The History Diaries

By The Fellas Studios

The History Diaries, hosted by Katie Kennedy (@historygossip), is history with a twist, serving up the stories your textbooks left out. Think scandalous diaries, bizarre cures, and royals behaving bad... more

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FAQs about The History Diaries:

How many episodes does The History Diaries have?

The podcast currently has 16 episodes available.

The History Diaries episodes:

January 22, 2026 Best Bits of The History Diaries Podcast So Far!
This week we gift you gentle subjects with the best bits of The History Diaries Podcast so Far!
From the most chaotic guests, weirdest historical rabbit holes and craziest one liners this ep is all your favorite parts of History Diaries in one mega episode!
The question remains, what is the most outlandish fact you’ve learned from the pod?
New Episodes Every Thursday at 5pm!
📖 Listen on Apple Podcasts & Spotify.
📖 Follow on Instagram & TikTok: @historydiariespod
📖 Katie: @historygossip
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1h 34min
January 15, 2026 Matt Another Time | Mining at Beamish Museum, Ancient Drinking Games & Historical Tips to Keep Warm?
It’s Matt another time (again)! From Katie’s 9th birthday party where she made all her friends dress up as historically accurate miners to her love of a Jane Austen board game he is here spilling all her secrets! The siblings also chat about ancient drinking games and dive into how people used to keep their tootsies warm back in the day… we’d love to say these would be good tips to keep the heating bills down, but I think hiring a fire servant might be more expensive 😭
New Episodes Every Thursday at 5pm! 📖 Listen on Apple Podcasts & Spotify. 📖 Follow on Instagram & TikTok: @historydiariespod 📖 Katie: @historygossip
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31min
January 08, 2026 Mozart’s Explosive Love Letters, King Louis’ Birth Fixation & The REAL Reason Vibrators Were Created!
Tune into this weeks episode where Katie dive into the history of vibrators, why georgian balls served ice cream instead of pints and if the rumour of King Louis' love of childbirth really changed the course of history?
This week The History Gossip also turns into a dating coach as she dives into Mozarts love letters... he had some banging tunes but his pick up lines were a solid number two!

Let us know in the comments if our Mozart inspired pick up lines lead to explosive results 🤣

New Episodes Every Thursday at 5pm!

📖 Listen on Apple Podcasts & Spotify.

📖 Follow on Instagram & TikTok: @historydiariespod

📖 Katie: @historygossip
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30min
January 01, 2026 The Famileigh | Family SNITCHES, Worst Historical PUNISHMENTS! & The Village That DANCED to DEATH?!
Travis and Harrison are getting a history lesson this week! History is more than war (surprisingly to men!) so this week we are talking about historical punishments - from a bridles scold to ducking stools - which members of their family would get the short end of the stick! We are also delivering into historical families with FAMOUS SNITCHES … The question is would you snake your brothers if they were planning to blow up parliament?

New Episodes Every Thursday at 5pm!

📖 Listen on Apple Podcasts & Spotify.

📖 Follow on Instagram & TikTok: @historydiariespod

📖 Katie: @historygossip
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56min
December 25, 2025 Elizabeth The Thirsty | 2025 QUEEN’S SPEECH, A Nativity Play at A Molly House & The Tale of Krampus
We are joined by the one the only ELIZABETH THE THIRSTY (aka Elizabeth the 1st HERSELF!) Get comfortable as we bring you our own queen’s speech, take a deep dive into Molly Houses and we explore the EVIL Victorian Santa - The KRAMPAS!

If you’re watching this you are in luck you weren’t dragged to hell by the evil santa for being naughty - Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones! 🎄✨

New Episodes Every Thursday at 5pm!

📖 Listen on Apple Podcasts & Spotify.

📖 Follow on Instagram & TikTok: @historydiariespod

📖 Katie: @historygossip
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43min
December 18, 2025 Danni Diston | Defending Anne Boleyn, The Queen That BATHED IN BLOOD & A High Class Harlot Radio Show?!
Wasson Shagger! This week we have Radio 1 Presenter and Anne Bolyne’s BIGGEST FAN Danni Diston in the studio! We test her knowledge of the first ever publicly executed queen, take a deep dive into some ‘EVIL WOMEN’ of History and try to explain to a Victorian child why ‘Having a Boyfriend is EMBARRASSING!’

Spoiler alert men aren’t great and that goes for the men of history too! The question remains: were these women of history really as scandalous as history paints them? Let us know your thoughts in the comments!

New Episodes Every Thursday at 5pm!

📖 Listen on Apple Podcasts & Spotify.

📖 Follow on Instagram & TikTok: @historydiariespod

📖 Katie: @historygossip
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1h 2min
December 11, 2025 Debunking The RUMOURS! Henry VIII's Secret Lover? Mary Toft’s Rabbit Babies? Anne Boleyn's 6th Finger?!
This week The History Gossip is debunking the historical rumour mill! From Henry VIII’s secret lover to the woman that birthed rabbits - stories of the past are always weird but are they always true? Tune in to find out 👀

We also take a deep dive into Oliver Cromwell, as a puritan ruler he was known for a bit of kill joy but would disco spoons change him for the better?

New Episodes Every Thursday at 5pm!

📖 Listen on Apple Podcasts & Spotify.

📖 Follow on Instagram & TikTok: @historydiariespod

📖 Katie: @historygossip
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48min
December 04, 2025 Calfreezy | Victorian’s Favorite Secret Snack?! The WEIRDEST Egyptian Creation Story & Why Royals are all INBRED
From History Hater to History Lover Calfreezy gets pushed to his limits trying to fix Ivan (The Terrible)’s image - he didn’t mean to start massacres, he was just not himself when he’s hungry!

From Cleopatra’s body count to Cal’s Pyramid conspiracy theory we also take a deep dive into Ancient Egypt. The question is would we survive under Cal’s rule if he was a Pharaoh??

New Episodes Every Thursday at 5pm!

📖 Listen on Apple Podcasts & Spotify.
📖 Follow on Instagram & TikTok: @historydiariespod
📖 Katie: @historygossip
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1h 5min
November 27, 2025 Jake Bhardwaj | How Rasputin became King of RIZZ, Richard III’s DARK Past & Escaping Medieval Prison
Quizmaster and Comedian Jake Bhardwaj, gets put on the historical hot seat! Can he solve dilemmas of the past? Does he know the difference between a modern performative male and a Russian Mystic? Find out in this week's episode of History Diaries!

New Episodes Every Thursday at 5pm!

📖 Listen on Apple Podcasts & Spotify.

📖 Follow on Instagram & TikTok: @historydiariespod

📖 Katie: @historygossip
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1h 22min
November 20, 2025 Matt Another Time | Would Lord Byron Survive RUGBY INITATIONS?! Historical FRESHERS FLU Remedies & Sibling Rivalries
We know the History Gossip but what of her little brother! Matt Another Time - up and coming DJ (kind of), Rugby enthusiast and part time student joined us in the studio this week. We get into historical sibling rivalries, what historical figures would have studied at which unis … oh and there may or not be an exclusive historical themed DJ Mix in this episode 👀

New Episodes Every Thursday at 5pm!

📖 Listen on Apple Podcasts & Spotify.

📖 Follow on Instagram & TikTok: @historydiariespod

📖 Katie: @historygossip
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1h 1min

FAQs about The History Diaries:

How many episodes does The History Diaries have?

The podcast currently has 16 episodes available.

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