Top History Podcasts

We’ve all heard of fake news, but what about fake history? Dominic Sandbrook explores two and a half millennia of human history, traveling from the American Deep South to the air raid shelters of wartime Britain, to discover how the past has constantly been manipulated....

Legendary sprinter Michael Johnson embarks upon a personal journey through the history of protest in sport....

On New Year's Eve 1999, a young Vladimir Putin appeared on Russian TV screens â۠awkward, self....

Ordinary people. Extraordinary stories. Listen to history's unsung heroes who changed the world, ....

Crusading knights, Tudor monarchs, the D-Day landings and more. Travel back in time with some of ....

The future of democracy is uncertain. Populist world leaders are dominating headlines and creating a new kind of politics that challenges democratic values and the liberal order....

As long as there have been humans, there have been LGBTQI+ people. From an 18th century gentleman’s servant known as 'Princess Seraphina', to a lesbian punk rocker in Malaysia, challenging her country’s homophobic laws today; queer life always finds a way....

Sherlock Holmes is the most portrayed fictional character of all time, and he has been reimagined....