History Hit Audio

Across seven shows we bring you all of history from experts passionate about the subject. This subscription doesn't include video and is managed by Apple. ‘Dan Snow’s History Hit’ covers 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. ‘The Ancients’ is dedicated to discussing our distant past. Featuring interviews with historians and archaeologists, each episode covers a specific theme from antiquity. From Neolithic Britain to the Fall of Rome. Hosted by Tristan Hughes. Professor Suzannah Lipscomb presents ‘Not Just the Tudors’ and talks about everything from the Aztecs to witches, Velázquez to Shakespeare, Mughal India to the Mayflower. Not, in other words, just the Tudors, but most definitely also the Tudors. ‘Gone Medieval’ is hosted by historians Matt Lewis and Dr Eleanor Janega, who cover everything from long-lost Viking ships to kings buried in unexpected places; from murders and power politics, to myths, religion, the lives of ordinary people: Gone Medieval is History Hit’s podcast dedicated to the middle ages, in Europe and far beyond. In Betwixt the Sheets join historian, Kate Lister as she unashamedly roots around the topics which seem to have been skipped in history class. Everything from landmark LGBTQ+ court cases, to political scandal, to downright bizarre medieval cures for impotence. In American History Hit, join Don Wildman twice a week for your hit of American history, as he explores the past to help us understand the United States of today. We’ll hear how codebreakers uncovered secret Japanese plans for the Battle of Midway, visit Chief Powhatan as he prepares for war with the British, see Walt Disney accuse his former colleagues of being communists, and uncover the dark history that lies beneath Central Park. 'After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds and the Paranormal' is the podcast that takes you to the shadiest corners of the past, unpicking history’s spookiest, strangest, and most sinister stories. Every Monday and Thursday historians Anthony Delaney and Maddy Pelling, take a look at the darker side of history. From haunted pubs and Houdini, to witch trials and weird UFO sightings.