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American History Hit

Join Don Wildman twice a week for your hit of American history, as he explores the past to help us understand the United States of today. We’ll hear how codebreakers uncovered secret Japanese plans for the Battle of Midway, visit Chief Powhatan as he prepares for war with the British, see Walt Disney accuse his former colleagues of being communists, and uncover the dark history that lies beneath Central Park. From pre-colonial America to independence, slavery to civil rights, the gold rush to the space race, join Don as he speaks to leading experts to delve into America’s past. New episodes every Monday and Thursday. Brought to you by History Hit, the award-winning podcast network and world’s best history channel on demand, featuring shows like Dan Snow’s History Hit, Not Just The Tudors and Betwixt the Sheets.Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at
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American History Hit

Romans in America

2025-01-20 • 38min
American History Hit

FDR vs Hitler

2025-01-16 • 1h 1min
American History Hit

Who Was Sitting Bull?

2025-01-13 • 49min
American History Hit

President FDR & the New Deal

2025-01-09 • 39min
American History Hit

The First 12 Days of the Civil War

2025-01-06 • 35min
American History Hit

President Herbert Hoover: Did He Cause the Great Depression?

2025-01-02 • 42min
American History Hit

Remembering Jimmy Carter: Life & Legacy

2024-12-30 • 1h 3min
American History Hit

Japanese in America

2024-12-30 • 51min
American History Hit

Lexington & Concord: The First Battles of the Revolutionary War

2024-12-26 • 42min
American History Hit

How Old is America?

2024-12-23 • 27min
American History Hit

Outlaws vs the FBI: J. Edgar Hoover's G-Men

2024-12-19 • 26min
American History Hit

Was the Civil War Won by Chance?

2024-12-16 • 34min
American History Hit

President Calvin Coolidge: The Roaring 20s' Quiet Leader

2024-12-12 • 48min
American History Hit

Waco: A Cult, the FBI and a Fiery Ending

2024-12-09 • 53min
American History Hit

Pearl Harbor: The Man Who Spied For Japan

2024-12-05 • 39min
American History Hit

UFOs in the US

2024-12-02 • 31min
American History Hit

The Mayflower: What Was Life Like At Sea?

2024-11-28 • 38min
American History Hit

The Mayflower: Why Did the Pilgrims Leave Europe?

2024-11-25 • 41min
American History Hit

President Warren G. Harding: Scandals, Affairs & Cabinet Selections

2024-11-21 • 43min
American History Hit

The Spanish-American War

2024-11-18 • 42min
American History Hit

A CIA Man in China: 20 Years Imprisoned

2024-11-14 • 40min
American History Hit

Nazis in America: Fascism in the 1930s

2024-11-11 • 24min
American History Hit

Presidents' Private Lives

2024-11-07 • 35min
American History Hit

Elections Explained: A History of Rigged Elections

2024-11-04 • 36min
American History Hit

New York Morgue's Dark Secrets

2024-10-31 • 54min
American History Hit

Elections Explained: The Man Who's Lost The Most

2024-10-28 • 44min
American History Hit

The Doolittle Raid: WW2 Bombing of Japan

2024-10-24 • 51min
American History Hit

Elections Explained: How FDR Won Four Times

2024-10-21 • 38min
American History Hit

The Battle of Bull Run

2024-10-17 • 30min
American History Hit

Elections Explained: A History of Voting

2024-10-14 • 46min
American History Hit

Outlaws: John Dillinger | Public Enemy Number One

2024-10-10 • 38min
American History Hit

Who Was Christopher Columbus?

2024-10-07 • 46min
American History Hit

Outlaws: Bonnie & Clyde

2024-10-03 • 39min
American History Hit

Woodrow Wilson & The End of WW1: The League of Nations

2024-09-30 • 46min
American History Hit

Outlaws: Jesse James

2024-09-26 • 43min
American History Hit

Guantanamo Bay Detention Center: A History From The Inside

2024-09-23 • 1h 2min
American History Hit

Outlaws: New York's Criminal Mastermind

2024-09-19 • 34min
American History Hit

How The World Sees The US: The Art of Diplomacy

2024-09-16 • 37min
American History Hit

McCarthy & the Second Red Scare

2024-09-12 • 51min
American History Hit

Japanese in America: Railroads, Internment Camps & Little Tokyo

2024-09-08 • 50min
American History Hit

President Woodrow Wilson: Progressive? Warmonger? Overrated?

2024-09-05 • 39min
American History Hit

British Brides for American Tobacco: A Tudor Trade

2024-09-02 • 34min
American History Hit

Who Was The Richest President?

2024-08-29 • 38min
American History Hit

Eisenhower: D-Day and the Birth of the American Superpower

2024-08-26 • 39min
American History Hit

President William Howard Taft: The Reluctant Politician?

2024-08-22 • 48min
American History Hit

Lafayette: The Marquis and the American Revolution

2024-08-19 • 26min
American History Hit

Kamala Harris: An Unprecedented Candidacy?

2024-08-15 • 28min
American History Hit

American History Hit: 200 Episodes On

2024-08-15 • 7min
American History Hit

President Theodore Roosevelt

2024-08-12 • 41min
American History Hit

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

2024-08-08 • 45min