American History Hit
Hosted by Don · History Hit
4.4from 2,627 ratings
- 438
- Episodes
- 299
- Transcribed
- 2,627
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
About American History Hit
Join Don Wildman twice a week for your hit of American history, as he explores the past to help us understand the United States of today. We’ll hear how codebreakers uncovered secret Japanese plans for the Battle of Midway, visit Chief Powhatan as he prepares for war with the British, see Walt Disney accuse his former colleagues of being communists, and uncover the dark history that lies beneath Central Park. From pre-colonial America to independence, slavery to civil rights, the gold rush to the space race, join Don as he speaks to leading experts to delve into America’s past. New episodes every Monday and Thursday. Brought to you by History Hit, the award-winning podcast network and world’s best history channel on demand, featuring shows like Dan Snow’s History Hit, Not Just The Tudors and Betwixt the Sheets. History Hit is part of Little Dot Studios, a Certified B Corp™ Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe (https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
- Publisher
- History Hit
- Category
- history
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 23 Aug 2022
- Latest episode
- 5 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
299 of 438 episodes have a transcript.
5 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Crossing the Delaware: George Washington’s Greatest Victory
2 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Rise & Fall of the Aztec Empire
29 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
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Crossing the Delaware: George Washington’s Greatest Victory
Published 5 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Uh, And this is something that's going to be driving Washington absolutely off the wall. And throughout the entirety of the war, he's going to be saying, look, we need long enlistment periods, five years, two to five years, or to the end of the war. I can't be having to reinvent the army every year. […]
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- Jonathan Bratten
- Camilla Townsend
- Lynne McNeill
- Mikki Brock
- Kent Blansett
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.3 / 5
- 1,659 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.6 / 5
- 968 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 62 / 100
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- 85
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 99
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Don host the show. Published by History Hit.
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