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Atlanta Monster

True Crime · Payne Lindsey · 2018

A reinvestigation of the Atlanta child murders of 1979–1981 and the controversial conviction of Wayne Williams.

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American Scandal

True Crime · Lindsay Graham · 2018

Multi-part narrative arcs about the great American scandals — Watergate, Iran-Contra, Enron, Theranos, and many more.

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Wind of Change

True Crime · Patrick Radden Keefe · 2020

A New Yorker writer investigates a wild rumor — that the CIA secretly wrote the Scorpions' 1990 power ballad to bring down the Soviet Union.

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Acquired

Business · Ben Gilbert & David Rosenthal · 2016

Multi-hour deep-dive histories of the most consequential companies of our era — Nvidia, TSMC, Berkshire, LVMH, Costco, Microsoft.

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Business Wars

Business · David Brown · 2018

Multi-part narrative series about the great corporate rivalries — Nike vs. Adidas, Coke vs. Pepsi, Marvel vs. DC, Netflix vs. Blockbuster.

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Hardcore History

History · Dan Carlin · 2006

Five-hour, deeply researched, novelistic epics about history's most extraordinary moments — World War I, the Mongols, the Persian Empire.

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The Rest is History

History · Tom Holland & Dominic Sandbrook · 2020

Two preeminent British historians chat across centuries — Roman emperors, Tudor scandals, JFK, and the historic news of last week.

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Revolutions

History · Mike Duncan · 2013

A series of long, deeply researched seasons on the great political revolutions — English, American, French, Haitian, Russian, and more.

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The History of Rome

History · Mike Duncan · 2007

179 episodes telling the entire story of Rome — from the founding myth through the fall of the Western Empire.

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You Must Remember This

History · Karina Longworth · 2014

A deeply researched, beautifully narrated history of Hollywood's "first hundred years" — the studio system, the stars, the scandals.

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Tides of History

History · Patrick Wyman · 2018

A trained historian guides listeners through the long sweep of world history — late antiquity, the Renaissance, the rise of the modern world.

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Stuff You Missed in History Class

History · Holly Frey & Tracy V. Wilson · 2008

A twice-weekly show about the moments and people that didn't make it into your high school textbook.

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American History Tellers

History · Lindsay Graham · 2018

Multi-part narrative seasons about pivotal moments in US history — Prohibition, the Cold War, the Space Race, the Gold Rush.

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Empire

History · William Dalrymple & Anita Anand · 2022

A historian and a journalist unpack the rise and fall of empires — the British Raj, the Mughals, the Ottomans, the Russians.

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The Ancients

History · Tristan Hughes · 2020

A History Hit podcast about the ancient world — Sparta, Carthage, the Achaemenid Persians, and the obscure corners of the classical age.

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Throughline

History · Rund Abdelfatah & Ramtin Arablouei · 2019

NPR's weekly long-form history show — connecting the present moment to its often-forgotten origins.

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The History of England

History · David Crowther · 2010

An exhaustive chronological history of England, narrated in conversational style by an enthusiastic amateur historian.

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The British History Podcast

History · Jamie Jeffers · 2011

A long-running chronological history of the British Isles from prehistory through the Norman conquest and beyond.

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Cautionary Tales

History · Tim Harford · 2019

A FT columnist tells stories of historical disasters and human folly — and the lessons we keep failing to learn from them.

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Lore

History · Aaron Mahnke · 2015

A twice-monthly podcast about the dark folklore and history behind ghost stories, monsters, and grim legends from around the world.

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Slow Burn

History · Various Slate writers · 2017

A serial history podcast — one major American political moment per season, told in tight reported episodes (Watergate, Clinton, Tupac & Biggie, Iraq War).

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Behind the Bastards

History · Robert Evans · 2018

An investigative journalist turned podcaster recounts in-depth the lives of the worst people in history, with a rotating comic guest.

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History Extra

History · Various BBC History presenters · 2007

The official BBC History Magazine podcast — a weekly interview show with academic historians on every conceivable era and topic.

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Dan Snow's History Hit

History · Dan Snow · 2015

A leading British historian-broadcaster interviews authors, archaeologists, and historians about everything from D-Day to the Black Death.

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