20 Best History Teacher Podcasts

1. Teaching Hard History

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What we don't know about American history hurts us all. Teaching Hard History begins with the long legacy of slavery and reaches through Reconstruction, Jim Crow, and the civil rights movement into the present day. Brought to you by Learning for Justice (formerly Teaching Tolerance) and hosted by Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries and Dr. Bethany Jay, Teaching Hard History brings us the lessons we should have learned in school through the voices of scholars and educators. It's great advice for teachers and good information for everybody.MORE Host Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries
Producer/Network Learning for Justice
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
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2. Lyndeurozone Euro Simplified

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The major concepts of the European History curriculum simplified so that you can excel. Robert Lynde has been teaching various courses of European History for over twenty years and he has helped thousands of students pass their AP Tests.MORE Host Robert Lynde
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 238Twitter 85 Avg Length 26 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

3. The GCSE History Revision Podcast

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Twitter: @GCSEHistoryPod Produced by History teachers working in the far North, these podcasts are designed to prepare you for your GCSE History exam, with a particular focus on the AQA Course.Most episodes are solo affairs by Mr W but watch out for the special essay argument episodes where you can hear grown men getting frankly just a but carried away arguing their version of events.MORE Producer/Network Mr W
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 123 Avg Length 24 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

4. History Teachers Talking

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History Teachers Talking is a bi-weekly podcast dedicated to providing you with an entertaining way to learn about history from your friendly neighborhood history teachers. Every weekend, Thomas Reszka and Peter Zablocki will talk to you about random history, pop culture, politics, and education in a way that sounds like you are sitting in the classroom having a fun discussion with your favorite teacher. The conversation is always very straightforward, light-hearted, and easy to follow.MORE Hosts Thomas Reszka, Peter Zablocki
Producer/Network Evergreen Podcasts
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 41Facebook 521Twitter 115Instagram 77 Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Since Aug 2020 Get Email Contact

5. History Teachers Club

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Caitlin and Dan are history teachers with a burning passion for teaching, history, and engaging students and they are here to share that fire! Each week they discuss their favorite lessons, unique engagement strategies, Caitlin's history costumes and room decor, inspiring figures and stories in history, and the wonderful madness from their students and classrooms.MORE Hosts Caitlin Baumgarten, Dan Lewer
Producer/Network dan and caitlin
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 52 Avg Length 44 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

6. The Teaching History Her Way Podcast

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Let's talk a little hidden history, a little pedagogy, and a lot of ways we can improve our teaching and mindset so that our history and social studies classrooms tell a more complete, diverse human story. Join me as I talk history and pedagogy with brilliant teachers from around the country to help make our classrooms more culturally responsive spaces.Let's be friends! Visit me at www.teachinghistoryherway.com or on Twitter @historyherway, Instagram @teachinghistoryherway, or Facebook www.facebook.com/teachinghistoryherwayMORE Host CherylAnne Amendola
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guest Tim Hall
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 27Facebook 2.6KTwitter 3.9KInstagram 3.4K Avg Length 34 min Format Medium form Since Dec 2020 Get Email Contact

7. APUSH for All

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APUSH for All is a history podcast designed for students, history enthusiasts, and anyone eager to understand the past's impact on today. Hosted by experienced APUSH teachers, each episode explores key historical moments, connects them to current events, and makes history engaging, accessible, and relevant. Whether you're prepping for the AP exam or just love history, this podcast is for you!MORE Producer/Network Zach Garrison, Riley Keltner, and Mike Hill
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 23 Avg Length 42 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

8. History After Hours

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History After Hours is a podcast led by history teachers. We discuss random topics including current events, music, sports, and everything in between.
Hosts Kevin Pumphrey, Ron Franklin
Producer/Network History After Hours
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 26Facebook 104Twitter 146Instagram 340 Avg Length 51 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

9. Hey History!

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For kids age 8-12, a series on Australian history with stories and music. For teachers, a professional learning series called Hey History Teacher! Season 1 follows Stage 2 and 3 of the Australian curriculum, and of NSW, Victoria, Western Australia and Queensland. Students can listen in class and use our Learning Materials designed and road-tested by a primary school educator. Go back in time to the Gold Rush. What happened at the meetings between Captain Cook and First Nations people at Kamay Botany Bay? Experience life as a convict kid, and hear how First Nations people learn on Country...MORE Host Axel Clark
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Recent Guest Andrew Pearce
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 36 Avg Length 29 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

10. Shit I Have to Teach in Twenty Minutes

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A podcast for history teachers or anyone in a hurry.  Eric and Rob interview historians about what are the important concepts about a given topic and they provide free lesson plans aligned with that discussion.MORE Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Recent Guests Craig Miller, Mike Butler +2 more
Apple Rating 4.9/5 Avg Length 23 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

11. Distorted History Podcast

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I'm a history teacher and musician and every other week I cover a topic from American history ranging from the important to the cultural to the weird and unusual. Also once a month I produce a bonus episode focusing on the creation on a piece of music be it a modern rock album to classical music or the lore of video game.MORE Host Eric Gaskell
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 8Twitter 91 Avg Length 73 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

12. Through the Ages: A History Podcast

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Welcome to Through the Ages: A History Podcast. Whether you are a lifelong learner looking to dive deeper into stories of the past OR one of my many AP World History students cramming for the exam, explore history through the ages with me, your host, Sara. As a medieval historian and high school World History teacher, I've spent a lot of time learning the history of the world. Now, I want to share the incredible history of the world with you! I'll be taking you through some of history's most incredible stories from Ancient Civilizations of the past, through to our present day.MORE Producer/Network Sara
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 8 Avg Length 17 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

13. Past Times - Talking and Teaching History

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The EuroClio Podcast 'Past Times - Talking and Teaching History' is a podcast series for and by history educators. The aim of the podcast is to discuss topics and ideas that are relevant for the teaching of history, to inspire each other and learn from some of the great minds that are part of our community.MORE Producer/Network EuroClio
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14. Taught by Tomlin - History Help

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A podcast for students of History, from KS3 to A level and beyond.Darryl Tomlin has been a History teacher since 2008 and is currently Head of History at a school in Cambridgeshire. Darryl has also co-authored a series of popular KS3 textbooks 'Exploring History'MORE Avg Length 18 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

15. The History Matters Podcast

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Curious. Confident. Knowledgeable about the world. A content-rich approach to teaching history supports all this and more—even in our youngest students. Yet history has all but disappeared from American elementary schools. On the the History Matters Podcast, we explore the vast untapped potential of high-quality history instruction to build knowledge, accelerate literacy, and prepare students to participate in civic life...MORE Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 16 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

16. Handy History Teaching Tips

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Handy History Teaching Tips are conversational podcasts designed to help history teachers with tips, examples and ideas about history teaching. Sally Thorne is a head of department and senior examiner. Helen Snelson was a head of department and now trains history teachers. Between us we have more years' classroom history teaching experience than we are going to admit here! Both of us regularly write resources and present at conferences...MORE Producer/Network Helen Snelson and Sally Thorne
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
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17. The History Teacher Podcast

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A podcast for secondary school history students. Made by a history teacher and his students in a school in England on topics typically covered in English schools.
Producer/Network Adam Otway
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Reviews 52 Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

18. The Stream of Time

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I am a teacher of history and philosophy. Join me as we take a journey through history!
Host Eliot Savarese
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 13 Avg Length 22 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

19. Voicemails from History

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History is created using the evidence that people leave behind, sometimes in documents and photo albums, other times on scraps and footsteps here and there. Each episode will feature a voicemail, an extract from the book I'm reading: it could be a speech, an interpretation, a conversation. Join me, a graduate and teacher of history, as I share and review books covering a range of historical events, people and memories. I'll be offering my commentary and perspective to create a conversation about the issues and values which affect us in the present.MORE Host Mujda Ameen
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
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20. The Once and Future Present

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Podcast built to help with AP European History. Episodes are based on McKay 13th edition. Written and produced by an AP European History teacher. Created by HammerHistoryProductions.
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