# Explaining History Podcast: Modern history podcasts for students and enthusiasts

> Discover the Explaining History Podcast: over a decade of carefully researched, accessible episodes that unpack major events in our time\.

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## Pages
- [Listen by Topic](https://explaininghistory.org/best-history-podcasts/)
- [Best Podcasts on North Africa, Italy, and the End of the Second World War](https://explaininghistory.org/best-podcasts-on-north-africa-and-the-end-of-ww2/)
- [Best Podcasts on the War in the Pacific and Asia 1941–45](https://explaininghistory.org/best-podcasts-on-the-pacific-war/)
- [Best Podcasts on France at War: The Fall, Occupation, and Vichy 1939–51](https://explaininghistory.org/best-podcasts-on-france-vichy-and-the-occupation/)
- [Best Podcasts on Britain's War 1939–45](https://explaininghistory.org/best-podcasts-on-britains-war-1939-45/)
- [Best Podcasts on the Eastern Front and Operation Barbarossa](https://explaininghistory.org/best-podcasts-on-the-eastern-front/)
- [How to Think About History: Approaches, Methods \& Ideology](https://explaininghistory.org/history-approaches-and-ideology/)
- [Best Podcasts on Syria](https://explaininghistory.org/best-podcasts-on-syria/)
- [The Balkans \& the Yugoslav Wars](https://explaininghistory.org/best-podcasts-on-the-balkans-and-the-yugoslav-wars/)
- [Best Podcasts on Africa: Colonialism and Independence](https://explaininghistory.org/best-podcasts-on-africa-colonialism-and-independence/)
- [Best Podcasts on the Arab\-Israeli Conflict \& Palestine](https://explaininghistory.org/best-podcasts-on-the-arab-israeli-conflict/)
- [Best Podcasts on the Ottoman Empire and its Collapse](https://explaininghistory.org/best-podcasts-on-the-ottoman-empire/)
- [Best Podcasts on India: Partition and Independence](https://explaininghistory.org/best-podcasts-on-india-partition-and-independence/)
- [Best Podcasts on the Vietnam War \& American Foreign Policy \| Explaining History](https://explaininghistory.org/best-podcasts-on-the-vietnam-war/)
- [Best Podcasts on the American Civil Rights Movement](https://explaininghistory.org/best-podcasts-on-the-civil-rights-movement/)
- [Best Podcasts on the British Empire and Decolonisation](https://explaininghistory.org/best-podcasts-on-the-british-empire-and-decolonisation/)
- [Best Podcasts on the Holocaust](https://explaininghistory.org/best-podcasts-on-the-holocaust/)
- [Best Podcasts on Weimar Germany and the Rise of Nazism](https://explaininghistory.org/best-podcasts-on-weimar-germany-and-the-rise-of-nazism/)
- [Best Podcasts on the Russian Revolution \& Bolshevism \| Explaining History](https://explaininghistory.org/best-podcasts-on-the-russian-revolution/)
- [Best Podcasts on the First World War](https://explaininghistory.org/best-podcasts-on-the-first-world-war/)
- [Best Podcasts on the Cold War](https://explaininghistory.org/best-podcasts-on-the-cold-war/)
- [Best Podcasts on Mao and China](https://explaininghistory.org/best-podcasts-on-mao-and-china/)
- [Best Podcasts on Post\-War America](https://explaininghistory.org/best-podcasts-on-post-war-america/)
- [Best Podcasts on Modern British History](https://explaininghistory.org/best-podcasts-on-british-history/)
- [Best Podcasts on the Second World War](https://explaininghistory.org/best-podcasts-on-world-war-two/)
- [Best Podcasts on the Spanish Civil War](https://explaininghistory.org/best-podcasts-on-the-spanish-civil-war/)
- [Best Podcasts on the Iranian Revolution and Modern Iran: Essential Episodes from Explaining History](https://explaininghistory.org/best-podcasts-on-the-iranian-revolution/)
- [Best Podcasts on Neoliberalism and Thatcherism: Essential Episodes from Explaining History](https://explaininghistory.org/best-podcasts-on-neoliberalism/)
- [Best Podcasts on Fascism: Essential Episodes from Explaining History](https://explaininghistory.org/best-podcasts-on-fascism/)
- [Best Podcasts on Stalin and the Soviet Union: Essential Episodes from Explaining History](https://explaininghistory.org/best-podcasts-on-stalin-and-the-soviet-union/)

## Posts
- [Treaty of Sèvres and the Kurds: What Was Promised, Why It Failed and What Lausanne Changed](https://explaininghistory.org/2025/11/30/the-nation-that-never-was-the-treaty-of-sevres-lausanne-and-the-kurdish-question/): An evidence\-led guide to the Kurdish provisions of Sèvres, their failure, the Lausanne settlement and the later decision over Mosul\.
- [Yuan Shikai: How China’s First Republic Became a Dictatorship](https://explaininghistory.org/2025/11/14/from-republic-to-dictatorship-yuan-shikai-and-the-fragile-birth-of-modern-china/)
- [Blog Post: Civil Rights After 1980 – The Unfinished Revolution](https://explaininghistory.org/2026/09/08/blog-post-civil-rights-after-1980-the-unfinished-revolution/)
- [Neocolonialism and Neoliberalism](https://explaininghistory.org/2026/08/19/neocolonialism-and-neoliberalism/): In the latest Explaining History Podcast episode, the discussion explores neocolonialism, revealing how the decline of formal empires led to neoliberalism's rise\. By analyzing historical imperial practices, it highlights the exploitation of Global South resources and labor, illustrating how capitalist elites shifted focus inward to maintain wealth amidst changing global dynamics\.
- [Belgium, America and Congo](https://explaininghistory.org/2026/08/18/belgium-america-and-congo/)

## Glossary
- [Domino Theory](https://explaininghistory.org/?glossary=domino-theory-2)
- [Dresden Bombing](https://explaininghistory.org/?glossary=dresden-bombing)
- [Dien Bien Phu](https://explaininghistory.org/?glossary=dien-bien-phu-2)
- [Dual Power](https://explaininghistory.org/?glossary=dual-power)
- [Emergency Law](https://explaininghistory.org/?glossary=emergency-law)

## Categories
- [Podcast](https://explaininghistory.org/category/podcast/)
- [Modern History](https://explaininghistory.org/category/modern-history/)
- [Military History](https://explaininghistory.org/category/military-history/)
- [European History](https://explaininghistory.org/category/european-history/)
- [Podcast: European History](https://explaininghistory.org/category/podcast-european-history/)

## Tags
- [podcastimport](https://explaininghistory.org/tag/podcastimport/)
- [AQA Germany Democracy and Dictatorship essay help](https://explaininghistory.org/tag/aqa-germany-democracy-and-dictatorship-essay-help/)
- [how to get an A\-star in AQA Germany history](https://explaininghistory.org/tag/how-to-get-an-a-star-in-aqa-germany-history/)
- [how to get an A\-star in AQA Russia history](https://explaininghistory.org/tag/how-to-get-an-a-star-in-aqa-russia-history/)
- [Afro Asian solidarity](https://explaininghistory.org/tag/afro-asian-solidarity/)

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