Explaining History
by Nick Shepley
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Estimated from 6 chart positions in 6 markets.
By chart position
- 🇮🇳IN · History#8610K to 30K
- 🇷🇴RO · History#2710K to 30K
- 🇳🇿NZ · History#104500 to 3K
- 🇭🇰HK · History#123500 to 3K
- 🇬🇷GR · History#146500 to 3K
- Per-Episode Audience
Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
6.6K to 22K🎙 Daily cadence·925 episodes·Last published 1mo ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
22K to 72K🇮🇳42%🇷🇴42%🇳🇿4%+3 more - Active Followers
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6.6K to 22K
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Between Two Empires – The Arab Revolts Against the Ottomans in Mesopotamia
Jul 15, 2026
30m 43s
Russia's post communist shock therapy 1991-3
Jul 8, 2026
49m 24s
War and Empire in the 20th Century
Jul 6, 2026
32m 33s
Mamdani, Corbyn and the War Within the Centre-Left
Jul 1, 2026
33m 28s
Quebec's secret biological warfare history
Jun 25, 2026
33m 38s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7/15/26 | Arab RevoltsOttoman Empire+4 | — | Ottoman EmpireBritish+1 | MesopotamiaNajaf+3 | Arab RevoltsOttoman Empire+7 | — | 30m 43s | ||
| 7/8/26 | post-communismshock therapy+4 | — | Bolshevismshock therapy+1 | RussiaSoviet Union | Russiashock therapy+6 | — | 49m 24s | ||
| 7/6/26 | imperialismSecond World War+5 | — | Blood and Ruins | GermanyItaly+6 | imperialismSecond World War+8 | — | 32m 33s | ||
| 7/1/26 | British Labour PartyJeremy Corbyn+4 | — | British Labour PartyDemocrat establishment+3 | — | Labour PartyCorbyn+5 | — | 33m 28s | ||
| 6/25/26 | biological warfareWorld War II+4 | Mireille Gagné | Horsefly | QuébecGrosse Île+4 | biological warfareGrosse Île+6 | — | 33m 38s | ||
| 6/18/26 | far-right violenceNorthern Ireland+4 | Heidi Birick | Global Project Against Hate and Extremism | Northern IrelandUK+1 | far-rightNorthern Ireland+6 | — | 39m 39s | ||
| 6/17/26 | fascismItalian resistance+4 | Filippo Iannarone | Locanda Toscanini | — | Toscaninifascism+5 | — | 43m 11s | ||
| 6/10/26 | militarismmasculinity+4 | Jasper Craven | God Forgives, Brothers Don’t: Inside the Violent, Hypermasculine World of America’s Military Schools | PhiladelphiaWest Point | militarismmasculinity+5 | — | 43m 02s | ||
| 6/3/26 | Ottoman EmpireSuez Canal+3 | — | Ottoman Empire | EgyptBritain+6 | Ottoman EmpireSuez Canal+3 | — | 29m 57s | ||
| 5/28/26 | intercountry adoptionKorean War+4 | Paige Towers | Explaining History PodcastWhat They Stole | Iowa | adoptionKorea+8 | — | 34m 35s | ||
| 5/20/26 | Scottish historynationalism+3 | Murray Pittock | The Shortest History of Scotland | ScotlandEngland+6 | Scotlandnationalism+5 | — | 34m 30s | ||
| 5/19/26 | nationalist politicsdiplomacy+4 | Murray Pittock | The Shortest History of Scotland | ChinaScotland+4 | TrumpNixon+8 | — | 30m 39s | ||
| 5/13/26 | espionageWorld War II+4 | Piers Blofeld | NKVDMI5+2 | — | Anthony BluntCambridge Spy Ring+7 | — | 40m 09s | ||
| 5/11/26 | neoconservatismforeign policy+4 | — | Project for a New American CenturyThe Atlantic | IranStraits of Hormuz+4 | neoconservativesIran+6 | — | 26m 12s | ||
| 5/9/26 | 20th century historycapitalism vs communism+4 | — | Red ArmySoviet Union+3 | — | HobsbawmAge of Extremes+6 | — | 29m 52s | ||
| 5/5/26 | Russian military historyjournalism+5 | — | Ruski InvalidVoyeny Sbornik+1 | RussiaCrimean War | Russian historymilitary press+7 | — | 31m 05s | ||
| 5/4/26 | austeritycultural politics+4 | — | Labour governmentBritain Alone+1 | — | austerityBritain+6 | — | 25m 28s | ||
| 4/29/26 | oil industryRussian history+4 | Douglas Brunt | Nobel Brothers Petroleum CompanyStandard Oil | RussiaBaku | Emmanuel Nobeloil magnate+5 | — | 38m 27s | ||
| 4/27/26 | political collapseBritish politics+4 | — | Conservative PartyLabour Party | Great BritainWales+1 | political earthquakeConservative Party+6 | — | 34m 34s | ||
| 4/16/26 | far-right extremismtransnational hate groups+4 | Wendy Via | Global Project Against Hate and ExtremismSouthern Poverty Law Center+1 | BritainUnited States+2 | far-righthate groups+5 | — | 40m 20s | ||
| 4/13/26 | American declineforeign policy+4 | — | New York Times | IranChina+4 | American declinegeopolitics+5 | — | 31m 06s | ||
| 4/10/26 | New World OrderGulf War+4 | — | United StatesSoviet Union+7 | — | New World OrderGeorge H.W. Bush+7 | — | 27m 23s | ||
| 4/7/26 | economic reformsDeng Xiaoping+4 | — | A Brief History of Neoliberalism | China | ChinaDeng Xiaoping+6 | — | 29m 16s | ||
| 4/6/26 | capitalismdemocracy+4 | — | Western worldcommunism+1 | — | capitalismdemocracy+5 | — | 30m 37s | ||
| 4/3/26 | NATOUS foreign policy+4 | — | NATOChina+1 | BritainRussia+2 | NATO collapseUS withdrawal+6 | — | 27m 58s |
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Chart history for Explaining History
Peaked at #27 in RO, currently #27 in RO.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RO | — | #27 | #27 | — |
| India | — | #86 | #86 | — |
| New Zealand | — | #104 | #104 | — |
| HK | — | #123 | #123 | — |
| GR | — | #146 | #146 | — |
| CH | — | #155 | #155 | — |
Chart Positions
6 placements across 6 markets.
Chart Positions
6 placements across 6 markets.