Dan Snow's History Hit
1,860 episodes - English - Latest episode: 24 days ago - ★★★★★ - 3.5K ratingsHistory! The most exciting and important things that have ever happened on the planet. Powerful kings, warrior queens, nomads, empires and expeditions. Historian Dan Snow and his expert guests bring all these stories to life and more in a daily dose of history. Join Dan as he digs into the past to make sense of the headlines and get up close to the biggest discoveries being made around the world today, as they happen.
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Episodes
The Unheard Tapes of Bomber Command with Steve Stevens
July 15, 2018 13:17 - 33 minutes - 31 MBIn July 1943, a young flight lieutenant, Steve Stevens, got back from a bombing raid over Essen, and recorded his recollections straight onto a wire recorder. This unique document on what life was like in bomber command has remained unheard until now. Find the full documentary, including an interview with Steve today, at HistoryHit.TV. Producer: Natt Tapley See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Latvia, Soviet Occupation and Family History with Inara Verzemnieks
July 10, 2018 09:59 - 31 minutes - 72.9 MBDan talks to Inara Verzemnieks about the history of Latvia, Nazi & Soviet occupation, and the history of her family. For more exclusive history interviews and documentaries, subscribe to HistoryHit.TV. Producer: Natt Tapley Audio: Pete Dennis See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The Battle of Britain with Wing Commander Thomas Neil
July 08, 2018 12:08 - 1 hour - 263 MBA very special podcast with Wing Commander Thomas Neil, one of the few to whom so many owed so much, talking about his experiences in the Battle of Britain. For more exclusive history interviews & documentaries, subscribe to HistoryHit.TV. Producer: Natt Tapley Audio: Pete Dennis See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Barack Obama with Ben Rhodes
July 05, 2018 11:25 - 33 minutes - 75.7 MBDan talks to Ben Rhodes, adviser to President Obama, about what it was like within the administration. For more exclusive history interviews and documentaries, subscribe HistoryHit.TV. Producer: Natt Tapley Audio: Pete Dennis See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Seymour Hersh on My Lai, Watergate, Abu Ghraib & Trump
July 04, 2018 14:50 - 46 minutes - 108 MBDan talks to giant of journalism, Sy Hersh, about the many things he's covered in his long career, from Vietnam to Iraq to Trump. For more exclusive history interviews & documentaries, subscribe to HistoryHit.TV. Producer: Natt Tapley Audio: Pete Dennis See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Knebworth House with Henry Lytton-Cobbold
July 03, 2018 11:20 - 44 minutes - 102 MBDan talks to Henry Lytton-Cobbold about his family, Knebworth House, and its connection with rock and roll. For more exclusive history interviews & documentaries, subscribe to HistoryHit.TV Producer: Natt Tapley Audio: Pete Dennis See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Concentration Camps, Internment & Should We Be Worried? with Dr Christine Schmidt
June 30, 2018 01:24 - 10 minutes - 23.6 MBDan talks to Dr Christine Schmidt, a curator if the Wiener Library about the historical parallels for internment, and whether the situation we are in today is comparable. For more exclusive history interviews and documentaries, subscribe to HistoryHit.TV. Producer: Natt Tapley Audio: Pete Dennis See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Authoritarianism & Unfreedom with Professor Tim Snyder
June 29, 2018 13:27 - 25 minutes - 57.8 MBProfessor Tim Snyder is an expert in authoritarian regimes and how they develop. He talks to Dan about Russia, the USA, Europe and what the lessons of the past tell us about what's going on today. For more exclusive history documentaries and interviews, subscribe to HistoryHit.TV. Producer: Natt Tapley Audio: Pete Dennis See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The Race To Save The Romanovs with Helen Rappaport
June 28, 2018 14:13 - 38 minutes - 88.1 MBThere are many mysteries surrounding the deaths of the Romanovs: could King George V have saved them? Could there have been a constitutional monarchy? Did any of them survive? In her new book, packed with original research, Helen Rappaport definitively answers these and other questions. For more exclusive history interviews & documentaries, subscribe to HistoryHit.TV. Producer: Natt Tapley Audio: Pete Dennis Recorded: Felix Maynard See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out inform...
Eisenhower's Train Driver with Keith Joyce
June 26, 2018 12:13 - 21 minutes - 48.5 MBKeith Joyce's grandfather claimed that he had been General Eisenhower's train driver during the Second World War, and Keith has spent years trying to find the records that tell the story of the remarkable train and the remarkable man who drove it. For more exclusive history interviews and documentaries, subscribe to HistoryHit.TV. Producer: Natt Tapley Audio: Pete Dennis See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Making Comedy from History - Philomena Cunk with Joel Morris and Jason Hazeley
June 25, 2018 11:25 - 24 minutes - 56.1 MBCunk On Britain made fun of the grammar and language of history documentaries, and gave some of our best historians the chance to educate Philomena Cunk. Dan talks to two of the writers, Joel Morris & Jason Hazeley of Great Big Owl podcasts, about how and why they parodied history documentaries. If, however, you still want more history interviews & documentaries, subscribe to HistoryHit.TV. Producer: Natt Tapley Audio: Pete Dennis See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out informat...
Pilots of the Caribbean with Peter Devitt
June 24, 2018 00:17 - 29 minutes - 67.3 MBDan talks to Peter Devitt from the RAF Museum about the the RAF pilots from the Caribbean who fought in the Second World War, and what some of them found when they came back to Britain later. For more history interviews and documentaries, subscribe to HistoryHit.TV. Producer: Natt Tapley Audio: Pete Dennis See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The History of Drones with James Rogers
June 22, 2018 13:25 - 26 minutes - 60.6 MBThe use of unmanned aircraft stretches all the way back to the First World War. Dan talks to James Rogers about this fascinating, unknown history. For more exclusive history interviews and documentaries, subscribe to HistoryHit.TV. Producer: Natt Tapley Audio: Pete Dennis See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The Western Front at Dig Hill 80
June 19, 2018 16:50 - 34 minutes - 79.9 MBDan goes to an excavation that's happening now of a World War One fortification near the Belgian village of Wijtschate. He talks to the archaeologists and historians and anthropologists at work at the incredibly preserved, hotly contested ridge, before it is lost forever to the bulldozers later this year. To become part of the dig, sign up at Dig Hill 80. For more exclusive history interviews and documentaries, subscribe to HistoryHit.TV. Producer: Nathaniel Tapley Audio: Pete Dennis ...
Lucy Worsley on Jane Austen's House
June 15, 2018 15:56 - 29 minutes - 40.1 MBDan takes an exclusive tour around Jane Austen's house, with the one and only Lucy Worsley as his guide. To see the whole documentary, subscribe to HistoryHit.TV (the documentary will go up next week). Producer: Natt Tapley Audio: Pete Dennis See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Wonders of the World's Museums with Molly Oldfield
June 14, 2018 17:50 - 17 minutes - 40.9 MBDan talks to Molly Oldfield about the incredible objects that can be found in museums. For more exclusive history interviews and documentaries, subscribe to HistoryHit.TV. Producer: Natt Tapley Audio: Pete Dennis See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Mediaeval Bodies with Jack Hartnell
June 13, 2018 17:46 - 28 minutes - 64.3 MBDan talks to Jack Hartnell about how people in the Middle Ages saw their own (and other people's) bodies. For more exclusive history interviews and documentaries, subscribe to HistoryHit.TV. Producer: Natt Tapley Audio: Pete Dennis See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
A Lab Of Their Own: Women Scientists in World War One with Patricia Fara
June 12, 2018 14:22 - 18 minutes - 42.7 MBDan is joined by Patricia Fara, a historian of science at the University of Cambridge, to talk about the women who were researchers during the First World World War. For more history interviews and documentaries, subscribe to HistoryHit.TV. Producer: Natt Tapley Audio: Pete Dennis See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The Battle of Belleau Wood with Michael Neiberg
June 09, 2018 09:54 - 19 minutes - 43.6 MBA century ago, the Battle of Belleau Wood, part of the German Spring Offensive, was underway. Dan speaks to Professor Michael Neiberg about the famous stand of the US Marine Corps. For more exclusive history interviews and documentaries, subscribe to HistoryHit.TV. Producer: Natt Tapley Audio: Pete Dennis See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Why We Fight with Mike Martin
June 06, 2018 22:42 - 35 minutes - 80.5 MBDan talks to Mike Martin about the reasons humans fight, why they are willing to die for their countries, and how ideology can make someone blow themselves up. For more exclusive history interviews and documentaries, subscribe to HistoryHit.TV. Producer: Natt Tapley Audio: Pete Dennis See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The Falklands Airdrop Ursula: Part 2 with David Chaundler
June 02, 2018 02:00 - 24 minutes - 55.8 MBDan talks to David Chaundler about everything from the Battle of Goose Green until the end of the Falklands War. For more exclusive history interviews and documentaries, subscribe to History Hit.TV. Producer: Natt Tapley Audio: Pete Dennis See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The Falklands Airdrop Ursula: Part 1 with Kevin O'Brien and David Chaundler
June 01, 2018 02:00 - 31 minutes - 72.5 MBDan talks to Squadron Leader Kevin O'Brien and Brigadier David Chaundler about Airdrop Ursula, which took David from a desk in Whitehall to the Falkland Islands in a matter of hours. In the first half of this very-special podcast, we hear the background to the operation. For more exclusive history documentaries & interviews, subscribe to History Hit.TV. Producer: Natt Tapley Audio: Pete Dennis See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Tim Minchin on Australia Day & Learning History
May 25, 2018 00:57 - 44 minutes - 101 MBDan and Tim Minchin discuss the value of argument, history, and how approaches to history are changing in Australia at the moment. For more exclusive history interviews & documentaries, subscribe to HistoryHit.TV. Producer: Natt Tapley Audio: Pete Dennis See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
How Britain Really Works with Stig Abell
May 21, 2018 15:51 - 23 minutes - 52.9 MBDan talks to the editor of the Times Literary Supplement, Stig Abell about what ideas and institutions govern Britain, and how they have developed. For more exclusive history documentaries and interviews, subscribe to HistoryHit.TV. Producer: Natt Tapley Audio: Pete Dennis See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Jerusalem & The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict with James Barr
May 18, 2018 13:39 - 15 minutes - 36 MBIn an emergency episode of the podcast, Dan talks to James Barr about the role of Jerusalem in the Israel-Palestine conflict. For more exclusive interviews and documentaries, subscribe to HistoryHit.TV. Producer: Natt Tapley Audio: Pete Dennis See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Dambusters Special with Paul Beaver, Gavin Williamson & Wing Commander John Butcher
May 17, 2018 18:06 - 39 minutes - 90.8 MBA very special episode for the 75th anniversary of the Dambusters raid. Dan talks to Paul Beaver, Secretary of State for Defence Gavin Williamson MP, and Wing Commander John Butcher, from today's 617 squadron. For more exclusive documentaries & interviews, subscribe to HistoryHit.TV. Producer: Natt Tapley Audio: Pete Dennis See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Windrush, Empire & The Legacy of Slavery with David Lammy
May 11, 2018 23:56 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBDavid Lammy, whose urgent question to Amber Rudd in the House of Commons provoked an international response, talks to Dan about how British history is colonial history, and what histories currently aren't told in our national story. For more exclusive interviews & documentaries, subscribe to HistoryHit.TV. Producer: Natt Tapley See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Spitfires & Eurovision with Chris West
May 10, 2018 13:32 - 22 minutes - 51.8 MBDan talks to Chris West about his new history of the Eurovision song contest, and the political history that surrounds it. For more exclusive history interviews and documentaries, subscribe to HistoryHit.TV Producer: Natt Tapley Audio: Pete Dennis See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Life as a Woman in World War Two with Eve Warton
May 06, 2018 02:00 - 44 minutes - 61.6 MBDan meets Eve Warton, a 95-year old who worked as a Wren in the Second World War. She discusses what happened to her, the good and the bad, including the sexual harassment she suffered. For more exclusive history interviews and documentaries, subscribe to HistoryHit.TV Producer: Natt Tapley See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Simon Mayo on Mad Blood Stirring
May 04, 2018 16:48 - 29 minutes - 67.4 MBDan talks to Simon Mayo about his new historical novel, Mad Blood Stirring, set in Dartmouth prison at Christmas 1814. For more exclusive interviews and documentaries subscribe to HistoryHit.TV. Producer: Natt Tapley Audio: Pete Dennis See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Trump, America First & the American Dream with Sarah Churchwell
May 03, 2018 15:52 - 31 minutes - 71.8 MBDan talks to Sarah Churchwell, whose new book - Behold, America! - discusses the history of the phrases "the American Dream" and "America First", and what they mean in Trump's America. For more exclusive history interviews and documentaries, subscribe to HistoryHit.TV. Producer: Natt Tapley Audio: Pete Dennis See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Child Soldiers with Emma Butcher
April 30, 2018 15:54 - 16 minutes - 38.7 MBWe're always shocked when we see child soldiers in the news. Dan talks to Emma Butcher who has investigated the history of child soldiery, and sheds new light on this phenomenon. For more exclusive history interviews & documentaries, subscribe to HistoryHit.TV Producer: Natt Tapley Audio: Pete Dennis See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The Empire Windrush
April 27, 2018 18:00 - 17 minutes - 23.9 MBThe crisis in the Home Office about the treatment of citizens who arrived on the Windrush and their families has consumed British politics this week. Here, Dan talks to Alex Von Tunzelmann about empires, immigration, and how the current situation arose. For more exclusive history interviews and documentaries, subscribe to HistoryHit.TV. Producer: Natt Tapley See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The Sandby Borg Massacre with Clara Alfsdotter
April 25, 2018 12:08 - 25 minutes - 34.8 MBDan talks to Clara Alfsdotter about the 5th century remains found at a ring fort in Sweden, and what they tell us about the massacre that happened there. For more information, see the article in Antiquity. For more history documentaries and interviews, subscribe to History Hit.TV. Producer: Natt Tapley See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The Violence of the Suffragettes with Fern Riddell
April 20, 2018 14:59 - 23 minutes - 31.9 MBToday we remember the suffragettes as a peaceful movement, but in the years before the First World War, the WSPU launched one of the most shocking terrorist campaigns the British mainland has ever seen. Dan talks to Fern Riddell about Kitty Marion, one of the most militant suffragettes, and her struggles. For more exclusive history interviews and documentaries, subscribe to HistoryHit.TV. Producer: Natt Tapley See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Tariffs and Trade Wars with Marc Palen
April 11, 2018 02:05 - 23 minutes - 53.4 MBAs Donald Trump threatens a trade war with China, Dan talks to Marc-William Palen from the University of Exeter about tariffs, trade wars and the history of free trade. For more exclusive history interviews and documentaries, subscribe to HistoryHit.TV. Producer: Natt Tapley Audio: Pete Dennis See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Septimius Severus in Scotland with Simon Elliott
April 09, 2018 02:00 - 28 minutes - 65.4 MBDan talks to Simon Elliott about Septimius Severus, the first Hammer of the Scots, about his Northern Campaigns, and the true story of this savage 3rd century invasion of Scotland. For more exclusive history interviews and documentaries, subscribe to HistoryHit.TV today! Producer: Natt Tapley Audio: Pete Dennis See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The Skull of Alum Bheg and the Indian Uprising of 1857 with Kim Wagner
April 07, 2018 23:27 - 23 minutes - 53 MBDan talks to Kim Wagner about the fascinating story of the skull he found in an attic in a pub, and what it tells us about the Indian Uprising of 1857. For more exclusive history interviews and documentaries, do subscribe to History Hit.TV. Producer: Natt Tapley Audio: Pete Dennis See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The Great Viking Army at Repton with Cat Jarman
March 27, 2018 17:08 - 20 minutes - 28.4 MBDan talks to Cat Jarman, a scientist who has worked to establish whether the bones in the charnel house at Repton re those of Ivar the Boneless' Great Heathen Army. To see an exclusive documentary on the subject, go to HistoryHit.TV. Producer: Natt Tapley See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Spy Pigeons with Gordon Corera
March 21, 2018 11:29 - 33 minutes - 77.8 MBDan talks to BBC Security Correspondent Gordon Corera about Britain's secret pigeon spy force. For more exclusive interviews and documentaries, subscribe to HistoryHit.TV. Producer: Natt Tapley Audio: Pete Dennis See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Lord Bramall
March 16, 2018 10:49 - 1 hour - 141 MBDan meets Field Marshall the Lord Bramall, who served from the Second World War until the 1980s. For more exclusive interviews and documentaries, subscribe to History Hit.TV. Producer: Natt Audio: Pete Dennis See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Charles I Reconsidered with Leanda de Lisle
March 15, 2018 13:31 - 41 minutes - 94 MBDan Snow meets Leanda de Lisle, whose new biography of Charles I attempts to re-evaluate the reign of Charles I. For more exclusive documentaries and interviews, subscribe to History Hit.TV. Producer: Natt Tapley Audio: Pete Dennis See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Mary Wollstonecraft with Bee Rowlatt
March 08, 2018 17:44 - 27 minutes - 63.5 MBDan talks to Bee Rowlatt about the life and death of the author of A Vindication of the Rights of Women, Mary Wollstonecraft. For more exclusive interviews and documentaries, subscribe to History Hit.TV. Producer: Natt Tapley Audio: Pete Dennis See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The Mau Mau Uprising - Exclusive Double-Continent Live Broadcast with Olivia Win-Stewart, Susan Kibaara and Mary Njoroge
March 02, 2018 15:49 - 27 minutes - 63.2 MBDan talks live to contributors in two different continents, Olivia Windham-Stewart from the Museum of British Colonialism with contributors Susan Kibaara and Mary Njoroge in Kenya. They discuss the caesuras in British colonial history, and what can be done to correct them. For more exclusive interviews and documentaries, subscribe to History Hit.TV. Producer: Nathaniel Tapley Audio: Pete Dennis See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Sophie Scholl, Resistance Fighter with Frank McDonough
February 22, 2018 18:35 - 37 minutes - 85.5 MBDan talks to Frank McDonough about the resistance of Sophie Scholl, on the 75th anniversary of her execution by the Nazis. For more exclusive documentaries and interviews, subscribe to History Hit.TV. Producer: Nathaniel Tapley Audio: Pete Dennis See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
David Baddiel
February 19, 2018 20:28 - 50 minutes - 115 MBDavid Baddiel talks to Dan about the Second World War, Trump's Mussolini-isms, and why Jim Callaghan makes comedy difficult. For more exclusive interviews and documentaries, subscribe to History Hit.TV. Producer: Natt Tapley Audio: Pete Dennis See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Mary Stuart: The Play with Anna Whitelock & Robert Icke
February 14, 2018 12:43 - 46 minutes - 106 MBDan talks to Robert Icke, whose new adaptation of Mary Stuart is at the Duke of York's Theatre. He also discusses the play and its historical context with Anna Whitelock. For more exclusive interviews and documentaries, sign up to History Hit.TV today! Producer: Nathaniel Tapley Audio: Pete Dennis See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Update on the Rohingya Crisis with Jayita Sarkar
February 11, 2018 12:25 - 26 minutes - 61.6 MBDan talks to Jayita Sarkar about the ongoing crisis in Myanmar and Bangladesh. For more exclusive interviews and documentaries subscribe to HistoryHit.TV Producer: Natt Tapley Audio: Pete Dennis See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Alastair Campbell on Saturday Bloody Saturday
February 09, 2018 15:05 - 52 minutes - 47.7 MBNow that the first Blair government is being taught in history classes, Dan talks to Alastair Campbell about his new book, football, and power. For more exclusive interviews and documentaries, sign up to History Hit.TV today. Producer: Natt Tapley Audio: Peter Curry See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The Suffragettes & The Actresses' Franchise League with Naomi Paxton
February 06, 2018 17:25 - 30 minutes - 68.7 MBDan talks to Dr Naomi Paxton, historian of Actresses' Franchise League and Associate Fellow at the School of Advanced Study at the University of London, about the coming of suffrage. For more exclusive interviews and documentaries, sign up to History Hit.TV. Producer: Natt Tapley Audio: Pete Dennis See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.