Story History Podcasts

9/12

20 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
How 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 ...

Florida Men on Florida Man

341 episodes - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 720 ratings
The Florida Men on Florida Man podcast features crazy but TRUE stories from the sunshine state. FMOFM goes past the insane headlines and focuses on Florida’s history. From the nation’s wealthiest m...

Damn Interesting

126 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 665 ratings
The audio side of DamnInteresting.com: Legitimately intriguing true stories from history, science, and psychology. Audiobook-like narration with sound effects and music.

Black Diamonds

105 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 588 ratings
SiriusXM and the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum will present an exclusive new podcast series, Black Diamonds. Hosted by museum president and historian Bob Kendrick, the podcast will showcase the hi...

This American President

303 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 582 ratings
This American President delves into the lives and legacies of U.S. presidents through long form stories and interviews. It will challenge the way you look at American history. Hosted by Richard Lim...

Holy Ghost Stories

57 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 458 ratings
Bible stories told in all their dark, haunting fantasticness. You’ll dig it.

Context with Brad Harris

31 episodes - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★★ - 440 ratings
What led to the rise of the modern world? How have we made so much progress, and what are its consequences? What are humanity's best ideas? Join award-winning historian Brad Harris as he engages th...

Past Present

415 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 417 ratings
Past Present brings together three historians to discuss what's happening in American politics and culture today. Natalia, Neil, and Niki bring historical insights to the news of the day, offering ...

Bedside Rounds

86 episodes - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★★ - 410 ratings
Bedside Rounds is a storytelling podcast about medical history and medicine’s intersections with society and culture. Host Adam Rodman seeks to tell a few of these weird, wonderful, and intensely ...

Historium

85 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 399 ratings
Did you ever fall asleep in history class? You’re not alone. History can be boring when focusing on only dates and statistics. Historium seeks to find the narrative of history in some of the most u...

Amazing War Stories

17 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 330 ratings
In this 3D audio series, ex-British Paratrooper and history fanatic Bruce Crompton narrates incredible tales of bravery from conflicts throughout the ages to support military institutions. All arou...

Celtic Myths and Legends Podcast

42 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 263 ratings
A podcast focused on the myths, legends and folkloric creatures of the 6 Celtic Nations; Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall, Brittany and the Isle of Man.

SPYCRAFT 101

223 episodes - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 250 ratings
Welcome to your clandestine classroom.

Service On Celluloid

85 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 236 ratings
A podcast from The National WWII Museum analyzing how World War II has been depicted on film.

Tesla: The Life and Times Podcast

40 episodes - Latest episode: 10 months ago - ★★★★★ - 218 ratings
Discover the man behind the myth. The definitive podcast biography of inventor Nikola Tesla--his fascinating real life, inventions, and legacy.

L.A. Meekly: A Los Angeles History Podcast

189 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 213 ratings
L.A. Meekly is a monthly comedy podcast about Los Angeles history put out by comedians Greg Gonzalez and Daniel Zafran that battles the idea that LA has no history by delving in the weird, unbeliev...

Rebuilding The Renaissance

278 episodes - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 202 ratings
This podcast will explore the development of the art, architecture, culture and history in Italy, from ancient Roman times through the Renaissance. Listeners will develop an understanding of Italy’...

Ottoman History Podcast

313 episodes - Latest episode: 12 days ago - ★★★★★ - 195 ratings
Interviews with historians about the history of the Ottoman Empire and beyond. Visit https://www.ottomanhistorypodcast.com/ for hundreds more archived episodes.

SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human

67 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 193 ratings
What makes you … you? And who tells what stories and why? In the fifth season of the SAPIENS podcast, listeners will hear a range of human stories: from the origins of the chili pepper to h...

Coffee With My Ma

27 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 193 ratings
My radical activist mother Kahentinetha Horn tells me stories of her very long adventurous life, always with the sense of humour that carried herthrough.

Professor Buzzkill History Podcast

834 episodes - Latest episode: about 5 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 180 ratings
Professor Buzzkill is an exciting podcast that explores history myths in an illuminating, entertaining, and humorous way.

Fighting Through WWII Stories & History

160 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 174 ratings
Dunkirk, D-Day, North Africa, Sicily, Italy, Lancasters, POWs. Second World War Stories, Memoirs & interviews - Britain, USA, Australia, Canada … all the forces … WW2. ... Over 500 5-star ratings...

Unsinkable: The Titanic Podcast

131 episodes - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 164 ratings
Welcome to Unsinkable: The Titanic Podcast, a comprehensive look at the ship, its crew + passengers, the art it has inspired, and the cultural history of its legacy (which is, of course, absolutely...

Offbeat Oregon History podcast

1,042 episodes - Latest episode: about 22 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 160 ratings
A daily (5-day-a-week) podcast feed of true Oregon stories -- of heroes and rascals, of shipwrecks and lost gold. Stories of shanghaied sailors a1512nd Skid Road bordellos and pirates and robbers a...

Drinks with Great Minds in History

412 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 153 ratings
"The Perfect Cocktail!" It’s some history for you, a reason to drink for me! It’s the history of the “Great Minds” that made history come to be… DGMH is a multi-formatted podcast that showcases the...

Ministry of Ideas

104 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 146 ratings
A podcast about the ideas that shape our lives. Hosted by Zachary Davis and produced at Harvard Divinity School. Learn more at ministryofideas.org

Island Voices

48 episodes - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★★ - 135 ratings
Island Voices examines the incredible history of Manhattan island and TALKS to some of the people who have helped to make it incredible. We welcome guests from all walks of life including singer/s...

Western Civ

451 episodes - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 129 ratings
A fast-moving history of the western world from the ancient world to the present day. Examine how the emergence of the western world as a global dominant power was not something that should ever ha...

Way of the Fathers

137 episodes - Latest episode: 13 days ago - ★★★★★ - 124 ratings
A podcast about the Fathers of the Church—the foundational figures in Christian history. A production of CatholicCulture.org. Seasons 1-3 were hosted by Mike Aquilina. Season 4 is hosted by Dr. Ji...

People's History of Ideas Podcast

114 episodes - Latest episode: 19 days ago - ★★★★★ - 110 ratings
In this podcast, Matthew Rothwell, author of Transpacific Revolutionaries: The Chinese Revolution in Latin America, explores the global history of ideas related to rebellion and revolution. The mai...