History podcasts

1The Rest Is HistoryGoalhanger PodcastsTake a deep dive into History’s biggest moments with Tom Holland & Dominic Sandbrook.

2Behind the BastardsiHeartThere’s a reason the History Channel has produced hundreds of documentaries about Hitler but only a few about Dwight D.

3American ScandalWondery Every scandal begins with a lie.

4Jocko PodcastJocko DEFCOR NetworkRetired Navy SEAL, Jocko Willink and Director, Echo Charles discuss discipline and leadership in business, war, relationships and everyday life.

5Letters from an AmericanHeather Cox RichardsonHeather Cox Richardson's narrated newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

6The DollopAll things comedyComedians Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds picks a subject from history and examine it.

7"WhatifAlthist" | World History, Philosophy, CultureRudyard LynchWhatifAltHist is a podcast from Rudyard Lynch that looks to try to find the patterns in history and anthropology so as to predict the future and understand the dynamics that result in civilizations rising and falling.

81619The New York TimesIn August of 1619, a ship carrying more than 20 enslaved Africans arrived in the English colony of Virginia.

91945The National WWII MuseumThe National WWII Museum presents 1945, a six-part podcast series hosted by New York Times best-selling author Donald Miller and Playtone producer Kirk Saduski.

1060 Minutes: A Second LookCBS NewsAs the most successful broadcast in television history, 60 Minutes has made and marked history since its premiere in 1968.

11About a Boy: The Story of Vladimir PutinAudacy | PuckThe West's obsession with Vladimir Putin's KGB past often misses the biographical detail that can be captured by a single word: dvor.

12After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the ParanormalHistory HitThis is After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds and the Paranormal.

13Alex Andreou's PodysseyAlex AndreouAlex Andreou revisits the classic Greek myths, and uncovers universal themes they share with us across the millennia

14Almost InterestingCloud10Welcome to Almost Interesting, the podcast designed to be just interesting enough - but not too interesting, obviously.

15America: A HistoryLiam HeffernanThe number one American history podcast for anyone with an interest in the people and events that shaped the USA. Every week Liam Heffernan is joined by the world's foremost experts, from Pulitzer Prize winners like Heather Ann Thompson to legendary broadcaster Jon Sopel, to answer a different question about America.

16America's Crime LabiHeartPodcasts and KaleidoscopeWelcome to Othram aka "America's Crime Lab." Each week, we meet weary detectives and family members working an unsolved case that has wrecked a community and seemingly hit a dead end… until, in a last-ditch effort, the evidence is mailed to Othram.

17American CriminalAirshipThe true crime history podcast that takes you inside the minds of some of our most notorious felons and outlaws, exploring the dark side to the American dream.

18American FilthiHeartFrom famous founders to capitalist cooks, from sex scandals to the dirtiest blues song, AMERICAN FILTH dives into the filthier side of American history: uncovering people who society has largely excluded from the history books because they were too unconventional, provocative, seedy, dirty, trashy….

19AMERICAN GENOCIDEIllumiNativeAmidst an unprecedented federal investigation into hundreds of Native Boarding Schools and the 100,000+ children these institutions forcibly removed, one school has become the epicenter of controversy in America’s attempt to reckon with its dark history: Red Cloud Indian School.

20American History HitHistory HitJoin 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.   From pre-colonial America to independence, slavery to civil rights, the gold rush to the space race, join Don as he speaks to leading experts to delve into America’s past. New episodes every Monday and Thursday. Brought to you by History Hit, the award-winning podcast network and world’s best history channel on demand, featuring shows like Dan Snow’s History Hit, Not Just The Tudors and Betwixt the Sheets.Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts.

21American History TellersWondery The Cold War, Prohibition, the Gold Rush, the Space Race.

22American HomicideiHeartPodcasts and Glass PodcastsAmerican Homicide explores mysterious and iconic murder cases from all across America.

23American ShrapnelAlabama Media GroupThe Olympics explode on a July night in 1996.

24An Old Timey PodcastKristin Caruso and Norman CarusoHistory class just got hilariously inappropriate.  Kristin Caruso, co-host of the true crime comedy podcast, Let’s Go To Court (16M+ downloads), and Norman Caruso, creator of the Gaming Historian YouTube channel (1M+ subscribers), team up to deliver a history podcast that is well researched, wide-ranging, and deeply silly.  In other words, this is a podcast for intellectuals.

25Bag ManMSNBCIs it possible for an American Vice President to carry out a criminal enterprise inside the White House and have nobody remember?

26BEEF with Bridget ToddNext Chapter PodcastsBEEF is an original scripted non-fiction storytelling podcast where Business Wars meets pop culture history.

27Big Ideas LabMission.orgYour exploration inside Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

28Big SugariHeartCome explore the secretive, multi-billion dollar sugar industry and the epic court battle that exposes how sugar is grown, cultivated and sold.

29Bitter Blood: Murdoch v. MurdochAudible

30Bizarre HistoryAudible

31Black History, For RealWondery The first woman on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorist List was a Black Panther.

32BlindspotThe HISTORY® Channel and WNYC StudiosHIV and AIDS changed the United States and the world.

33BlowbackBrendan James and Noah KulwinA podcast about American Empire.

34British ScandalWondery In a country obsessed with gossip, the great and the good fear one thing more than any other - scandal.British scandals change the course of history.

35Cautionary Tales with Tim HarfordPushkin IndustriesWe tell our children unsettling fairy tales to teach them valuable lessons, but these Cautionary Tales are for the education of the grown ups – and they are all true.

36Chess Piece: The Elián González StoryMy Cultura and iHeartPodcastsAt the turn of the millennium, a five-year-old boy from Cuba found off the Florida coast on Thanksgiving became the most talked about child in America.

37City of the RailsiHeartWhen journalist Danelle Morton’s daughter skips town to hop trains, she follows her into the train yard, and across America.

38Cocaine & Rhinestones: The History of Country MusicTyler Mahan CoeStep right up. Come on in.

39Computer FreaksInc. MagazineThis is the untold history of how the internet almost didn’t happen.

40Contempt of Court with Elie MystalThe Nation MagazineContempt of Court is an original podcast series from The Nation about how to reform the Supreme Court.

41Cover Up: The Anthrax ThreatSony Music EntertainmentIn the mid-1970s, a man burst onto the evangelical scene with a shocking tale: claiming to be a former witch involved in human sacrifices among elite circles.

42Crime CountdownSpotify StudiosWho’s the worst serial killer?

43Crowded Hours: The True Story of Alice Roosevelt and America's First Political DynastyAudible

44Dan Carlin´s Hardcore HistoryDan CarlinIn "Hardcore History" journalist and broadcaster Dan Carlin takes his "Martian", unorthodox way of thinking and applies it to the past.

45Dan Carlin's Hardcore History: AddendumDan CarlinInterviews, musings and extra material from the makers of Dan Carlin's Hardcore History.

46Decoder RingSlateDecoder Ring is the show about cracking cultural mysteries.

47Deep Cover: Never Seen AgainPushkinDeep Cover is a show about people who lead double lives.

48Detectives Don't SleepNoiserDetectives Don't Sleep is the new whodunnit podcast.

49Devil and the Deep Blue SeaChristianity TodayThey say the Devil’s in the details, but when conspiracies captivate our imaginations, we often overlook the real devils walking among us.

50Digital FolkloreRealmDigital Folklore is an immersive audio adventure that takes place inside a fictional universe, but explores the real-world truths behind various expressions of internet culture and how each holds up a mirror to the society from which they emerge.