25 Best Viking Age Podcasts

1. History Extra podcast

Bristol, England, UK
The HistoryExtra podcast brings you interviews with the world's best historians, on everything from the ancient world and the Middle Ages to the S...econd World War and the history behind current events. Produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine and BBC History Revealed, it offers fresh takes on history's most famous figures and events. Subscribe for the real stories behind your favourite historical films and TV shows, and compelling insights into lesser-known aspects of the past.more
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524.2K 359.7K 30.4K 5 episodes / week Avg Length 42 min
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2. ReCollections

Canada
ReCollections will take you on a journey, coast-to-coast-to-coast, from a Viking Age Norse settlement in Northern Newfoundland to a sacred Haida villa...ge site in Gwaii Haanas, where the rainforest meets the wild Pacific Ocean with many stops in between. Each episode explores new places and stories to help make sense of a complicated past.more
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364.7K 242.1K 595.6K 1 episode / quarter Avg Length 34 min
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3. The Medieval Podcast

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
All about the Middle Ages from Medievalists.net. Join Danièle Cybulskie and her guests as they talk about the medieval world, from Byzantium to the V...ikings.more
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271.8K 85.2K 1 episode / week Avg Length 40 min
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4. 'tis but a scratch: fact and fiction about the Middle Ages

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Talking about popular conceptions of the Middle Ages and their historical realities. Join Richard Abels to learn about Vikings, knights and chivalry, ...movies set in the Middle Ages, and much more about the medieval world.more
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272.1K 85.2K 3 episodes / quarter Avg Length 64 min
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5. The Viking Age Podcast: A Minnesota Vikings Podcast from FanSided

The Viking Age Podcast is here! Get the most informative and unique takes on all things Minnesota Vikings football from The Viking Age's Adam Patr...ick and Chris Schad. Join us twice weekly for the best Minnesota Vikings podcast out there.more
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21.4K 16.1K 2 episodes / week Avg Length 46 min
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6. History of the Germans

'A great many things keep happening, some good, some bad' (Gregory of Tours 539-594). From the Coronation of Henry the Fowler in 919 CE to German Reun...ification in 1990 in weekly chronological 20-30 min episodes.more
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15K 4.4K 160 1 episode / week Avg Length 35 min Jan 2021
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7. Nordic Mythology Podcast

Huddersfield, England, UK
In this podcast Dr Mathias Nordvig (Nordic Studies Professor at University Colorado Boulder) and Daniel Farrand (Co-owner of Horns of Odin) sit down a...nd discuss various topics from the Viking Age and Norse Mythology.more
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33K 282 49.6K 1 episode / day Avg Length 79 min Oct 2019
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8. Fortune's Wheel: A Podcast History of the Late Middle Ages

Fortune's Wheel is a narrative history podcast focusing on the Late Middle Ages, approximately the mid-900s to 1492. This largely overlooked time ...period would see the formation of modern national borders as well as tell the intricate story of land opening its eyes from the intellectual Dark Ages and into the most pivotal movements that will restructure the world we know today: the Age of Exploration, the Reformation, the Renaissance, and the Enlightenment.more
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68 2 3 episodes / month Avg Length 40 min Jun 2020
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9. A Flatpack History of Sweden

Stockholm, Stockholms lan, Sweden
A fun history podcast chronologically charting Swedish history in a light-hearted and conversational way. Each week we introduce a new step along our ...journey through the history of Sweden, from the Stone Age to the modern-day. Vikings included!more
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495 1.4K 1 episode / month Avg Length 50 min Jan 2020
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10. Shieldmaidens: Women of the Norse World

Shieldmaidens: Women of the Norse World is a monthly podcast that takes a deep dive into the lives of women in the Viking Age, exploring their roles, ...experiences, and contributions to Norse society. Hosted by fiction authors Johanna Wittenberg and K.S. Barton, each episode explores the fascinating stories of Norse women from historical accounts, sagas, and archaeology. From shieldmaidens and queens to farmers and priestesses, we'll uncover the varied and complex roles that women played in Norse culture.more
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1 episode / month Avg Length 52 min
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11. Meeting in the Middle Ages

Meeting in the Middle Ages is the Medieval Institute of Notre Dame's podcast. Our goal is to answer the questions 'What do medievalists do, and ho...w do they do it?' Episodes a new one each month are built around informal conversations between our hosts, Ben and Will, and medievalist scholars and graduate students. We discuss how they became medievalists, what led them to their current research, the resources they use, and how they use them.more
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19 6 episodes / year Avg Length 47 min
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12. This is History: A Dynasty to Die For

Power, greed, religion, and sex: historian Dan Jones brings the drama of medieval history to life through compelling stories, fascinating characters, ...and vivid scenes. 'A Dynasty to Die For' tells the story of the Plantagenets, one of the most powerful and dysfunctional families in European history. Their scandals, betrayals, and bloody politics shaped the world we live in today.more
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38.3K 2 episodes / month Avg Length 26 min
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13. Skal: A Viking Age Podcast

Skal a viking age podcast is a podcast that covers the viking age.
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658 157 1 episode / year Avg Length 24 min
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14. The Multicultural Middle Ages

The Multicultural Middle Ages is a podcast where medievalists from all professional and disciplinary tracks can come together to think and talk about ...the oft-unsung reality of the Middle Ages as a diverse historical and cultural period. We offer public-facing, open-access content directed at experts and non-experts alike to present updated, accurate, and culturally responsible accounts of the plurality of the medieval period.more
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1 episode / month Avg Length 45 min
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15. The Reeve's Tale: A Medieval Miscellany with Andrew Reeves

I love the Middle Ages. I'm a professor of medieval history, a part-time metalhead, and a former Marine, and I think the Middle Ages are awesome. ...Chances are, if you're here, then you think so too. Whatever brought you here maybe you're a fan of video games, novels, and role-playing games that hark back to medieval Europe, maybe you find medieval illuminations and stained glass to be heart-breakingly beautiful, or maybe you're just curious if you join me for a listen, I think you'll find that this stuff is amazing as well.more
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1 episode / quarter Avg Length 26 min
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16. Viking Story

'Viking Story' explores elements of the Viking world that I had to consider when writing my fictional Viking novel. For an overview of many Viking the...mes, from religion to law, from exploration of the New World to the history of the Viking homelands themselves, this podcast will look into the culture of the Vikings and answer any questions concerning who the Vikings actually were.more
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1 episode / quarter Avg Length 14 min
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17. Grand Dukes of the West: A History of Valois Burgundy

Dijon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France
The story of Valois Burgundy is one of the most exciting of the Late Middle Ages. The four Valois Dukes of Burgundy used political intrigue, calculate...d splendor, economic power, and good old-fashioned violence to forge a state out of the many Duchies and Counties between France and the Holy Roman Empire. During Burgundy's height its Dukes were seen by many as the equals of Kings and Emperors and their court was at the center of Western Europe's cultural and political development. And then it all fell apart.more
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1.1K 1 episode / week Avg Length 35 min
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18. Ask a Medievalist

Everything you always wanted to know about the Middle Ages, but were unable to ask.
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44 29 1 episode / month Avg Length 77 min
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19. Saga Ohio

This podcast is about the Saga skirmish miniatures game from Studio Tomahawk. It will focus on the games and gamers that play Saga in Ohio in the USA.... Saga is a gaming using 28mm miniatures featuring armies from the Viking Age (Vikings, Anglo-Danish, Norse-Gaels, Jomsvikings, Pagan Rus, Anglo-Saxons, Scots, Welsh, Irish, Last Romans, and Carolingians). It has also expanded to cover Age of Crusades (Crusaders, Saracens, Military Orders, Mutatawwi'a, The Spanish, The Moors, Teutonic Knights, Russian Princedoms, Baltic Pagans, Mongols, Later Byzantines and The Poles).more
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6 episodes / year Avg Length 77 min
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20. Vikings of the Pandemic

A Saga about an Orkney family over a thousand years from the Viking Age and Medieval Warming Period to a 21st-century Pandemic and Global Warming.
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21. Bow and Blade

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Medieval warfare with Kelly DeVries and Michael Livingston talking about battles, sieges, and military history in the Middle Ages.
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272.1K 85.2K 6K 3 episodes / year Avg Length 70 min
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22. Literature and History

California, US
This podcast is an introduction to Anglophone literature, from ancient times to the present, done by a Ph.D. with lots of books and musical instrument...s. A typical episode offers a summary of a work, or part of a work of literature, followed by some historical analysis. The episodes include original music, some comedy songs, and goofy jokes. You can listen to the shows in any order, although from time to time, episodes will make brief mention of previous or upcoming ones.more
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3.2K 2.7K Feb 2016
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23. Medieval Grad Podcast

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Talking about the future of medieval studies with current graduate students and early career researchers. Lucie Laumonier interviews about all aspects... of the Middle Ages.more
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272.1K 85.2K 6K 1 episode / year Avg Length 28 min
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24. Kvasir's Korner

Join members of Minnesota's own Viking Encampment as they discuss the history, culture, and significance of the Viking Age
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