History Podcasts

Ancient Art Podcast show

Ancient Art PodcastJoin Now to Follow

Explore the art and culture of the Ancient Mediterranean World in the Ancient Art Podcast with your host Lucas Livingston. Uncover the truths and unravel the mysteries of the civilizations that shaped our modern world. Each episode features detailed examinations of exemplary works from the Art Institute of Chicago and other notable collections in addition to broad themes and concepts of Ancient Mediterranean art and culture.

By Lucas Livingston

The Journal of American History Podcast show

The Journal of American History PodcastJoin Now to Follow

The Journal of American History Podcast features interviews with our authors and conversations with authors whose books on American history have won awards. Episodes are in MP3 format and will be released in the month preceding each Journal of American History (February, May, August and November). Published quarterly by the Organization of American Historians, the Journal of American History is the leading scholarly publication in the field of U.S. history and is well known as the major resource for the study, investigation, and teaching of our nation's past. For more information visit our website at http://www.journalaofamericanhistory.org/podcast and http://www.oah.org/ or email us at jahcast@oah.org.

By The Journal of American History

Don't Know Much About show

Don't Know Much AboutJoin Now to Follow

These videoblogs feature popular historian Kenneth C. Davis, author of Don’t Know Much About® History, which spent 35 consecutive weeks on The New York Times bestseller list, and gave rise to the Don’t Know Much About series, which has a combined in-print total of 4.3-million copies. Kenneth Davis was dubbed The King of Knowing by Amazon.com because he becomes a subject expert in all of the areas he writes about – the Bible, Mythology, the Universe, the Civil War, for example. Kenneth C. Davis’ success aptly makes the case that Americans don’t hate history, just the dull version they slept through in class. But many of them want to know now because their kids are asking them questions they can’t answer. Davis’ approach is to refresh us on the subjects we should have learned in school. He does it by busting myths, setting the record straight and always remembering that fun is not a four-word letter word.

By Kenneth C. Davis

Bread & Circuses show

Bread & CircusesJoin Now to Follow

The Emperors of Rome podcast looks at the achievements of Rome's emperors... in under two minutes, every week.

By Adrian Murdoch

The Russian Revolution show

The Russian RevolutionJoin Now to Follow

These podcasts, produced by the Choices Education Program at Brown University, bring university scholars into secondary level classrooms. They are designed to be used along with printed curriculum materials that are available at www.choices.edu. The printed curriculum unit The Russian Revolution focuses on the political and economic conditions that led to the fall of the tsar and explores the competing political ideologies that Russian people debated in 1917. For more information visit www.choices.edu/russianrevolution

By The Choices Program

Royal Ontario Museum Podcasts show

Royal Ontario Museum PodcastsJoin Now to Follow

A series of podcasts by staff at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada

By Royal Ontario Museum

Discover Library and Archives Canada show

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The Discover Library and Archives Canada podcast is where Canadian history, literature and culture await you. Each month, we will showcase treasures from our vaults, guide you through our many services and introduce you to the people who acquire, safeguard and make known Canada’s documentary heritage.

By Library and Archives Canada

Witness show

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History as told by the people who were there. Witness talks to people who lived through moments of history to bring you a personal perspective on world events. Broadcast on weekdays.

By BBC World Service

TZM Global Radio show

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The Zeitgeist Movement's Global Radio Address

By In All Seriousness - TZM

In Our Time Archive: History show

In Our Time Archive: HistoryJoin Now to Follow

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the people, conflicts and events that have shaped the world.

By BBC Radio 4