Those who don’t study the past, as the saying goes, are doomed to repeat it. That sentiment feels particularly true in this particular political moment, but it can also be applied to less obvious ...

The History Channel’s Reconstruction: The Unfinished Promise, a collaboration with Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground ...

Want to start the new year by listening to a history podcast? Here are some suggestions. Rather than providing links to Spotify or Apple, I'll just supply the information so that you can find the ...

The best history podcasts actually have a lot to say about the present. After all, as novelist Pearl Buck once poignantly put it: “If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday.” With ...

From the coast to the mountains, these podcasts focus on centuries of history about Maine's people and places.

Ross Johnson writes about television, film, and literature for Lifehacker. He has a degree in political science from the University of Rochester and has previously been a legal writer and editor for ...

March is Women’s History Month, and what better way to honor it than by brushing up on your knowledge of remarkable women throughout history? From those you’ve heard about before — like Emmeline ...

As long time readers know, I spent most of my 20s training to be a historian. In fact it was what I was certain I wanted to do since High School. And then right about my mid-20s I realized somehow it ...

Black History Month is here, and this year’s theme, “African Americans and Labor,” underscores just how deeply Black people have shaped this nation’s workforce. From the forced labor of enslaved ...

We’ve come a long way since the days of boring history lectures in school, with literally hundreds of great podcasts about history available for download free of charge in your favorite podcast app.