
Discover how the past shapes the present with the best historians in the world. Everything happening today comes from something, somewhere. History As It Happens features interviews with today's top scholars and thinkers, interwoven with audio from history's archive. Subscribe for ad-free episodes, early access, and bonus content. historyasithappens.supercast.com/
| Publishes | Daily | Episodes | 612 | Founded | 6 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | HistoryNewsPolitics | |||

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New developments in Yemen bode poorly for global oil flows or a peaceful settlement of the Greater Middle East's raging conflicts. The Associated Press reports the Houthi re... more
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History As It Happens is "on location" in this episode. Host Martin Di Caro visits Thomas Jefferson's historic Monticello estate in Virginia to talk to Brandon Dillard, its director of... more
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Twenty-five years ago, on September 11, 2001, nineteen al-Qaeda hijackers working for Osama bin Laden killed nearly 3,000 people in New York, Washington, and a Pennsylvania field. The U.S... more
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Maybe U.S. presidents need to read a how-to manual on avoiding quagmires. Or maybe it wouldn't make much difference anyway. To understand why the United States keeps b... more
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Great podcast that always has clear, concise, yet in-depth and interesting episodes. I highly recommend this show - it is an underrated podcast in the history category.
Di Caro strikes me as someone who never questions the algorithms that dominate his post-Iraq “restrainer” worldview. Anatol Lievan’s first move was to make an equivalence between the Monroe Doctrine and Russia’s ongoing genocidal war in Ukraine (yes Martin, Russian imperialism from Czar Alexander to Stalin has attempted to eradicate Ukrainian culture by killing its writers, starving its farmers, and making illegal the Ukrainian language). Lievan does it on purpose, but I expect you to at least g... more
This is a fantastic podcast. Always timely w/ needed insight from guests that are sought after in their respective fields. And Martin actually believes that history can teach up something. An idea I fully embrace.
I don’t necessarily mind ads, but I will not listen to the content when the ads are significantly louder than the content, as they are here. Too bad.
Didn't realize history is left handed
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A historically focused interview show that brings top scholars and policy thinkers to unpack how past events shape present-day politics, security, and diplomacy. Episodes frequently center on wars, imperial legacies, and state-building, with guests ranging from university professors to think-tank analysts and policymakers. Noteworthy is the consistent use of deep archival context, cross-regional comparisons, and a willingness to challenge conventional wisdom, making it valuable for listeners who want rigorous, historically grounded analysis of current affairs. The format tends to be concise but richly sourced, often linking historical episodes to today's geopolitical debates.
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