10 Best History Channel Podcasts

1. Cement City

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*Named one of The New York Times Best Podcasts of 2024* Two journalists stumble into a dying town with a Smog Museum and a mayor named Piglet… and not a whole lot else. They have one burning question: What's it like to live here, in a town left for dead? They buy a house and stay for three years. They get caught up in an election cycle and a web of scandals. It's democracy in action on the smallest scale. It's Our Town for our time. And it's all real.Cement City is an Audacy original in partnership with Cement City Productions...MORE Ranking #3 in Apple Charts (US)
Hosts Jeanne Marie Laskas, Jon Meacham
Producer/Network Audacy
Email ****@pitt.edu
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 4.6KFacebook 1.9KTwitter 21Instagram 6.1K Avg Length 41 min Format Long form Since Apr 2020 Get Email Contact Get access to full database of 2.7M podcastsCreate podcast lists, export in spreadsheet or CSV file with email contacts and start your podcast outreach in minutes.Sign Up for Free with Email Continue with Google

2. HISTORY This Week

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This week, something big happened. You might have never heard of it, but this moment changed the course of history. A HISTORY Channel original podcast, HISTORY This Week gives you insight into the people—both famous and unknown—whose decisions reshaped the world we live in today. Through interviews with experts and eyewitnesses, each episode will give you a new perspective on how history is written. Stay up-to-date at historythisweekpodcast.com and to get in touch, email us at ****@history.com...MORE Ranking #46 in Apple Charts (US)
Host Sally Helm
Producer/Network The HISTORY® Channel | Back Pocket Studios
Email ****@history.com
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 4.6K Avg Length 32 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

3. It Was Said

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It Was Said, the 2021 Webby Award winner for Best Podcast Series, takes a look back on some of the most powerful and timeless speeches in history. Written and narrated by Pulitzer Prize winning and best-selling historian Jon Meacham, this documentary podcast takes you through generation-defining speeches. Meacham, along with top historians, authors and journalists, offers expert insight and analysis into the origins, the orator, and the context of the times each speech was given, and reflect on why it's important to never forget them...MORE Host Jon Meacham
Producer/Network Audacy
Email ****@jonmeacham.com
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 4.1KFacebook 1.9KTwitter 2.7KInstagram 6.1K Avg Length 32 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

4. This Day in History

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Check in every day to hear the top historical event for this day in past years.
Host Elise Randall Modica
Producer/Network The HISTORY Channel
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 248Facebook 75.4MTwitter 2.8MInstagram 8.5M Avg Length 3 min Format Bite size Get Email Contact

5. Blindspot

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HIV and AIDS changed the United States and the world. In this series, we reveal untold stories from the defining years of the epidemic, and we'll consider: How could some of the pain have been avoided? Most crucial of all, what lessons can we still learn from it today? Blindspot is a co-production of The HISTORYⓇ Channel and WNYC Studios.MORE Hosts Kai Wright, Jim OGrady, KalaLea
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 706Facebook 22KTwitter 7.4KInstagram 6.8K Avg Length 34 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

6. 24 Hours After: The JFK Assassination

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24 Hours After, an original podcast from The HISTORY® Channel, takes listeners on a deep dive into the immediate aftermath of critical moments that reshaped the world. Each season, we will experience one of these key events with immersive sound design, to put us behind the eyes and ears of those who were there and learn how their minute-by-minute decisions rippled into the future. Hosted by historian Steve Gillon, we speak to experts, authors, and eyewitnesses to paint a full picture of each turning point in history...MORE Host Steve Gillon
Email ****@stevenmgillon.com
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 553 Avg Length 29 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

7. Sports History This Week

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Sports History This Week brings to life moments in competition that redefined sports and our culture. Every week, host Kaelen Jones will unpack one sporting event that occurred within that calendar week sometime in the past. Through gripping narratives, illustrative archival and interviews with athletes and experts, Jones will guide listeners through the pivotal triumphs, failures and turning points that shaped today's sports world and beyond. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.MORE Host Kaelen Jones
Producer/Network The HISTORY® Channel
Email ****@propagateshows.com
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 166 Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact