Top History Podcasts

A topsy-turvy science-y history podcast by Sam Kean. I examine overlooked stories from our past: the dental superiority of hunter-gatherers, the crooked Nazis who saved thousands of American lives, the American immigrants who developed the most successful cancer screening tool in history, the sex lives of dinosaurs, and much, much more. These are charming little tales that never made the history books, but these small moments can be surprisingly powerful. These are the cases where history gets inverted, where the footnote becomes the real story.

The Last Archive​ is a show about the history of truth, and the historical context for our current fake news, post-truth moment. It’s a show about how we know what we know, and why it seems, these days, as if we don’t know anything at all anymore. The show is written & hosted by Ben Naddaff-Hafrey, and was created by the historian Jill Lepore. iHeartMedia is the exclusive podcast partner of Pushkin Industries.

Humanity's History certainly knows some great figures- yet not all of those are well known to us. This show aims at introducing and shedding light upon the figures who, without a doubt, were important but are overlooked by "PopHistory".

Season 1 deals with August von Gneisenau, an officer who was one of the main forces of resistance against Napoleon in the Kingdom of Prussia and was very heavily involved in the Army Reforms starting in 1806.

Season 2 deals with Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., the founder of America's most popular and influential political dynasty- we will find out about his early life, his business career, his diplomatic posting in London and will see how his world slowly crumbles as the family is struck by one disaster after another.

Season 3 will deal with Salvador Allende, President of Chile from 1970-73, who by democratic means constructed a socialist government and was deposed of by the Chilean Army around soon-to-be dictator Augusto Pinochet. We will take a look at his entrance into politics and his stunning career in one of the most vibrant democracies to have ever existed.

Irregularly, I will talk about forgotten events in "The Forgotten Episodes" (TFE). The first one, for example, is about the Cretan War.

Torture. Execution. Death. Listen as two die-hard fans chat about some of history's most gruesome death sentences. From famous queens and kings to the uncommon names in history, no conviction will be left untouched. Try not to lose your head over this comical approach to the shocking and disturbing stories of treason and crime (whether found guilty or not).