History Podcasts

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
19 episodes - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★★ - 58.8K ratingsIn "Hardcore History" journalist and broadcaster Dan Carlin takes his "Martian", unorthodox way of thinking and applies it to the past. Was Alexander the Great as bad a person as Adolf Hitler? What...

Casefile True Crime
332 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 30.5K ratingsFact is scarier than fiction. Subscribe to Casefile Premium to receive ad-free episodes released one week early, along with access to bonus Q&A’s, our exclusive show ‘Behind the Files’, and more.

Unexplained Mysteries
281 episodes - Latest episode: 10 months ago - ★★★★★ - 5.4K ratingsLife can take unexpected turns. Some are easily defined. Others… require further investigation. Every Tuesday and Thursday, collect the pieces of a seemingly unsolvable puzzle — events in history w...

Good Assassins
53 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 3K ratingsSeason 2 is the unbelievable but true story of the greatest spy of World War II. The Nazis don't know her name, but they want this woman dead. A mysterious agent is strategically dismantling their...

9/12
18 episodes - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★ - 1.1K ratingsHow did 9/11 the day become 9/11 the idea? That question drives Pineapple Street Studios and award-winning host Dan Taberski (Missing Richard Simmons, Running From COPS, The Line) to shift ...

Wise About Texas
135 episodes - Latest episode: 25 days ago - ★★★★★ - 918 ratingsThe Texas History Podcast

You Must Remember Manson
13 episodes - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 749 ratingsFrom the archives of You Must Remember This, Karina Longworth presents her hugely popular series, “Charles Manson’s Hollywood.” It chronicles the murders committed by followers of Charlie Manson in...

Damn Interesting
122 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 632 ratingsThe audio side of DamnInteresting.com: Legitimately intriguing true stories from history, science, and psychology. Audiobook-like narration with sound effects and music.

T.Rex Talk
158 episodes - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 568 ratingsThe official podcast of T.Rex Arms. Weekly thoughts and conversations between various team members discussing equipment, training, history, politics, and of course, the behind-the-scenes stuff rega...

Romance of the Three Kingdoms Podcast
186 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 535 ratingsA retelling of the classic Chinese novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms in a way that’s more accessible to a Western audience. See 3kingdomspodcast.com for more.

10 American Presidents Podcast
46 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★ - 501 ratingsFrom Washington to Obama, 10 American Presidents a podcast narrated by guest hosts. The life and legacy of an American President. Each show is intercut with music and where possible archive news cl...

Working Class History
107 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 493 ratingsHistory isn't made by kings and politicians, it's made by all of us. This podcast is about how we, together, have fought for a better world. Become a paid subscriber, support our work and listen ad...

Whirlwind: America, Russia & Ukraine
18 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★ - 460 ratingsWritten and narrated by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tim Weiner and created by the Peabody-nominated studio C13Originals, Whirlwind: America, Russia & Ukraine examines the ongoing war in Ukraine -...

Ancient Greece Declassified
57 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 415 ratingsThe podcast that transports you to the ancient world and back, with some good conversation along the way. It's not just about ancient Greece. It's about a huge chunk of human history that the Greek...

Subliminal Deception: A Conspiracy Theory Podcast
203 episodes - Latest episode: about 17 hours ago - ★★★★ - 340 ratingsCody and Phil dive into the world of conspiracy theories in search of the truth or at least good laugh.

SOLD OUT: Rethinking Housing in America
17 episodes - Latest episode: 9 months ago - ★★★★★ - 303 ratingsTents, evictions and gentrification. SOLD OUT envisions what home should be, by telling stories from California, the epicenter of the nation’s housing crisis. A new season of SOLD OUT examines the ...

Obscure History
125 episodes - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★ - 297 ratingsNew episodes every Monday.

Christian History Almanac
1,326 episodes - Latest episode: about 14 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 275 ratingsThe Christian History Almanac is a daily 5-minute podcast that highlights those stories- sometimes well known, other times less so- that have shaped the history of the church. Hosted by historian ...

Ghostlore of Hawaii: Paranormal Paradise
50 episodes - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 196 ratingsWhen most people think of Hawaii, they imagine sand, surf, and the Aloha Spirit....but spirits of a different kind may occupy the Hawaiian islands. Most people visiting the islands don‘t know of H...

Pre History - the archaeology of the ancient Near East
27 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 189 ratingsThe Near East - the region known politically as the Middle East - is the home of both a long and eventful history as well as a much longer and fascinating prehistory. Here on Pre History I will cov...

Conspiracy or Just a Coincidence?
270 episodes - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 187 ratingsFrom aliens, the occult, to government conspiracies. Our history is filled with unexplained patterns and events. Are these occurrences all coincidences and conjecture, or is there a deeper, more si...

Ottoman History Podcast
282 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 176 ratingsInterviews with historians about the history of the Ottoman Empire and beyond

Down & Away
147 episodes - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★ - 175 ratingsCold Case Homicide Studies

FLOORED
60 episodes - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★ - 157 ratingsIf you have ever had a strange fascination with dark and wild histories, compelling mysteries, and conspiracy theories, then this podcast is for you. Every episode your hosts Skye and Louis will br...

Silk And Steel Podcast
79 episodes - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★ - 149 ratingsWeekly discussion on China and Silk Road, history, culture and current events


Blood and Dust : Wild West True Crime
21 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 120 ratingsLawmen, Outlaws, Gunslingers, and everything else wild west. Email - [email protected]

New Angle: Voice
5 episodes - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★★ - 119 ratingsBeverly Willis is adding her voice to a new podcast featuring discussions about the lives and careers of female pioneers of American Architecture. Going beyond the scholarship of the award-winning ...
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