American History Podcasts

Iroquois History and Legends

111 episodes - Latest episode: 12 months ago - ★★★★★ - 671 ratings
The Iroquois Confederacy. An Indigenous North American civilization with equal rights and representative government that left Europeans in bewilderment. Their influence affected the American free...

New Angle: Voice

16 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 151 ratings
Beverly 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 ...

Virginia History Podcast

110 episodes - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★ - 105 ratings
The Virginia History Podcast covers the rich history that has made the Commonwealth what it is today. Events covered during this podcast will include - Colonial Era American War for Independence...

Zero Hour: A History of 9/11

12 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★ - 99 ratings
A narrative nonfiction podcast chronicling the people and events leading up to the attacks of September 11th, 2001.

Lantern Lessons

15 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 98 ratings
Lantern Lessons with David Edmunds is an informal lecture series about the American Revolution, and the corresponding characters associated with that struggle. Eavesdrop on the Food Nanny's brothe...

Tales of Honor Podcast

1,081 episodes - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★★ - 53 ratings
Tales of Honor Podcast is a bi-weekly podcast where the true stories of every recipient of the Medal of Honor are told. There are over 3,500 recipients and you may know a few of the names but there...

Roots of the Spirit Podcast

65 episodes - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 41 ratings
Roots of the Spirit bridges the past to the present by having honest conversations about history, identity, race, racism, and other social justice issues that intersect.

Lawrenceville Bicentennial Podcast

57 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 41 ratings
The City of Lawrenceville turned 200 in 2021. To celebrate, we launched the Bicentennial Podcast with Gwinnett Magazine. The name fit, and we’ve kept it, though we have moved beyond our 200-year ...

Q & Abe

44 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 31 ratings
Come on down the rabbit hole with us as we answer real questions from visitors to President Lincoln’s Cottage that we wish we could spend a half hour answering. We always start with Lincoln and the...

Pow Wow Life - PowWows.com

109 episodes - Latest episode: 12 days ago - ★★★★ - 28 ratings
PowWows.com brings you interviews and updates from Indian Country. Pow Wow Life introduces you to Native Americans across the United States and Canada from singers and dancers to tribal and busine...

Tomb With A View: A Cemetery Podcast

157 episodes - Latest episode: 9 months ago - ★★★★★ - 21 ratings
A podcast about the history, preservation, and culture of American cemeteries hosted by Liz Clappin

From Boomers to Millennials: A Modern US History Podcast

40 episodes - Latest episode: 6 months ago - ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
A modern U.S. history podcast about the events that spanned the Baby Boomer generation’s lifespan & that are still relevant to people today, especially to Millennials. Unlike some history podcasts,...

Revolution 250 Podcast

237 episodes - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Revolution 250 is a consortium of organizations in New England planning commemorations of the American Revolution's 250th anniversary. https://revolution250.org/Through this podcast you will meet ...

Native Circles

57 episodes - Latest episode: 29 days ago - ★★★★★ - 18 ratings
This podcast features Native American and Indigenous voices, stories, and experiences for everyone to learn, not only in North America but also throughout the world. The founders of Native Circles...

This is Not a History Lecture

251 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
Welcome to a refreshingly casual take on history podcasts. Join Kat and Kaleigh as they share their favorite stories from history - the odd, the funny, the forgotten, and the often misunderstood. B...

Whiskey Lore®: The Interviews

168 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Join Best Selling Author Drew Hannush as he talks with the founders, distillers, authors, historians, and brand ambassadors that lead us to a greater understanding of the whiskies we love - and the...

KoreanAmericanHeritage podcast

164 episodes - Latest episode: 26 days ago - ★★★★ - 8 ratings
An educational podcast seeking the Korean American Heritage truths hosted by Philip "Flip" Cuddy (dosan.org), Sofia Carro, and Han Kim (inthekimchijar.com).

American Political History

122 episodes - Latest episode: 9 months ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
My goal is to give you American political history from 1600 to the present. With the prospective of the people and politics of that time. So that we can understand their achievements, gain wisdom f...

South Bend's Own Words

58 episodes - Latest episode: 6 months ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
People's stories recorded from the Oral History Collection of the Civil Rights Heritage Center at the Indiana University South Bend Archives. Telling the history of the civil rights movement and th...

DB Comedy Presents THE ELECTABLES

66 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
Live From Chicago, a Comedy/History Podcast about the American Presidents - for people who can't afford HAMILTON.

No More Silos with Dr. Erika Santiago

62 episodes - Latest episode: 28 days ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
Are you interested in learning about the history of Christianity?The podcast will cover topics like world history, church/ Christian history, American history, African American history, theology a...

LEONARD: Political Prisoner

24 episodes - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
In 1977, Native American activist Leonard Peltier was sentenced to consecutive life terms for killing two FBI agents. Then in 2000, a Freedom of Information Act disclosure proved the Feds had fram...

Innovative History

23 episodes - Latest episode: 9 months ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Welcome to Innovative History, a podcast that explores new directions in historical research and storytelling. Innovative History is hosted by Fulton Bryant-Anderson and Mike Halvorson, two histori...

Espresso Talk Today

266 episodes - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
We confront issues and their effects on Black people in the United States and around the world. From climate change to white supremacy, police violence to veganism, we face these highly charged top...

Kennedy Dynasty

199 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago
The Kennedy podcast you’ve been looking for. Dive into discussions on the Kennedy’s family dynamic, appeal, call to public service, many notable accomplishments and much more with Alyson on the Ken...

Armchair Historians

168 episodes - Latest episode: 8 months ago
What's your favorite history? Each interview on this podcast begins with this one question. Our guests are people who like history and get really excited about a particular time, place or person fr...

Gadfly

159 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago
Hosts Dusty Wilson and Oona O'Leary meet up fortnightly to chat about third parties, fringe candidates, and generally weird American electoral history. 

[Abridged] Presidential Histories

123 episodes - Latest episode: 14 days ago
From Yorktown to the Civil War, Pearl Harbor to 9/11, discover the pivotal moments that defined each president's life and legacy and the lessons we can draw from them. New episodes available the 1s...

Stories of American History

119 episodes - Latest episode: 4 days ago
Listeners will hear podcasts about the great nation that we call the United States of America. Visit the author's web site at Mossy Feet Books

Dreams of Black Wall Street

84 episodes - Latest episode: 10 months ago
A look back in history at a time of great promise and great disappointment for Black Americans who dreamed of and struggled for the promise of community and full citizenship.