Dan Snow's History Hit

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Historian Dan Snow journeys across the globe to tell the stories of history's defining moments. From the Colosseum in Rome to the Great Wall of China, the battlefields of Waterloo to the Tomb of Tutankhamun, join Dan as he explores the how and why of the greatest monuments, battles, heroes, villains and events that have shaped our world.New episodes on Mondays and Thursdays with bonus subscriber only episodes every other Friday.You can get in touch with us at ds.hh@historyhit.comA podcast by History Hit, the world's best history channel and creators of award-winning podcasts The Ancients, Gone Medieval, and Betwixt the Sheets.History Hit is part of Little Dot Studios, a Certified B Corp™Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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How Rasputin Destroyed the Romanovs with Anthony Beevor

2026-11-12 · 45 min · Episode 1858

How did a Siberian mystic catalyse the downfall of the 300-year-old Russian Empire?In an era defined by brutal industrialisation and the butchery of World War I, Russia's isolated autocracy was collapsing from the…
A Deep Dive on Submarines

2026-11-09 · 51 min · Episode 1857

For centuries, humans have been fascinated by the mysteries of the deep sea. The history of submarines is one of extraordinary invention, daring exploration and deadly warfare. From the first experimental underwater…
WWI's Stalingrad: The Siege of Przemyśl

2026-11-05 · 58 min · Episode 1855

Bread cut with sawdust. Horses boiled to the bone. Men trading pet dogs and mice for scraps.In the brutal winter of 1914 to 1915, the grand Austro-Hungarian fortress of Przemyśl came under siege. Cut off by Russian…
The Rise of Peter The Great

2026-11-02 · 47 min · Episode 1854

In 1698, a 6’8” Russian giant went on a bender through an English gentleman’s estate. He trashed portraits, burned furniture and drunkenly rammed wheelbarrows through a prize-winning holly hedge. The giant in question…
Medieval Ghost Stories

2026-10-29 · 28 min · Episode 1853

Ghost stories have haunted conversations since ancient times, from the Mesopotamians to the Romans to the Vikings. The medieval period was particularly awash with ghost stories - after all, it was an era of great…
Charles de Gaulle: The Man Who Rebuilt France

2026-10-26 · 1 hr 16 min · Episode 1852

In June 1940, France was collapsing. Paris was in enemy hands, the government had fled, and Marshal Pétain was preparing to surrender. Into that chaos stepped a lanky, rigid French general with no army, no government…
The Myths vs Reality of Mummification

2026-10-22 · 44 min · Episode 1850

From the elaborate burial rituals of Ancient Egypt to Victorian mummy unwrapping parties, mummification has fascinated humanity for centuries. But what is mummification really about? Because Hollywood, supernatural…
The Khmer Rouge & Pol Pot's Reign of Terror

2026-10-19 · 1 hr 1 min · Episode 1849

When the Khmer Rouge marched into Phnom Penh in April, 1975, they immediately declared 'Year Zero' - a ruthless ideological crusade to reset history, and forge Pol Pot's vision for a communist utopia. Over the next four…
The Real History Behind the Illuminati

2026-10-15 · 45 min · Episode 1848

Obviously, a secret sect doesn't control global events - despite what the internet says. But the myth of a shadowy cabal of elites grew out of a very real secret order, and one that went extinct within a decade. So what…
The October Revolution

2026-10-12 · 48 min · Episode 1847

On the night of October 10th, 1917, a revolutionary disguised as a priest slipped into an apartment in Petrograd and browbeat his comrades into an armed insurrection. The revolutionary in question was Vladimir Lenin,…

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Oldest episode in feed: 01/2020 · over 6 years
Typical length: 35 min
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