Podcasts on history and the news
History
- A History of the World in 100 Objects
- Crash Course (YouTube)
- Explaining History (Nick Shepley) (20th century history)
- Hardcore History (intense and well-researched, with a focus on wars)
- History of European Civilization from the 15th Century to the Present (college level but very clear overview)
- History Hit (Dan Snow)
- History of the 20th Century (Mark Painter, highly informative, very clear)
- History of the International System (James Sheehan)
- In Our Time (long-running BBC classic)
- Throughlines (PBS podcasts with a focus on the past)
- Simple History (YouTube)
- Stuff you missed in history class
- 5 Things You Need to Know Today (USA Today)
- The Daily (New York TImes)
- Global News Podcast (BBC)
- The Intelligence (the Economist magazine's daily analysis of the news)
- KidNuz (news for kids)
- Post Reports (Washington Post, in-depth analysis of lead stories)
- The Ten News
- Up First (NPR) (short podcast at start of day)
- What's News (Wall Street Journal)
- The World (also a radio show)
- Wall Street Journal What's News (business focus)
