Mike Duncan does a series called Revolutions that deals with the series' namesakes like the American and French revolutions, and has a previous completed series called the History of Rome.

He is not as theatrical as Dan Carlin is, but he certainly presents the material well.

I cant vouch for his accuracy as Im not the typical caliber of contributer to this subreddit, but many people seem to enjoy them and Im pretty sure I havent seen him brought up in /r/badhistory, if thats any marker of relative quality, lol.

I'd love to get the opinion of a flaired user on these podcasts if they've listened to them.

Id also recommend this subreddits own askhistorians podcast, as its frequented by flaired users from the subreddit talking about various topics from the millitary of the Roman Republic to Mesoamerican civilization.

Their is already a huge list here: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/11euj9/can_anyone_recommend_some_good_free_history/

Opinions on Dan Carlin has been solicited many a times here. While there are many specific criticisms, I personally think they do a good job at the pop-history level. They are quite popular, entertaining, and they are a good entry point to a deeper study of history.

Just like any subject, there needs to be a variety of depth and accessibility. If you want a bit more depth, then as others have recommended, the AskHistorians podcast is very good.

I also really like BBC's In Our Time. They are done by experts, have wide coverage of subjects, and i think they are a delight to listen to.

I run the /r/historypodcast subreddit and I created History-Podcasts.com because I was also frustrated by how hard it is to find new history podcasts. Judging by the number of people here and in /r/history who ask about finding more than Carlin or Duncan, I'm guessing I'm not the only one.

Everytime I turn around I find out about a new podcast and it's a shame there is such a disconnect between the creators and their potential audience. I'm currently tracking 23 new podcasts that have started in the last 12 months.

There are several more that I would recommenced that covered elsewhere here, so here are some additional recommendations:

• The Arab Spring - A History. Jamie Redfern is a history grad student who does several other podcasts. He goes through the contemporary history of North Africa, the Middle East, and Persia starting with the last years of the Ottoman Empire in 1900 and goes through how the world wars, colonialism, and the foundation of Israel lead to the Middle East we have today.

• Incarnations of India in 50 lives by the BBC I haven't personally listened to this one yet, but it's on my list. The bulk of English language podcasting is understandably focused on Western Civilization, so it's nice to see other topics get explored.

• The History of Byzantium If you like Mike Duncan's History of Rome, THOB is done by Robin Pierson in the same format, but Pierson adds "look around" episodes where he breaks from the narrative every century to talk about what has changed in and around the empire, culturally and geopolitically. He also talks a great deal about the contemporary sources and how trustworthy there. He also takes a good deal of time discussing the formation and rise of Islam.

• The History of the Crusades Sharyn Eastaugh's wit and dry humor makes her podcast very enjoyable to listen to and gives a really good narrative of a subject that most people don't know much about (beyond that "it happened").

• The Wars of Coalition If you have been listening to Duncan's series on the French Revolution, this podcast goes more into detail on the confict, with a scope of all of Europe. I've been listening to it side by side with Revolutions.

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You may want to check out In Our Time. Radio 4 program hosted by the boss Melvin Bragg. There are hundreds. He has done them on history, science, philosophy, religon, culture. They were the only thing that got me through working in a office.

So you know, the format is Melvin will introduce a topic. He will then introduce 3 internationally renowned academics who will spend 30-40 mins explaining and discussing. Melvin will interjet to clarify and ask excellent questions to move the discussions on if they get stale.

It is a BBC program so they will sometimes be very UK centric topics but these are in the minority. It is called In Our Time because Melvin will always draw the discussion towards what each topic means to the modern world and how it effects us.

I now have a much greater understanding of history thanks to these programs. Its good to look up something you vaguely know like Spartacus or the Drefus Affair. By the end of the program you have a 1st year university students level of knowledge about it. Not just the facts but also how these facts are interpretted and viewed today.

Very VERY good podcast.

There's the /r/AskHistorians podcast accessible through the wiki

My personal favorites are A History Of The World In 100 Objects, where the BBC teamed up with the Royal British Museum to tell the stories of 100 different artifacts and what they meant for humanity, and A Podcast History Of Our World, which is run by a personal friend of mine and injects a lot of much-needed humor to proceedings. He's a school teacher running the whole show by himself and could do with a bit more recognition.

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Long time fan of the DC shows, some of the stuff in my feed -

• The Second World War Podcast - More on the amateur side, put together by a husband and wife pair of history teachers. At first it seems a bit dry because they're reading off a script, but they do a really good job at controlling the elevation and tempo - not so deep they get bogged down in the minutiae, but detailed enough to be enlightening and revealing. I find myself looking forward to their shows way more than I expected.

• Whistlestop - The history of US political campaigns, by John Dickerson (host of Face the Nation). Definitely a bit wonky, but if you're into US political history this is a high quality show and really interesting.

• Rum, Rebels, and Ratbags. Put together by Australian Broadcast Company, so naturally focuses on Australian history, mostly colonial era.

• Stuff You Missed in History Class. Eh, I included it because I was a long time listener, but it's falling off my list. Ads have gotten ridiculous and the topics are becoming pretty dry. Once in a while it's still good.

• History on Fire - The show is just getting off the ground, focuses more on antiquity than the modern stuff.

• Bowery Boys - Fun show, two brothers cover a limited range of topics; focus pretty much on the history of NYC.

• Backstory - put together by the American History Guys, focuses on different events in American history. Topics are usually more "everyman" stuff than the big events.

• No Such Thing as a Fish - the podcast of QI (british quiz show), the show's researchers share interesting stuff they discover each week.

• The Bugle - Satirical show with Andy Zaltzman and John Oliver, not really history related but current event commentary that is funny/interesting.

• My History Can Beat Up Your Politics - If you like Carlin's theatrics and dramatic style, this guy kicks it up another notch.

Avid history podcast fan here.

There is one called 'wartime' by Brady Crytzer. http://pca.st/XLlN. It is similar in that it examines a big theme as well as historical events within that theme. He takes a seasonal approach and examines one topic per season, about 13 episodes per season.

I am currently going through the History of China podcast http://pca.st/vRGT. Very big and a lot of difficult names for my dull western ears but very engaging, especially after I listened to this not quite history, but maybe bordering on historical fiction podcast called the Romance of the Three Kingdoms podcast, where the host takes us through the 600 year old novel but also tells the story in his own way, curating, again, for my western cultural bias. http://pca.st/vcv2

Ray Harris, who not only hosts the very detailed History of WWII Podcast (http://pca.st/oTWp) but also is a co-host with Cam Reilly of Life of Caeser as well as the very new Life of Augustus, same feed. http://pca.st/lifeofcaesar

When Diplomacy Fails is a favorite of many. Zach takes a long time with his topic, showing the diplomatic period before a war starts and then going through the war itself. http://pca.st/t3pYLf

Fear and Loathing in New Jerusalem starts out a little brutal - don't start it at night going to sleep with your children sleeping in the next room like I did. But it's engaging. Let's hope he keeps going. http://pca.st/Y1PN

Finally, History on Fire podcast actually calls out Dan Carlin as being a direct influence, and he commits to making his podcast in a similar format, having been blessed by DC himself to do so. The first story was pretty good. http://pca.st/VZue

All of these are less theatrical than Hardcore History, but I enjoy them a lot:

• I've listened to Mike Duncan's "History of Rome" and am currently tracking his "Revolutions", both of which are 30-minute-per-episode series tracking linear stories (Revolutions tracks different revolutions per "season", so far he's covered the English, American and French revolutions.)

• Robin Pierson has an excellent podcast called "The history of Byzantium", tracking the Eastern Roman Empire through the 1000 year decline following the fall of Rome in 451. The earlier episodes are a bit rough, but this has developed into the best historical podcast I'm following. Robin keeps track of the main storyline by tracking the imperial successions, constructs a beautiful narrative around the facts, clearly delineates his own opinion from the data he pulls from sources, reports which sources are used and how reliable they are considered to be, and what information is missing or guesswork.

• I've recently started listening to "Anglo Saxon England" by David Crowther, but it's too early for me to judge it. He also has a podcast titled "The history of England", which I haven't listened to at all (yet).

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I try to get something out every week, and cover a fairly broad range -- though my own training is biased towards modern Japan, so that's where a lot of the episodes end up. Right now, I'm working through a multipart series on the Meiji Restoration; I've also done shorter ones on the atomic bomb and the history of US-Japan and Japan-China relations, among others.

I can vouch for the Ottoman History Podcast (http://www.ottomanhistorypodcast.com/), but there are some caveats for anyone interested.

First of all, I think it can be safe to say that you will get as much theory as you will historical discussion. This leads me to my second point: a lot of this requires some requisite knowledge of the Ottoman Empire, so I wouldn't say it's exactly for beginners.

THAT BEING SAID, I think this is a wonderful podcast with fascinating topics. It's not a summary of the history of the Ottomans like The History of Rome was. They largely rely on guests to come and speak to certain times and places. This unorthodox approach can be intimidating. However, I think the format makes up for it by allowing for a flexibility in discussions that leads to a lot of great insights. Definitely worth a try (check out the podcast on mustaches in the Ottoman Empire!).

I'd also quickly reccomend the China History Podcast (http://chinahistorypodcast.com/). It's run by one guy, Lazlo Montgomery, and follows the much more traditional "time and place" format. He has done a long series summarizing the thousand plus years of imperial China, and he also makes deep dives into particularly notable people and events. I think it's really great as well!

I am a big fan of Lars Brownworth's podcasts 12 Byzantine Rulers and Norman Centuries. First of all, because the subject matter is not done to death, especially Byzantium which is often a big blindspot for many people in the west and the Norman conquest of Sicily and southern Italy, which I personally knew nothing about. Brownworth's work inspired Mike Duncan to do the his History of Rome podcast and I don't think that's an accident since it does project an intense reverence for his subject matter which doesn't only make them captivating, but also spur ones interest for lesser know historic events.

Look up "The Napoleon Bonaparte Podcast", the main guy is very in depth and speaks kind of like Dan Carlin. They also have a Caesar and Alexander the Great podcast. The Napoleon one is finished and after the first 20 you gotta pay. Same with Alexander, but Caeser so far seems free, I'd try the Napoleon one and see if you think its worth paying