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Larielia t1_iseytk5 wrote

What are some good history podcasts on Spotify? I'm listening to "The History of Rome" by Mike Duncan.

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Ayearinbooks t1_isfjgzz wrote

Similar to history of Rome style

  • Revolutions also by Mike Duncan
  • history of byzantine, directly designed as a successor
  • history of England by David Crowther - similarly systematic, more detailed/zoomed in

Other great ones

  • The Rest is History: eclectic, funny, good dynamic between the two hosts but still serious history
  • In Our Time: groups of academic guests discussing a massive and v eclectic set of topics with a curious nonexpert chairing and keeping it moving and asking questions listeners might.
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redchris70 t1_isfuhzl wrote

Another shout for The Rest is History and In Our Time. IOT is an institution in the UK while TRIH is relatively new and has a different dynamic but both excellent in their own ways.

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Ferengi_Earwax t1_isfdob4 wrote

The British history podcast. The byzantine history podcast picks up after what you're listening to and the creator specifically models it after Mike Duncan's to the point where it gets kinda annoying how much he fawns over the history of rome, but its still good. Next, any of the history hit podcasts. They include narratives of events and experts coming on to talk about their latest books or research/digs. Under the history hit banner there is Dan snows show which ia general history, then Suzanna Lipscomb has "not just the tudors", then there's gone medieval with cat Jarman and someone else. And then "the ancients". They're all really good but the audio quality fluctuates wildly and Dan snows commercials are enough not to listen ( but u prob should anyhow).

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Handsome-Lake t1_isf1s94 wrote

History of Byzantium is a follow up to that. Mike's appeared on it a few times too.

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One_Chef_6989 t1_isfbcs4 wrote

“You’re Dead To Me” is a good, funny one. “Tides of History” is my favourite, and he’s been doing a fairly deep dive into prehistory for a while now.

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Megasdoux t1_isg3s2h wrote

BBC did a podcast called "History of the world in a hundred objects" that is really nice and succinct. My go-to suggestion for those wanting to get into history in general.

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Scutifur t1_isgx3xj wrote

I'm a big fan of The Fall of Civilizations podcast by Paul Cooper. He only puts out an episode every several months, but they're exhaustively researched.

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Saxon2060 t1_ish18ix wrote

"In Our Time" is an incredible podcast that's been going for decades (firstly as a radio programme) on the BBC. Not sure about how accessible BBC podcasts are outside the UK though.

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AgedCzar t1_isfbbnz wrote

Not sure if it is on Spotify but “Tides of History” is great. Mike Duncan has been on there as a guy eat.

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f0rgotten t1_isfdx6m wrote

Roman Emperors: Totalis Rankium is a hilarious take on Roman history where the hosts rank each emperor on a few sliding scales. They're about to wrap up with the final Eastern Roman dynasty.

They also have a similar podcast about the American presidents, equally as funny, and Nixon just finished up.

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Froakiebloke t1_isffsfo wrote

My favourite history podcast is ‘The Siecle’, about France 1814-1914. It doesn’t update very often but it’s really excellent, well sourced, with transcripts and additional notes available on the website

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Stalins_Moustachio t1_isf3mlt wrote

Ridiculous History is great if you're looking for bizarre/unique stories from history. Great hosts as well.

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SignoreGuinness t1_isgv7ik wrote

Behind the Bastards is an entertaining one where the host does 2-4 episode deep dives on - you guessed it - some of the worst people in history.

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elmonoenano t1_ish25n3 wrote

I'm personally very interested in the US Civil War. B/c of that one of my favorite history podcasts is The Rogue Historian. He has lots of good interviews with people who study or work in the field. https://keithharrishistory.com/

I also really like The New Books Network history channel. It's a podcast with interviews of authors of academic books on history. There's a lot of content and not all of it is interesting. I don't listen to every podcast, I just focus on ones I think are interesting. But there is a huge amount of content. If it's too much you can focus on more specific types of history. https://newbooksnetwork.com/category/history-1/history

I've also recently started listening to History That Doesn't Suck: https://historythatdoesntsuck.com/

and Backstory: https://www.backstoryradio.org/

These are more general history podcasts for the everyday listener but they have interesting stuff.

I'd also recommend all of Mike Duncan's work and the wonderful BBC podcast In Our Times. In Our Times is especially fascinating and I think it's a great model of what good public media could provide to the public.

I also like Dan Carlin's Hardcore History. I will say that Dan focuses on narrative and he uses a lot of older texts that fall into the Great Man trope. That means his podcasts have a lot of bad information and a fairly limited historical viewpoint. But they are interesting to listen to. They're just a little too focused on war from an upper class white male perspective. Dan's getting better though and is starting to try and consider other viewpoints on the topic.

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Brickie78 t1_it4ectt wrote

In addition to the recommendations below, a couple that I've been enjoying here in the UK.

  • You're Dead To Me - Greg Jenner is joined by a historian and a comedian to look at a person, event etc.

  • The Rest Is History - historians Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland (not that one) likewise discuss a range of historical topics.

  • Empire - William Dalrymple and Anita Anand on the history of colonialism and Empire. They've started with the British in India, a nation they are both connected with bur I believe intend to continue looking at different European powers and different subject areas.

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