The History Playlist
Dive into the best history podcasts on Sounds & explore the stories that shape our world.
The History Playlist
Welcome to The History Playlist - updated every Wednesday.
Medieval Irish Folklore (Radio Edit)—You're Dead to Me
Join Greg and his guests at the Hay Festival to learn about medieval Irish folklore.
Release date:
Why does British food have such a bad reputation?—Here For The History
French fashions and wartime rationing have long tarnished Britain’s culinary reputation
Release date:
36. Sophie Lyons - Crime Doesn't Pay—Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley, Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley: Series 1
Lucy Worsley meets Sophie Lyons, America’s Queen of the Underworld in the late 1800s.
Release date:
Hugh Glass: The Real Story of The Revenant—History's Heroes, History's Toughest Heroes
Attacked by a bear and left for dead, can Hugh Glass crawl hundreds of miles to safety?
Release date:
Pianist and broadcaster Keelan Carew nominates Russian composer Nicolai Medtner—Great Lives
Pianist and broadcaster Keelan Carew champions the pianist and composer Nicolai Medtner.
Release date:
Swimming Reindeer—A History of the World in 100 Objects, Making Us Human (2,000,000 - 9000 BC)
Neil MacGregor investigates how humanity's development is reflected in the things it makes
Release date:
Machado de Assis—In Our Time
The great Brazilian novelist, whose satires of slave owners transcend time and place.
Release date:
4. Poster Heroes—Rory Stewart: The Long History of..., Heroism
Rory Stewart explores ideas of the hero through time.
Release date:
The History Playlist
Updated every Wednesday.
