The Rest Is History

The world's most popular history podcast

The Rest Is History, produced by Goalhanger, is the world’s most popular history podcast, with over 20 million monthly downloads and views.

Hosted by historians Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook, the show dives deep into history’s most dramatic moments and fascinating figures - exploring the stories of great empires, epic battles, and world-changing events.

From the rise and fall of the Roman Empire to the French Revolution, the sinking of the Titanic, and the Norman Conquest of 1066, Tom and Dominic bring the past to life through gripping storytelling and expert analysis.

In 2025, it was announced as Apple Podcasts’ Global Show of the Year - the first time a non-US show had received the accolade.

Tom Holland

Tom Holland is an award-winning historian, translator and broadcaster. His most recent book, Pax, covers the heyday of the Roman Empire. He has translated Herodotus and Suetonius for Penguin Classics. He is co-presenter of the world’s most popular history podcast, The Rest is History, which in 2025 was Apple’s Podcast of the Year. He has written and presented several TV documentaries, on subjects ranging from the Islamic State to dinosaurs. He is a trustee of the British Library and the British Museum, an honorary fellow of Queens’ College, Cambridge, a lay canon of Salisbury Cathedral, the Bede Librarian at Durham Cathedral, and has been described in The Times as “a leading English cricketer.”

Dominic Sandbrook

Dominic Sandbrook was educated at Oxford, St Andrews and Cambridge, and was an academic before becoming a writer. He is best known for his histories of Britain since the 1950’s, most recently Who Dares Wins, as well as a series of history books for young readers, Adventures in Time. He has presented many documentaries on BBC Two and Radio 4, and is a columnist for The Times and book critic for The Sunday Times. A fellow of the Royal Historical Society, he is also a fervent Wolverhampton Wanderers fan.

“I am a helpless, devoted, pathetic fan. So is everyone I know. The Rest Is History takes the form of a series of witty, clever, informative conversations.”
– James Marriott, The Times

“I listen to The Rest Is History, but I think everybody listens to The Rest Is History. It’s so well done! It’s clean, it’s humble; these are not guys trying to talk about things they don’t know.”
– Rachel Maddow, in Vulture