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Hi,

I'm a big fan of podcasts and I've been enjoying "Against the Rules" and "Darknet Diaries" lately.

Now, I want to hear your recommendations! What podcasts do you love and why? Let's build an epic list of must-listen podcasts together.

Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

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[โ€“] AlolanYoda 17 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I like listening to historical podcasts, and my favorites are "The History of Rome" (which has finished) and its followup "The History of Byzantium" and "Hardcore History" . I've heard good things about "Revolutions" by the creator of "The History of Rome" but I haven't checked it out yet.

Also I've been enjoying "Fall of Civilizations" a lot, but so far have only listened to a few of the episodes.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

The Fall of Civilizations is one of my favorite podcasts right now! I highly recommend it if you like to think about history from a sort of different point of view. The host is really invested in trying to contextualize what things may have looked and felt like from the common person's point of view.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Revolutions is stellar, big fan of Mike Duncan and Dan Carlin

Blowback and throughline are both pretty solid looks at much smaller segments if you want context for your history.

I'll chip in the Trojan horse affair was great too.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I have listened to a few of the "Fall of Civilizations". The quality of the production is very impressive.

If you are a fan of history podcasts, the BBC have a series "You're Dead to Me" which is a history podcast with a lot of British humour added in.

"Gone Medieval" is another history podcast by History Hits, but the quality off each show is very hit or miss. Quality of the topic can be lackluster sometimes and even the sound quality of guests can be poor. The topics are all medieval and can be more UK centric. Still good and worth a listen.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Fall of Civilizations is the best podcast I've listened to. Every episode is amazing.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the recommendation. I'm a big fan of Hardcore History so will check out the others.

I also really enjoy You're Dead To Me - different topics from history with an expert and a comedian.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I've listened to all of these podcasts besides Hardcore history, and I can highly recommend all of them. It's hard to pick a favourite but it might be Revolutions, which I found the most eye-opening, especially season 3 on the french revolution. I'm currently working my way through Wittenberg to Westphalia, the Wars of the Reformation, which is meant to be on the 30 years way, but takes a very deep dive into the life, economy, history and culture of the middle ages and early modern period.