8 Best History Podcasts of 2022

Updated: Feb 2023


Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

By Dan Carlin  

History  

14 Episodes

Started: Oct 2015

Latest: Week ago

In "Hardcore History" journalist and broadcaster Dan Carlin takes his "Martian", unorthodox way of thinking and applies it to the past. Was Alexander the Great as bad a person as Adolf Hitler? What would Apaches with modern weapons be like? Will our modern civilization ever fall like civilizations from past eras? This isn't academic history (and Carlin isn't a historian) but the podcast's unique blend of high drama, masterful narration and Twilight Zone-style twists has entertained millions of listeners.

Best Episodes of Dan Carlin's Hardcore History:

Show 69 - Twilight of the Aesir

This show picks up where Dan's Thor's Angels show left off. In the early Middle Ages Pagan Germanic-language speakers like the Vikings are a dying breed. Many of their contemporaries wish they'd die f…

Throughline

By NPR  

History  Society & Culture  Documentary  

225 Episodes

Started: Jan 2019

Latest: Few days ago

The past is never past. Every headline has a history. Join us every week as we go back in time to understand the present. These are stories you can feel and sounds you can see from the moments that shaped our world.Subscribe to Throughline+. You'll be supporting the history-reframing, perspective-shifting, time-warping stories you can't get enough of - and you'll unlock access to our sponsor-free feed of the show. Learn more at plus.npr.org/throughline

Best Episodes of Throughline:

The Real Black Panthers (2021)

In 1968, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover said the Black Panther Party "without question, represents the greatest threat to the internal security of the country." And with that declaration he used United …

Revisionist History

By Pushkin Industries  

Society & Culture  History  

99 Episodes

Started: Jun 2016

Latest: Few days ago

Revisionist History is Malcolm Gladwell's journey through the overlooked and the misunderstood. Every episode re-examines something from the past—an event, a person, an idea, even a song—and asks whether we got it right the first time. From Pushkin Industries. Because sometimes the past deserves a second chance. To get early access to ad-free episodes and extra content, subscribe to Pushkin+ in Apple Podcasts are pushkin.fm/pus. iHeartMedia is the exclusive podcast partner of Pushkin Industries.

Best Episodes of Revisionist History:

From Broken Record: Rick Rubin in Conversation with Malcolm Gladwell

In which Malcolm reunites with his colleague, friend and fellow host of Broken Record (not to mention a music icon in his own right), Rick Rubin. This month Rick released his first book, called "The C…

BackStory

By BackStory  

History  Education  

259 Episodes

Started: Sept 2015

Latest: Year ago

BackStory is a weekly public podcast hosted by U.S. historians Ed Ayers, Brian Balogh, Nathan Connolly and Joanne Freeman. We're based in Charlottesville, Va. at Virginia Humanities. There’s the history you had to learn, and the history you want to learn - that’s where BackStory comes in. Each week BackStory takes a topic that people are talking about and explores it through the lens of American history. Through stories, interviews, and conversations with our listeners, BackStory makes history engaging and fun.

Best Episodes of BackStory:

331: The End of the Road: BackStory and the History of Finales in America

On this final episode of BackStory, Nathan, Brian, Joanne and Ed explore different kinds of finales throughout American history. They also consider what it’s like being a part of their own finale and …

Revolutions

By Mike Duncan  

History  Education  

370 Episodes

Started: Sept 2013

Latest: Week ago

A weekly podcasting exploring great political revolutions. Now: The Russian Revolution Next: ???

Best Episodes of Revolutions:

Final Episode- Adieu Mes Amis

If you wanna drop a tip on your way out the door, <a href= "https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=3KKMXWSYDRJ48">Click Here To Donate</a>. See you on the other side my friends.

In Our Time: History

By BBC Radio 4  

History  

300 Episodes

Started: Apr 2001

Latest: Few days ago

Historical themes, events and key individuals from Akhenaten to Xenophon.

Best Episodes of In Our Time: History:

The Great Stink

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the stench from the River Thames in the hot summer of 1858 and how it appalled and terrified Londoners living and working beside it, including those in the new Houses o…

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast

By Jon Hagadorn Podcast Host  

History  Society & Culture  

394 Episodes

Started: Dec 2014

Latest: Few days ago

Where History Comes Alive! A fast-paced, well-researched weekly podcast covering a wide range of historical events, persons, places, legends, and mysteries, Hosted by Jon Hagadorn, the selection of stories and interviews includes lost treasure, unsolved mysteries, unexplained phenomenon, WWII stories, biographies, disasters, legends of the Old West, American Revolutionary history, urban legends, movie backstories, and much more. Available wherever podcasts are found, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Comcast, Google Play & others. Follow us at www.Facebook.com/1001Heroes and Twitter @1001podcast.

Best Episodes of 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast:

BLACKBEARD: THE MAN AND THE MYTH (PT 1)

Much of what we know today about the notorious pirate Blackbeard is pure fiction arising from little more than guesswork, word of mouth, and creative writing. To find the truth we went to historian, a…

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