Latest Video Podcasts
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Historically Accurate Timeline Of The Titanic | Dan Snow's History Hit
More than 1,500 people perished in the icy North Atlantic after the RMS Titanic sank beneath the waters on 15 April 1912. In this new video, Titanic expert Tim Maltin takes Dan Snow through the details of that fateful night as it happened. Could the disaster have been avoided? Is it like the movi...
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Where Did Easter Island's Stone Faces Come From? | Dan Snow's History Hit
n the heart of the Pacific Ocean, over 2,000 miles from the nearest continent, lies one of the world’s most iconic archaeological treasure troves - Rapa Nui, known to the outside world as Easter Island. Famed for the towering stone faces of the moai, the island has undergone extraordinary transfo...
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Were Spartans Really That Great? | Dan Snow's History Hit
Sparta was ancient Greece's most formidable warrior society. Their rigorous militaristic culture and battlefield feats have become the stuff of legend - but what are the cold, hard facts behind the six-packs and leather loincloths of the popular imagination?
Dr Andrew Bayliss of the University o...
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How America Invaded (And Almost Won) Canada | Dan Snow's History Hit
Dan narrates the remarkable story of how George Washington's newly established Continental Army tried to conquer Canada in the brutal winter of 1775. The American Revolutionary forces believed their northern neighbour would surely welcome them as liberators, as they themselves fought off the yoke...
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Homo Sapiens VS The Lost Human Species: Why We Survived | Dan Snow's History Hit
Humans are everywhere. How did we get from the savannahs of Africa across to the most northern reaches of Alaska and Greenland, to the outbacks of Australia and the islands of the Pacific millennia ago? How did we master fire, figure out how to craft tools and survive the Ice Ages?
In this episo...
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Becoming Nero: The Rise Of Rome's Evil Emperor | The Ancients
Tristan Hughes and Conn Iggulden talk all about Emperor Nero's traumatic rise to power in the Julio-Claudian dynasty, featuring Agrippina the Younger, Caligula, and Claudius in this episode of the Ancients.
In this in-depth ancient history podcast, host Tristan Hughes welcomes acclaimed historic...
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Ancient Arctic: How The Inuit Survived The Frozen Tundra | The Ancients
Tristan Hughes and Raven Todd Dilva discuss Arctic archaeology, revealing the Thule Inuit, an ancient civilisation that mastered survival across northern Canada and Greenland. This episode explores the remarkable migration of the Thule Inuit from Alaska around 1000 CE, their eventual replacement ...
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Irish Myths: Uncovering Lost Prehistoric Legends | The Ancients
Was the Eye of Sauron based on ancient Irish mythology? What can we know about these prehistoric legends and their effect on our stories today?
Tristan Hughes and ancient history expert Anthony Murphy dive deep into the written tales to uncover how the seemingly "pagan" stories, written down by ...
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Bizarre Sharks: The Freaky 400-Million-Year-Old Apex Predators | The Ancients
Did you know fossil sharks are older than the dinosaurs and even the rings of Saturn?
Tristan Hughes and leading palaeontologist Professor John Long delve into the epic evolutionary journey of these ocean survivors, from the earliest microscopic scales to the monstrous apex predators of the 'Gol...
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The Real Translation Of The 10 Commandments | The Ancients
Uncover the historical, archaeological, and religious context of the Ten Commandments (the Decalogue) with Dr. Dylan Johnson.
Historian and biblical scholar Dr. Dylan Johnson joins Tristan Hughes to delve into the complex history of one of the world’s most famous texts. We go beyond the biblical...
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What Finally Destroyed 'The Roman Empire'? | The Ancients
Exploring the origins of the fall of Rome, ancient history expert Dr David Gwynn uncovers the 4th-century transformation of the Roman Empire under emperors like Diocletian and Constantine. This episode delves into a period often overlooked, examining how the empire consolidated after the tumultuo...
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Tiberius: Underrated Emperor? | The Ancients
A brilliant general. A brooding autocrat. A recluse surrounded by scandal. Few Roman emperors divide opinion like Tiberius. But was he truly a monster, or the victim of centuries of salacious storytelling?
In this episode of The Ancients, Tristan Hughes is joined by Dr Daisy Dunn to uncover the ...
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Eleanor Janega Roasts Medieval History's Most Evil Monarchs | After Dark
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Eleanor Janega on Eleanor of Aquitaine | Dan Snow's History Hit
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How The Fall of Rome Built Angkor Wat | The Ancients
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What (or Who) Caused The Fall Of Babylon? | The Ancients
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Antony and Cleopatra | The Ancients
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Medieval VS Ancient: Historians Battle Over Their Domain | The Ancients
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Was Julius Caesar The Greatest Of All Roman Rulers? | Dan Snow's History Hit
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The Rise and Fall of the Egyptian Empire | Dan Snow's History Hit
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Witch Trial: The Last Witches in England | After Dark
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The Hidden History of Irish Wakes | After Dark
Watch this full episode of After Dark with Anthony Delaney and Maddy Pelling where they chat about ancient Irish burial traditions, keening, Irish wakes, and funerary rites. Joined by special guest historian Dan Snow, they explore the lost Gaelic ritual of "keening" — a powerful, thousand-year-ol...
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The Gruesome Reality Of Life At Sea | After Dark
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Who Was The Faerie Witch Of Cornwall? | After Dark
Ann Jeffries's story of faeries and witchcraft in Cornwall is explored in this After Dark episode. Watch the full chat with Anthony Delaney and Maddy Pelling where they talk to Bodmin Jail manager Jess Marlton about this unbelievable 17th-century case of prophecy, imprisonment, and the English Ci...