Recommended online history documentaries, audiobooks and podcasts

gaiscioch

Would anybody have recommendations for history documentaries online? Some of my old dvd documentaries which are superb include The Nazis: a warning from history (BBC, 1997), and Stalingrad (2005), which interviewed people who fought in it. However, with the demise of dvds and blu-ray it's much easier to have good online sources for documentaries, etc.

Manach

On youtube the following are ones I follow:

Mark Felton Productions : Mostly WW2 related material - https://www.youtube.com/@MarkFeltonProductions

Indy Neidell's World War Two - https://www.youtube.com/@WorldWarTwo

donaghs

If you have free-to-air satellite channels, "PBS America" has good history documentaries.

Sometimes you can find them on youtube. Apart from random finds, I never came across a specific youtube channel that I thought worth watching all their content.

silliussoddius

I started listening to The Rest is History podcast. Enjoying it so far.

donaghs

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121881927#Comment_121881927

Yeh, that’s a good one. Good mix, Tom Holland mostly ancient history, and Dominic Sandbrook mostly modern/contemporary. But they both cover a range of different topics and eras together on it.

Manach

For those interested in the Irish Medieval period: https://maynoothuniversity.ie/early-irish-sean-ghaeilge/medieval-irish-history-podcast

LimeFruitGum

I like The Cold War Conversations podcast and Radio GDR, although Radio GDR doesn't stick to a regular, frequent posting schedule. I'll also flick through the BBC Sounds app as well.