25 Best Comedy History Podcasts

1. The Alarmist

Who is to blame for history's greatest tragedies? The Plague. The sinking of The Titanic. The break-up of the Beatles. Writer/Comedian Rebecca Delgado-Smith, along with a special guest, scrutinizes history's greatest disasters to figure out what went wrong, and most importantly, who's to blame. This comedy podcast is the perfect remedy to our everyday anxiety! They say history repeats itself, not on The Alarmist's watch!
Podcast shows.acast.com
Host Rebecca DelgadoSmith
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.4 / 5Facebook Followers 728Twitter Followers 804Instagram Followers 2.5K Frequency 2 episodes / week Avg Length 47 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact Get Influential Podcasters ContactsGet access to 100k active Podcasters, Influencers in 1500 niche categories.Get targeted media contact list in your niche at your fingertips so you can focus on running your campaign.Email us the categories of Podcasters you want to reach out for your marketing campaign at anuj@feedspot.com Copy email. We'll share active Podcasters list with verified email contacts in an Excel or CSV format.Email us

2. Vulgar History

A feminist women's history comedy podcast about the scandalicious stories of people from olden times. Hosted by Ann Foster.
Podcast vulgarhistory.com
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Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Twitter Followers 1.8KInstagram Followers 8.4K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 79 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

3. History Is Dank

Strider Wilson hosts a podcast delving into history through the perspective of a mature erudite bro. He was one unit away from a history minor at U.C. San Diego, but he doesn't let that stop him from examining what it would have been like to be a bro posted up on Bunker Hill or uncovering the most chill aspect of surrealist art is. Buckle up because Strider will not only venture into humanity's shared past. He will venture within himself.
Podcast allthingscomedy.com
Producer/Network All Things Comedy
Email ****@allthingscomedy.com
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Twitter Followers 111.6KInstagram Followers 57.9K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 43 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

4. Let Them Fight

Join comedians Jacob Trimmer and Tim Groeschel in a mashup of true crime, history, and comedy as they swap stories and make jokes about people throughout time who have lived interesting and violent lives. Get your dose of grindhouse history every Tuesday and Thursday, because everyone likes violence as long as it's happening to someone else.
Podcast letthemfightpod.libsyn.com
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Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Twitter Followers 200 Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 93 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

5. Why Are You Laughing?

Breaking down the history of comedy and stand-up, one career, special, controversy, and storyline at a time. Hosted by Blind Mike Project.
Podcast redcircle.com
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Apple Rating 4.9 / 5 Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 73 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

6. No One Is Competent

No One Is Competent is the new premier comedy history podcast that is aiming to convince you that everyone who runs the world - the CEOs, the politicians, the generals, the kings - is incompetent, and none of them have ever been any good at their jobs. Every other week we will bring you a hilarious and stunning episode exposing the weakness of everyone who has been called powerful. It'll be great - we promise.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Twitter Followers 13 Frequency 1 episode / month Avg Length 92 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

7. The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds

Comedians Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds pick a subject from history and examine it. Hosted by The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds.
Podcast omny.fm
Email ****@allthingscomedy.com
Facebook Followers 43.4KTwitter Followers 61.7KInstagram Followers 59.7K Frequency 2 episodes / week Avg Length 75 min Listen on YouTube Play Get Email Contact

8. L.A. Meekly

L.A. Meekly is a monthly comedy podcast about Los Angeles history put out by comedians Greg Gonzalez and Daniel Zafran that battles the idea that LA has no history by delving in the weird, unbelievable and, occasionally, haunted details from the past of their native city.
Podcast lameekly.libsyn.com
Hosts Daniel Zafran, Greg Gonzalez
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Facebook Followers 294Twitter Followers 580Instagram Followers 2.8K Frequency 1 episode / month Avg Length 93 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

9. DB Comedy Presents THE ELECTABLES

Live From Chicago, a Comedy/History Podcast about the American Presidents - for people who can't afford HAMILTON. Hosted by DB Comedy.
Podcast db-comedy-presents-the-electables.simplecast.com
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Apple Rating 5 / 5 Frequency 1 episode / quarter Avg Length 78 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

10. Shared History

A history and comedy podcast about the overlooked and underrepresented people and events from ancient to modern history. Join comedians Cass and Natalie for an educational, entertaining and sometimes irreverent romp through history as they share the tales your textbooks glossed over, whitewashed, man-washed...or left out completely.
Podcast broadsheetradio.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Twitter Followers 198Instagram Followers 985 Frequency 1 episode / month Avg Length 66 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

11. The Rouxde Cooking School Podcast

Rouxde (pronounced Rude) Cooking School is a food history and cooking comedy podcast. John and Jeni talk about food history or interview a guest in the food industry. It's funny, relaxing and informative.
Podcast rouxde.com
Host John Houser III
Email ****@hotmail.com
Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 61 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

12. History for You with Douglas and Hugh

Well done, brave adventurer! You have uncovered History For You with Douglas and Hugh - a brand new comedy podcast about history. For you.Join two potentially award-winning historians Douglas Wrattle and Hugh Canard as they take you on a fascinating deep dive into the fascinating annals of fascinating world history.Subjects include King Arthur, Boudicca, 1066, The Great Fire of London, Pirates, Ghosts, King Henry VIII, Jack the Ripper, Highwaymen and more!This comedy series is written and performed by Adrian Mackinder and James Devonshire, with music by Mike Jones
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
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Twitter Followers 38 Frequency 2 episodes / month Avg Length 35 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

13. What's That From?

Geoff Garlock and Nate Smith, two comedy professionals with more credentials than some, but less credentials than most, catalog the history of comedy from the last forty years... as they remember it.
Podcast heywhatsthatfrom.buzzsprout.com
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Apple Rating 4.9 / 5 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

14. One If By Land Two if By T

One If By Land Two If By T is a comedy podcast that takes a look back through history as a real-life history teacher attempts to teach his art school friend things he should have been taught in school.
Podcast spreaker.com
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Apple Rating 5 / 5 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

15. Hard Fried History

Co-hosts Henry Price and Joshua Stokes tackle the ins and outs of an eclectic assortment of historical figures, ranging from pious nuns to vicious pirates, from celebrated musicians to eccentric dictators. Combing through the tragedies and triumphs that occur over the subject's lifetime, they dispense unique and insightful information while also poking fun at the utter insanity that surrounds the real lives of various notable persons, events, and myths, all in around an hour.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
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Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Facebook Followers 1K Since Oct 2019 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

16. That Was Genius

A comedy history podcast looking at the forgotten side of the past. The jokes are silly, the accents are terrible, and the history will amaze you.
Podcast thatwasgenius.podbean.com
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Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Twitter Followers 306Instagram Followers 373 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

17. The Year Is

A new comedy podcast from comedians Bobby Mair and Red RichardsonIn every episode we travel back to a different year in history and talk about the weirdest, most interesting, and sometimes horrifying events that year.New Eps every Wednesday.
Podcast shows.acast.com
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Apple Rating 5 / 5Twitter Followers 403Instagram Followers 1.1K Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

18. Are You A Good Bitch or A Bad Bitch

A Comedy History Podcast featuring two women telling the stories of two great Women throughout history each week. Highlighting one famous and one infamous women and their impact on the world.
Podcast gbbbpodcast.buzzsprout.com
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Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Instagram Followers 129 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

19. The Comedy Room

Talking about British sitcoms and the people behind them. We discuss actors, writers and everything in between. Each episode will have a year in sitcom history where we talk about shows making their debut that year. Join Andy and Verso for discussions about the shows you love, some forgotten gems and a few shows best forgotten
Podcast comedyroom.buzzsprout.com
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Apple Rating 5 / 5Twitter Followers 134 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

20. Rome Wasn't Burnt in a Day

A history podcast that takes a new look at some of the most memorable and least well-known events in history through the lens of comedy and modern day analogies.
Podcast joshvankooten.com
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Apple Rating 5 / 5Twitter Followers 63Instagram Followers 72 Frequency 2 episodes / year Avg Length 52 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

21. Dead British

Dead British is an improvised comedy podcast. It's the improv history interview show where anything could happen. And unlike history, this show has no script! Supported by the Audio Content Fund.
Podcast shows.acast.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

22. Random History

Exploring various topics of history and government with a feeble attempt at humor. Don't worry I lack the storytelling ability of a Dan Carlin, the commitment to a fast pace and consistent release schedule of a Mike Duncan. Nor do I have the calm and reassuring voice of a Robin Pierson. What I do have is some spare time and boredom and want to talk about random things in history.
Podcast randomhistorypodcast.com
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Apple Rating 5 / 5 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

23. Socially Awkward History

Welcome to Socially Awkward History from History Hustle! This is the podcast that puts the awks into Anglo-Saxon and the cringe into cavalier! Every episode, founder of History Hustle Joe Gillard, is armed with some 'socially awkward facts' to dissect and discuss with a comedian guest and see whether they still ring true in modern day life. It's the perfect show for fans of history as well as lovers of obscure and often silly facts!
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