Creative Commons Podcasts

Offbeat Oregon History podcast

1,045 episodes - Latest episode: 1 day 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...

Outliers - Stories from the edge of history

52 episodes - Latest episode: about 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 143 ratings
Outliers is an historic fiction podcast that explores how big events filter down and are viewed and shaped by the people in the shadows. Themes of otherness, change, gender and the meaning of power...

Story of Miami

23 episodes - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 94 ratings
Story of Miami is a journey into the hidden past that surrounds the Magic City.

Life Of Alexander The Great

14 episodes - Latest episode: about 6 years ago - ★★★★ - 92 ratings
Listen, learn and laugh your ass off as Ray & Cam present a blow-by-blow version of the life of history’s most successful general and empire builder.

Distillations | Science History Institute

341 episodes - Latest episode: 6 months ago - ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
Each episode of Distillations podcast takes a deep-dive into a moment of science-related history in order to shed light on the present.

Story Archaeology

118 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 57 ratings
Story Archaeology combines the knowledge and skills of the storyteller with academic exploration of ancient texts. The main focus is the Irish tradition but at https://storyarchaeology.com, you wil...

American Timelines

316 episodes - Latest episode: 16 days ago - ★★★★★ - 41 ratings
Amy & Joe discuss true crime & pop culture and crazy events through history year by year. Amy takes a deep dive on something creepy while Joe tells us about wacky stuff that happened. Amy likes mur...

Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It

275 episodes - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 35 ratings
Historian and loudmouth Jason Scott shares stories of technology, retrocomputing, documentary filmmaking, and general schennanigans from his decades of travels and research. From experiences on the...

Medieval English

8 episodes - Latest episode: about 16 years ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Podcasts of Medieval English lectures, and supporting material, presented at the English Faculty, University of Oxford.

Cities in History

8 episodes - Latest episode: almost 6 years ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Urban history explorations

Mister Ron's Basement II

2,024 episodes - Latest episode: over 12 years ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
***"The stories are gentler than what passes for humor today, but what's surprising is how current some of them are. Human folly doesn't change much from decade to decade." --John Kelly, Washington...

An Audio Guide to Ancient Rome

36 episodes - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
A free audio guide that helps you discover the history and context of Rome's ancient sites. Go to http://www.rome-podcast.com for an interactive map of the locations covered and full transcripts o...

History Slam Podcast

351 episodes - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★ - 6 ratings

Exploring Oklahoma History (Blog Oklahoma Podcast)

8 episodes - Latest episode: about 6 years ago - ★★★★ - 4 ratings
The Exploring Oklahoma History episodes are now part of the Blog Oklahoma Podcast (blogoklahoma.net). Exploring Oklahoma History is just for the fun of seeing what there is to see in the great stat...

Oh What a Lovely War? First World War Anniversary Lectures

5 episodes - Latest episode: about 10 years ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
2014 marks the one hundredth anniversary of the First World War, whose war dead still cascade down the north wall of the entrance to Christ Church Cathedral, and which continues to haunt the imagin...

Blog Oklahoma Podcast

251 episodes - Latest episode: 6 months ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
The Blog Oklahoma Podcast is an open topic podcast, so I'm likely to talk about anything. Mostly though, I'll share writing, blogging, podcasting, and other tech information; attempt to keep everyo...

First World War: New Perspectives

21 episodes - Latest episode: over 7 years ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
A series of short introductory talks from experts in the field presenting new perspectives on the First World War. Produced by the University of Oxford.

Koreabridge Podcasts

20 episodes - Latest episode: over 9 years ago - ★★★★ - 3 ratings
Recording of live webcasts and other audio from Koreabridge.net, Korea's New Media Channel for Seoul, Busan, Daegu, Daejeon, Jeju, and other parts of Korea

First World War: New Perspectives

20 episodes - Latest episode: over 7 years ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
A series of short introductory talks from experts in the field presenting new perspectives on the First World War. Produced by the University of Oxford.

Spain: 1959 - 1992

4 episodes - Latest episode: over 8 years ago - ★★★★ - 3 ratings
In the 20th century, Spain went through civil war, four decades of Francoism, transition to democracy, and re-emergence onto the international stage. Each lecture in this series focuses on one ques...

Then and Now: Global History and Culture

487 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
"Then and Now" connects events from the past with today's news headlines. Current episodes are history topics from my global culture and history course. In 2006, the podcast started with students ...

MONARCH: the Big Bear of Tallac, by Ernest Thompson Seton

17 episodes - Latest episode: almost 15 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Ernest Thompson Seton's book, "Monarch, the Big Bear of Tallac." Published in 1919, it tells the story of a tiny Grizzly cub who grew to be the Monarch of the Plains -- and the Prisoner of humanity...

Wild Animals I Have Known

16 episodes - Latest episode: almost 14 years ago - ★★★ - 2 ratings
A BOOK THAT CHANGED AMERICA... Ernest Thompson Seton was an influential naturalist, and a sometime professional hunter and trapper. Much of this book speaks to the contradictions between these ro...

Was there a Russian Enlightenment?

8 episodes - Latest episode: over 11 years ago - ★★★ - 2 ratings
A one-day conference held at Ertegun House, Oxford on Saturday 10th November 2012.

Oh What a Lovely War? First World War Anniversary Lectures

5 episodes - Latest episode: about 10 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
2014 marks the one hundredth anniversary of the First World War, whose war dead still cascade down the north wall of the entrance to Christ Church Cathedral, and which continues to haunt the imagin...

Medieval English

2 episodes - Latest episode: about 17 years ago - ★★★★ - 2 ratings
Podcasts of Medieval English lectures, and supporting material, presented at the English Faculty, University of Oxford.

Generating X

2 episodes - Latest episode: over 7 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
From movies to television to video games and events, Generating X looks at the signs of the times -- the times being from the late 70s to the mid 90s.

Cultural Heritage Forum

38 episodes - Latest episode: about 11 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Series of podcasts examining what we mean by 'Cultural Heritage', how the idea of it is transformed by society and indeed transforms society around it and Oxford's contribution to Cultural Heritage

Voices of the Past Radio

23 episodes - Latest episode: about 8 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Voices of the Past shows you how to advocate for heritage resources through the social web.

1909: The People's Budget

8 episodes - Latest episode: over 14 years ago - ★★★ - 1 rating
Presentations and lectures from the 1909 People's Budget Symposium, held in October, 2009 on Lloyd George's landmark budget in 1909, which gave way to significant social reforms.