Podcast episodes about history
Single episodes that tell one story completely — no forty-part series required.
HMS Wager: Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
The Tragedy of HMS Captain
Washington: Hero of the Revolution, from The Rest is History
The great siege of Malta: Knights Hospitaller vs the Ottoman empire
1. Greatness
Introducing HistoryExtra Long Reads
SYMHC Classics: Unearthed! USS Indianapolis
196. Blackbeard’s Reign of Terror
68. Chernobyl: The Worst Nuclear Disaster In History (Ep 1)
SYMHC Classics: Henry Every
Britain's Bloodiest Mutiny
43. 1940
Critical Error: Zeebrugge Ferry Disaster
The Gunpowder Plot (Repeat)
189. Culloden: Bonnie Prince Charlie’s Last Stand
Ernest Shackleton
Trapped Under the Sunken Titanic
50. Harriet Tubman: The Freedom Fighter Who Escaped From Slavery (Ep 1)
Disaster Favours the Daring: Shipwreck at Honda Point
Auschwitz: The Zone Of Interest (Part 1)
How Boudica Took On The Roman Empire
Summer Reboot - The Pig War of 1859
The Spy Who Duped Hitler | From Zero to Hero | 1
372. The Cockleshell Heroes: Twelve Men, Two Survivors
What to look for
History podcasting rewards the long form. Where most topics suffer past ninety minutes, this one often needs it.
Why episodes, not shows
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