Military History Podcasts

From the automobile to the rocket ship, from chewing gum to the TV dinner, from the first face in a photograph to the first voice on the telephone, the world has been forever changed by impossible technologies and startling ideas. But these inventions do not always make the world a better place. These are the […]

Hundreds of letters, written between brothers fighting in the Pacific during World War II. Almost one a day, for every day of the war. In this podcast, you’ll hear the story of these brothers — the Eyde brothers — and of World War II, as told through their letters, in their own words. Bringing the […]

Bite-size bits of history exploring the odd side of the Second World War.

A podcast guide to “The Vietnam War,” the new documentary from Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. Washington Post Opinion columnist Alyssa Rosenberg breaks down each episode of the film with Burns and Novick themselves, getting the story behind the stories, and grappling with the lessons the United States learned — and failed to learn — […]

The History Matters Podcast is an in-depth exploration of current events and issues through the lens of the past, hosted by PhD historians Keith Pluymers and Patrick Wyman.

New research has discovered things about the battle that were never known before. Did a female Union soldier die there? Did a female Confederate soldier suffer the same fate? What role did Aaron Good play in finding both bodies? Join us as each week as we explore these new discoveries.

Professor David Blight. Open Yale Courses. The causes, course, and consequences of the American Civil War, from the 1840s to 1877. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA

A questionably educational DIY podcast on philosophy, religion, the occult, history, spirituality, conspiracy theories, literature and whatever else we feel like. Host: Stefan Schloss Co-Hosts: Levi Mitzen & Edgar Morales Also featuring revolving guests and friends.

Comedians Telling F’d Up Stories Hosted by Richie Redding

Podcast by Susquenita HS APUSH

The Antrim and Down Western Front Assoc branch aims to further interest & understanding of the Great War with special focus on Co. Down, Co. Antrim and Belfast.

A series of short introductory talks from experts in the field presenting new perspectives on the First World War. Produced by the University of Oxford.

Poppy and Joe are in the attic with their Grandpa, looking inside his Memory Box. Grandpa shows them his collection of memorabilia from the First World War, and remembers those in the army, navy and airforce that served Britain.

Drama series exploring World War I and the tragedies of war through the love letters of two young lovers

In this history lecture series Professor Steven Gunn look at the effects of war on the people of England in the 1500s. This lecture series was recorded in Hilary Term 2015 and is part of the annual James Ford Lectures in British History series at the Examination Schools in Oxford University.

Follow America’s journey from isolationism to Pearl Harbor and V-J day through old time radio. Host Adam Graham is your guide through speeches, public affairs programs, comedies, dramas, and more. Hear the story of World War 2 told through the golden age of radio.

Weekly podcast of the 1846 diary entries of Nathaniel Bryceson, a clerk, from a manuscript held at the City of Westminster Archives Centre.

The Lecture Series features an exciting array of speakers who impart a diversity of perspectives on USAF heritage. Lecturers include active duty or retired military members, specialists in research, development and technology, and historians and authors.

This tour explores the “Prejudice and Memory: A Holocaust Exhibit,” which is made up of photographs, artifacts and memories of people who live in the Dayton, Ohio, area.

The story of the 20 momentous years from 1936 to 1956 that changed the course of history, as told by Jonathan Dimbleby and through the words of remarkable BBC correspondents.

What was the impact of World War I on those who took part? How has the trauma of World War 1 been depicted in art and literature? And what can we learn from the past to help treat combat stress reactions and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)? 2014 marks the centennial year of the beginning of […]

The events of the first truly global war and its devastating and far reaching impact.

Historian Andrew Roberts presents a series, recorded partly on location in Paris, which dispels some myths about Napoleon Bonaparte.

An occasional digest of news, letters, and stories from 100 years ago.

A year-long speaker series sponsored by the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Initiative.

This hour-long special brings together a broad range of voices to talk about racism, antisemitism, and the ways in which hatred can grow. Interviews were drawn from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Voices on Antisemitism series. We hear from a former skinhead, an imam, a prosecutor for the Rwandan genocide trials; people speaking from many […]

Audio podcast revision guides for AS, A2 and IB History courses in 19th and 20th Century History.

The BBC World Service’s wide range of documentaries from 2014.

Podcasts created by the First World War Poetry Digital Archive Project at Oxford University. This project is digitising the manuscripts of the major British poets of WW1 and making them freely available online, along with a set of teaching resources. The project is funded by the UK’s Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) – and run […]

We asked some of America’s top mixologists to create cocktails inspired by our nation’s spirited past. And each week, we’ll show you how to make them.

Historian Margaret MacMillan chronicles the road to war in 1914.

Highlights of BBC Radio 3’s special programmes to mark the WW1 centenary. Classical music, art, literature, film, popular songs and cultural life inspired by the war.

This series of podcasts will seek to examine the battles, characters, disputes and politics that made up The Wars of the Roses, offering an insight into the human side of the conflicts.

American history is more than a collection of interesting stories, so why is it most often presented as such? It matters why things happened in the order they did. Join social historian Dr. Heath Mitton as he unpacks the story of the American Republic with special attention to how social and economic factors drove the […]

Life before, during and after the holocaust with Buchenwald survivor, Melvin Federbush. In hour 5 of this series, he reveals his harrowing experiences while in Nazi occupied Poland. Melvin Federbush was born in Deblin, Poland, July 1923. He attended Cheder and Yeshiva as well as high school. Within eight days of Hitler’s invasion of Poland, […]

Excerpts from interviews which discuss World War II and the U.S. Army’s Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program, also known as the “Monuments Men.”See also: World War II “Monuments Men” Archival Collections at the Archives of American Art

How was The Cold War fought? What types of evidence do historians use to understand the events that took place? The Cold War was a state of political and military tension between the USA and the Soviet Union, along with their respective allies in the Western and Eastern Blocs. As The Cold War was ‘fought’ […]

Michael Portillo explores the cultural, political and economic upheaval forgotten in the familiar images of Edwardian and Georgian calm before the brutal shock of the Great War

A weekly podcast delving deeper into Drum Corps History. Each episode is devoted to reading material and audio clips of a single corps.

Michael Portillo invites us to look again at our collective memories of great events and characters from the past. Rediscovering forgotten events that challenge our understanding and put the complication back into history. The four half hour documentaries are broadcast every Sunday from Nov 13th.

To what extent did Alan Turing influence the evolution of modern computing? The 20th Century mathematician is considered by many to be the father of computer science and many would argue that it is largely due to his research that we are able to read this text on a PC, laptop or smart phone. Aside […]

Hard As A Rock Podcast is a history show that tells the amazing stories of some of the hardest men and women that have ever lived. Each month military veteran and narrator Shawn Kent brings to bear his wit, cynicism and ironic sense of humour to tell the stories that made these men and women […]

This unit gives you the opportunity to practise good study techniques using the theme of commemoration and memorials. It will help you to begin to think about how form influences meaning in the arts and how ideas influence approaches to the humanities. This study unit is just one of many that can be found on […]

“Eugenics and Other Evils,” by Gilbert Keith Chesterton. I think G.K. Chesterton explains his book rather well in his introduction, but it might help to start with a sense of the time in question. Chesterton started work on Eugenics and Other Evils in about 1910, but it was not completed and published until 1922. In […]

A bi weekly podcast about the news of Military Aviation. It includes Interviews, History, Book, and Scale Model Reviews.

This podcast series features excerpts from interviews with Holocaust survivors presented at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s public program, First Person — Conversations with Holocaust Survivors. In today’s episode, Holocaust survivors share their thoughts on the importance of speaking about their experiences. It is our tradition at First Person that each guest speaker ends […]

The Scholar’s Corner is a History podcast. The show encompasses people and events that have influenced US History. Andy J Lemon and JK Hooper will use a chronological structure to teach their audience. The authors will animate each show by using their story telling abilities and vibrant personalities to bring historical events alive. Each show […]

How can we prevent a country from returning to civil war? When and how should external parties intervene in serious conflicts? This album looks at the decade of violence and destruction that occurred in Sierra Leone in the 1990’s. Now that peace has finally come about through the efforts of the international community, it’s time […]

Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site preserves and protects the home of one of the nation’s great entrepreneurial spirits, Maggie Lena Walker. Explore and experience the life of this great African American woman through podcast tours of her neighborhood, historic Jackson Ward.

Young Eagles is an exciting new web Tv show from the Museum of Army Flying – They will be a new show every month with great stories about the history and present day activities of the Army Air Corps – and we’ll be finding out all about Helicopters and the science of flight

M.C. Roolio throws down some sick History know-how and helps you make the grade.

A ten-part Thomas Davis lecture series marking the 90th anniversary of the end of the Great War, reflecting the experience of ordinary Irish people during the war and the effect this war had then and has now on Irish society. Prof. Keith Jeffrey on the cultural legacy of the Great War

On the 90th anniversary of the end of the Great war and as part of RTÉ Radio 1’s Our War project reflecting the experience of ordinary Irish people during the war and the effect the war had and continues to have on Irish society there will be three public debates in front of an invited […]

The BBC World Service’s wide range of documentaries from 2007.

An audio tour of USS Pampanito, a WW II submarine museum and memorial in San Francisco, California.

Bringing You everything from past, present, to future military, political, and biographical history.

Throughout the 1920s the Common University provided a free and ready source of education to the working classes of England through various lecture series and the distribution of educative pamphlets in the East End. At the time it renowned as a philanthropic exercise noted more for its good intentions than its practice of asking for […]