25 Best Historical Fiction Podcasts

1. Lore

The award-winning podcast (also a TV show & book series) about dark historical tales. Each episode explores the mysterious creatures, tragic events, and unusual places that fill the pages of history. Because sometimes the truth is more frightening than fiction.
Podcast lorepodcast.com
Host Aaron Mahnke
Producer/Network Aaron Mahnke
Email ****@lorepodcast.com
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Facebook Followers 78.2KTwitter Followers 67KInstagram Followers 86.3K Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 31 min Listen on Apple Spotify Video Podcast YouTube
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2. Aspects of History

Aspects of History is a magazine and website dedicated to the history and historical fiction. In each episode, our editor, Oliver Webb-Carter, will interview historians and novelists about great moments of history.
Podcast cms.megaphone.fm
Producer/Network Oliver Webb-Carter
Email ****@aspectsofhistory.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 266Twitter Followers 6.2KInstagram Followers 921 Frequency 2 episodes/week Avg Length 56 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

3. Christian Historical Fiction Talk

Reviews, author interviews, and discussion about the best in Christian historical fiction.
Podcast liztolsma.com
Producer/Network Liz Tolsma
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Twitter Followers 2.6KInstagram Followers 1.9K Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 33 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

4. Historical Happy Hour

Jane Healey hosts authors of upcoming historical fiction. One of my favorite things as a writer is to talk to other writers. That's why I am so excited to launch this new webinar series H3 - Historical Happy Hour. Each month, I will interview a historical fiction author with a brand new book coming out. We'll talk all about their latest novel but also discuss their writing process and research, and their life beyond being an author. Please join us!
Podcast feeds.buzzsprout.com
Producer/Network Jane Healey
Email ****@janehealey.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Twitter Followers 3.7KInstagram Followers 3.5K Frequency 2 episodes/week Avg Length 43 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

5. New Books in Historical Fiction

Interview with Writers of Historical Fiction about their New Books and previous book summaries.
Podcast newbooksnetwork.com
Producer/Network Marshall Poe
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 3.4 / 5Facebook Followers 7.3KTwitter Followers 17.5K Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 47 min Since Mar 2012 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

6. History N' Games

A podcast where host Meghan Sullivan plays historical fiction games and talks about the REAL history behind the game.
Podcast buzzsprout.com
Producer/Network Meghan Sullivan
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Twitter Followers 15.9K Frequency 1 episode/quarter Avg Length 26 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

7. Historical Bookworm

The Historical Bookworm Podcast is for lovers of history and fans of Inspirational Historical Fiction. It's a unique interview show with a historical spin!
Podcast historicalbookworm.com
Producer/Network KyLee Woodley and Darcy
Email ****@historicalbookworm.com
Apple Rating 4.4 / 5Facebook Followers 480Twitter Followers 15Instagram Followers 497 Frequency 2 episodes/month Avg Length 27 min Since Feb 2021 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

8. History Through Fiction

History Through Fiction founder and editor Colin Mustful talks with historical novelists about their craft of weaving history and fiction to create engaging, historically detailed stories.
Podcast historythroughfiction.com
Host Colin Mustful
Producer/Network History Through Fiction
Email ****@colinmustful.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 522Twitter Followers 1.7KInstagram Followers 1.6K Frequency 1 episode/day Avg Length 31 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

9. English History Fact and Fiction

This podcast is a linear telling of English History through the lives of each of their Monarchs. For lovers of historical fiction, it will fill in the gaps left by authors as well as explore the historical accuracy of those novels.
Podcast englishhistoryfactandfiction.com
Producer/Network Dick Newman
Email ****@bigpond.com
Apple Rating 3.7 / 5Facebook Followers 285 Frequency 3 episodes/month Avg Length 60 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

10. Time Traveler's Digest

Time Traveler Digest is a speculative fiction podcast and novel that explores time travel through an Afrocentric lens. Experience how stories break traditional storytelling boundaries as we journey through different time periods, from ancient civilizations to the future. Within this collection lies a fresh chapter in an illustrious literary legacy, beckoning readers to embark on a mesmerizing odyssey through time and space that pays homage to bygone eras while envisioning a future shaped by the indomitable human spirit.
Podcast timetravelersdigest.com
Host Amara Eden
Producer/Network Time Traveler's Digest
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 54Twitter Followers 41Instagram Followers 113 Frequency 2 episodes/quarter Avg Length 11 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

11. Imagining The Past

The Imagining the Past podcast series features authors appearing at the Historical Novel Society Australasia biennial conferences or who have been recognized in our $100,000 ARA Historical Novel Prize. Our hosts, Kelly Gardiner, and Greg Johnston discuss researching, writing, and publishing historical fiction with acclaimed writers of the genre in its many forms from crime to fantasy to literary fiction, set in eras stretching from ancient time.
Podcast audioboom.com
Producer/Network Imagining The Past
Email ****@hnsa.org.au
Facebook Followers 1.1KTwitter Followers 1.1KInstagram Followers 947 Frequency 3 episodes/quarter Avg Length 55 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

12. The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast

A show about queer women in history and historic literature, plus coverage of the field of sapphic historical fiction.
Podcast lesbianhistoricmotif.podbean.com
Producer/Network Heather Rose Jones
Email ****@me.com
Facebook Followers 184Twitter Followers 465 Frequency 3 episodes/month Avg Length 27 min Since Sep 2020 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

13. Sherlock Holmes Is Real

A fictional docudrama about a supposed conspiracy to turn Sherlock Holmes from a historical figure to a fictional character over the last hundred years by a person or persons unknown.
Podcast sherlockholmesisreal.libsyn.com
Producer/Network Baker Street Digressions
Email ****@gmail.com
Facebook Followers 127 Frequency 1 episode/month Avg Length 44 min Since Oct 2017 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

14. Ruth is Stranger Than Fiction

Historical tales of mystery and horror from the East of England, accompanied by copious amounts of booze and silly chat.
Podcast ruthisstranger.co.uk
Producer/Network Ruth McPhee
Email ****@hotmail.com
Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 43 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

15. Voluminous

In addition to his famous classics of horror and science fiction, H.P. Lovecraft wrote tens of thousands of fascinating letters. In each episode, Sean Branney and Andrew Leman of the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society read one of those letters and then discuss it.
Podcast hplhs.org
Producer/Network HPLHS Inc.
Email ****@cthulhulives.org
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Facebook Followers 51.8KTwitter Followers 2.5KInstagram Followers 4.9K Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

16. SNAFU

It's March 1944 and the world is still at war. The United States is in a vicious battle to win air superiority in the skies over Europe. How are they both supposed to look their men in the eye and motivate them to keep fighting when they and their crew know that their job is not only suicidal but their impact on the war is and will be at best, questionable? Starting in July 2021, SNAFU, a historical fiction podcast will begin to tell the story of a group of men, as their families never knew them.
Podcast feeds.buzzsprout.com
Producer/Network Canto34 Studios
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

17. Unmei: The Following Path

Audio Manga When the daimyo falls ill the young heir discovers the true burden of the throne when he's forced to decide between his duty and his friendships. This audio manga is a historical fiction set in the Sengoku Jidai era of Japan. Keywords historical fiction.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Producer/Network JLee
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

18. It's Just Historical

A podcast dedicated to the joys of reading and writing historical fiction.
Podcast buzzsprout.com
Producer/Network Susanne Dunlap,
Email ****@susanne-dunlap.com
Apple Rating 4.3 / 5Facebook Followers 1.5KInstagram Followers 1.4K Since Jul 2020 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

19. UnderStudies

Bringing historical figures and fictional characters from the sidelines to the spotlight.
Podcast understudiescast.wordpress.com
Producer/Network Cady Ramlow
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Twitter Followers 273 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

20. AfroReads Podcast

Celebrating African literature by discussing Historical fictional books written about Africa by African authors.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Producer/Network AfroReads Podcast
Email ****@gmail.com
Twitter Followers 62 Frequency 2 episodes/year Avg Length 68 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

21. Lyfe Plot Podcast

A podcast using fictional history to tell the tale of black cultures past and present and to spark the imagination to design a limitless future for all through historical fiction.
Podcast iamjacquidiggs.com
Producer/Network Jacqui Diggs
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 33Instagram Followers 68 Frequency 1 episode/year Avg Length 13 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

22. Historical Fiction

Explore the pull of the past with authors of historical fiction. 
Podcast alisontreat.com
Producer/Network Alison Treat
Email ****@alisontreat.com
Facebook Followers 764Twitter Followers 408Instagram Followers 1.4K Frequency 25 episodes/year Avg Length 34 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact