New Literature History Podcasts

Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon

40 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
Inspired by a true life story, Lady Audley's Secret is the story of a woman's overwhelming ambition and passion for social success. When the first book came out in 1862, Victorian readers were shoc...

Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott

44 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★ - 9 ratings
Medieval England in the 12th century. The evil Prince John rules England in place of his brother, the noble Richard the Lionheart, who is being held in an Austrian prison by Duke Leopold of Austria...

Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

45 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 40 ratings
Uncle Tom’s Cabin is one of the most controversial novels of the last century, with it’s sentimental portrayal of the anti-slavery movement in the USA. Written in 1852, the novel instantly rose to ...

Last Days of Pompeii by Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

56 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago
The Last Days of Pompeii, a novel by Edward George Bulwer-Lytton tells the love story of the Greeks Glaucus and Ione who were living in Pompeii when Mt. Vesuvius erupted and destroyed the city. Bu...

Archive Fever

43 episodes - Latest episode: 8 months ago
Archive Fever is a new Australian history podcast featuring intimate conversations with writers, artists, curators, fellow historians and other victims of the research bug. Each episode, co-hosts C...

The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

69 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★ - 19 ratings
The Three Musketeers follows the adventures of the young Gascon nobleman, D’Artagnan and his three trusted friends who served as musketeers in the king’s regiment – Athos, Porthos & Aramis. Written...

GameBookClub

9 episodes - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
A podcast about the cross-talk between table top games and other pieces of cultural media, viewed in the tradition of comparative analysis. Discuss here: https://boardgamegeek.com/guild/3578

Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, Volumes 1 & 2 by Mark Twain

75 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
Mark Twain’s work on Joan of Arc is titled in full “Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, by the Sieur Louis de Conte.” De Conte is identified as Joan’s page and secretary. For those who’ve always...

Human Being Human Podcast

75 episodes - Latest episode: 12 months ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
"Human Being Human" is a podcast that digs into the gripping history of humankind, as told through personal stories, scholastic explorations, and sonic landscapes. Created and narrated by Karringto...

F***bois of Literature Book Podcast

229 episodes - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
•FBOL is now on Patreon! Subscribe: http://www.patreon.com/fuckboisoflit•The podcast about the most groan-worthy, enraging, and sh*t characters in lit. Join host Emily Edwards and a guest for a wee...

Book of the Mouse Club

106 episodes - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 36 ratings
Book of the Mouse Club is an Unofficial Disney podcast that explores books about Disney, its history, films, theme parks and more. Join us for discussions about books, interviews with authors and b...

Letter of Liberty

26 episodes - Latest episode: over 5 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Letter of Liberty is literary and cultural podcast hosted by Anand Venigalla. It covers literature, politics, news, movies, and all that is under the sun. Anand will welcome guests to discuss these...

Rendition

11 episodes - Latest episode: almost 6 years ago - ★★★★★ - 92 ratings
Timeless tales re-told. Each week you’ll hear two or three classic stories based around a common, and timeless, theme. Because history may not always repeat itself, but it sure rhymes

Literature and History

104 episodes - Latest episode: 10 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratings
With millions of downloads, hundreds of hours of soundtracked content, and an overall emphasis on the cultural history behind famous works of literature, Literature and History is one of the most p...

Top 10 Lists - Listverse

8 episodes - Latest episode: almost 14 years ago - ★★★★ - 60 ratings
Top 10 Lists is a podcast by Listverse dedicated to top 10 lists of trivia from a variety of categories - the most popular of which are top ten lists of bizarre and human oddities.