Top History Podcasts

On the surface, the Victorian age is one of propriety, industry, prudishness and piety. But scrat....

In 1984, as a New York City subway train made its way downtown, a white man named Bernhard Goetz shot four unarmed Black teenagers he believed were going to rob him….

Yes, it's a strange kind of history. And that’s the way Public Historian Greg Jenner likes it. Because, he says, how we sit, where we sit, what we do when we sit and what happens as a result of all that sitting says a lot about humans past and present....

Ordinary people. Extraordinary stories. Listen to history's unsung heroes who changed the world, ....

Crusading knights, Tudor monarchs, the D-Day landings and more. Travel back in time with some of ....

Legendary sprinter Michael Johnson embarks upon a personal journey through the history of protest in sport....

Jon Hamm leads an all-star cast that includes Kate Mara, Ana de la Reguera, John Slattery, and Bradley Whitford in the riveting true story behind the making of the one American movie the FBI never wanted you to see....

A crew of 47 aboard an Alaskan fishing boat ominously nicknamed “The Danger Ranger” had been counting on a final run deep into the Bering Sea as a last-ditch effort to save a mediocre fishing season....

Making sense of the British Empire's legacy... through the stories of people who lived through it....

On New Year's Eve 1999, a young Vladimir Putin appeared on Russian TV screens â۠awkward, self....

We’ve all heard of fake news, but what about fake history? Dominic Sandbrook explores two and a half millennia of human history, traveling from the American Deep South to the air raid shelters of wartime Britain, to discover how the past has constantly been manipulated....

Why are humans seemingly hardwired to worship gold? It is unique amongst metals: it is malleable, it doesn’t tarnish, and it shines like nothing else. Over time it has come to symbolise wealth and status. It can represent goodness and fidelity but also greed and lust....

The future of democracy is uncertain. Populist world leaders are dominating headlines and creating a new kind of politics that challenges democratic values and the liberal order....

Chi era davvero Cleopatra? Scopriremo che è stata una donna straordinaria, oltre che l'ultima regina d'Egitto: col suo fascino ha saputo...

From 'I Have a Dream' to 'Make America Great Again', there are certain speeches that have....

An audio dramatisation of July 1914 Countdown to War by Sean McMeekin.....

Did you know that Henry Ford had a massive impact on square dancing in America? Or that the act of recycling traces back to 500 B.C. in Athens....

Sherlock Holmes is the most portrayed fictional character of all time, and he has been reimagined....

La casata dei Medici fu una famiglia di banchieri, una dinastia dalle antiche origini che si spinse in tutti i rami della civiltà dell'epoca...

Maratona, Salamina, Adrianopoli, Legnano, Lepanto, Austerlitz, Waterloo, Gettysburg, Caporetto, Stalingrado: le battaglie che hanno segnato la Storia...