HISTORY This Week podcast back for fifth season
September 12, 2024
The HISTORY Channel marquee original podcast, HISTORY This Week, returns for a fact-filled fifth season on September 16th. Released weekly, each episode gives listeners insight into the people—both famous and unknown—whose decisions reshaped the world we live in today.
What secret meetings helped Richard Nixon win the 1968 presidential election? What is Pompeii still teaching us about the lives of ancient Romans? How did a bunch of untested comedians and writers turn Saturday nights into must-watch TV? HISTORY This Week will answer these questions and more, allowing listeners to rediscover the past in a whole new light.
HISTORY This Week is hosted by radio producer Sally Helm and is a production of Back Pocket Studios in partnership with the History Channel, Catch up on seasons 1-4 on all podcast platforms including Apple Podcasts, Audacy and Spotify.
“We are honoured to be bringing back the HISTORY This Week podcast for a remarkable 5th season. It’s been incredibly heartening to see the very first podcast we produced as a brand finding an audience of engaged and curious fans. With weekly episode drops, we aim to provide our listeners with real stories that connect our shared past history with our current world,” said Eli Lehrer, Executive Vice President and Head of Programming for The HISTORY Channel.
Back Pocket Studios’ Ben Dickstein and David Weissbourd shared, “With this new season of HISTORY This Week, we aim to honor what audiences have loved about the previous 180 episodes of the show, while introducing new formats, bonus content, and an even broader range of topics to further elevate an already outstanding series.”