Culture History Podcasts

Whistlestop: Presidential History and Trivia

95 episodes - Latest episode: 6 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratings
John Dickerson of Slate’s Political Gabfest revisits a moment from the American carnival of politics. Hear about the grand speeches, emergency strategies, baby kissing, and backstabbing that make e...

Just A Story: Urban Legend Podcast

133 episodes - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 309 ratings
A weekly podcast taking a look at the stories that we tell over and over again. What our myths and misdeeds, fears and fables say about us as humans.

SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human

23 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 155 ratings
What makes you … you? Is it your DNA, culture, environment? SAPIENS hosts Jen Shannon, Esteban Gómez, and SAPIENS.org Editor-in-Chief Chip Colwell speak with anthropologists from around the globe t...

Ministry of Ideas

22 episodes - Latest episode: 10 months ago - ★★★★★ - 108 ratings
A podcast about the ideas that shape our lives.

Historium Unearthia: Unearthing History's Lost and Untold Stories

37 episodes - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 86 ratings
Have you ever heard of Louis Congo? What about the forgotten Downwinders or The Devil’s Bible? These are just a few examples of people, events, and things from our past that have been lost to time....

Folklore on the Rocks

76 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 47 ratings
Entertaining, booze fueled, informative podcast about lesser known monsters, cryptids, creatures, and general folklore from around the world. Pour a drink and join us!

Falken's Maze: An 80s Guide to History

21 episodes - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 47 ratings
In Falken's Maze, technologist and former professor Jason Thomas explores the intersection of technology, history, and culture. Created for listeners nostalgic for the 80s who also want to understa...

Undeceptions with John Dickson

20 episodes - Latest episode: 15 days ago - ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
Every week on Undeceptions we’ll explore some aspect of life, faith, history, culture, or ethics that is either much misunderstood or mostly forgotten. With the help of people who know what they’re...

Hard Core

7 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
Hard Core is a new series from Heritage Radio Network taking a close look at the rebirth of American cider! Over the course of six episodes we’ll break through folksy stereotypes to gain a deeper u...

History Repeating Itself

35 episodes - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
History Repeating Itself attempts to shed light on current events by exploring similar episodes that have already run their course

Breaking Silences

19 episodes - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
Breaking Silences is a podcast that brings you conversation around things happening in African Society particularly in Rwanda. We talk about society and culture in the filed of Mental Health, Relig...

Pilgrim's Digress

24 episodes - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
American by birth, Southerner by blood, New Englander by choice.This is a Podcast about all things New England.

Storied

1 episode - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
The Storied Podcast consists of a series of tales that need to be told. Storied presents true accounts of little-known or unusual aspects of history and lore.

Material Memory

4 episodes - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
We live in the age of information, but how often do we think about what has been lost—or nearly lost? From memories left on discarded machines to the voices of ancestors trapped on obsolete media, ...

LongBall Presents...

124 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★ - 9 ratings
LongBall Presents is a show about... stuff. Each week Rose, Mitch and some friends tackle a different topic ranging from the history of the toothbrush to phantom kangaroos. You won't know until you...

It's Not Even Past

51 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
It's Not Even Past: A History of the Distant Present is a history podcast looking at the world we currently live in, built in the mode of Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History, but without the extended run...

Smy Goodness Podcast : Food History & Food Art

34 episodes - Latest episode: 28 days ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
A listen and a look at how food, history and art intersect. From food origins, food history and food art. How foods have traveled the world, been used by different people and how different artist...

Behind The Tennessee: A Palace of Stories

11 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
The Tennessee Theatre in downtown Knoxville opened October 1st, 1928. Billed as "an acre of seats in a palace of splendor." This podcast aims to uncover the decades of stories revolving around the ...

History's Hotties

23 episodes - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
A podcast that discusses the sometimes forgotten but influential women in American history.

Human Being Human

12 episodes - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
"Human Being Human" is a podcast that digs into the gripping history of humankind, as told through hearty conversations, scholastic adventures, and lively storytelling. From our ancient savanna roo...

Restoration History

7 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
The United States was founded by men and women of virtue, integrity, and a healthy respect for the Divine God who granted all humans the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. But is...

TUniverse: Conversations from The University of Tulsa

6 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Highlighting the cutting-edge research coming from The University of Tulsa, TUniverse is a new podcast series composed of short seasons covering a revolving array of topics. Every season will be pi...

Then and Now History Podcast: Global History and Culture

244 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Then and Now is a project with students in an introductory global history and culture course at the University of Minnesota. The podcast titles reflects the relationship between today's events with...

Life of a Poorboy

8 episodes - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
a description of the lives of a tenant farmer's family as they struggled to survive during the 50's & 60's in Arkansas. during this period they were not aware that their lifestyle was vanishing

From78

7 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
From78 is a podcast about people in time. The host is a dude who was born in 1978, who is literally From78. On the show, From78 talks to people who are older, young, or about the same age as he is...

Past Daily's Thousand Yard Stare

4 episodes - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★ - 1 rating
Past Daily's Thousand Yard Stare - a weekly wrap-up of features posted on Past Daily.com over the previous 7 days - our usual eclectic mix of history, news, politics, events, music - everything you...

Jean-Louis Bourgeois

1 episode - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Official Podcast of Jean-Louis Bourgois, activist relaxivist.

Primary Sources, Black History

168 episodes - Latest episode: 8 months ago
American history preserved through the use of Primary sources, Black History, African American History~ The african experience; Shared by the legends themselves, their descendants, loved ones, gene...

CRASSH

121 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago

Cultural Studies at School of Advanced Study

114 episodes - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago
Selected interdisciplinary, cultural studies events in the Institutes of the School of Advanced Study, including transcultural memory, Italian studies and visual arts.