25 Best Historical Fiction Podcasts

1. Lore

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The award-winning podcast (also a TV show & book series) about dark historical tales. Each episode explores the mysterious creatures, tragic events, and unusual places that fill the pages of history. Because sometimes the truth is more frightening than fiction.MORE Host Aaron Mahnke
Producer/Network Aaron Mahnke
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Facebook 78.2KTwitter 67KInstagram 86.4K Frequency 1 ep/week Avg Length 33 min Video Podcast YouTube
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2. Aspects of History

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Aspects of History is a magazine and website dedicated to the history and historical fiction. In each episode, our editor, Oliver Webb-Carter, will interview historians and novelists about great moments of history.MORE Host Oliver Webb-Carter
Producer/Network Oliver Webb-Carter
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 405Twitter 6.2KInstagram 1K Frequency 2 ep/week Avg Length 47 min Get Email Contact

3. Historical Happy Hour

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Jane Healey hosts authors of upcoming historical fiction. One of my favorite things as a writer is to talk to other writers. That's why I am so excited to launch this new webinar series H3 - Historical Happy Hour. Each month, I will interview a historical fiction author with a brand new book coming out. We'll talk all about their latest novel but also discuss their writing process and research, and their life beyond being an author. Please join us!MORE Producer/Network Jane Healey
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Apple Rating 5/5Twitter 3.7KInstagram 3.7K Frequency 2 ep/week Avg Length 41 min Get Email Contact

4. Christian Historical Fiction Talk

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Reviews, author interviews, and discussion about the best in Christian historical fiction.
Producer/Network Liz Tolsma
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Twitter 2.6KInstagram 2K Frequency 1 ep/week Avg Length 33 min Get Email Contact

5. New Books in Historical Fiction

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Interview with Writers of Historical Fiction about their New Books and previous book summaries.
Producer/Network Marshall Poe
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Apple Rating 3.4/5Facebook 8.8KTwitter 16.8K Frequency 1 ep/week Avg Length 42 min Since Mar 2012 Get Email Contact

6. History N' Games

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A podcast where host Meghan Sullivan plays historical fiction games and talks about the REAL history behind the game.
Producer/Network Meghan Sullivan
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Apple Rating 5/5Twitter 15.9K Frequency 1 ep/quarter Avg Length 27 min Get Email Contact

7. History Through Fiction

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History Through Fiction founder and editor Colin Mustful talks with historical novelists about their craft of weaving history and fiction to create engaging, historically detailed stories.
Host Colin Mustful
Producer/Network History Through Fiction
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 522Twitter 1.7KInstagram 1.7K Frequency 1 ep/day Avg Length 31 min Get Email Contact

8. English History Fact and Fiction

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This podcast is a linear telling of English History through the lives of each of their Monarchs. For lovers of historical fiction, it will fill in the gaps left by authors as well as explore the historical accuracy of those novels.MORE Producer/Network Dick Newman
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Apple Rating 3.7/5Facebook 692 Frequency 3 ep/month Avg Length 60 min Get Email Contact

9. Historical Bookworm

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The Historical Bookworm Podcast is for lovers of history and fans of Inspirational Historical Fiction. It's a unique interview show with a historical spin!
Producer/Network KyLee Woodley and Darcy
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Facebook 480Twitter 15Instagram 564 Frequency 2 ep/month Avg Length 27 min Since Feb 2021 Get Email Contact

10. Time Traveler's Digest

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Time Traveler Digest is a speculative fiction podcast and novel that explores time travel through an Afrocentric lens. Experience how stories break traditional storytelling boundaries as we journey through different time periods, from ancient civilizations to the future. Within this collection lies a fresh chapter in an illustrious literary legacy, beckoning readers to embark on a mesmerizing odyssey through time and space that pays homage to bygone eras while envisioning a future shaped by the indomitable human spirit.MORE Host Amara Eden
Producer/Network Time Traveler's Digest
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 54Twitter 41Instagram 105 Frequency 2 ep/quarter Avg Length 11 min Get Email Contact

11. Imagining The Past

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The Imagining the Past podcast series features authors appearing at the Historical Novel Society Australasia biennial conferences or who have been recognized in our $100,000 ARA Historical Novel Prize. Our hosts, Kelly Gardiner, and Greg Johnston discuss researching, writing, and publishing historical fiction with acclaimed writers of the genre in its many forms from crime to fantasy to literary fiction, set in eras stretching from ancient time.MORE Hosts Greg Johnston, Kelly Gardiner
Producer/Network Imagining The Past
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Facebook 1.4KTwitter 1.1KInstagram 1.1K Frequency 2 ep/quarter Avg Length 54 min Get Email Contact

12. The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast

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A show about queer women in history and historic literature, plus coverage of the field of sapphic historical fiction.
Producer/Network Heather Rose Jones
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Facebook 184Twitter 465 Frequency 3 ep/month Avg Length 29 min Since Sep 2020 Get Email Contact

13. Sherlock Holmes Is Real

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A fictional docudrama about a supposed conspiracy to turn Sherlock Holmes from a historical figure to a fictional character over the last hundred years by a person or persons unknown.
Producer/Network Baker Street Digressions
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Facebook 127 Frequency 1 ep/month Avg Length 44 min Since Oct 2017 Get Email Contact

14. Ruth is Stranger Than Fiction

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Historical tales of mystery and horror from the East of England, accompanied by copious amounts of booze and silly chat.
Producer/Network Ruth McPhee
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15. Voluminous

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In addition to his famous classics of horror and science fiction, H.P. Lovecraft wrote tens of thousands of fascinating letters. In each episode, Sean Branney and Andrew Leman of the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society read one of those letters and then discuss it.MORE Producer/Network HPLHS Inc.
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook 51.4KTwitter 2.5KInstagram 4.9K Get Email Contact

16. SNAFU

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It's March 1944 and the world is still at war. The United States is in a vicious battle to win air superiority in the skies over Europe. How are they both supposed to look their men in the eye and motivate them to keep fighting when they and their crew know that their job is not only suicidal but their impact on the war is and will be at best, questionable? Starting in July 2021, SNAFU, a historical fiction podcast will begin to tell the story of a group of men, as their families never knew them.MORE Producer/Network Canto34 Studios
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17. Unmei: The Following Path

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Audio Manga When the daimyo falls ill the young heir discovers the true burden of the throne when he's forced to decide between his duty and his friendships. This audio manga is a historical fiction set in the Sengoku Jidai era of Japan. Keywords historical fiction.MORE Producer/Network JLee
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18. It's Just Historical

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A podcast dedicated to the joys of reading and writing historical fiction.
Producer/Network Susanne Dunlap,
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Facebook 1.5KInstagram 1.4K Since Jul 2020 Get Email Contact

19. UnderStudies

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Bringing historical figures and fictional characters from the sidelines to the spotlight.
Producer/Network Cady Ramlow
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Apple Rating 5/5Twitter 273 Get Email Contact

20. AfroReads Podcast

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Celebrating African literature by discussing Historical fictional books written about Africa by African authors.
Producer/Network AfroReads Podcast
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21. Lyfe Plot Podcast

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A podcast using fictional history to tell the tale of black cultures past and present and to spark the imagination to design a limitless future for all through historical fiction.
Producer/Network Jacqui Diggs
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 34Instagram 1.1K Frequency 1 ep/year Avg Length 13 min Get Email Contact

22. Historical Fiction

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Explore the pull of the past with authors of historical fiction. 
Producer/Network Alison Treat
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Facebook 841Twitter 408Instagram 1.4K Frequency 25 ep/year Avg Length 33 min Get Email Contact