Search a title or topic

Over 20 million podcasts, powered by 

Player FM logo

HistoryPodcast

show episodes
 
Follow Craig Baird as he explores the good, the bad and the weird of Canada's history from the pre-colonial era to 25 years ago. Whatever you want to know about Canadian history, this is your one-stop shop.
  continue reading
 
Artwork

1
15-Minute History

15-Minute History Podcast

icon
Unsubscribe
icon
icon
Unsubscribe
icon
Weekly+
 
Walking in the footsteps of history, fifteen minutes at a time. Join us for a 15-minute episode covering a person, place, or event in history, and stay for an extended discussion. New episodes and discussions every week.
  continue reading
 
Artwork

1
Reflecting History

Reflecting History

icon
Unsubscribe
icon
icon
Unsubscribe
icon
Monthly
 
Reflecting History is an educational history podcast that explores significant historical events and themes without losing track of the ordinary people involved. Covering a wide variety of topics, it explores the connection between history, psychology, and philosophy.
  continue reading
 
Artwork

1
History Podcast

Jason Watts

icon
Unsubscribe
icon
icon
Unsubscribe
icon
Monthly
 
HistoryPodcast is a show simply devoted to history. Anything and everything related to history will be covered. If you have a passion for history this is the podcast for you.
  continue reading
 
Talkin' about the paranormal, the occult, and weird and forgotten history. Deep dive into stories about ghosts, ouija boards, cemeteries, obscure and bizarre stories from New York City, urban legends, paranormal investigations, and more!
  continue reading
 
Artwork

1
Kennedy Dynasty

Evergreen Podcasts

icon
Unsubscribe
icon
icon
Unsubscribe
icon
Monthly
 
The Kennedy podcast you’ve been looking for. Dive into discussions on the Kennedy’s family dynamic, appeal, call to public service, many notable accomplishments and much more with Alyson on the Kennedy Dynasty podcast.
  continue reading
 
Artwork

1
Unboxing History

Unboxing History | History Expert Jodi Wright-Gidley & Galveston Author Christine Hopkins

icon
Unsubscribe
icon
icon
Unsubscribe
icon
Monthly
 
Explore the past with Unboxing History as we take you on a journey into the captivating Galveston County Historical Museum collection. Uncover the hidden stories behind artifacts, delve into the intricacies of local history, and discover the treasures that connect us to bygone eras. Join us for a unique and insightful exploration of our heritage, one unboxing at a time. Hosted by local author and Galveston expert Christine Hopkins and Museum Director Jodi Wright-Gidley, "Unboxing History" wi ...
  continue reading
 
Echoes of Humanity takes you on a profound journey through the tragic events of the Holocaust, exploring the history, the heroes, and the heartbreaking stories that forever changed the world. Through expert interviews, survivor testimonies, and deep historical analysis, this podcast brings the lessons of the Holocaust to light and ensures that the voices of those lost are never forgotten. Each episode offers valuable insights into the atrocities of the past and their ongoing impact on human ...
  continue reading
 
This Week in Free Speech is your weekly deep dive into the most cutting-edge global developments affecting the most important of human rights: freedom of expression. Each week your host Jacob Mchangama invites a guest with particular relevance or expertise to discuss a hot topic with global relevance for free speech, whether online or offline. Jacob Mchangama is the executive director of the Future of Free Speech Project, research professor at Vanderbilt University author of the critically a ...
  continue reading
 
Artwork

1
The Unusual History of Every Thing

Melanie Dellas and Karen Lacy

icon
Unsubscribe
icon
icon
Unsubscribe
icon
Monthly
 
The Unusual History of Every Thing is a podcast for lovers of the weird history of common things in our world. Join cultural object preservationists Melanie Dellas and Karen Lacy as they uncover the unusual histories of every thing around us.
  continue reading
 
Echoes of India is the story of India like you've never heard it before. Host Anirudh Kanisetti takes you on a journey through its wonders, from the Greek art of Afghanistan to the thriving ports of Tamil Nadu. Along the way, monks debate, queens boast, and armies roar. From philosophy to politics to economics, the past comes back to life - noisy, breathing, as thriving as the Indian subcontinent is today.
  continue reading
 
Collision Podcast with Sharon Fitzgerald | Los Angeles | Watch my podcasts on YouTube @Sharonfitzgerald New Episodes for 2025! CP12: Top 5 Places to Visit: Salisbury, England CP11: Brass Rubbing at St. Martin in-the-Field London CP 10: 75th Anniversary of D-Day - Live from Omaha Beach. Join Sharon as she treks through the WW2 Normandy Beaches and battlegrounds and interviews local historians. CP 3-9: Game of Thrones Edition with Anthony Flores. Join them as they go down the rabbit hole and d ...
  continue reading
 
In each episode of In The Past Lane, the history podcast, we take up topics in American history and explore them through feature pieces, interviews, book and film reviews, and more. Our guiding philosophy is that history is not just about the past - it's about our world, here and now. History explains why things are the way they are, everything from our economy, religious practices, and foreign policy, to political ideology, family structure, and rates of poverty. Our aim is to be both infor ...
  continue reading
 
These American stories are not in your standard history book. History tends to be reduced to key moments and celebrated names, and what’s often overlooked are the stories of the ordinary people, both past and present, who have lived through journeys of immigration and migration...the people who have shaped what it means to be and to become American. How To Be American is a podcast by the Tenement Museum where from New York’s Lower East Side, we explore the history of immigration and migratio ...
  continue reading
 
Step into the epic world of ancient history with The Story Engine History Podcast , a historical fiction podcast that brings the power struggles, betrayals, and legendary battles of Carthage and Rome to life. From the rise of the Roman empire to the brutal Punic Wars and the ultimate triumph and demise of Rome, this immersive storytelling experience blends meticulously researched history with gripping narrative drama. Each episode transports you to a time of war elephants, cunning generals l ...
  continue reading
 
Loading …
show series
 
Why, in medieval times, were holy relics so popular? Was the church displaying them to give people hope in the divine or for financial gain, or both? In this pop quiz, Joe and Jon discuss the possible answers while asking the fundamental question: Do these holy objects actually have power? Join us every Thursday this summer for new pop quizzes and …
  continue reading
 
The Doukhobors were welcomed to Canada as new arrivals but it did not take long before Canadians turned against them simply because they wanted to live their lives.ORDER MY FIRST HISTORY BOOK! CANADA'S MAIN STREET: https://sutherlandhousebooks.com/product/canadas-main-street/ Donate: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠buymeacoffee.com/craigu⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Donate: ⁠⁠⁠…
  continue reading
 
During the summer break, the 15-Minute History podcast team are republishing some of their favorite episodes. This episode originally aired on July 12, 2021. ___ The raft floated in the midst of the River Niemen. On it were two beautiful pavilions, one for the Emperor of the French and the other for the Czar and Autocrat of All the Russias. In the …
  continue reading
 
The Crusaders narrowly escape annihilation when they attempt to fight their way out of Antioch. Some men credit the miracle of the Holy Lance for their amazing escape. Divisions emerge amongst the nobles, while the army starves. Some Crusaders turn to cannibalism, and a fiery trial by ordeal ends the career of a peasant preacher. The Crusadering ar…
  continue reading
 
During the 1700s, Thanadelthur was young woman who embarked on a mission of peace. Her journey led to peace between the Cree and Chipewyan, and changed Canadian history.ORDER MY FIRST HISTORY BOOK! CANADA'S MAIN STREET: https://sutherlandhousebooks.com/product/canadas-main-street/ Donate: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠buymeacoffee.com/craigu⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Donate: …
  continue reading
 
During the summer break, the 15-Minute History podcast team are republishing some of their favorite episodes. This episode originally aired on August 30, 2021. ___ From 1531-1532, Pizzaro and his group conquered and destroyed the Inca Civilization. Climbing the Andes Mountains, they probably never questioned the ability of the Inca Empire to feed i…
  continue reading
 
The story of Canada's drag history includes the most successful theatre production in Canadian history, several individuals who fought for LGBTQ equality, and the story of Canada's drag queens and drag kings. Includes my interviews with Miss Moço (Adam Moco) and Hercusleaze (Meags Fitzgerald). ORDER MY FIRST HISTORY BOOK! CANADA'S MAIN STREET: http…
  continue reading
 
What is Civilization? How did it develop and what are its goals? In his book “Civilization and Its Discontents,” Sigmund Freud looks at these questions from a psychoanalytic perspective. The conclusions he draws are as surprising and sometimes outrageous as they are insightful. This is part two in a series on Sigmund Freud’s “Civilization and Its D…
  continue reading
 
As Western knights and nobles ride toward Jerusalem, there are many other cities they must take along the way. Their first battlefield encounter with the Turks leaves a lasting impression on both sides, but they are soon occupied with besieging fortified cities. Heads are brandished on spears and bodies hang on display from the ramparts. The siege …
  continue reading
 
Where does utopianism come from? Can we really create a perfect world, and did the colonists think they could create utopia in the New World? And why did Jon pick this topic? Join us for answers to these questions and more in our last discussion of the season! We want to thank everyone who joined us each week this past year. We'll have some pop qui…
  continue reading
 
The 15-Minute History Podcast team brings you a new segment, just for kids, called Sketches in History, where history isn’t just a story—it’s an adventure. Join Lottie Archer as she dives into her extraordinary notebook, where sketches from history come to life. In this episode, she goes back to Egypt for yet another ancient discovery. She witnesse…
  continue reading
 
It is Pride Month and throughout this month I have stories of Canada's LGBTQ history. Today, I am taking a journey through Canada's LGBTQ history and the men and women who worked to make Canada a more inclusive place for everyone.ORDER MY FIRST HISTORY BOOK! CANADA'S MAIN STREET: https://sutherlandhousebooks.com/product/canadas-main-street/ Donate:…
  continue reading
 
This season has been about good and bad ideas, and we are concluding with Jon's thoughts on a journey he's been on through early American history. In his 1989 book Albion's Seed, Dr. David Hackett Fischer describes how four groups of English settlers brought utopian ideals to the New World and created the foundations of what became the United State…
  continue reading
 
It is Pride Month and throughout this month I have stories of Canada's LGBTQ history. Today, it is the story of Operation Soap. The largest mass arrest in Canadian history to that point, it involved 150 Toronto police officers raiding four gay bathhouses in the city in 1981. The protests that event launched created the modern day Pride Week in Toro…
  continue reading
 
The First Crusade became the stuff of legend soon after it finished. Western knights headed to Constantinople and ultimately to Jerusalem, to rescue pilgrimage sites from the control of Muslim invaders. The crusade involved close to 100,000 people from Western Europe heading east, in a journey that would cover thousands of miles, mostly on foot. It…
  continue reading
 
Join us for a discussion on the Divine Right of Kings and how it continues to shape modern political systems in our world today! Leave a comment below with any questions--we love to hear from our audience! (Also, please forgive us for the rather abrupt end with no closing comments--Jon forgot to include that in the recording!)…
  continue reading
 
The 15-Minute History Podcast team brings you a new segment, just for kids, called Sketches in History, where history isn’t just a story—it’s an adventure. Join Lottie Archer as she dives into her extraordinary notebook, where sketches from history come to life. In this episode, she visits a grand symphony hall filled with anticipation, as the audi…
  continue reading
 
Send us a text Galveston's Pictorial Legacy of Juneteenth In this episode of Unboxing History, hosts Christine Hopkins and Jodi Wright-Gidley explore a World War I poster commemorating the Emancipation Proclamation. They are joined by historian Sam Collins III, who discusses the historical significance of the poster, which links the Civil War to Wo…
  continue reading
 
It is Pride Month and throughout this month I have stories of Canada's LGBTQ history. Today, it is the story of Jim Egan. With his partner Jack Nesbit, they challenged the fact they were not eligible for spousal benefits as a same-sex couple. While they lost their case, they changed Canadian history. ORDER MY FIRST HISTORY BOOK! CANADA'S MAIN STREE…
  continue reading
 
What is happiness? Why is it so hard to achieve? What is “civilization” and how did it develop? Legendary psychologist Sigmund Freud seeks to answer these questions in his book “Civilization and Its Discontents.” Freud traces the development of human culture all the way from the beginning, all from the psychoanalytic perspective. While modern psych…
  continue reading
 
Throughout history, leaders have claimed their positions in a variety of ways: military conquests, electoral mandates, revolutionary uprisings, and more. But probably the most common and certainly the furthest from modern democratic sensibilities is the divine right of kings. While it is present in a variety of religious and social traditions, most…
  continue reading
 
In this double pop quiz, Jon answers a question from an audience member and then discusses the Overton Window and how the range of "acceptable" political discourse changes over time. Join us every other week for these pop quizzes during the summer, and comment below with any topics you'd like us to cover!…
  continue reading
 
It is Pride Month and throughout this month I have stories of Canada's LGBTQ history. Today, it is the first major demonstration of LGBTQ rights in Canadian history, the We Demand Rally! ORDER MY FIRST HISTORY BOOK! CANADA'S MAIN STREET: https://sutherlandhousebooks.com/product/canadas-main-street/ Donate: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠buymeacoffee.com/craigu⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Do…
  continue reading
 
The image of the knight in shining armour has had a very long shadow in Western culture, from King Arthur to Monty Python. The reality of life for medieval knights, obsessed with honour and reputation is the subject of this episode. We meet a real Spanish knight, Suero de Quinones, who wore an iron collar and broke hundreds of lances for the love o…
  continue reading
 
The 15-Minute History Podcast team brings you a new segment, just for kids, called Sketches in History, where history isn’t just a story—it’s an adventure. Join Lottie Archer as she dives into her extraordinary notebook, where sketches from history come to life. In this episode, she travels aboard a ship with a mission. Sailors are working frantica…
  continue reading
 
When the SS Noronic docked at Pier 9 in Toronto Harbour on Sept. 16, 1949, no one expected by the next day that 118 people would be dead and the ship would be a charred husk. ORDER MY FIRST HISTORY BOOK! CANADA'S MAIN STREET: https://sutherlandhousebooks.com/product/canadas-main-street/ Donate: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠buymeacoffee.com/craigu⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Donate: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠c…
  continue reading
 
It’s raining. The men in the group are drenched and have been so almost all day. Nobles in their finest attire stand ankle-deep in mud, their expressions a mixture of triumph and apprehension. Before them, a thin, gray-faced king looks at the document. His jaw clenches. "You would strip me of my God-given rights?" the king yells, his voice thick wi…
  continue reading
 
In part two of this pop quiz series, Joe and I discuss the New Deal's long-term legacy and the controversial idea that anything can really be "free." As always, we love to hear from you, so leave a comment on this episode with any questions or thoughts, and you can also give us a topic that you'd like us to discuss in another pop quiz this summer!…
  continue reading
 
From her start in an improv group at her high school with Seth Rogen and Nathan Fielder, to her time on MTV Canada and her continued success with her talk shows, social media and stand-up tours, Jessi Cruickshank has been a part of our entertainment landscape for nearly two decades. ORDER MY FIRST HISTORY BOOK! CANADA'S MAIN STREET: https://sutherl…
  continue reading
 
The Camino de Santiago pilgrimage is exploding in popularity these days, but the modern travellers are part of a tradition that is over 1000 years old. How did the Camino begin? Why did medieval people go on pilgrimages anyway? From drinking wine used to wash skulls, to pilgrims in chains, this episode explores the world of medieval Christianity, a…
  continue reading
 
This week, the team wanted to revisit one of the most popular episodes from last season. A new, exciting episode is coming to you on Monday. ____ “I was fifteen years old when the Khmer Rouge came to power in April 1975. I can still remember how overwhelmed with joy I was that the war had finally ended. It did not matter who won. I and many Cambodi…
  continue reading
 
In this episode I’m joined by Josh Johnson-host of Compendium: A History Collection, which is a history podcast covering a variety of topics, currently doing a fantastic series on the Vietnam War. He’s also known as Joshreadsbooks on social media, where he has a devoted social media following on platforms like TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, etc. This …
  continue reading
 
Josef Lewkowicz survived six concentration camps, pursued justice as a Nazi hunter, and dedicated his post-war life to preserving Holocaust memory. From identifying Amon Göth to rescuing over 600 Jewish children, his journey exemplifies resilience and the fight for accountability. Join us as we reflect on his extraordinary life and the lessons his …
  continue reading
 
The 15-Minute History Podcast team brings you a new segment, just for kids, called Sketches in History, where history isn’t just a story—it’s an adventure. Join Lottie Archer as she dives into her extraordinary notebook, where sketches from history come to life. In this episode, she travels to a divided country. Crowds are breaking down a barrier t…
  continue reading
 
We know very little about his life, but the story of Anthony Henday is an important one. The first known European to sight the Canadian Rockies, his mission to the interior was not successful for trade but monumental for exploration. ORDER MY FIRST HISTORY BOOK! CANADA'S MAIN STREET: https://sutherlandhousebooks.com/product/canadas-main-street/ Don…
  continue reading
 
In the final episode of our series, the ancient walls of Constantinople crumble—and with them, the last heartbeat of the Roman Empire. Sultan Mehmet II launches his all-or-nothing assault: cannon fire splits the dawn, smoke cloaks the ramparts, and waves of Ottoman soldiers pour through the shattered defenses. Amid the chaos, Emperor Constantine XI…
  continue reading
 
He has been a fixture of our television screens for over two decades now and Mark Critch shows no signs of slowing down. From getting his start in Newfoundland theatre, to his rise to fame on This Hour Has 22 Minutes, to his acclaimed show Son of a Critch, there is much to the story of this Canadian comic legend. ORDER MY FIRST HISTORY BOOK! CANADA…
  continue reading
 
The grandsons of Charlemagne slide into civil war, with thousands of Franks killing each other over the division of the empire. Though the Treaty of Verdun ends the bloodletting, Frankish troubles are far from over. Vikings sail up the Seine and sack Paris, finally leaving after being bought off by King Charles of West Francia. However Louis the Ge…
  continue reading
 
It was still dark. The group of men felt the breeze getting warmer as the eastern horizon began to show signs of light. One of the men, tall with no expression, watched as final preparations were made to a large object in front of the group. The others saw the anxiety in his face in a way that only those had had been around him could discern. The m…
  continue reading
 
The 15-Minute History Podcast team brings you a new segment, just for kids, called Sketches in History, where history isn’t just a story—it’s an adventure. Join Lottie Archer as she dives into her extraordinary notebook where sketches from history come to life. In this episode, she travels to a workshop in Menlo Park. A man is working on an inventi…
  continue reading
 
During his life, he was called the strongest man who ever lived. With hair curls to resemble Samson and accomplished feats of strength that became legendary. A French-Canadian folk hero, his legacy continues to this day. PRE ORDER MY FIRST HISTORY BOOK! CANADA'S MAIN STREET (Out May 13, 2025): https://sutherlandhousebooks.com/product/canadas-main-s…
  continue reading
 
Loading …
Copyright 2025 | Privacy Policy | Terms of Service | | Copyright
Listen to this show while you explore
Play