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
Email ****@lorepodcast.com
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Facebook Followers 78.2KTwitter Followers 70.8KInstagram Followers 85.8K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 27 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube 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. 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
Email ****@janehealey.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Twitter Followers 3.7KInstagram Followers 3.6K Frequency 1 episode / month Avg Length 44 min Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

3. Christian Historical Fiction Talk

Reviews, author interviews, and discussion about the best in Christian historical fiction.
Podcast liztolsma.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Twitter Followers 2.5KInstagram Followers 2K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 32 min Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

4. 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
Email ****@aspectsofhistory.com
Facebook Followers 266Twitter Followers 4.4KInstagram Followers 949 Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 48 min Play Get Email Contact

5. 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
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Twitter Followers 16.7K Frequency 1 episode / quarter Avg Length 27 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

6. New Books in Historical Fiction

Interview with Writers of Historical Fiction about their New Books and previous book summaries.
Podcast newbooksnetwork.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 3.4 / 5Facebook Followers 7.3KTwitter Followers 11.6K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 36 min Since Mar 2012 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

7. 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
Email ****@historythroughfiction.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 522Twitter Followers 1KInstagram Followers 1.5K Frequency 10 episodes / quarter Avg Length 32 min Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

8. 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
Email ****@historicalbookworm.com
Apple Rating 4.4 / 5Facebook Followers 480Twitter Followers 15Instagram Followers 530 Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 26 min Since Feb 2021 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

9. 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
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 54Instagram Followers 110 Frequency 1 episode / day Avg Length 11 min Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

10. AfroReads Podcast

Celebrating African literature by discussing Historical fictional books written about Africa by African authors.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Twitter Followers 51 Frequency 1 episode / year Avg Length 68 min Listen on YouTube Play Get Email Contact

11. 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
Email ****@bigpond.com
Facebook Followers 285 Frequency 4 episodes / month Avg Length 61 min Play Get Email Contact

12. 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
Email ****@hnsa.org.au
Facebook Followers 1.1KTwitter Followers 1.2KInstagram Followers 985 Frequency 14 episodes / year Avg Length 54 min Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

13. 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
Email ****@me.com
Facebook Followers 184Twitter Followers 392 Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 26 min Since Sep 2020 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

14. Historical Fiction

Explore the pull of the past with authors of historical fiction. 
Podcast alisontreat.com
Email ****@alisontreat.com
Facebook Followers 764Twitter Followers 425Instagram Followers 1.4K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 34 min Play Get Email Contact

15. 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
Email ****@gmail.com
Facebook Followers 127 Frequency 1 episode / quarter Avg Length 47 min Since Oct 2017 Play Get Email Contact

16. 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
Email ****@hotmail.com
Frequency 6 episodes / quarter Avg Length 42 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

17. 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
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5 Frequency 3 episodes / year Avg Length 45 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

18. 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
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5 Frequency 2 episodes / year Avg Length 24 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

19. 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
Email ****@cthulhulives.org
Facebook Followers 51.8KTwitter Followers 1KInstagram Followers 4.9K Frequency 2 episodes / year Avg Length 94 min Listen on YouTube Play Get Email Contact

20. It's Just Historical

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

21. UnderStudies

Bringing historical figures and fictional characters from the sidelines to the spotlight.
Podcast understudiescast.wordpress.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Twitter Followers 187 Play Get Email Contact

22. 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
Email ****@gmail.com
Facebook Followers 33Instagram Followers 76 Frequency 1 episode / month Avg Length 13 min Listen on YouTube Play Get Email Contact