How is history woke?! It’s history! You don’t get to rewrite history, because it hurts your feelings. Also, if you don’t like the ads, pay the 2.99 to get it ad free. I don’t understand the entitlement, or ignorance of some of people leaving reviews.

My favorite history podcast! Always my go to for a long drive, however… information is definitely biased at times.

I have listened to this podcast religiously since it came out. Always enjoyed it until recently. I understand you need to put ads for a free podcast, but not every 15 minutes.

This podcast is so well done that I listen to most episodes multiple times. The podcaster has a great voice and his interviews are always on point with great content. I listen to about a dozen history podcasts and this is by far the best.

This is one of my favorite podcasts now! I love the broad range of topics, the experts weighing in, the story telling, and hints of theatrics to add to the ambiance. Thank you for this! My history nerd heart is so happy

I can’t think of a podcast that strikes as many wonderful notes as this one does nearly every episode. From the topics, research, narration, production, guest interviews… it goes on. I cherish this show for long drives and slow afternoons.

When claiming U.S. troops kill 100 of their superior officers maybe cite actual cases and proof in your “short history”.

Excellent choices to titillate our curiosity about all manner of historic events — and the voice is deep and lovely.

Spare yourself. This podcast is a mouthpiece for US Imperialism & nationalism.

Why am I listening to an anti-American and pro North Korean account of the Korean War?

I want to stop paying for commercial free episodes & cannot find a way to stop this service. How do you find the place to op out??

Outstanding narrative non-fiction podcast. The host’s voice is soothing and there are no jarring ads. I always learn something even about subjects I thought I knew.

It went woke

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Superb info and insight, beautiful presentation.

Very cool

Started off strong. Going woke. Too much focus now on liberal figures in history instead of all history. Please get back to basics without an agenda.

Good history information up until the end and then talks about how the white man stole the land from natives; then some woke feminist came in to propagate her racism.

Excellent content, outstanding narration. Enriching and entertaining.

Mediocre at best. Can’t seem to stop tripping over their own feet with the woke stuff. Real dictators is much better.

I can’t tell you how much I enjoy this podcast. I don’t know how you do it. The production value is spot on and I love the old and the new narrator. Both are amazing. I take away something from each and every podcast. Well done! If you don’t subscribe to this podcast, you are missing out on entertainment and knowledge.

I like this show and am a liberal, but even I find myself rolling my eyes recently at them horseshoeing modern 2024 sensibilities onto stories from the past. It often feels incredibly forced and like they’re trying to virtue signal at every opportunity. We get it.

I am absolutely loving this podcast. I’m learning so much. I mostly listen to history podcast and this is in my top 5. Thank you for all the hard work you put it!

This podcast is awesome. This is one of the only two podcasts that I can go to sleep too. John Hopkins is the best narrator in the whole wide world. If you like this podcast, you should probably listen to Real Dictators too Paul McGann, who is the narrator of that podcast sounds so much like this guy anyway this is the best podcast in the world

I listen to a lot of historical podcast, but THIS one really keeps your attention. Great stories, great presentation& great direction. Highly recommended!

Nospadosa!

There is no other history podcast that does it like “A Short History Of..”. Those of of us who love history…love the human story of the past. What was it like to be there? I want to be put in that place, that time, and feel what it was like to be at that point of history. This is the only podcast that does just that. Every week is a beautifully narrated story, that allows you to submerge yourself in a distant place and time. Wonderful.

The show makes no attempt to take an objective viewpoint and freely inserts opinion and asserts biased perspective as fact.

If you’re familiar with a topic the episodes can be very interesting but the ground level perspective is limiting and usually boring. The context provided is usually anecdotal and doesn’t enrich the story. The listener hears a lot about one person’s experience without any analysis of its interconnectedness with a broader history. Maybe the story editing could be done by a historian instead of drama/entertainment specialist? There are so many good history podcasts out there, this is not one of them

I love this series. I don’t subscribe to Noiser so I still get ads. I really like the narrator and I’ve been making my way through old episodes. Really enjoyed wright brothers, eleanor roosevelt, battle of the somme, and others. A lot of reviews say they inject modern politics or some “woke” agenda into the historical stories, but I haven’t come across any of that. Really appreciate the straightforward stories and not overly dramatized or sensational.

His voice is absolute velvety bliss, he could just read the phone book and it would sound incredible. Even better the stories are very well researched and accurate. Hands down this is my favorite podcast.

I have only recently discovered this podcast so I’ve only listened to the early ones (I understand it’s a different host now) but I’ve loved every episode so far! I find history fascinating but I’ve found it hard to find a podcast about history that I enjoyed. History is often messy, filled with so many different people, rulers, eras and dates that it can sometimes be hard to follow, and it’s also important to me that the material is well researched and updated with the latest findings and theories. The experts that are brought in provide invaluable insight into each topic but it is the narrative quality what standouts to me; it is so powerful it truly manages to transport you back in time and space. I’ve even gotten goosebumps a couple times! Well researched, wonderfully voiced and easy to follow without it feeling “dumbed” down. I’ve learnt something new in each episode and I’m so excited for all the episodes I’ve yet to listen to. Amazing work!

Absolutely first rate. Wish I could vote for her as POTUS. Wise, visionary leader we need today but is sorely lacking in both political parties.

April 12, 1945 died. May 8, 1945. VE Day

You can only listen to so many podcasts about true crime. If you’re burnt out on shows about serial killers and murder, this is the perfect antidote. The episodes are the perfect length (approx 1 hour each). In that hour, a story is told about an interesting part of history. They use historians, professors and others with great knowledge about their subject to help tell the story. And the narrators do an incredible job. At the end of each episode, you feel like you know just enough about that week’s subject to feel informed.

I am paying for Noiser Plus but I am getting ads in my feed and the join noiser plus nonsense. I love this podcast and I am a plus member but I get annoyed when the “experts” drag modern politics into the episodes. Any legitimate historical expert will reemphasis that you cannot judge the past with today’s standards, which is a huge cultural issue today.

It’s unfortunate to listen to a historical podcast with such blatant ideological leanings. Doesn’t take long to spot the virus’ trail in the podcast.

Not sure I can finish this one. Very PC/woke — of which so many of us are so wearily sick. Please SPARE US this. People love Noiser, and A Short History Of in particular. But we don’t follow you so that you can gratuitously ideologize us. PLEASE STOP!

“Short History of..” is still a worthwhile podcast but is on a downward trajectory. Earliest episodes like the Cuban Missile Crisis (when Paul McGann narrated) brought contributions from multiple varied experts, which gave the story something closer to a balanced consensus. The show seems to be running out of topical material. It seems that in an effort to continue the life of the podcast, an episode is produced and released based on a single book by a university professor, with that author serving as the lone “expert voice.” Additionally, multiple acknowledgements are made to insensitive and errant views held by participants of history. Modern politics and sensibilities make many appearances per episode. Humans are capable of ingenuity and error, kindness and much cruelty. “The past is a different country, sometimes a different planet.” Observe the story empathetically with the realization that you are peering into another world.

One of the best history podcasts, love the writing, content and John Hopkin’s wonderful voice and speaking style. He must be professionally trained, so Good! Would definitely recommend to anyone who’s a history head

I’ve learned so much about so many things listening to this immersive podcast. It often inspires me to learn more about the subjects. The narrator is so good at making you feel you’re there experiencing history yourself. I can’t get enough of it.

I think this may be my all-time favorite podcast, and I do listen to a lot of podcasts. The subjects are fascinating, the information is extremely well presented, the narrator is superb, production values are top notch, and the information is sound but never boring.

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I love this podcast. His voice is comforting but not boring. Also the topics are really interesting ! Would recommend to anyone who likes history! (Or even not) he describes things so well. It makes it actually super cool and interesting. Please do some more woman please. Maybe like Anna May Wong, Bessie Colman or Anna Essinger.

The narration and story telling is excellent. I would say that the show is accurate the most of the time. However, almost ANY chance the narrator or his guests get to insert their clearly biased and often woke opinions into the story they do so. I have listened to this show for a couple of months now and I tried to just ignore the holier than thou, virtue signaling, woke peddling authors and professors that insert their opinions (not facts) into the show constantly, but unfortunately I can’t do it anymore. Essentially, if your understanding of the history of mankind was based only on listening to this show, you would believe that almost all white people and Europeans from history are the scum of the Earth. You would believe that if only whites and Europeans never existed, the world would be a much better place. Alternatively, if your historical knowledge was only from this podcast you would believe that all black, brown, and native peoples of the other continents (especially Africa and the Americas) were all just frolicking along never engaging in any conflict, slavery, or anything naughty and then the big scary white man showed up and killed them all for no reason. You would also believe that most world religions, especially Christianity, are the cause of most of the world’s problems. If you only got your history from this show you would have no concept of the fact that slavery existed in almost every culture in history and that if it wasn’t for Africans kidnapping each other and selling each other into slavery, the institution would have probably died out before the cotton gin. You would also have no idea that the native peoples of north and South America were engaged in CONSTANT war and were killing each other centuries upon centuries, sometimes for reasons that my 2 year old would come up with. I could go on about the woke garbage that is at least sprinkled into most episodes but anyone we all know the truth. Just keep ignoring it to promote whatever ideology or worldview you hold to. Don’t step out in truth and risk getting cancelled. I get it. This review probably won’t even get published. In essence, I can sum up this show with a few words: WHITE PEOPLE BAD. EVERYONE ELSE GOOD.

The content is thorough, but not drawn out. The editing is great with input from experts. But what really clinches it for me is the superb narration by John Hopkins. I could listen to him read the dictionary.

This is one of the best history shows on any podcast that I have ever heard for sure!!!!

I agree with everyone else to get rid of the “experts”, they ruin the vibe, audio quality, and flow of the main host. This would be PERFECT without those experts sprinkled on it like a bad tasting spice - ruins the whole thing.

If you want some mid telling of history this is it. 3 stars at most.

Only comment is that the guests often have poor microphones/their voices are much louder than the hosts. Would be better if it was the host the whole time or if guests had better tech setups.