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History's Living Voices: The Past, Told by Those Who Lived It

Podcast by HLV

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Technology & science

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About History's Living Voices: The Past, Told by Those Who Lived It

History's Living Voices is the ultimate, immersive history podcast that delivers firsthand, first-person historical accounts direct from the source. In every episode, we cut out the middleman and go straight to the primary documents: personal diaries, battlefield maps with handwritten orders, private letters, and last-will-and-testaments. Through these authentic, unfiltered voices, discover the true human behind the legend. Imagine a seasoned medieval knight storyteller, having just removed his helmet, guiding you through the troop positions in an ancient manuscript, his words grounded in actual historical records—like a weathered document sealed with a critical year, such as '1776'. From the front lines of global wars to the breakthroughs of visionaries, hear exactly what it felt like to be in the room where it happened. Perfect for fans of documentary storytelling and historical deep-dives who crave authenticity. If you want to know what it truly felt like to live through the moments that forged modernity, this is your journey. Hit follow to listen to the people who wrote the real story of humanity.

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97 episodes

episode Native American Perspective on First Contact with Europeans // As recounted to Jon Heckewelder (1770s) artwork

Native American Perspective on First Contact with Europeans // As recounted to Jon Heckewelder (1770s)

Get your free trial of MagellanTV here: https://try.magellantv.com/voicesofthepast. It's an exclusive offer for our viewers: an extended, month-long trial, FREE. MagellanTV is a new kind of streaming service run by filmmakers with 2,000+ documentaries! Check out our personal recommendation and MagellanTV’s exclusive playlists: https://www.magellantv.com/explore/history -------------- Taken from 'History, manners, and customs of the Indian nations who once inhabited Pennsylvania and the neighboring states' by Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus, 1743-1823 If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! https://www.patreon.com/voicesofthepast — Don’t forget to subscribe to my brother's channel History Time, where he makes full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- Epidemic Sound Artlist.io We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Thanks to: By Nicholas - originally posted to Flickr as Glen, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9670810 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

17 Jul 2026 - 14 min
episode Japanese Diplomat to US Portrays Desperate Final Hours Before Pearl Harbor // Memoir of Saburo Kurusu artwork

Japanese Diplomat to US Portrays Desperate Final Hours Before Pearl Harbor // Memoir of Saburo Kurusu

Get your special offer for MagellanTV here: https://try.magellantv.com/voicesofthepast. It's an exclusive offer for our viewers! Start your free trial today. MagellanTV is a new kind of streaming service run by filmmakers with 3,000+ documentaries! Check out our personal recommendation and MagellanTV’s exclusive playlists: https://www.magellantv.com/explore/history -------------- Extracts taken from "The Desperate Diplomat: Saburo Kurusu's Memoir of the Weeks before Pearl Harbor" Edited by: J. Garry Clifford, Masako R. Okura University of Missouri Press, Nov 1, 2019 https://upress.missouri.edu/9780826222015/the-desperate-diplomat/ If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! https://www.patreon.com/voicesofthepast — Don’t forget to subscribe to my brother's channel History Time, where he makes full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- Epidemic Sound Artlist.io We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Big thanks to the Prelinger Archives and archive.org Image credits: Photo of Subaro's son by Geo47 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28993162 Tatami mats 内閣府, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons FDR Photograph: Leon A. Perskiedigitization: FDR Presidential Library & Museum, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Diet Building By Wiiii - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10972089 Plane By Marc Grossman - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15575787 Pearl Harbor By PH2 Thompson, USN - U.S. DefenseImagery photo VIRIN: DN-SC-87-04122, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9928598 Japanese Embassy by SimonP at the English language Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/, via Wikimedia Commons Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

17 Jul 2026 - 30 min
episode Muslim Eyewitness Portrays Brutality of Crusaders and Richard I (1187 - 1191) // Baha Ad-Din artwork

Muslim Eyewitness Portrays Brutality of Crusaders and Richard I (1187 - 1191) // Baha Ad-Din

Get your special offer for MagellanTV here: https://try.magellantv.com/voicesofthepast. It's an exclusive offer for our viewers! Start your free trial today. MagellanTV is a new kind of streaming service run by filmmakers with 3,000+ documentaries! Check out our personal recommendation and MagellanTV’s exclusive playlists: https://www.magellantv.com/explore/history -------------- Extracts from The Life of Saladin by Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad translated by Claude Reignier Conder (1897) Published by the Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund Soundtrack licensed from Epidemic Sound/Artlist. Footage from Videoblocks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

17 Jul 2026 - 26 min
episode Three Historical Accounts of the Dog-Headed Men // Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta and Sir John Mandeville artwork

Three Historical Accounts of the Dog-Headed Men // Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta and Sir John Mandeville

Somewhere in the distant seas past India, these three famous explorers from completely different backgrounds came across a race of men called the Cynocephaly: a remarkable people with the "heads of dogs". Though Sir John Mandeville's account (and very existence) is heavily questioned by historians, quite what brought the otherwise reliable Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta to corroborate the ancient legends of the Dog-Headed Men is less clear... If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! https://patreon.com/voicesofthepast — Don’t forget to subscribe to my brother's channel History Time, where he makes full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- - Epidemic Sound — Voice actor & editor:- David Kelly We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Thanks to: By Ismoon (talk) 09:02, 3 June 2018 (UTC) - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=69668010 Emil Grigoras-Artista Pintor / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) Jjw / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) Anne-Lise Heinrichs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

17 Jul 2026 - 8 min
episode Nostradamus' First 100 Predictions // 16th Century Primary Source artwork

Nostradamus' First 100 Predictions // 16th Century Primary Source

This is the first 'century' of 16th century seer Nostradamus' prophecies, unedited and without commentary. If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! https://patreon.com/voicesofthepast — Don’t forget to subscribe to my brother's channel History Time, where he makes full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- - Epidemic Sound — Voice actor & editor:- David Kelly We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Thanks to: By Samhanin - Own work, source: MUSÉES DE LA VILLE DE STRASBOURG, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=73906780 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

17 Jul 2026 - 29 min
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