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Dan Snow's History Hit

Dan Snow's History Hit

By: History Hit
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Historian Dan Snow journeys across the globe to tell the stories of history's defining moments. From the Colosseum in Rome to the Great Wall of China, the battlefields of Waterloo to the Tomb of Tutankhamun, join Dan as he explores the how and why of the greatest monuments, battles, heroes, villains and events that have shaped our world.


New episodes on Mondays and Thursdays with bonus subscriber only episodes every other Friday.


You can get in touch with us at ds.hh@historyhit.com


A podcast by History Hit, the world's best history channel and creators of award-winning podcasts The Ancients, Gone Medieval, and Betwixt the Sheets.


History Hit is part of Little Dot Studios, a Certified B Corp™


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  • The Battle of Stamford Bridge Explained

    The Battle of Stamford Bridge Explained
    Sep 10 2026

    Dan explains how England’s last great Viking invasion met its brutal end. At Stamford Bridge in September 1066, King Harold Godwinson’s army faced Harald Hardrada, the most feared warrior of his age, in a battle of extraordinary courage and bloodshed. Relying on new archaeological discoveries, Dan brings this pivotal clash to life in vivid detail.


    You can also watch our explanation of the Bayeux Tapestry, which depicts the Norman Conquest that followed, on YouTube.


    Written by Dan Snow and edited by Dougal Patmore.


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    Dan Snow's History Hit is now available on YouTube! Check it out at: https://www.youtube.com/@DSHHPodcast


    Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe.


    You can also email the podcast directly at ds.hh@historyhit.com.


    Dan Snow's History Hit is a History Hit podcast.


    History Hit is part of Little Dot Studios, a Certified B Corp™.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    32 mins
  • The Battle of New York Explained

    The Battle of New York Explained
    Sep 7 2026

    Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Hudson, the East River - today, these are the very heart and soul of New York City. But in 1776, they were the battlefield on which the American Revolution nearly died. Today Dan explains this crucial battle, fought between the largest invasion fleet North America had ever seen and George Washington's Continental Army.


    Written by Dan Snow and edited by Dougal Patmore.


    We need your help! Let us know what you want from Dan Snow's History Hit by filling in our anonymous survey here: https://forms.gle/PvgayWLkWGjYT4St6


    Dan Snow's History Hit is now available on YouTube! Check it out at: https://www.youtube.com/@DSHHPodcast


    Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe.


    You can also email the podcast directly at ds.hh@historyhit.com.


    Dan Snow's History Hit is a History Hit podcast.

    History Hit is part of Little Dot Studios, a Certified B Corp™.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    1 hr and 42 mins
  • The Rise & Fall of Babylon

    The Rise & Fall of Babylon
    Sep 3 2026

    Babylon has a PR problem, and it's 2,600 years in the making.


    The Bible remembers it as the ultimate city of sin, the place that crushed Jerusalem and dragged the Jewish people into exile. But if you look beyond this chapter, you find history's first true megacity. An ancient metropolis so influential that even the empires that conquered it couldn't resist becoming Babylonian themselves.


    Dan sits down with historian Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, author of 'Babylon: The Mother of All Cities', to hear all about this ancient superpower.


    Produced by James Hickmann and edited by Matthew Wilson.


    We need your help! Let us know what you want from Dan Snow's History Hit by filling in our anonymous survey here: https://forms.gle/PvgayWLkWGjYT4St6


    Dan Snow's History Hit is now available on YouTube! Check it out at: https://www.youtube.com/@DSHHPodcast


    Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe.


    You can also email the podcast directly at ds.hh@historyhit.com.


    Dan Snow's History Hit is a History Hit podcast.


    History Hit is part of Little Dot Studios, a Certified B Corp™.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    49 mins
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Outstandingly well researched and narrated episodes, that take care not to include political swing, and keep thing purely factual, great range of topics covered all to a wonderfully high standard

Best history podcast in the realm

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