20 Best Wondery History Podcasts

1. American Scandal

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Every scandal begins with a lie. But the truth will come out. And then comes the fallout and the outrage.Scandals have shaped America since its founding. From business and politics to sports and society, we look on aghast as corruption, deceit and ambition bring down heroes and celebrities, politicians and moguls...MORE Host Lindsay Graham
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Twitter 109.3KInstagram 114.8K Avg Length 28 min Since Sep 2018 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 Copy email. We'll share active Podcasters list with verified email contacts in an Excel or CSV format.Email us

2. Even the Rich

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Our lives can be crazy, but you can take a break from it all with Wondery's new series, Even the Rich, where co-hosts Brooke Siffrinn and Aricia Skidmore-Williams pull back the curtain and chat about someone else's craziness for a change. They tell stories about some of the greatest family dynasties in history, from the Murdochs to the Royals to the Carters (Jay-Z and Beyoncé, that is). Because as Queen Elizabeth once said, 'A good gossip is a wonderful tonic.'New episodes come out Tuesdays for free...MORE Hosts Brooke Siffrinn, Aricia Skidmore-Williams
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Twitter 109.3KInstagram 114.8K Avg Length 33 min Get Email Contact

3. American History Tellers

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The Cold War, Prohibition, the Gold Rush, the Space Race. Every part of your life - the words you speak, the ideas you share - can be traced to our history, but how well do you really know the stories that made America? We'll take you to the events, the times and the people that shaped our nation. And we'll show you how our history affected them, their families and affects you today. Hosted by Lindsay Graham (not the Senator). From Wondery, the network behind American Scandal, Tides of History, American Innovations and more...MORE Host Lindsay Graham
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Facebook 3.3KTwitter 3.5K Avg Length 26 min Get Email Contact

4. OBITCHUARY

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Each week hosts Spencer Henry (Cult Liter Podcast) and Madison Reyes sit back and read outlandish, hilarious, and sometimes scathing obituaries. Every Thursday they come to the table with bizarre history, strange funeral traditions, and so much more! Each episode ends with a 'dumb criminals' segment in which they each talk about hilarious run-ins with the law. MORE Hosts Spencer Henry, Madison Reyes
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Twitter 1.5KInstagram 39.8K Avg Length 69 min Get Email Contact

5. Business Wars

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Netflix vs. HBO. Nike vs. Adidas. Business is war. Sometimes the prize is your wallet or your attention. Sometimes, it's just the fun of beating the other guy. The outcome of these battles shapes what we buy and how we live. Business Wars gives you the unauthorized, real story of what drives these companies and their leaders, inventors, investors and executives to new heights -- or to ruin. Hosted by David Brown, former anchor of Marketplace. From Wondery, the network behind Dirty John and American History Tellers.New episodes come out Wednesdays for free...MORE Host David Brown
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Facebook 3.1KTwitter 5.9KInstagram 114.8K Avg Length 31 min Since Jan 2018 Get Email Contact

6. British Scandal

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In a country obsessed with gossip, the great and the good fear one thing more than any other - scandal.British scandals change the course of history. They bring down governments, overthrow the rich and cause the mighty to fall. Some are about sex, others about money. In the end, they're all about power. But often at the heart of a scandal, there are ordinary human stories, stories of those caught up in the swirl of outrage...MORE Hosts Alice Levine, Matt Forde
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Twitter 109.3KInstagram 114.8K Avg Length 38 min Get Email Contact

7. Tides of History

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Everywhere around us are echoes of the past. Those echoes define the boundaries of states and countries, how we pray and how we fight. They determine what money we spend and how we earn it at work, what language we speak and how we raise our children. From Wondery, host Patrick Wyman, PhD ('Fall Of Rome') helps us understand our world and how it got to be the way it is.New episodes come out Thursdays for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery subscribers. Listen ad-free on Wondery or on Amazon Music with a Prime membership or Amazon Music Unlimited subscription.MORE Host Patrick Wyman
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Facebook 2.5KTwitter 3.9KInstagram 114.8K Avg Length 38 min Since Jul 2017 Get Email Contact

8. Business Movers

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Behind every successful business is a story. It starts with a vision and a leap of faith. Along the way, leaders make bold decisions, ride booms and busts, and sometimes, they reach new heights. From Wondery, the makers of the hit series ;Business Wars, and Lindsay Graham, the host of American History Teller and American Scandal, comes a weekly podcast that brings you the true stories of the brilliant but all-too-human businesspeople who risked it all...MORE Host Lindsay Graham
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Twitter 109.3KInstagram 114.8K Avg Length 29 min Get Email Contact

9. History Daily

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On History Daily, we do history, daily. Every weekday, host Lindsay Graham (American Scandal, American History Tellers) takes you back in time to explore a momentous event that happened 'on this day' in history. Whether it's to remember the tragedy of December 7th, 1941, the day 'that will live in infamy,' or to celebrate that 20th day in July, 1969, when mankind reached the moon, History Daily is there to tell you the true stories of the people and events that shaped our world—one day at a time...MORE Host Lindsay Graham
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Twitter 5.3K Avg Length 22 min Get Email Contact

10. Confronting

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Season 2 - Confronting: Columbine The events of April 20th, 1999 shaped our nation and altered the American narrative. One of America's deadliest school shootings took place in a small town in Colorado, leaving thirteen dead and another twenty-one severely injured. And it was all broadcast over national tv for the nation to see. MORE Hosts Kim Goldman, Nancy Glass
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Facebook 3.8KTwitter 5.3KInstagram 5.2K Avg Length 19 min Get Email Contact

11. Inside Psycho

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A deep dive into the mysterious and peculiar happenings that occurred during the filming of the legendary film Psycho. Mark Ramsey Media and Wondery create a magical mix of fact and fiction which transports you into the world of Hitchcock. Psycho is among the greatest thrillers in movie history--and it nearly didn't happen!MORE Host Mark Ramsey
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Twitter 109.3KInstagram 114.8K Avg Length 18 min Get Email Contact

12. WeCrashed

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Watch the Apple Original series WeCrashed, starring Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway. The founders of WeWork thought they were on the brink of making history. The company was valued at $47 billion dollars, ready for a huge IPO, and its charismatic CEO Adam Neumann believed he was going to change the world. Adam and his wife Rebekah had a prophet-like vision—but did it ever match the company's reality? Now the inspiration for a new AppleTV series starring Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway, WeCrashed: The Director's Cut is a complete refresh of our original six-part series...MORE Host David Brown
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Apple Rating 4.2/5Twitter 109.3KInstagram 114.8K Avg Length 8 min Get Email Contact

13. Who, When, Wow!

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Carly Q, an aspiring time travel detective, has made it her personal mission to secretly explore the mysteries of history. As a junior analyst at The Bureau of Universal Time Travel and Historical Exploration Department (aka B.U.T.T.H.E.D), Carly travels through time to investigate mysterious historical events, like the Loch Ness Monster. Carly Q is following the facts to questions that may have no answers… and she is taking you with her. New episodes of Who, When, Wow: Mystery Edition air on Wednesdays. Prime Members listen early and ad-free on Amazon music.MORE Host Carly Ciarrocchi
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Facebook 201Twitter 110 Avg Length 24 min Get Email Contact

14. Legacy

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From Wondery and Goalhanger Podcasts, Afua Hirsch and Peter Frankopan tell the wild stories of some of the most extraordinary men and women ever to have lived and ask whether they have the rep they deserve. Should Nina Simone's role in the civil rights movement be more celebrated than it is? When you find out what Picasso got up to in his studio, can you still admire his art? Was Napoleon a hero or a tyrant - or both? (And, while we're at it, was he even short?) Legacy is the show that looks at big lives from the perspective of now and doesn't always like what it sees.MORE Hosts Afua Hirsch, Peter Frankopan
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Apple Rating 4.2/5Facebook 169.6KTwitter 109.3KInstagram 114.8K Avg Length 39 min Get Email Contact

15. The Strange and Unusual Podcast

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The unknown. It lies at the root of all fear, and has inspired legends, superstition, folklore, customs, hysteria, and even murder throughout history. Still today we feel the shadowy presence of our ancestors' struggles to explain the mysterious in almost every facet of our lives. Whether it be in the form of religion, urban legends, pop culture, ghost stories, superstitious rituals, and so much more we are still just fighting to keep our monsters in the dark. Welcome to The Strange and Unusual Podcast.MORE Host Alyson Horrocks
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Facebook 2.7KTwitter 109.3KInstagram 20.2K Avg Length 46 min Get Email Contact

16. The Fall of Rome Podcast

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Barbarians, political breakdown, economic collapse, mass migration, pillaging and plunder. The fall of the Roman Empire has been studied for years, but genetics, climate science, forensic science, network models, and globalization studies have reshaped our understanding of one of the most important events in human history. PhD historian and specialist Patrick Wyman brings the cutting edge of history to listeners in plain, relatable English.MORE Host Patrick Wymant
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Twitter 109.3KInstagram 114.8K Avg Length 40 min Get Email Contact

17. This Job is History

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Where the oddest jobs from the past meet a comedian from the present… and it's awkward! On this weekly show, Chris Parnell (SNL, Rick and Morty) welcomes guests who have held some of human history's most unexpected and downright bizarre jobs: funeral clowns, garden hermits, VHS clerks, and everything in between. With the help of his tireless producer, Chris hears from the essential workers from decades and centuries past. Because before there were actual medical doctors, there were barber surgeons. And before there was Instacart, there were milkmen.MORE Email ****@wondery.com
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18. The Chicago 7

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When protesters descended on the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 1968, they came to peacefully protest racism, politics and the country's involvement in Vietnam. But the whole world watched as the police beat and arrested protestors. The conflict became the spark that ignited a revolution, and the men who led the protests were put on trial--which came to be known as 'the Trial of the Chicago 7.'MORE Producer/Network Wondery
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Twitter 109.3KInstagram 114.8K Avg Length 19 min Get Email Contact

19. The Black Dahlia Serial Killers

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Hollywood and Crime is a ground-breaking true crime series about the most infamous murders in Tinseltown history.In The Black Dahlia Serial Killers, host Tracy Pattin investigates the sensational unsolved murder of Elizabeth Short. Known as the Black Dahlia, Short was a star-struck young woman whose body was found completely severed at the waist in January 1947. Many remember her tragic story, yet few know that more than a dozen other women died in similar circumstances around that same time.All episodes are available now...MORE Host Tracy Pattin
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Twitter 109.3KInstagram 114.8K Avg Length 7 min Since Dec 2016 Get Email Contact