Last week we gave you a list of our fav guilty pleasure podcast. This week we have a round up of our top history picks, these podcast are a mix of serious and silly. Many of these are kid friendly but some are NSFW so listen with care with little ears. As with our last podcast round up, all descriptions are taken directly from Apple Podcast descriptions of the show.
The History Chicks: Two women. Half the population. Several thousand years of history. About an hour.
The Bowery Boys: The tides of American history lead through the streets of New York City — from the huddled masses on Ellis Island to the sleazy theaters of 1970s Times Square. The elevated railroad to the Underground Railroad. Hamilton to Hammerstein! Greg and Tom explore more than 400 years of action-packed stories, featuring both classic and forgotten figures who have shaped the world.
American Filth: From 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…. Or just plain filthy.
Dark History: Murder, Mystery & Makeup, and expanding into the podcast world with Dark History! Each week, she will explore the chilling stories of the dark past from US and World History that they don't teach you in school!
Betwixt The Sheets: Join historian, Kate Lister, Betwixt the Sheets as she unashamedly roots around the topics which seem to have been skipped in history class.
Slow Burn: (10 seasons all different topics) In Slow Burn’s 10th season, host Josh Levin takes you back to a crucial inflection point in American history: the moment between 2000 and 2004 when Fox News first surged to power and a whole bunch of people rose up to try and stop it.You’ll hear from the hosts, reporters, and producers who built Fox News, many who’ve never spoken publicly.
The Butterfly King: When King Boris III of Bulgaria dies amid mysterious circumstances during World War II, there's no shortage of suspects. But eighty years later, his death remains unsolved.
Revisionist History: (Each season is a different topic) 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.
You're Dead to Me: The comedy podcast that takes history seriously. Greg Jenner brings together the best names in comedy and history to learn and laugh about the past.
Queens Podcast: Tune in to hear Katy and Nathan pair cocktails with amazing women of history. Cheers!
Nobel Blood: Dana Schwartz explores the stories of some of history’s most fascinating royals: the tyrants and the tragic, the murderers and the murdered, and everyone in between.
Backstory: 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.
The Dollop: Comedians Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds picks a subject from history and examine it.
Behind the Bastards: There’s a reason the History Channel has produced hundreds of documentaries about Hitler but only a few about Dwight D. Eisenhower. Bad guys (and gals) are eternally fascinating.
The Curious History of Your Home: Discover the extraordinary history of the ordinary items all around you, every Tuesday, wherever you get your podcasts.
History This Week: This week, something big happened. You might have never heard of it, but this moment changed the course of history.
History The Doesn't Suck: HTDS is a bi-weekly podcast, delivering a legit, seriously researched, hard-hitting survey of American history through entertaining stories. To keep up with History
