In the last couple years, like millions of Americans, I have jumped into listening to podcasts. I spend a lot of time walking and listening. I also listen when I have time to kill and am waiting in lines or things like that. I listen to all sorts of things. A lot of the podcasts I listen to are for education and self betterment of career interests. I also have started to jump into listening to some podcasts for fun. The big category of “fun” podcasts I have been listening are history podcasts. I am so thankful that people decided that history podcasts needed to exist.
I am mostly thankful that history podcasts exist because they have woken up a bunch of stuff that was dormant inside me. They have reawakened a desire to learn cool things for the sake of learning. I also started to remember I liked history as a kid. A lot of these podcasts go really deep on subjects and that really satisfies some of my internal nerd tendencies. The world is just a lot more cool with history podcasts in it.
My Top 3 History Podcasts
The History of Rome Podcast https://thehistoryofrome.typepad.com/
Hardcore History https://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-series/
History On Fire (there are both free and paid episodes, Itunes will have a couple free episodes a year and the backlog of about 50 episodes are there.) https://luminarypodcasts.com/listen/daniele-bolelli/history-on-fire/10c7f0c4-18a7-44e8-ab47-0ba1a54a4c09?_branch_match_id=586001273282984204