Podcast · History

Dan Snow's History Hit

History Hit

50 episodes available · plays inline · no app required

A Short History of The Airport
Jul 23, 2026 ·48:00
The Mycenaean World
Jul 20, 2026 ·40:05
BONUS: The Complete Map of the Odyssey
Jul 17, 2026 ·51:54
The Real St George and the Dragon
Jul 16, 2026 ·30:17
The Real History Behind The Odyssey
Jul 13, 2026 ·53:21
A Day in the Life of a Gladiator
Jul 9, 2026 ·36:29
What Happens in The Odyssey?
Jul 6, 2026 ·1:09:24
The Birth of America Explained
Jul 2, 2026 ·56:23
Agrippina the Younger: Rome's Most Notorious Empress
Jun 29, 2026 ·51:20
Life in the Trenches
Jun 25, 2026 ·38:50
Spain vs Portugal: The Spice Race
Jun 22, 2026 ·37:30
Why Did The Roman Empire Collapse?
Jun 18, 2026 ·53:22
The Origins of the Tank
Jun 15, 2026 ·51:38
Mary Beard on Ruling the Roman Empire
Jun 11, 2026 ·52:10
Harald Hardrada
Jun 8, 2026 ·50:20
The Rise of the Roman Empire
Jun 4, 2026 ·40:13
The Great Fire of London
Jun 1, 2026 ·31:07
SAS Hijacked A Fascist Train To Liberate A Concentration Camp
May 28, 2026 ·48:32
The Rise and Fall of the Boleyns
May 25, 2026 ·43:35
Anglo-Saxons vs Vikings: The Battle That Gave Birth To England
May 21, 2026 ·42:27
The Rise and Fall of Venice
May 18, 2026 ·44:06
The Seven Deadly Sins
May 14, 2026 ·40:41
Investigating the Nazi Massacre at Rumbula
May 11, 2026 ·31:17
How Did Japan Become A Superpower?
May 7, 2026 ·47:16
The Scandalous Life of Lord Byron
May 4, 2026 ·44:07
Bloody Mary
Apr 30, 2026 ·49:10
The Black Prince
Apr 27, 2026 ·53:06
The Assassination of Trotsky
Apr 23, 2026 ·1:04:35
Churchill's Secret Army
Apr 20, 2026 ·51:16
The Siege of Acre: The Last Battle of the Crusades
Apr 16, 2026 ·36:34
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Apr 13, 2026 ·54:00
The Knights Templar vs the Order of Assassins
Apr 9, 2026 ·47:07
The Commanders: The Best of the Rest
Apr 6, 2026 ·40:54
How and Why the Crusades Started
Apr 2, 2026 ·49:44
The Soviet Marshal Georgy Zhukov
Mar 30, 2026 ·1:04:49
The Real Peaky Blinders
Mar 26, 2026 ·38:44
Japan's WWII Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Mar 23, 2026 ·58:36
The Rise of Putin and the 1999 Apartment Bombs
Mar 19, 2026 ·34:31
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mar 16, 2026 ·59:11
The Battle of Gettysburg
Mar 12, 2026 ·1:05:10
Can Air Power Alone Topple Governments?
Mar 10, 2026 ·45:19
Bernard Montgomery
Mar 9, 2026 ·1:19:27
Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson: A Royal Scandal
Mar 5, 2026 ·38:40
Erwin Rommel
Mar 2, 2026 ·1:07:17
The Forbidden City
Feb 26, 2026 ·1:15:12
The Trial of Charles I
Feb 23, 2026 ·41:46
Royal Siblings, Scandals and Crises
Feb 20, 2026 ·28:11
The Peasants' Revolt
Feb 19, 2026 ·43:26
The First Vikings in Iceland
Feb 16, 2026 ·39:32
The Scandalous Private Life of Charles II
Feb 12, 2026 ·30:00

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