List of History Podcasts by Historians
If you are a podcast creator and a historian, please add your podcast to the appropriate slot(s)! This list is very flexible with the definition of “history” and “historians” too--if you’re on the outskirts of either of these categories, please add it anyway. Please only add shows that you yourself are involved in producing. (If there are no more rows, put your cursor in the bottom-rightmost cell of the table and press the Tab button. That should generate a new row.)
Name of show
Creator(s) of the show
General topic
Language
Type of show (interview, conversation, monologue, narrative, drama, etc.)
Link to show
Twitter Handle
American Revolution Podcast
Michael Troy
American Revolution
English
monologue (with occasional interviews)
https://pod.amrevpodcast.com
@amrevpodcast
Voz Andante, Caminos colectivos
María del Carmen Espinosa Valdivia
History and Culture, specially from Mexico
Spanish
Conversation
www.incudeso.com; https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQRfD1gWlP52KuLTMJlfrYw
@vozandante
History Against the Grain
Chris Padgett and Joshua Weiner
History without Borders
English
Conversation/interview
https://historyagainstthegrain.com
@histatg
Consolation Prize
Abby Mullen, Megan Brett, Deepthi Murali, Kris Stinson, Brenna Reilley, Andrew Cote
The United States in the world
English
narrative
https://consolationprize.rrchnm.org/
@ConsolPrize
Death in the West
Leif Fredrickson, Erika Fredrickson, Chad Dundas, Zach Dundas
American West, labor history
English
Narrative
https://deathinthewestpod.com/
@deathwestpod
Dig: A History Podcast
Averill Earls, Sarah Handley-Cousins, Elizabeth Garner Masarik, Marissa Rhodes
General, feminist slant
English
narrative
digpodcast.org
@dig_history
Stories from the Epicenter
Daniel Story, Thomas Sawano, Madeline Maria Carpou, Naman Suda, Marla Novo, Gabriel Kittle-Cervine, Jennifer Hooker, Kathleen Aston
1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake, local history
English
narrative/documentary
https://library.ucsc.edu/StoriesFromTheEpicenter
Footnoting History
Elizabeth Keohane-Burbridge, Christine Caccipuoti, Kristin Uscinski, Josh Hevert, Lucy Barnhouse (alum include Nathan Melson, Esther Lieberman-Cuenca, Ryan Keating, Christina Bruno GT, John Lash, Nicole uLopez-Jantzen, Kirsti Norris, Lesley Skousen)
Anything and everything history - short episodes of the oft-forgotten
English
Narrative, usually monologue
https://www.footnotinghistory.com/
The End of Sport
Johanna Mellis, Nathan Kalman-Lamb, and Derek Silva
We analyze all the ways that modern sport is harmful and exploitative historically and currently. Focus is mostly on the US but it is expanding its geographic scope over time.
English
Interview
www.theeendofsport.com
Transformative Podcast
RECET - Research Center for the History of Transformations (University of Vienna)
We take the year 1989 as a starting point to think about social, economic, and cultural transformations in the wake of deep historical caesuras on a European and global scale.
English
Interview/also dialogue in future episodes
https://recet.at/podcast/ (episodes not yet embedded, website update will follow soon)
Conversations at the Washington Library
Mount Vernon/Washington Library (Current host: Jim Ambuske)
Late Colonial America; American Revolution; George Washington; Mount Vernon; Digital History; Practice of History
English
Interview
http://www.georgewashingtonpodcast.com
Preble Hall
Claude Berube
Naval history
Interview
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/preble-hall/id1485514337
New Books Network
Marshall Poe (historian/founder)
Various
Interview(s)
https://newbooksnetwork.com/
Prologued
Sarah Paxton, Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective
New topic every season based on host’s expertise. Current seasons: women’s history, drug war
English
Narrative
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/prologued/id1525013753
https://open.spotify.com/show/439Ra0Qdd69CH20lsI6pcZ?si=dQaUIiMySDeOYFD6co9PSw&dl_branch=1
@ProloguedPod
On Twitter
@OriginsOSU everywhere else
Tour Guide Tell All
Rebecca Fachner, Rebecca Grawl and the Guides of Free tours by Foot
General American with an emphasis on scandal, intrigue.
conversation
https://feed.podbean.com/tourguidetellall/feed.xml
Lies Agreed Upon
Lia Paradis, Brian Crim
How Hollywood interprets history; History and pop culture
conversation
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1542265
Fifteen Minutes of Fascism
Craig Johnson
Global history of the right-wing, news analysis
News show
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fifteen-minu...
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2D1mI0k3FIjmqPilRvNa...
Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/fifteen-minutes-of-f...
Tune-in: https://tunein.com/podcasts/News--Politics-Podcast...
Media-eval: A Medieval Pop Culture Podcast
Sarah Ifft Decker
Pop culture representations of the Middle Ages
conversation
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/media-eval-a-medieval-pop-culture-podcast/id1441558470
Meandering Through America
Peter Cullen Bryan
Meghan McGee-Yinger
John Price
History and cultural around popular and obscure American texts
English
Conversation and Analysis
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/meandering-through-america/id1515063784
The Past, the Promise, the Presidency
SMU Center for Presidential History (Lindsay Chervinsky, Sharron Conrad, Jeffrey Engel, Amanda Regan, Kaete O’Connell, Brian Franklin
Various Topics and their intersection with U.S. Presidential History (Season 1: Race & the American Legacy)
Conversation & Interviews
www.pastpromisepresidency.com
@CPHatSMU
Entre Americas (in Spanish)
Edwan Gabriel Vera, Paula Orozco Espinel, Alejandro Pérez Rubiano, Paula Daniela Veloza, Javier Ricardo Ardila, and Marilyn León.
Interamerican Relations and Latin American History
Español
Narrative (includes audio sources and soundscapes)
https://anchor.fm/entre-americas
www.entreamericas.org
Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant
Kathryn Gehred
18th and Early 19th Century Women’s Letters
Conversation/Interview
www.humservt.com
Ben Franklin’s World: A Podcast About Early American History
Liz Covart (Host), Omohundro Institute
Vast Early American History
Interview/Narrative
https://www.benfranklinsworld.com
Doing History
Omohundro Institute
The Process of Creating Early American History
Interview
https://doinghistorypodcast.com
From Settlement to Superpower
Abraham Ash
Highly detailed American History, with lots of background info. So far covered the European background & early colonial attempts.
Narrative
Seizing Freedom
Kidada Williams
How African Americans seized their own freedom during the Civil War -- and made it real during Reconstruction
Alternating narrative / interview episodes
seizingfreedom.com / Available on all platforms / Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/seizing-freedom-1585522
Public Work: A Public Humanities Podcast
Jim McGrath and Amelia Golcheski (then at Brown University)
Interview-style podcast with contemporary public humanities practitioners from a range of contexts. Ran for one season (2018)
Interview format.
https://blogs.brown.edu/publicworkpodcast/
Available on several platforms (Spotify, iTunes, etc.) via Anchor. Copies of episodes in Brown’s Digital Repository as well.
AHR Interview
Daniel Story (producer), The American Historical Review
Interviews with authors and other interesting topics
Interview
https://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/ahrinterview
History Slam
Sean Graham
Activehistory.ca
General
New books/documentaries/public history projects
Conversation
http://activehistory.ca/podcasts/
https://historyslam.wordpress.com/
Conversations with Philatelists
Michael Cortese & Charles Epting
Discussions focused on the history of stamps, the culture around collecting, and stamp collecting lore.
Conversation/Interview
Philatelypodcast.com
Mainely History
Ian Saxine
Maine & New England history
Conversation
https://mainelyhistory.podbean.com/
Camp Iron Mountain Podcast
Gabriel Suarez
Stories from US military history
Narrative and interview
Campironmountain.com
Random Access History
José Nicolás Jaramillo and Elvis Rojas
Public History and Digital History. Colombian History.
Español
Conversation.
https://www.flowcode.com/page/randomaccesshistory
@podcastRAH
The Rest is History
Tom Holland and Dominic
Very broad range, often engaging with contemporary events. Largely British in focus but necessarily incorporates European and global aspects too.
Conversation.
https://twitter.com/TheRestHistory
90 Second Narratives
Sky Michael Johnston
Global History
Narrative
https://skymichaeljohnston.com/90secnarratives/
The Joint Geeks of Staff
Matthew Ader
Claude Berube
Ian Boley
Clara Boley
Thomas Harper,
Cory Hollon
Eric Muirhead
Chris Wueve
US national security using science fiction to make both historical and contemporary issues more accessible to general audiences
Conversation/interview
https://the-joint-geeks-of-staff.simplecast.com/; also Apple, Google, Spotify, etc.
The JuntoCast: A Podcast on Early American History
Ken Owen
Michael Hattem
Early American History
Roundtable conversation
https://radiopublic.com/the-juntocast-a-podcast-on-early-69zpD3/
Behind Gray Walls
Skye Cranney
Anthony Parry
Guests
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