I am a history nerd but I realized I have built myself a sort-of western/Eurocentric bubble. Any recommendations for podcasts about history beyond the USA and Europe? Or any history podcasts really.

    • TillieNeuen [she/her]
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      4 years ago

      I second Radio War Nerd. They make an effort to cover stuff from around the world. In particular, there's a guest host who has done several episodes on China that are very good.

      • Straight_Depth [they/them]
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        4 years ago

        Good ol Carl Zha. He does his own podcast regarding China and Asia called Silk and Steel. I've not listened to it myself, however.

        • TillieNeuen [she/her]
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          4 years ago

          Oh cool, I didn't know that. I'll have to add it to the list. Thanks!

        • Multihedra [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          He did a couple on the US-China trade war that were downright fascinating. I haven’t listened to too many others

  • post_trains [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Trevor Cully’s History of Persia and Chris Stewart’s History of China are pretty good. If you don’t mind a little more eurocentrism, Talking History: The Italian Unification covers a a very complicated and seldom-examined period.

  • D61 [any]
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    4 years ago

    If military history is something you can stomach, Dan Carlin's Hardcore History. There's like one or two a year and they are like 6+ hours long. He tends to talk about empires and stuff.

    Currently he's working on what is titled "Supernova in the East". It starts with Japan around the mid/late 1800's and is not deep into WWII. Its brutal.

  • glimmer_twin [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Frontier War Stories, it’s about indigenous resistance to the invasion of Australia

  • evilgiraffemonkey [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    This is a history podcast specifically designed to counter western ethnocentrist history. Radio War Nerd is rgeat too