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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 History TellersWondery
The Cold War, Prohibition, the Gold Rush, the Space Race.
4Adrift
It’s the early 1970s, and a young British family is attempting to sail around the world when catastrophe strikes.The Robertsons have sold everything they own to embark on this trip.
5Jane Austen StoriesNOISERJane Austen Stories is the new show from the Noiser podcast network, narrated by Dame Julie Andrews.Season One begins with Julie reading an all-time classic of English literature, Pride and Prejudice, in its original masterful form.Join us twice a week as we walk grand estates, take tea with well-dressed gentlewomen, and enter ballrooms to dance with the great and good of the county.
6Letters from an AmericanHeather Cox RichardsonHeather Cox Richardson's narrated newsletter about the history behind today's politics.
7True Crime with Kendall RaeMile Higher Media & Audioboom StudiosKendall Rae is a true-crime content creator on YouTube who has used her platform to spread awareness for victims and their families.
8"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.
91619The New York TimesIn August of 1619, a ship carrying more than 20 enslaved Africans arrived in the English colony of Virginia.
101945The 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.
11500 Letters to NanaCarson & KatieA WWII Podcast...
1260 Minutes: A Second LookCBS NewsAs the most successful broadcast in television history, 60 Minutes has made and marked history since its premiere in 1968.
13About 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.
14After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the ParanormalHistory HitThis is After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds and the Paranormal.
15Alex Andreou's PodysseyAlex AndreouAlex Andreou revisits the classic Greek myths, and uncovers universal themes they share with us across the millennia
16Almost InterestingCloud10Welcome to Almost Interesting, the podcast designed to be just interesting enough - but not too interesting, obviously.
17America: 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, academics and broadcasters in the only podcast that connects US past, present and future...
18America'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.
19American 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.
20American 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….
21AMERICAN 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.
22American 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.
23American History HotlineiHeartPodcastsBob Crawford searches for the best historians and experts to answer listener questions about American history — from the Revolutionary War to rock & roll feuds.
24American HomicideiHeartPodcasts and Glass PodcastsAmerican Homicide explores mysterious and iconic murder cases from all across America.
25American ScandalWondery
Every scandal begins with a lie.
26American ShrapnelAlabama Media GroupThe Olympics explode on a July night in 1996.
27An Old Timey PodcastKristin Caruso and Norman CarusoHistory class just got hilariously inappropriate.Â
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.Â
In other words, this is a podcast for intellectuals.
28Bag ManMSNBCIs it possible for an American Vice President to carry out a criminal enterprise inside the White House and have nobody remember?
29BEEF with Bridget ToddNext Chapter PodcastsBEEF is an original scripted non-fiction storytelling podcast where Business Wars meets pop culture history.
30Beyond Mount RushmorePodcast Playground
Beyond Mount Rushmore dives into the stories your history teacher definitely skipped.
31Big Ideas LabMission.orgYour exploration inside Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
32Big SugariHeartCome explore the secretive, multi-billion dollar sugar industry and the epic court battle that exposes how sugar is grown, cultivated and sold.
33Bitter Blood: Murdoch v. MurdochAudible
34Bizarre HistoryAudible
35Black History, For RealWondery
The first woman on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorist List was a Black Panther.
36BlindspotThe HISTORY® Channel and WNYC StudiosHIV and AIDS changed the United States and the world.
37BlowbackBrendan James and Noah KulwinA podcast about the American Empire.
38British 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.
39BURIED: Inside the John Wayne Gacy InvestigationMottafied Sound, LLC
Featuring never-before-heard recordings of John Wayne Gacy (The Gacy Tapes) and new admissions from the detectives who investigated him, BURIED is a true-crime podcast that investigates the police investigation, re-examining the John Wayne Gacy case and the police work that uncovered a serial killer.BURIED: Inside the John Wayne Gacy Investigation is Defense Diaries' remastered re-release of The Gacy Tapes season.
40Cautionary 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.
41Chess 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.
42City of the RailsiHeartWhen journalist Danelle Morton’s daughter skips town to hop trains, she follows her into the train yard, and across America.
43Cocaine & Rhinestones: The History of Country MusicTyler Mahan CoeStep right up. Come on in.
44Collateral Damage from The InterceptThe InterceptCollateral Damage is an investigative podcast series examining the half-century-long war on drugs, its enduring ripple effects, and the devastating consequences of building a massive war machine aimed at the public itself.
45Computer FreaksInc. MagazineThis is the untold history of how the internet almost didn’t happen.
46Contempt of Court with Elie MystalThe Nation MagazineContempt of Court is an original podcast series from The Nation about how to reform the Supreme Court.
47Cover 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.
48Crime CountdownSpotify StudiosWho’s the worst serial killer?
50Curiosity Meets The PastDr. Smiti NathanCuriosity Meets The Past is a podcast for curious minds who love learning about the past.
The best History podcasts
Understanding the past is unlocking the present. These history podcasts immerse you into countries' pasts from the mouth of experts. They will uncover the unique events of wars, conflicts, and World powers.If you used to nap in history class, you would never do it again. Moreover, these podcasts teach you this subject in a language easy you can understand.
Some of the best history podcasts are pretty controversial too. They talk about events that occurred long ago and still have many secrets. This type of history podcast aims at listeners interested in gossip and historical facts that are publicly accepted.
Additionally, you will learn in detail about ancient times, the Roman empire and its decline, the Middle Ages, and the growth of the Catholic Church as a political entity.
The shows in this category touch upon the life of emperors, kings, characters, and communities. So take your time and learn about the past differently!

