History & Ideas podcasts
42 History & Ideas podcasts and 305 analyzed episodes: every show, and the people, companies, books and ideas that come up across them.
Deep dives into history, philosophy, books, and intellectual discourse that shape our understanding of the world.
Counts are of analyzed episodes; a name is listed when at least 2 shows in the category discuss it. Updated 2026-11-11. How the data is built.
History & Ideas shows
- Dan Carlin (37 analyzed episodes, 600,000 subscribers)
- The Rest Is History (25 analyzed episodes, 373,000 subscribers)
- We Can Do Hard Things (21 analyzed episodes, 19,500 subscribers)
- Timeline - World History Documentaries (18 analyzed episodes, 5,790,000 subscribers)
- Wendover Productions (16 analyzed episodes, 4,870,000 subscribers)
- History Hit (15 analyzed episodes, 1,830,000 subscribers)
- Today I Found Out (13 analyzed episodes, 3,260,000 subscribers)
- The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) (13 analyzed episodes, 173,000 subscribers)
- OverSimplified (10 analyzed episodes, 9,390,000 subscribers)
- Half as Interesting (10 analyzed episodes, 2,920,000 subscribers)
- Historia Civilis (10 analyzed episodes, 1,070,000 subscribers)
- LEMMiNO (9 analyzed episodes, 5,870,000 subscribers)
- PolyMatter (9 analyzed episodes, 1,930,000 subscribers)
- Fire of Learning (9 analyzed episodes, 885,000 subscribers)
- Veritasium (8 analyzed episodes, 19,900,000 subscribers)
- The Infographics Show (7 analyzed episodes, 15,300,000 subscribers)
- RealLifeLore (7 analyzed episodes, 7,890,000 subscribers)
- The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered (7 analyzed episodes, 1,620,000 subscribers)
- Knowing Better (7 analyzed episodes, 953,000 subscribers)
- The Bible Recap (6 analyzed episodes, 442,000 subscribers)
- ArchaeologyTV (6 analyzed episodes, 10,600 subscribers)
- Extra History (5 analyzed episodes, 4,470,000 subscribers)
- Kings and Generals (4 analyzed episodes, 4,070,000 subscribers)
- Fall of Civilizations (4 analyzed episodes, 1,450,000 subscribers)
- Letters from an American Optimist (4 analyzed episodes, 29 subscribers)
- Tom Scott (3 analyzed episodes, 6,620,000 subscribers)
- History Matters (3 analyzed episodes, 1,880,000 subscribers)
- CGP Grey (2 analyzed episodes, 6,900,000 subscribers)
- Biographics (2 analyzed episodes, 2,440,000 subscribers)
- Invicta (2 analyzed episodes, 1,650,000 subscribers)
- History With Hilbert (2 analyzed episodes, 492,000 subscribers)
- Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell (1 analyzed episode, 25,000,000 subscribers)
- Vsauce (1 analyzed episode, 24,600,000 subscribers)
- Epic History (1 analyzed episode, 2,980,000 subscribers)
- Mike Rowe (1 analyzed episode, 1,250,000 subscribers)
- Speak English With Class (1 analyzed episode, 1,230,000 subscribers)
- Geographics (1 analyzed episode, 1,080,000 subscribers)
- Glen Scrivener (Speak Life) (1 analyzed episode, 109,000 subscribers)
- khanpadawan (1 analyzed episode, 22,800 subscribers)
- Alan Watts Truth (1 analyzed episode, 956 subscribers)
- Bone Valley (1 analyzed episode, 120 subscribers)
- If Books Could Kill (1 analyzed episode, 11 subscribers)
People discussed on History & Ideas podcasts
- Adolf Hitler (3 shows, 5 episodes)
- Alexander the Great (3 shows, 5 episodes)
- Donald Trump (3 shows, 5 episodes)
- Joseph Stalin (3 shows, 3 episodes)
- Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (3 shows, 3 episodes)
- Cleopatra (2 shows, 4 episodes)
- Jack the Ripper (2 shows, 4 episodes)
- Martha Tabram (2 shows, 4 episodes)
- Emma Chamberlain (2 shows, 3 episodes)
- George Canning (2 shows, 3 episodes)
- Hermann Göring (2 shows, 3 episodes)
- Jalani Hussein (2 shows, 3 episodes)
Companies discussed on History & Ideas podcasts
Books discussed on History & Ideas podcasts
Ideas discussed on History & Ideas podcasts
- God (3 shows, 4 episodes)
- Christianity (2 shows, 4 episodes)
- World War I (2 shows, 4 episodes)
- Luftwaffe (2 shows, 3 episodes)
- Roman Empire (2 shows, 3 episodes)
- Roman (2 shows, 2 episodes)
Newest analyzed History & Ideas episodes
- Is The Trinity a Maths Problem? — Dan McClellan vs Joshua Sijuwade (Glen Scrivener (Speak Life), 2026-05-06)
- Why God Gave Humans Dogs - Alan Watts' Beautiful Explanation (Alan Watts Truth, 2026-04-18)
- English Podcast for Easy English Conversation | Healthy Habits to Change Your Life | Learn English (Speak English With Class, 2026-04-13)
- The Biggest Ever Gold Heist | Fall of the Incas EP 4 (The Rest Is History, 2026-02-26)
- How Red Bull Built Its Empire (Wendover Productions, 2026-02-24)
- The Fall of the Incas: Death to the Emperor | EP 3 (The Rest Is History, 2026-02-23)
- The Most Unbelievable Battle In All History | Fall of the Incas EP 2 (The Rest Is History, 2026-02-19)
- How 168 Men Conquered The Incan Empire | Fall of the Incas EP 1 (The Rest Is History, 2026-02-16)
- Week 6: (Days 036-042): God living among His people (The Bible Recap, 2026-02-12)
- The Night Rome Finally Broke Hannibal (The Rest Is History, 2026-02-09)
- The Hero Who Saved Rome In Its Darkest Hour | EP 2 (The Rest Is History, 2026-02-05)
- Week 5 (Days 29-35): When Moses responds to a burning bush (The Bible Recap, 2026-02-04)