History Society & Culture Podcasts

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History: Addendum

29 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 7.9K ratings
Interviews, musings and extra material from the makers of Dan Carlin's Hardcore History. If it did not fit in the HH feed it's probably here

Buried Truths

80 episodes - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★★ - 2.3K ratings
“Buried Truths” acknowledges and unearths still-relevant stories of injustice, racism, and resistance in the American South. We can’t change our history, but we can let it guide us to under...

Wise About Texas

147 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 1K ratings
The Texas History Podcast

Unpacking Israeli History

108 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 830 ratings
Go behind the scenes of Israeli history with self-confessed history nerd Noam Weissman. Each week, he offers a fresh perspective on some of the most controversial and interesting events in the coun...

Damn Interesting

126 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 668 ratings
The audio side of DamnInteresting.com: Legitimately intriguing true stories from history, science, and psychology. Audiobook-like narration with sound effects and music.

Feminist Current

91 episodes - Latest episode: 10 months ago - ★★★★★ - 414 ratings
Canada's leading feminist website.

Ottoman History Podcast

313 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 199 ratings
Interviews with historians about the history of the Ottoman Empire and beyond. Visit https://www.ottomanhistorypodcast.com/ for hundreds more archived episodes.

Extreme Genes

1,036 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 198 ratings
Extreme Genes is a genealogy show hosted by Fisher. Fisher has 30+ years of radio experience and has had a passion for genealogy since he was a teen. On Extreme Genes Fisher sets out to educate the...

Coffee With My Ma

27 episodes - Latest episode: 6 months ago - ★★★★★ - 195 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.

Unsinkable: The Titanic Podcast

137 episodes - Latest episode: 22 days ago - ★★★★★ - 177 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...

Demystifying Gay Porn

280 episodes - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 152 ratings
Everyone in the connected world knows what porn is and has seen it. Join I. Que Grande, an award-winning producer in the Gay Adult Entertainment Industry as he humanizes porn stars, deconstructs se...

Ministry of Ideas

104 episodes - Latest episode: 7 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

Can We Talk?

125 episodes - Latest episode: 19 days ago - ★★★★★ - 140 ratings
In each episode of Can We Talk?, the Jewish Women’s Archive features stories and conversations about Jewish women and the issues that shape our public and private lives. Visit us at jwa.org.

13 O'Clock

1,757 episodes - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★ - 134 ratings
The Hour of Horror, Haunts & Hilarity

My Dark Path

81 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 126 ratings
My Dark Path explores the fringes of history, science, and the paranormal. In every episode, creator and host MF Thomas illuminates a topic taken from the dark corners of our world. Combining his...

People's History of Ideas Podcast

116 episodes - Latest episode: 19 days ago - ★★★★★ - 119 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...

Western Civ

469 episodes - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 117 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...

Atheist Bible Study

32 episodes - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 114 ratings
A podcast where two Atheists discuss the bible. We focus on the messages, textual inconsistencies, and pseudohistory that is often overlooked. Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/AtheistStudy

Made You Think

117 episodes - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★ - 107 ratings
Made You Think is a podcast by Nat Eliason, Neil Soni, and Adil Majid where the hosts and their guests examine ideas that, as the name suggests, make you think. Episodes will explore books, essays,...

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...

Old Dirty Boston

95 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 102 ratings
A podcast remembering the streets, scenes, and stories of Old Boston.

Theme Park Pulse

347 episodes - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★★ - 100 ratings
On the beat of themed entertainment. Hosted by Christopher Beale.

Forgotten Australia

248 episodes - Latest episode: 17 days ago - ★★★★★ - 88 ratings
Created by Michael Adams, author of The Murder Squad and Hanging Ned Kelly, Forgotten Australia delves deep into bloody crimes, dark histories, unsolved mysteries, eccentric personalities and biza...

Beyond the Breakers

210 episodes - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 77 ratings
Beyond The Breakers is a podcast about shipwrecks, loss, and lessons learned from maritime disasters. 

What's Left of the South

145 episodes - Latest episode: 8 days ago - ★★★★★ - 77 ratings
(Formerly dotprole) Southern working-class podcast from a leftist perspective. We talk about current issues affecting Southerners, Southern history, and we make fun of Yankees! Find us at https://...

More Than That with Gia Peppers

71 episodes - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 69 ratings
A sonic journey across New America that Illuminates Black Voices. Celebrating new conversations on wellness, entertainment, wealth, family and more.

PA BOOKS on PCN

554 episodes - Latest episode: 12 days ago - ★★★★★ - 64 ratings
PA Books features authors of books about Pennsylvania-related topics. These hour-long conversations allow authors to discuss both their subject matter and inspiration behind the books.

Jiminy Crickets! Podcast

275 episodes - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 63 ratings

Money on the Left

208 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★ - 63 ratings
Money on the Left is a monthly, interdisciplinary podcast that reclaims money’s public powers for intersectional politics. Staging critical conversations with leading historians, theorists, organiz...

Book Club with Jeffrey Sachs

35 episodes - Latest episode: 13 days ago - ★★★★★ - 60 ratings
Join world-renowned economist and Columbia University Professor Jeffrey Sachs for lively conversations with the authors of scintillating, inspiring and remarkably important books about history, soc...