Podcasts and videocasts about history and current events

• A History of the World in 100 Objects​
• Crash Course (YouTube)
• Explaining History​ (Nick Shepley) (20th century history)
• Global News Podcast (BBC)
• 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 of the 20th Century (informative and clear)

• In Our Time (long-running BBC classic)
• News in Focus (Financial Times)
• Post Reports (Washington Post, in-depth analysis of lead stories)
  
• ​The Intelligence (the Economist magazine's daily analysis of the news)
• Throughlines (PBS podcasts with a focus on the past)
• Simple History (YouTube)
• Stuff you missed in history class​
• Up First (NPR) (short podcast at start of day)