10 Best Modern History Podcasts
Modern History Podcasts
Here are 10 Best Modern History Podcasts worth listening to in 2025. Subscribe in one place on FeedSpot Reader.
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Interviews with scholars of the Early Modern World about the new books
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook 8.8KTwitter 16.2K Avg Length 49 min Get Email Contact Get Influential Podcasters ContactsGet access to 100k active Podcasters, Influencers in 1500 niche categories.Get targeted media contact list in your niche at your fingertips so you can focus on running your campaign.Email us the categories of Podcasters you want to reach out for your marketing campaign at anuj@feedspot.com . We'll share active Podcasters list with verified email contacts in an Excel or CSV format.Email us
2. Secret Antenna
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A podcast wherein Kallie and Michelle discuss modern history as a story of overlapping subterranean spy syndicates, clandestine government hangouts, and powerful propaganda machines that have shaped the cultural-political moment of present-day America.MORE Host Kallie and Michelle
Producer/Network Secret Antenna
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Apple Rating 5/5Twitter 282 Avg Length 76 min Get Email Contact
3. 13 Hours Inside the Nova Scotia Massacre
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Canada's worst shooting spree in modern history has left us with far more questions than answers. Journey inside every single hour of this tragedy as it happened with Global News Halifax reporter Sarah Ritchie.MORE Producer/Network Curiouscast
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Facebook 85Twitter 576 Avg Length 44 min Get Email Contact
4. Wittenberg to Westphalia
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A history podcast that aims to cover the birth of the European state system by examining the Early Modern Period of European history. Along the way, the podcast will delve into the geography, economy, politics, ideas, and culture of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period to give the listener a view into the lives of the people who lived the events.MORE Host Benjamin Jacobs
Producer/Network Benjamin Jacobs
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Facebook 1.6KTwitter 1K Avg Length 53 min Get Email Contact
5. We Didn't Start the Fire
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A modern history podcast inspired by the lyrics of Billy Joel. Billy didn't just write an unforgettable smash-hit with 'We Didn't Start The Fire', he also created the most fascinating, random, and original history of the post-war world. Each episode, a new lyric and a fresh subject, all presented by Katie Puckrik and Tom Fordyce. It's politics, rock 'n' roll, sport, space, television, the Cold War, explored and explained by historians, eyewitnesses, and mega-fans.MORE Hosts Katie Puckrik, Tom Fordyce
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Apple Rating 3.8/5Twitter 921Instagram 906 Avg Length 45 min Get Email Contact
6. @ToyPhotoCast
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The community of incredible artists that populate the #toyphotography group on social has a passion for storytelling. Listen to some of the most renowned Toy Photographer, along with newcomers, discuss important topics and share insight into one of the most influential art movements in modern history.MORE Producer/Network Dagobah_Days
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Instagram 995 Avg Length 66 min Get Email Contact
7. Transmissions From Jonestown
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Welcome to Transmissions From Jonestown. Leading up to the mass suicides in Jonestown the Peoples Temple recorded hundreds of hours of audio. Now for the first time, listen to the story of the Peoples Temple told by the people who were there.MORE Host Shannon Howard
Producer/Network The Attention Span Recovery Project
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Facebook 1KTwitter 1.1K Avg Length 74 min Get Email Contact
8. Old Testament Studies
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This podcast brings Old Testament scholarship from the ivory towers of academia into the common language of every podcast listener. In each episode, I look at the life and academic contributions of one modern Old Testament scholar to understand how their ideas developed and show their impact on our understanding of the Old Testament.MORE Producer/Network Nicholas J. Campbell
Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 31 min Get Email Contact
9. History of Modern Art with Klaire
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Explore Modern Art history including Impressionism, Cubism, Surrealism, and other key Modernist art movements. Join artist and educator Klaire Lockheart as she examines famous artists and artwork through the 21st century intersectional feminist lens.MORE Producer/Network Klaire Lockheart
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Apple Rating 4/5Facebook 645Instagram 5.3K Avg Length 35 min Get Email Contact
10. The Vietnamese Boat People
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The Vietnamese Boat People podcast is stories of hope, survival, and resilience. Between 1975 to 1992, almost two million Vietnamese risked their lives to flee oppression and hardship after the Vietnam War, in one of the largest mass exoduses in modern history. Escaping by boat, many found freedom in a foreign land, many were captured and brutally punished, and many did not survive the journey.MORE Producer/Network VietnameseBoatPeople.org
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Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 40 min Get Email Contact
Modern History shows hosts and producers
Podcaster Name | Role | Podcast Link | Total Episodes | |
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Kallie and Michelle | Host | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/secretantenna | 5 | |
Benjamin Jacobs | Host | wittenbergtowestphaliapodcast.weebly.com | 4 | |
Katie Puckrik | Co Host | crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/we-didnt-start-the-fire | 3 | |
Tom Fordyce | Co Host | crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/we-didnt-start-the-fire | 3 | |
Shannon Howard | Host | radiojonestown.libsyn.com/website | ||
Nicholas J. Campbell | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nicholas-campbell5/episodes/Johann-Gottlob-Carpzov-e1cnsmj | 40 | ||
Klaire Lockheart | anchor.fm/klaire-lockheart/episodes/03-Postimpressionism-I-Cant-Pronounce-van-Gogh-but-I-Know-Why-Hes-Famous-evgj0p | 20 | ||
Dagobah_days | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toyphotocast/episodes/Episode-21---younggunpics-eapkom | 20 | ||
Vietnameseboatpeople.org | vietnameseboatpeople.podbean.com/e/38-cooking-from-memory | 20 | ||
Curiouscast | omny.fm/shows/13-hours-nova-scotia-massacre/introducing-13-hours-inside-the-nova-scotia-massac | 17 |
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