History Podcasts

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10 American presidents

10 USP is a podcast about 10 landmark American Presidents by Roifield Brown. Each show features an expert narrator giving their take on the life of the president.

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12 Byzantine Rulers

Lars Brownworth's classic podcast (1st episode in 2004)

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Africa: A history

Travis Dow, podcast creator extraordinaire, explores the cultural, anthropologic and geographical history of Africa.

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Age of Jackson

This podcast is devoted to the Age of Jackson, commonly known as the Jacksonian era and the Antebellum period (ca.1815 – ca.1845)

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A History of the World in 100 Objects

Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, narrates 100 programmes that retell humanity's history through the objects we have made

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American Biography

Thomas Daly's podcast on figures, often lesser known, from American history

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American History Tellers

"We’ll take you to the events, the times and the people that shaped our nation."

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American Revolution Podcast

A Chronological Journey through the Revolutionary War

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Ask Historians

The AskHistorians Podcast features members of Reddit's AskHistorians community, as well as published academics, and experts for long-form 60-90 minute in-depth conversations

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Backstory Radio

Hosted by noted U.S. historians, this podcast provides different perspectives on a particular theme or subject

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Bohemican

Pete Collman, originally from Hawaii, now an expat in Prague, delivers this podcast about Czech history.

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British History

Jamie Jeffers's podcast about Britain through the ages

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Can he do that?

Washington Post’s politics podcast, exploring the powers and limitations of the American presidency, and what happens when they're tested.

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Constitutional

As a follow-up to the popular Washington Post podcast “Presidential,” reporter Lillian Cunningham returns with this series exploring the Constitution

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Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

If you're looking for the abridged version of anything, this may not be for you. If you like long-form formats, this long-running podcast is one to consider.

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Dangerous History

This takes CJ’s countless hours, combining education with entertainment. Has a nice website to go with the podcast.

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History of Alchemy

Travis Dow looks at the history of alchemy and it's influence on science.

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History of China

Chris Stewart's podcast on the history of China

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History of Germany

Another podcast from Travis Dow; this time on the history of Germany.

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History of India

Kit Patrick's podcast on the history of India

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History of Pirates

Craig Buddy's podcast doesn't appear to have new episodes after May 2017

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History of Rome

Mike Duncan's History of Rome podcast recorded from 2007-2013

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History of the Papacy

Steve Guerra is the host of the History of the Papacy Podcast, which began in 2013.

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History of the 20th Century

Mark Painter takes an interdisciplinary approach to include art, culture, music, science and religion, as well as war and politics.

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History of the World

Now defunct, but downloads are still available.

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History of….

Jamie Redfern takes on a variety of historical topics. He has several podcasts that can be linked to from his site or google+ page

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Hope Through History

Jon Meacham new podcast in partnership with the history network.

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Impressions of America

Podcast on modern American history -- covering the changing political discourse since the 1950s. It maintains a twitter feed (https://twitter.com/USAimpressions).

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In Our Time

BBC 4's long-standing show with Melvin Bragg

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Norman Centuries

Lars Brownworth's podcast covering Normans in France, England and Italy.

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Our Fake History

Sebastian Major and Beth Lorimer serve up a podcast about myths people think are history and history that might be hidden in myths

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Presidential

In 44 chronological episodes, the “Presidential” podcast takes listeners on an epic historical journey through the personality and legacy of each of the American presidents.

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Revisionist History

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

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Revolutions

A weekly podcasting exploring great political revolutions from Mike Duncan.

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Russian Rulers

Mark Schauss's podcast on Russian history

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Scene on

"Scene on Radio is the Peabody-nominated podcast from the Center for Documentary Studies (CDS) at Duke University."

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Stuff You Missed in History Class

This has been around for a while, is very popular because of its engaging approach to interesting and obscure topics.

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Talking history

Benjamin & Adam Ashwell discuss the Italian reunification in the 19th century.

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The History of Byzantium

Robin Pierson continues the story of the Roman empire. This podcast was created to continue the narrative from Mike Duncan's history of Rome podcast

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The History Chicks

"Our goal is to introduce you to female characters in history, factual or fictional via our podcast and shownotes. An introduction, an overview and a little push to explore and learn more on your own."

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The History of England

David Crowther's History of England podcast is a highly rated podcast that takes a chronological approach from the fall of Roman Britain to the present day

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The History of English Podcast

A chronological history of the English language examined through the lens of historical events that shaped the development and spread of the language from the Eurasian steppe to the entire world.

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The Secret Cabinet

"Secret Cabinet" refers to historic artifacts that are somehow disturbing or deviant. This is the English version where Travis Dow translates the original German podcast by Der Buddler.

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Twilight Histories

Jordan Harbour mashes history and the Twilight Zone

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Uncivil

America is divided, and it always has been. We're going back to the moment when that split turned into war. This is Uncivil: Gimlet Media's history podcast, hosted by journalists Jack Hitt and Chenjerai Kumanyika.

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When Diplomacy Fails

Zack Twamley, historian from County Wicklow, examines causes and implications of conlicts from 1500 to the present.

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Wittenberg to Westphalia

Originally intended as a history of The Thirty Years War, the scope of the project grew to now include the entire Early Modern Period of European History; from Benjamin Jacobs.

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