Planet Recommends · History
History You Can Hear
Long-form history for people who missed the lecture and are glad they did.
By Tom Ashcroft · 27 Jul 2026
The best history podcasts don't summarise; they set the scene, slow down, and let the strangeness of the past do the work. These five run long, and that's the point.
Bring a commute, a long walk, or an afternoon of washing up. Every one of them rewards the second hour more than the first.
01 · History
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
Four-hour episodes, delivered like a man who cannot believe what he's reading. Peerless.
Latest · Show 74 - Mania for Subjugation IV · 4h 1m
02 · History
The Rest Is History
Two historians enjoying themselves enormously. The chemistry does the teaching.
Latest · 695. Elizabeth I vs The Catholics: The Shadow War (Part 5) · 1h 1m
03 · History
American History Tellers
Narrative history with a scriptwriter's ear for the cliff-hanger.
Latest · Frontier Legends | Butch Cassidy | 4 · 37 min
04 · History
Throughline
Takes today's headline and traces the wire back a hundred years.
Latest · Lies, theft, and cover-up: the history of Monopoly you've never heard · 49 min
05 · History
You're Wrong About
Corrective history for the recent past — the decade you lived through, retold accurately.
Latest · "Heaven is for Real" with Adrian Daub · 1h 25m