Dan Snow's History Hit
1,842 episodes - English - Latest episode: 26 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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Vikings Uncovered: Part Four with Sarah Parcak
April 04, 2016 04:45 - 11 minutes - 21.7 MBSarah Parcak is 2016 TED Prize winner, Space archaeologist, Professor, scientist, Egyptologist, TED Senior Fellow, and National Geographic Fellow. This is the final of the 4 part series timed to coincide with the upcoming broadcast of 'The Vikings Uncovered' on BBC1 and PBS. Follow the hashtag #VikingsUncovered on Twitter to join the conversation. Dan will be hosting a Q&A on Periscope right after the BBC broadcast on Monday, so make sure you join us then. For additional footage and photo...
Vikings Uncovered: Part Three with Thomas Birch
April 03, 2016 05:37 - 19 minutes - 35.8 MBDr Thomas Birch is a Research Associate at University College London Qatar. This is part 3 of the 4 part series timed to coincide with the upcoming broadcast of 'The Vikings Uncovered' on BBC1 and PBS. Follow the hashtag #VikingsUncovered on Twitter to join the conversation. Dan will be hosting a Q&A on Periscope right after the BBC broadcast on Monday, so make sure you join us then. For additional footage and photos be sure to follow Dan Snow on Instagram, and History Hit on Facebook. E...
Vikings Uncovered: Part Two with Doug Bolender
April 02, 2016 12:31 - 27 minutes - 50.2 MBDoug Bolender is a research assistant professor in the Anthropology Department and the Fiske Center for Archaeological Research at University of Massachusetts Boston. This is part 2 of the 4 part series timed to coincide with the upcoming broadcast of 'The Vikings Uncovered' on BBC1 and PBS. Follow the hashtag #VikingsUncovered on Twitter to join the conversation. Dan will be hosting a Q&A on Periscope right after the BBC broadcast on Monday, so make sure you join us then. For additional ...
Vikings Uncovered: Part One with Dan Snow
April 01, 2016 16:17 - 28 minutes - 51.7 MBTo coincide with the upcoming broadcast of 'The Vikings Uncovered' on BBC1 and PBS next week, Dan takes us behind the scenes and talks about his extraordinary experiences making the show. Follow the hashtag #VikingsUncovered on Twitter to join the conversation. Dan will be hosting a Q&A on Periscope right after the BBC broadcast on Monday, so make sure you join us then. For additional footage and photos be sure to follow Dan Snow on Instagram, and History Hit on Facebook. Episode music: T...
Rasputin with Frances Welch
March 30, 2016 21:44 - 35 minutes - 64.8 MBFrances Welch has written for the Sunday Telegraph, Granta, The Spectator and the Financial Times. She is author of Rasputin: A Short Life. Episode music: Dizzee Rascal and Florence + The Machine - You've Got The Dirtee Love (Live At The Brit Awards / 2010) Presented by Dan Snow @thehistoryguy Produced by Dan Morelle @danmorelle For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Easter Rising with Dr Heather Jones
March 25, 2016 19:44 - 31 minutes - 57 MBDr Heather Jones @WW1POWs is Associate Professor at the Department of International History London School of Economics and Political Science. Dr Jones is author of Violence against Prisoners of War in the First World WarEpisode music Immortal Technique - Leaving the Past Camille - Waves Presented by Dan Snow @thehistoryguy Produced by Dan Morelle @danmorelle For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Hidden Tombs with Chris Naunton
March 23, 2016 14:08 - 19 minutes - 35.4 MBChris Naunton @chrisnaunton is an Egyptologist, Director of the Egypt Exploration Society, and President of the International Association of Egyptologists. Episode music: Ari Hest - The Landlord Presented by Dan Snow @thehistoryguy Produced by Dan Morelle @danmorelle For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Hitler's Pact with Stalin with Roger Moorhouse
March 21, 2016 22:46 - 30 minutes - 56.3 MBRoger Moorhouse @Roger_Moorhouse is a Historian of the Third Reich and WW2, author of The Devils' Alliance, Killing Hitler & Berlin at War. Episode music: DC - I Love Gold Presented by Dan Snow @thehistoryguy Produced by Dan Morelle @danmorelle For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
#SuperTuesday with Sarah Churchwell
March 15, 2016 19:19 - 33 minutes - 62.1 MBSarah Churchwell @sarahchurchwell is Chair of Public Humanities, American Literature Professor at the School of Advanced Study, University of London. Episode music: Portishead - Numb Presented by Dan Snow @thehistoryguy Produced by Dan Morelle @danmorelle For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Fritz and Tommy with Robin Schäfer
March 14, 2016 17:43 - 25 minutes - 46.9 MBRobin Schäfer @gerarmyresearch is a German military historian. His latest book Fritz and Tommy: Across the Barbed Wire is co-authored with Peter Doyle. Episode music: Autolux - Change My Head Presented by Dan Snow @thehistoryguy Produced by Dan Morelle @danmorelle For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
The Revenant with Professor Jon T Coleman
March 11, 2016 18:58 - 17 minutes - 32.9 MBJon T. Coleman @lostjcoleman is a professor of history at the University of Notre Dame. His books and teaching span colonial and contemporary America and integrate social, cultural, and environmental approaches. He is the author of Vicious: Wolves and Men in America and Here Lies Hugh Glass: a Bear, a Mountain Man, and the Rise of the American Nation. Episode music: The Chemical Brothers - Shake Break Bounce Presented by Dan Snow @thehistoryguy Produced by Dan Morelle @danmorelle For inf...
Hitler's Genitals with Emma Craigie
February 29, 2016 07:35 - 24 minutes - 22.1 MBEmma Craigie @craigieemma Emma Craigie is a writer and teacher. She lives in Somerset and is currently Chair of Wells Festival of Literature. Her most recent novel, What Was Never Said, has been nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2016. Hitler's Last Day: Minute by Minute was co-authored with Jonathan Mayo. Episode music: Le Grand Pantalon (Baggy Trousers) - Madness Presented by Dan Snow @thehistoryguy Produced by Dan Morelle @danmorelle For information regarding your data privacy, vi...
The Romanovs with Simon Sebag Montefiore
February 07, 2016 16:08 - 45 minutes - 42 MBSimon Jonathan Sebag Montefiore is a British historian, television presenter and award-winning author of popular history books and novels. His new book is entitled The Romanovs. The House of Romanov was the second dynasty, after the Rurik dynasty, to rule over Russia, which reigned from 1613 until the abdication of Czar Nicholas II on March 15, 1917, as a result of the February Revolution. Presented by Dan Snow @thehistoryguy Produced by Dan Morelle @danmorelle Episode Music: Baby Queen...
Tudor Series: Part Three with Suzannah Lipscomb
January 28, 2016 15:12 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MBPart 3 of our 3 part Tudor Series, released to coincide with the 469th anniversary of King Henry VIII’s death. Dr Suzannah Lipscomb @sixteenthCgirl is a broadcaster and Head of Faculty and Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History at New College of the Humanities. Her new book ‘The King Is Dead‘ was released in December 2015. Presented by Dan Snow @thehistoryguy Produced by Dan Morelle @danmorelle Episode Music: Sunhouse – Crazy On The Weekend Check out The Big History Hit Giveaway. Suppo...
Tudor Series: Part Two with Jessie Childs
January 28, 2016 12:00 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MBPart 2 of our 3 part Tudor Series, released to coincide with the 469th anniversary of King Henry VIII’s death. Jessie Childs @childs_jessie is an award-winning author and historian. Her books are Henry VIII’s Last Victim and God’s Traitors. This is a re-mastered episode of the podcast originally released on 31 Oct 2015. Presented by Dan Snow @thehistoryguy Produced by Dan Morelle @danmorelle Check out The Big History Hit Giveaway. Support the literacy charity ‘Room to Read’ and enter t...
Tudor Series: Part One with Anna Whitelock
January 24, 2016 17:54 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBPart 1 of our 3 part Tudor series, released to coincide with the 469th anniversary of King Henry VIII’s death. Anna Whitelock is a Historian, author. broadcaster, royal commentator and Reader in History. Director of Centre for Public History, RHUL. Anna’s current book is entitled Elizabeth’s Bedfellows: An Intimate History of the Queen’s Court Presented by Dan Snow @thehistoryguy Produced by Dan Morelle @danmorelle Check out The Big History Hit Giveaway. Enter to win some amazing prizes...
The Myth and Reality of Hitler’s Secret Police with Frank McDonough
January 23, 2016 17:04 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBProfessor Frank McDonough @FXMC1957 is an internationally renowned expert on the Third Reich. He was born in Liverpool, studied history at Balliol College, Oxford and gained a PhD from Lancaster University. Frank’s latest book is entitled The Gestapo: The Myth and Reality of Hitler’s Secret Police. Presented by Dan Snow @thehistoryguy Produced by Dan Morelle @danmorelle Episode Music: My Lu Neng – Masterplan ft Fox Check out The Big History Hit Giveaway. Enter to win some amazing prizes...
The Migrant Crisis with Alexander Betts
January 22, 2016 08:57 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBAlexander Betts is the Leopold Muller Professor of Forced Migration and International Affairs, and the Director of the Refugee Studies Centre at the University of Oxford. His research is on the politics and political economy of refugees, migration and humanitarianism, with a geographical focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. He is author or editor of numerous books, including Survival Migration: Failed Governance and the Crisis of Displacement Presented by Dan Snow @thehistoryguy Produced by Dan M...
Bronze Age Homes Unearthed in East Anglia
January 12, 2016 15:10 - 4 minutes - 6.2 MBHere’s the audio taken from the accompanying video referred to in the previous podcast. Watch the video right here. Presented by Dan Snow @thehistoryguy Produced by Dan Morelle @danmorelle Check out The Big History Hit Giveaway. Enter to win some amazing prizes: http://historyhit.com/roomtoread For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
A Window to the Bronze Age with Mark Knight
January 12, 2016 06:30 - 23 minutes - 22 MBMark Knight is the Archaeological Lead at Must Farm quarry in Cambridgeshire, where the best preserved Bronze Age dwellings in Britain have been excavated. Watch the accompanying video here. Presented by Dan Snow @thehistoryguy Produced by Dan Morelle @danmorelle Check out The Big History Hit Giveaway. Enter to win some amazing prizes: http://historyhit.com/roomtoread For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Operation Thunderbolt with Saul David
January 10, 2016 19:00 - 25 minutes - 23.8 MBSaul David @sauldavid66 is an historian, broadcaster and the author of several works of fiction and non-fiction. His latest book is entitled Operation Thunderbolt: Flight 139 and the Raid on Entebbe Airport, the Most Audacious Hostage Rescue Mission in History. Presented by Dan Snow @thehistoryguy Produced by Dan Morelle @danmorelle Check out The Big History Hit Giveaway. Enter to win some amazing prizes: http://historyhit.com/roomtoread For information regarding your data privacy, vis...
What is a ‘Just War’? with Rory Cox
January 05, 2016 07:49 - 16 minutes - 21.9 MBDr Rory Cox @drrorycox is a Historian of Just War Doctrine and the Ethics of War, and a Lecturer in Late Mediæval History and Associate Director of the Institute of Intellectual History at the University of St Andrews. He is also the author of John Wyclif on War and Peace. The Military Response to ISIS: a historical perspective is the article featured in ‘History Today’ that Dan refers to in the show. Presented by Dan Snow @thehistoryguy Produced by Dan Morelle @danmorelle Check out The...
History of Everyday Life with Greg Jenner
December 27, 2015 22:12 - 26 minutes - 49.2 MBGreg Jenner is the historical consultant to Horrible Histories and is the author of A Million Years in a Day: A Curious History of Everyday Life. Presented by Dan Snow @thehistoryguy Produced by Dan Morelle @danmorelle Check out The Big History Hit Giveaway. Enter to win some amazing prizes, including a signed copy of Greg’s book: http://historyhit.com/roomtoread For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Star Wars and History with Janice Liedl
December 24, 2015 01:49 - 46 minutes - 63.3 MBStar Wars & History Christmas Special. Dan talks to historian, academic, and Star Wars fan, Janice Liedl about the historical influences to Star Wars. Janice Liedl @jliedl is co-editor to Star Wars & History, published by Lucas Film and written in collaboration with George Lucas. Presented by Dan Snow @thehistoryguy Produced by Dan Morelle @danmorelle Check out The Great History Hit Giveaway. Enter to win some amazing prizes: http://historyhit.com/roomtoread For information regarding...
The World According to the Movies with Alex von Tunzelmann
December 23, 2015 02:46 - 19 minutes - 26.3 MBAlex von Tunzelmann @alexvtunzelmann is a historian and screenwriter. Alex writes a weekly column about historical films for The Guardian Online, entitled Reel Histories. Alex’s latest book entitled ‘Reel History‘, picks through Hollywood’s version of events, sorting the fact from the fiction. Based on the long-running column in the Guardian, Reel History takes a comic look at the history of the world as told through the movies – the good, the bad, and the very, very ugly. Music in this e...
Anglo Saxons with Janina Ramirez
December 21, 2015 02:52 - 19 minutes - 31.2 MBDr Janina Ramirez @DrJaninaRamirez is Course Director for History of Art at the Department of Continuing Education, Oxford. An interdisciplinary art historian, known for her documentary work on BBC4, including most recently, ‘Illuminations: The Private Lives of Medieval Kings’ and ‘Britain’s Most Fragile Treasure’. Janina’s new book is entitled The Private Lives of the Saints: Power, Passion and Politics in Anglo-Saxon England. Presented by Dan Snow @thehistoryguy Produced by Dan Morelle...
Bonus Mini-hit!
December 08, 2015 07:23 - 19 minutes - 30.1 MBSome recent anniversaries and a competition announcement. More information at http://www.historyhit.com/minute Presented by Dan Snow @thehistoryguy Produced by Dan Morelle @danmorelle For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Syria: The Origins of its Turmoil with Shashank Joshi
December 06, 2015 19:09 - 28 minutes - 42.5 MBDan interviews Shashank Joshi, this time face-to-face, for another Matrix-style History Hit download. Find out about the historical context to the situation in Syria. Shashank Joshi @shashj is a Senior Research Fellow, Royal United Services Institute, Research Associate, Changing Character of War Programme, Oxford University and PhD Candidate, Harvard. His blog is at https://shashankjoshi.wordpress.com. Presented by Dan Snow @thehistoryguy Produced by Dan Morelle @danmorelle For inform...
Indian Partition with Anita Rani
December 05, 2015 17:24 - 18 minutes - 23.6 MBAnita Rani @itsanitarani joins Dan on Skype, after an exhausting day of training for the popular BBC TV show ‘Strictly Come Dancing’. Dan and Anita discuss her families heartrending experience living through Indian Partition. The Partition of India was the partition of the Presidencies and provinces of British India that led to the creation of the sovereign states of the Dominion of Pakistan (it later split into Pakistan and Bangladesh) and the Union of India (later Republic of India) on 15...
History Behind The News: Syria Airstrikes with Paul Beaver
December 02, 2015 13:29 - 17 minutes - 21.2 MBRecorded on 2 December, 2015. Dan interviews aviation historian and expert Paul Beaver @beaver_paul on the historical context and effectiveness of airstrikes in relation to the House of Commons vote on airstrikes on Syria and ISIS. Presented by Dan Snow @thehistoryguy Produced by Dan Morelle @danmorelle For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
History as Therapy – The School of Life
November 29, 2015 21:18 - 28 minutes - 44.5 MBIn early November 2015, Dan was invited to speak at The School of Life @schooloflife. The School of Life is devoted to developing emotional intelligence through the help of culture. Dan Snow’s new limited edition photobook entitled ‘A Year of Adventure’ with images captured from around the world, is out now and only available from shop.historyhit.com. Presented by Dan Snow @thehistoryguy Produced by Dan Morelle @danmorelle For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/pr...
History Behind The News: Turkey Downs Russian Warplane Near Syria Border with Shashank Joshi
November 24, 2015 18:13 - 11 minutes - 13.5 MBRecorded via Skype onboard a speeding train on 24 November 2015. Dan speaks with Shashank Joshi @shashj a Senior Research Fellow, Royal United Services Institute, Research Associate, Changing Character of War Programme, Oxford University and PhD Candidate, Harvard about the historical precedents to the downing of a Russian fighter plane that entered Turkish airspace earlier today. To discuss this episode on Twitter please use the hashtag #HistoryHit19 Presented by Dan Snow @thehistoryguy ...
World War Two: A Forgotten Narrative with James Holland
November 22, 2015 16:54 - 25 minutes - 37 MBJames Holland @James1940 is a historian and author writing about the Second World War and Jack Tanner series of novels, and presenter of BBC films on Battle of Britain, Jets & Normandy 44. James’ new book entitled The War in the West – A New History: Volume 1: Germany Ascendant 1939-1941 is out now. Presented by Dan Snow @thehistoryguy Produced by Dan Morelle @danmorelle For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Magna Carta with Marc Morris
November 17, 2015 22:50 - 25 minutes - 39.8 MBMagna Carta (Latin for “the Great Charter”), also called Magna Carta Libertatum (Latin for “the Great Charter of the Liberties”), is a charter agreed by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, 800 years ago on 15 June 1215. Dr Marc Morris @Longshanks1307 is a historian and broadcaster, specialising in the Middle Ages. He is the author of King John: Treachery, Tyranny and the Road to Magna Carta (Hutchinson 2015), The Norman Conquest (Windmill, 2013) and A Great and Terrible King (W...
History Behind the News: Paris Attacks with Tom Holland
November 15, 2015 21:40 - 23 minutes - 23.9 MBRecorded on 15 November 2015 Dan speaks with historian and author Tom Holland @holland_tom about the recent terrorist attacks and the historical context. To discuss this episode on Twitter please use the hashtag #HistoryHit15 Presented by Dan Snow @thehistoryguy Produced by Dan Morelle @danmorelle For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
The Battle of Taranto
November 10, 2015 11:39 - 25 minutes - 39.1 MBDan visits the Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton, in Somerset, England to gain a unique insight into the Battle of Taranto. He talks to Lt. Simon Wilson, the Royal Navy’s lead Swordfish pilot, views some extraordinary documents and takes a flight in a Swordfish bi-plane. The Battle of Taranto took place on the night of 11–12 November 1940 during the Second World War between British naval forces, under Admiral Andrew Cunningham, and Italian naval forces, under Admiral Inigo Campioni. The Roy...
The Tudors with Jessie Childs
October 31, 2015 14:39 - 23 minutes - 29 MBJessie Childs @childs_jessie is an award-winning author and historian. Her books are Henry VIII’s Last Victim and God’s Traitors. Presented by Dan Snow @thehistoryguy Produced by Dan Morelle @danmorelle For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Battle of Agincourt with Tobias Capwell, Curator of Arms and Armour at The Wallace Collection
October 25, 2015 04:18 - 47 minutes - 69.5 MBDr Tobias Capwell is Curator of Arms and Armour at The Wallace Collection in London. In this show, Dan discusses the Battle of Agincourt with exhibition curator Tobias Capwell. They take us on a tour with them around The Sinews of War: Arms and Armour from the Age of Agincourt exhibition. The Battle of Agincourt was a major English victory in the Hundred Years’ War. The battle took place on Friday, 25 October 1415 (Saint Crispin’s Day), near modern-day Azincourt, in northern France. More ...
The Silk Roads with Peter Frankopan
October 21, 2015 18:11 - 34 minutes - 62.4 MBDan and acclaimed author Peter Frankopan (@peterfrankopan) put the world to rights in this episode. Where Peter openly admits secretly touching his book in private. Frankly, once you’ve seen the size of his achievement, you’ll all want to! Presented by Dan Snow @thehistoryguy Produced by Dan Morelle @danmorelle For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Bonus Minisode!
October 17, 2015 13:20 - 12 minutes - 23.4 MBThis a short episode “inbetween-isode” of 10 minutes — enjoy! Let us know what you think! Presented by Dan Snow (@thehistoryguy) Produced by Dan Morelle (@DanMorelle) For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
World War Two – Bomber Command Veterans
October 03, 2015 14:31 - 24 minutes - 44.9 MBIn this episode, Dan discusses some of the week’s big historical anniversaries, visits the unveiling of the new Bomber Command Memorial in Lincoln and interviews Paul Beaver (@beaver_paul), one of Britain’s best Aviation Historians Dan also gets some compelling eyewitness testimonies from World War II veterans. RAF Bomber Command controlled the Royal Air Force’s bomber forces from 1936 to 1968. It played the central role in the strategic bombing of Germany in World War II. Presented by Da...
The Battle of Waterloo with Peter Snow
September 23, 2015 12:46 - 52 minutes - 95.3 MBDan teams up with his dad, veteran broadcaster Peter Snow to give a blow-by-blow account of The Battle of Waterloo. Presented by Dan Snow (@TheHistoryGuy) Produced by Dan Morelle (@DanMorelle) For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy