History Podcasts

American History Tellers
315 episodes - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 14.7K ratingsThe Cold War, Prohibition, the Gold Rush, the Space Race. Every part of your life - the words you speak, the ideas you share - can be traced to our history, but how well do you really know ...

Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine
417 episodes - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 13.6K ratingsJoin Dr. Sydnee McElroy and her husband Justin McElroy for a tour of all the dumb, bad, gross, weird and wrong ways we've tried to fix people.

American Scandal
259 episodes - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 13.5K ratingsNew episodes come out every Tuesday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. Every scandal begins with a lie. But the truth will come out. And then comes the fallout an...

Sharon Says So
137 episodes - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 12.6K ratingsHave you ever heard a story that has left your mind blown? The kind of story that sounds like a pure exaggeration? The kind of story that you want to turn around and tell to all your friends, fami...

Maintenance Phase
43 episodes - Latest episode: 13 days ago - ★★★★★ - 6.9K ratingsDebunking the junk science behind health fads, wellness scams and nonsensical nutrition advice.

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History: Addendum
20 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 6.9K ratingsInterviews, 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

Newt's World
474 episodes - Latest episode: about 17 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 5.5K ratingsJoin former House Speaker, professor, historian, and futurist Newt Gingrich as he shares his lifetime of knowledge and access to the world’s most interesting minds in a new series that covers all a...

EconTalk
988 episodes - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 3.7K ratingsEconTalk: Conversations for the Curious is an award-winning weekly podcast hosted by Russ Roberts of Shalem College in Jerusalem and Stanford's Hoover Institution. The eclectic guest list includes ...

History That Doesn't Suck
151 episodes - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★★★★★ - 2.9K ratingsHTDS is a bi-weekly podcast, delivering a legit, seriously researched, hard-hitting survey of American history through entertaining stories. To keep up with History That Doesn’t Suck news, check us...

American Elections: Wicked Game
82 episodes - Latest episode: 28 days ago - ★★★★★ - 2.9K ratingsAll episodes are available for free, with ad-free episodes available for Wondery+ subscribers. On February 10th, 1796, Vice President John Adams wrote to his wife Abigail, lamenting the st...

Words Matter
267 episodes - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 2.7K ratingsAmerican politics is undergoing seismic changes that will alter the course of history. At Words Matter, we believe that facts, evidence, truth and objective reality are necessary and vital in pub...

Our Fake History
180 episodes - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 2.7K ratingsA podcast about myths we think are history and history that might be hidden in myths! Awesome stories that really (maybe) happened!

Revolutionary Left Radio
361 episodes - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 2.6K ratingsDiscussing political philosophy, current events, activism, and the inevitable historical downfall of capitalism from a revolutionary leftist perspective.

1865
91 episodes - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 2.6K ratingsAll episodes are available for free, with ad-free episodes available for Wondery+ subscribers. April 15, 1865. President Lincoln is dead and the country in turmoil. Secretary of War Edwin...

Skeptoid
335 episodes - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 2.5K ratingsThe true science behind our most popular urban legends. Historical mysteries, paranormal claims, popular science myths, aliens and UFO reports, conspiracy theories, and worthless alternativ...

No Dumb Questions
139 episodes - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 2.1K ratingsA science guy from the deep south (Destin) and a humanities guy from the wild west (Matt Whitman) discuss deep questions with varying levels of maturity.

Buried Truths
44 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 2.1K ratingsFor months after three white men chased Ahmaud Arbery to his death, Georgia of 2020 looked disconcertingly like Georgia of 1950. This is the story of the long arc of injustice in the Americ...

Camp Monsters
41 episodes - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 2.1K ratingsThese are the stories of impossible encounters with impossible creatures in the wildest corners of North America. We’ll travel the country, sit around campfires and talk about that thing that ran ...

Infamous America
255 episodes - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 2K ratingsHistorical True Crime — assassins, gangsters, mobsters and lawmen; manhunts, scandals and unexplained phenomena. Stories of the wildest and darkest chapters of America's past.

Shmanners
312 episodes - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1.8K ratingsJoin husband Travis McElroy and wife Teresa McElroy every Friday and they'll improve your etiquette week by week! Perplexed by thank you notes? Baffled by black tie? Dismayed by dinner parties? Wor...

Sidedoor
138 episodes - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1.7K ratingsMore than 154 million treasures fill the Smithsonian’s vaults. But where the public’s view ends, Sidedoor begins. With the help of biologists, artists, historians, archaeologists, zookeeper...

Proof
118 episodes - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★ - 1.7K ratingsA disappearing food franchise. The story behind how a Vietnamese spring roll ended up on the menu of Senegalese restaurants. We take America's Test Kitchen's inquisitive and relentless appr...

Do Go On
397 episodes - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsA fact based comedy podcast. Each week Melbourne comedians Matt Stewart, Jess Perkins and Dave Warneke take it in turns to research a topic and report back to the class. See acast.com/privacy for...

Emperors of Rome
204 episodes - Latest episode: 12 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratings“Great empires are not maintained by timidity.” - Tacitus. A podcast series looking at the rulers of the ancient Roman empire, by Dr Rhiannon Evans and Matt Smith.

GirlTrek's Black History Bootcamp
187 episodes - Latest episode: 20 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsGirlTrek's epic 21-day walking meditation series to remember where we came from and to gather strength for the road ahead. We celebrate Black stories and the lessons of our ancestors to help guide ...

Overly Sarcastic Podcast
49 episodes - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsRed and Blue of Overly Sarcastic Productions keep the learnin' rollin' with a biweekly after show! Join the OSP crew as we chat about all the anecdotes, corrections, and fan questions that didn't m...

Bedtime History: Inspirational Stories for Kids and Families
208 episodes - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratingsBedtime History is a series of educational, relaxing stories for kids and families. Learn about inspirational characters such as Jackie Robinson, Sacajawea, Neil Armstrong, and Maya Angelou. Other ...

9/12
15 episodes - Latest episode: 28 days ago - ★★★★ - 1K ratingsHow 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 ...

You Had Me at Black
129 episodes - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★ - 965 ratingsYou Had Me at Black is where Black Millennials tell the true-life stories you won't see on TV.

Literature and History
97 episodes - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★★★★★ - 959 ratingsThis podcast is an introduction to Anglophone literature, from ancient times to the present, done by a Ph.D. with lots of books and musical instruments. A typical episode offers a summary of a work...
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