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History! The most exciting and important things that have ever happened on the planet! Featuring reports from the weird and wonderful places around the world where history has been made and interviews with some of the best historians writing today. Dan also covers some of the major anniversaries as they pass by and explores the deep history behind today's headlines - giving you the context to understand what is going on today. Join the conversation on twitter: @HistoryHit Producer: Natt Tapley "717090"

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The Gay Men Who Took on Hitler

11.29.2020

Chris Bryant joined me on the podcast to tell the story of the gay British politicians who were among the very first to warn Britain about the danger of Hitler’s rise to power and the most vocal in demanding an ...

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11.29.2020 The Gay Men Who Took on Hitler Chris Bryant joined me on the podcast to tell the story of the gay British politicians who were among the very first to warn Britain about the danger of Hitler’s rise to power and the most vocal in demanding an ...
11.28.2020 Pompeii and the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius Pompeii is back in the news. An extraordinary new, touching discovery, found during the Great Pompeii Project of Professor Massimo Osanna and his team. Roughly 700 metres northwest of Pompeii, in the remains of a suburban Roman villa, archaeologists have ...
11.27.2020 Elizabeth I with Helen Castor Dan talks to Helen Castor about her book on Elizabeth I and the way she governed. Subscribe to History Hit and you'll get access to hundreds of history documentaries, as well as every single episode of this podcast from the ...
11.26.2020 The First Thanksgiving Sarah Churchwell and Kathryn Gray joined me on the podcast to discuss the first Thanksgiving of 1621. They critique mythologies of Thanksgiving that have arisen from 19th century ideologues, to Reagan, to the present day, and reframe settler colonial narratives. ...
11.25.2020 Rebel Women Sarah Lonsdale joined me on the podcast to tell the stories of radical women who challenged the status quo in the interwar years. Subscribe to History Hit and you'll get access to hundreds of history documentaries, as well as every ...
11.24.2020 Food, Class and Baking Pen Vogler joined me on the pod to discuss the origins of our eating habits and reveals how they are loaded with centuries of class prejudice. Subscribe to History Hit and you'll get access to hundreds of history documentaries, as ...
11.23.2020 Vaccine Roll Outs: Tragedy and Triumph Paul Offit is on the US Food and Drug Administration's advisory panel on vaccines. He talked Dan through the history of massive public vaccination programmes in the US, starting with the unprecedented campaign against Polio in 1955. During that vaccination ...
11.22.2020 In Conversation with Astronaut Al Worden Al Worden was an American astronaut and engineer who was the Command Module Pilot for the Apollo 15 lunar mission in 1971. He is one of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon. Subscribe to History Hit and ...
11.21.2020 Bloody Sunday 100 Years On Diarmaid Ferriter joined me on the podcast to talk about the events of Bloody Sunday on 21st November 1920, which marked a decisive turning-point in Irish history. Subscribe to History Hit and you'll get access to hundreds of history documentaries, ...
11.20.2020 From Dynamite to Drones: How Terrorist Technologies Impacted the Start of the First World War Professor Audrey Cronin is the world's leading expert in Terrorism and Technology. She has released a new book, Power to the People, and spoke with James about the development of materials used in terrorism. Audrey explains how the technological boom ...
11.19.2020 Abraham Lincoln with Sidney Blumenthal Sidney Blumenthal joined me on the podcast to talk about the political life of Abraham Lincoln and what his legacy means today. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
11.18.2020 The Pioneers of Egyptology Chris Naunton joined me on the podcast to talk about the work of the many people who contributed to our understanding of ancient Egypt. Subscribe to History Hit and you'll get access to hundreds of history documentaries, as well as ...
11.17.2020 How Deep History Swung the US Election Lewis Dartnell joined me on the podcast to talk about a theory that links the outcome of the US election to geology. Subscribe to History Hit and you'll get access to hundreds of history documentaries, as well as every single ...
11.16.2020 I’m a Celeb Special: Gwrych Castle Gwrych Castle dominates the road into North Wales. A sprawling Victorian ruin on land that belonged to the same family for over 500 years. It is now famous in the UK as the Covid convenient set for "I'm a Celebrity ...
11.15.2020 SAS: Band of Brothers June 1944: the SAS parachute deep into occupied France, to wreak havoc and bloody mayhem. In a country crawling with the enemy, their mission is to prevent Hitler from rushing his Panzer divisions to the D-Day beaches and driving the ...
11.14.2020 Coventry's Blitz David McGrory joined me on the podcast to discuss Coventry’s Blitz. On the night of 14 November 1940, a Luftwaffe air raid devastated the city of Coventry. Subscribe to History Hit and you'll get access to hundreds of history documentaries, ...
11.13.2020 The History of Beer with Pete Brown Pete Brown used to advertise lager for a living, until he realised that writing books about beer was even more fun, and entailed drinking even more beer. He appears regularly on television as a beer expert, writes on beer for ...
11.12.2020 One Family, 600 Years of Farming in England's Lake District James Rebanks joined me on the podcast to tell the history of his family farm in the Lake District hills. This was part of an ancient agricultural landscape: a patchwork of crops and meadows, of pastures grazed with livestock, and ...
11.11.2020 The Unknown Warrior 100 years ago today, the Unknown Warrior, a common soldier and an unidentified casualty of war, was buried in Westminster Abbey with all the pomp and ceremony of an empire at its zenith. King George V looked on as 100 ...
11.10.2020 WW2's Special Ops Sisters Jean and Patricia Owtram were teenagers when the Second World War broke out. They both served in secret roles, one on the coast intercepting German naval signals, the other running intelligence agents from Cairo. Neither told the other what they ...
11.09.2020 Why We Remember Ash Alexander-Cooper OBE is a former specialist military unit colonel in the British Armed Forces, world-championship athlete and award-winning international musician. Now a member of the Army Reserve, he works tirelessly with organisations geared towards supporting and remembering those who ...
11.08.2020 Remembrance Sunday: In Search of My Father John Watts never knew his father. He was conceived days before his father, Wing Commander Joseph Watts, was killed on a bombing mission over occupied Europe. He never knew that a bomber from his father's squadron was recovered and is ...
11.07.2020 The US Cabinet Lindsay Chervinsky joined me on the podcast to discuss the history of the US Cabinet. We also discussed the electoral college system and the Constitution. Subscribe to History Hit and you'll get access to hundreds of history documentaries, as well ...
11.06.2020 The Forgotten Hero of Everest Ed Caesar joined me on the podcast to tell the story of World War I veteran Maurice Wilson, Britain's most mysterious mountaineering legend. Subscribe to History Hit and you'll get access to hundreds of history documentaries, as well as every ...
11.05.2020 Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors Alexander the Great. One of the most recognisable names in history. In his short lifetime he conquered the mighty Persian Empire and marched his army as far as the Indus River Valley. But it is important to remember that Alexander’s ...
11.04.2020 The Electoral College Fabian Hilfrich joined me on the podcast to talk about the US electoral college. Subscribe to History Hit and you'll get access to hundreds of history documentaries, as well as every single episode of this podcast from the beginning (400 ...
11.03.2020 Trump, Putin, Bolsanaro: The Return of The Strongman Ruth Ben-Ghiat joined me on the podcast to discuss what modern authoritarian leaders have in common and how they can be stopped. We discussed the strongman playbook from Mussolini to Putin, Johnson and Trump. Subscribe to History Hit and you'll ...
11.02.2020 Hong Kong Flu Professor George Dehner is a world environmental historian who examines the intersection of humans and disease in the modern era. We talked about the great flu pandemics of the later 20th Century, 1968 and 1976. Subscribe to History Hit and ...
11.02.2020 America's Contested Election 1876 was a great pivot in US history. In the presidential election that year a record turn out and chaotic vote counts, particularly in Florida (!), saw a contested result. Civil war, so recently concluded, seemed imminent until Democrat and ...
11.01.2020 WW2 Heroine Christian Lamb Turns 100 Christian Lamb has had a remarkable life. The daughter of an admiral, she served in the navy during the war and went on to become an expert in horticultural history. Dan visited her the day after her 100th birthday to ...
10.30.2020 Margaret Beaufort: Mother of the Tudors Nicola Tallis comes on the show to talk about the extraordinary Margaret Beaufort: 'Mother of the Tudors' and the ancestor of all subsequent royals. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
10.29.2020 The Bomb: With Fred Kaplan Why is it that nobody has used the absolute weapon, the nuclear bomb, since 1945? Was it ever likely that the American arsenal would be used against the Soviet Union? Or was it created solely to prevent nuclear war? If ...
10.28.2020 Mutiny on the Spanish Main Angus Konstam joined me on the podcast to tell the dramatic story of HMS Hermione. In 1797, the British frigate was the site of the bloodiest mutiny in British naval history. Subscribe to History Hit and you'll get access to ...
10.27.2020 Time Travel to Regency Britain with Ian Mortimer Ian Mortimer joined me on the podcast to take us back in time to the Regency period. It was a time of exuberance, thrills, frills and unchecked bad behaviour. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
10.26.2020 Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolution Sudhir Hazareesingh joined me to discuss the life of Toussaint Louverture, a revolutionary leader who confronted the forces of slavery, settler colonialism, imperialism and racial hierarchy. The Haitian Revolution began in the French Caribbean colony of Saint-Domingue with a slave ...
10.25.2020 Trump and Presidential History Two weeks before the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Richard Brookhiser joined me on the podcast to discuss Trump and presidential history. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
10.24.2020 War Lord with Bernard Cornwell Bernard Cornwell joined me on the podcast to discuss his final book in the Last Kingdom series. War Lord is the epic story of how England was made. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
10.23.2020 The Battle of Philippi: Death of the Roman Republic In October 42 BC the Roman Republic committed suicide. Near the town of Philippi in northern Greece the forces of Brutus and Cassius, the famous assassins of Julius Caesar and the last surviving cheerleaders of the Roman Republic, faced off ...
10.22.2020 Britain's Oldest Laws Joanna McCunn joined me on the podcast to discuss the history of some of Britain's oldest and strangest laws. From shooting Welshmen with longbows, to Oliver Cromwell banning mince pies, we also discussed 19th century policing and vagrancy acts. Subscribe ...
10.21.2020 Time's Monster with Priya Satia Priya Satia joined me on the podcast to discuss the dramatic consequences of writing history today as much as in the past. Against the backdrop of enduring global inequalities and debates about reparations and the legacy of empire, Satia offers ...
10.20.2020 Nelson and the Slave Trade Vice Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson died at Trafalgar on 21 October 1805. Recently there has been considerable interest in Nelson's views on the slave trade and the plantation economy of the West Indies. A letter of Nelson's written months before ...
10.19.2020 The Conquistadores Fernando Cervantes joined me on the podcast to reframe the story of the Spanish conquest of the New World, set against the political and intellectual landscape from which its main actors emerged. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
10.18.2020 The Expulsion of Native Americans Claudio Saunt joined me on the podcast to discuss the United States' expulsion of Native Americans from the East to territories west of the Mississippi River. Justified as a humanitarian enterprise, the undertaking was to be systematic and rational, overseen ...
10.17.2020 Saving Bletchley Park with Sue Black Dr Sue Black is a British computer scientist, academic and social entrepreneur. She has been instrumental in saving Bletchley Park, the World War II codebreaking site. Her book documenting this vital task is 'Saving Bletchley Park: How #SocialMedia Saved the ...
10.16.2020 African Europeans with Olivette Otele Olivette Otele joined me on the podcast to discuss the long African European heritage through the lives of individuals. Subscribe to History Hit and you'll get access to hundreds of history documentaries, as well as every single episode of this ...
10.15.2020 Nero Shusma Malik joined me on the podcast to discuss the infamous Emperor Nero. He ruled nearly 2000 years ago, after taking over from his stepfather Claudius. Nero was a despotic ruler, enamoured in his own talents. His reign was characterised ...
10.13.2020 1066: Year of Invasions Emily Ward and Pragya Vohra talk about the history of the Viking invasion of 1066. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
10.13.2020 On the Battlefield of Hastings with Marc Morris Marc Morris shows me around the Battlefield of Hastings. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
10.12.2020 Queer History Sacha Coward joined me on the podcast to discuss queer history. We talked about Luisa Casati, Queen Anne, the Gay Liberation Front, and other stories of non-heteronormative relationships. Subscribe to History Hit and you'll get access to hundreds of history ...
10.11.2020 History's Greatest Speeches with Simon Sebag Montefiore Simon Sebag Montefiore joined me on the podcast to talk about history's greatest speeches. From Martin Luther King Jr. to John Boyega, from Churchill to Trump, we also discuss British institutions and their link to Empire. Subscribe to History Hit ...

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