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25 Best History Podcasts According To Reddit

These are all the best history podcasts Reddit recommends, curated from different threads around Reddit. I gathered them all here for ease

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Kieranspookson

Created August 18, 2022

Updated April 05, 2025

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  1. Generally Spooky History

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    Scotland’s history is full of spooky stories, ghoulish goings-on and magical mysteries. Join Highlander husband-and-wife team, Kieran and Eilidh, as they dive into the myths and legends of their homeland once a week. If you love learning ab
    HistoryEducationComedy
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  2. The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong

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    A podcast about exactly what it says it is: examining the bad ideas, mistakes and accidents that misshaped our world.
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  3. Revolutions

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    Season 12 premiered October 20, 2024 – a nonfictional account of The Martian Revolution of 2247.Mike Duncan is taking everything he's learned from 12 seasons of historical revolutions - the repeating arcs, characters, ideas, events, and patte
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  4. The Troubles Podcast

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    The Troubles were a period of time in Northern Ireland which many people today do not know a lot about. In this podcast we will delve into each individual bombing and attack that happened during the 30-year period. This is a non-partisan podcas
    True CrimeHistory
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  5. Noble Blood

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    Author Dana Schwartz explores the stories of some of history’s most fascinating royals: the tyrants and the tragic, the murderers and the murdered, and everyone in between. Because when you’re wearing a crown, mistakes often mean blood.
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  6. Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

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    In "Hardcore History" journalist and broadcaster Dan Carlin takes his "Martian", unorthodox way of thinking and applies it to the past. Was Alexander the Great as bad a person as Adolf Hitler? What would Apaches with modern weapons be like? Wil
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  7. The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds

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    Comedians Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds picks a subject from history and examine it.
    ComedyHistory
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  8. Timesuck with Dan Cummins

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    Jump down new rabbit holes with Timesuck, the weekly podcast that takes you on a fascinating and bizarre journey through history’s darkest corners, most shocking conspiracies, and wildest true stories. Hosted by acclaimed standup comedian and s
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  9. History on Fire

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    Where history and epic collide--"History on Fire" is a podcast by author and university professor Daniele Bolelli.
    SocietyCultureHistory

  10. The Martyrmade Podcast

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    Religion, ritual, ideology, nationalism, identity... Human beings are meaning-seeking creatures, and history is the tale of the many ways our remarkable species has sought to orient itself in the world. From Zionist zealots and radical Islam to
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  11. Losers, Pretenders & Scoundrels

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    Unlicensed historians Andrew Heaton and Andrew Young sort out characters from the Earth's history into categories of failures, fakes, and rascals. Funny but technically informative.
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  12. 12 Byzantine Rulers: The History of The Byzantine Empire

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    This history of the Byzantine Empire is a lecture series written and presented by Mr. Lars Brownworth, author of the book "Lost to the West: The Forgotten Byzantine Empire that Rescued Western Civilization". (in bookstores and on Amazon.com) He
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  13. The Ancient World

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    From the first human civilizations to the Hellenistic and Roman eras
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