

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    274 Ratings
    Long format, have enjoyed the handful of episodes I've caught
    "The Dead Ladies Show presents the stories of amazing women from history told live on stage in B...

    Dead Ladies Show Podcast

    HistorySocietyCulture

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    6 Ratings
    "The best source on our cultural identity is not the official, historical record — ask any anthr...

    iHeartPodcasts

    HistorySocietyCultureDocumentaryFilmTvAnthropology
    iHeartRadio

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    4 Ratings
    Archived episodes
    "Everything Everywhere Daily is a daily podcast that explores a wide range of topics in history,...

    Gary Arndt

    HistoryEducationScience

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    31 Ratings
    A solid little program! (Host's accent drives me nuts, but enjoy the show regularly)
    "It’s good, bad, ugly - and very very funny. Changing the way we see heroes and villains in hist...

    BBC Sounds

    ComedyHistory
    BBC

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    10 Ratings
    "15 Minute History is a podcast series is devoted to short, accessible discussions of important ...

    15 Minute History

    SocietyCultureEducationHistory

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    "Dive into the defining events, eras, and turning points that shaped our world. Compact History ...

    Wayne Armstrong

    HistoryEducationSocietyCulture

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    0 Ratings
    Dry as toast, but interesting and a quick dose of history
    "A series of stories of disastrous turning points, dangerous ideas, crazy coincidences, unsung h...

    iHeartPodcasts and OZY

    HistorySocietyCulture
    iHeartRadio

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    1 Rating
    You might find yourself saying, "Wow!" right out loud
    "Brains On Universe presents Forever Ago®, a history show for the whole family! Every episode lo...

    Brains On Universe

    HistoryKidsFamily
    American Public MediaLemonada Media

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    0 Ratings
    Something for the kids
    "From long-lost Viking ships to kings buried in unexpected places; from murders and power politi...

    History Hit

    History
    AcastHistory Hit Network

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    3 Ratings
    One from the HISTORY HIT team. Search for them for more interesting series
    "The HistoryExtra podcast brings you gripping stories from the past and fascinating historical c...

    Immediate

    HistorySocietyCulture

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    14 Ratings
    "All families tell stories about themselves. Those stories are passed down, and like an intergen...

    Audacy

    HistorySocietyCulture
    Audacy

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    2 Ratings
    Completed series with all archived episodes available
    "'Humans Are Evil'. A bi-weekly history show unearthing the most shocking events, actions and c...

    Jamie Dalgleish

    HistorySocietyCulturePhilosophy

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    0 Ratings
    Not for the faint of heart, but you will definitely learn new things. Completed series
    "Historical themes, events and key individuals from Akhenaten to Xenophon."

    BBC Radio 4

    History
    BBC

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    4 Ratings
    History episodes from the long-running Melvin Bragg series IN OUR TIME
    "The Last Archive​ is a show about the history of truth, and the historical context for our curr...

    Pushkin Industries

    HistorySocietyCulture
    Pushkin Industries

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    15 Ratings
    Jill Lepore is one of America's best historians. LOVE her book about Benjamin Franklin's sister, BOOK OF AGES: THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF JANE FRANKLIN, which addresses the missing stories of women in colonial history.
    "the memory palace"

    Nate DiMeo

    HistoryArtsSocietyCulture

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    55 Ratings
    "It’s generally agreed that a trip to a museum is almost certainly educational, at times enterta...

    BBC Sounds

    History
    BBC

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    BBC completed series
    "Daily briefings of On This Day people's history anniversaries every day of the year. From the W...

    Working Class History

    HistoryEducationScienceSocial Sciences

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    Quick one to add to your fast morning subscriptions
    "Our newest podcast, “The Preventionist” is out now. Search for it wherever you get your podcast...

    Serial Productions & The New York Times

    NewsTrue CrimeSocietyCulturePublic RadioCrime
    New York Times

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    410 Ratings
    Different focus each season
    "History is full of the extraordinary. Each week, we'll transport you back in time to witness hi...

    NOISER

    History
    Noiser

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    16 Ratings
    "SNAFU with Ed Helms, America’s favorite podcast about history’s greatest screwups, returns for ...

    iHeartPodcasts

    HistoryComedy
    iHeartRadio

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    4 Ratings
    "Corporate crookedness. Family feuding. Hilariously half-baked decisions. Host Lauren Ober tackl...

    American Public Media

    BusinessManagement
    American Public Media

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    8 Ratings
    Have yet to check out this series, but recommended by friends. Sounds fun!
    "These are stories you were never meant to hear. The invisible but vital work of the world’s int...

    Audible

    History
    WonderyAudible

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    5 Ratings
    "Join Holly and Tracy as they bring you the greatest and strangest Stuff You Missed In History C...

    iHeartPodcasts

    HistorySocietyCultureAncient History
    iHeartRadio

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    41 Ratings
    "The BBC’s space podcast. The story of Artemis II: Nasa’s mission to loop around the Moon. Nasa ...

    BBC World Service

    HistorySocietyCultureDocumentaryTechnology
    BBC

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    34 Ratings
    NASA series about the moon travels and landings
    "This is a story of three brothers, one crown, and not an ounce of loyalty between them. It’s th...

    Sony Music Entertainment

    HistorySocietyCulture
    Sony Music

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    2 Ratings
    Focuses on one royal dynasty each season, gruesome European families so far
    "Throughline is a time machine. Each episode, we travel beyond the headlines to answer the quest...

    NPR

    HistorySocietyCultureDocumentary
    NPR

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    40 Ratings
    Learned a great deal from this well-produced series
    "Everywhere around us are echoes of the past. Those echoes define the boundaries of states and c...

    Audible / Patrick Wyman

    HistorySocietyCultureDocumentary
    WonderyAudible

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    109 Ratings
    "On the Very Special Episodes podcast, we tell one incredible story each week. Stranger-than-fic...

    iHeartPodcasts

    HistoryEducationSocietyCultureDocumentary
    iHeartRadio

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    "Dan Snow brings together the sound archive collections of the Imperial War Museums and the BBC ...

    BBC Radio 4

    History
    BBC

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    "The less-than-serious history podcast with stand up comedian Angela Barnes (The News Quiz, Mock...

    Angela Barnes and John O'Farrell

    History

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    5 Ratings
    Hearing Angela Barnes makes it a little easier to live without MOCK THE WEEK. Miss them so much!
    "History isn't made by kings and politicians, it's made by all of us. This podcast is about how ...

    Working Class History

    HistoryEducationSocietyCulture

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    5 Ratings
    This show has deeply inspiring moments. If we can work together to protect our own rights and those of our fellow man, there is hope for the species. Reminding us of the brave individuals who lived and died to bring us the luxuries and freedoms
    "Sarah is a journalist obsessed with the past. Every week she reconsiders a person or event that...

    Sarah Marshall

    HistoryTrue CrimeSocietyCulture

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    Setting the record straight about the past
    "The comedy podcast that takes history seriously. In each episode of You’re Dead to Me from BBC ...

    BBC Radio 4

    HistoryComedy
    BBC

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    48 Ratings
    "A Scottish perspective on why much of the world seems crazy…and what to do about it."

    a firesidephilosophers production

    SocietyCulturePersonal Journals

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    "Eye-witness accounts brought to life by archive. Witness History is for those fascinated by and...

    BBC World Service

    SocietyCulturePersonal JournalsHistory
    BBC

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    "Revisionist History is Malcolm Gladwell's journey through the overlooked and the misunderstood....

    Pushkin Industries

    SocietyCultureHistory
    Pushkin Industries

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