107 episodes

Real Dictators is the award-winning podcast that explores the hidden lives of history's tyrants. Hosted by Paul McGann, with contributions from eyewitnesses and expert historians.

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Real Dictators is the award-winning podcast that explores the hidden lives of history's tyrants. Hosted by Paul McGann, with contributions from eyewitnesses and expert historians.

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    Hitler: The Bunker and the End

    Hitler: The Bunker and the End

    This episode will be available for free on October 4th 2023. For instant access, ad-free listening and exclusive content, join Noiser+.

    We reach the dramatic conclusion of Hitler’s downfall. With the Battle of Berlin raging, the Führer makes his last stand. Underground, in a bunker beneath the Chancellery, he will conduct the final act of his life: a macabre ritual of marriage, murder and suicide…

    A Noiser production, written by Jeff Dawson.

    This is Part 25 of the Hitler Story. Scroll down the Real Dictators feed for earlier episodes.

    Hitler: Operation Valkyrie, Blowing up the Führer

    Hitler: Operation Valkyrie, Blowing up the Führer

    A delusional Hitler downplays the Normandy Landings. A group of generals, meanwhile, attempts an audacious military coup. And with Allied bombers pounding the Fatherland, Germany’s dictator plays his next card… Scientific wonder-weapons that will turn the war back his way…
    A Noiser production, written by Jeff Dawson.
    This is Part 24 of the Hitler Story. Scroll down the Real Dictators feed for earlier episodes.
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    • 55 min
    Hitler: Mussolini’s Prison Break

    Hitler: Mussolini’s Prison Break

    In Italy, Il Duce is overthrown. So Hitler stages a daring mission to rescue his fascist partner. With the Red Army rampant, another epochal battle sends the Wehrmacht on the retreat. Soon, more bad news will reach the Berghof, as Allied troops start landing in Normandy. But with the Führer fast asleep in his quarters, will anyone dare to break it to him?
    A Noiser production, written by Jeff Dawson.
    This is Part 23 of the Hitler Story. Scroll down the Real Dictators feed for earlier episodes.
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    • 51 min
    Hitler: The Battle of Stalingrad

    Hitler: The Battle of Stalingrad

    The myth of the Nazi war machine is blown apart in one of the pivotal battles of World War 2. Serious questions arise as to Hitler’s leadership, encouraging a growing German resistance. As Allied forces eye Sicily, a paranoid Führer retreats further into himself. His war of conquest is becoming a war of defence…
    A Noiser production, written by Jeff Dawson.
    This is Part 22 of the Hitler Story. Scroll down the Real Dictators feed for earlier episodes.
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    • 56 min
    Adolf Hitler: The Final Solution

    Adolf Hitler: The Final Solution

    This is Part 21 of the Hitler Story. You can start listening here. Or, scroll down the Real Dictators feed for earlier episodes.
    We pick up the story in 1942. World War 2 is well underway and the Führer is still in the box seat. But he is not as untouchable as he used to be. Nazi high-ups gather at the Wannsee Conference, honing a plan to exterminate an entire race. With the war in Russia on the rocks, and Hitler increasingly AWOL, Goebbels struggles to control the narrative. The resistance is growing. A leading figure of the Third Reich is about to be taken out in broad daylight…
    A Noiser production, written by Jeff Dawson.
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    • 55 min
    Introducing: Real Survival Stories - Glacier Escape

    Introducing: Real Survival Stories - Glacier Escape

    Noiser presents a brand-new podcast. Real Survival Stories brings you astonishing tales of ordinary people thrust into extraordinary survival situations.
    In this taster episode, two friends embark on an awe-inspiring trip into the mountains. But then, one false step sends Jim Davidson and Mike Price plummeting into a crevasse. Trapped deep beneath the surface of a glacier, surrounded by sheer walls of ice, Jim will come to realise there’s only one way he can possibly escape…
    If you enjoy this taster episode, search ‘Real Survival Stories’ in your podcast app and hit follow to get new episodes every Thursday. There are more epic tales live now and waiting for you.
    Real Dictators will return on August 30th for Noiser+ subscribers and September 6th for general release, as we begin the final set of episodes from the Adolf Hitler story.
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    • 44 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
4.5K Ratings

4.5K Ratings

gcmonsterg ,

The best

Paul thank you for the story telling. The Hitler story was well told almost as living in that era watching from afar. Would love for you to do Trujillo and Pinochet next

Ginane72 ,

Real Dictaors

In my culture when you want to say something is heavy & serious you say this Na-Man-Talk…I enjoy Paul’s stoic professional piercing presentation of the REAL DICTATORS podcast the small anecdotes and subtle remarks brings life and revives those dark but real moments in our colorful history moments when men just simply put went too far…we ALL have a darkness within us it just comes easier for some…dat wan na MAN TALK.
Emmanuel Samci

TheWarthog ,

Not sure how it could be any better

Paul might be the perfect narrator for this podcast. Sound a little older than his picture suggests, yet the eyes on the picture highlight the subtle cynicism that seems to come through in the narration AS IT SHOULD being a podcast about dictators. The use of dramatic pauses is brilliant. Most of the guests are perfect for the show. Don’t change a thing, don’t run out of content and please don’t make it a premium pay for service.

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