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Tides of History
by Audible / Patrick Wyman
Today: #143 in History on our combined chart.
Today: #182 in History, Canada on our combined chart.
Today: #147 in History, Japan on our combined chart.
Today: #142 in History, Philippines on our combined chart.
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Ranking history · United States
Latest daily rankings: Oct 27. New rankings will appear after the next update.
Position on the History combined chart over the last 14 days. Toggle platforms to compare their positions. Lower rank numbers are better.
Episode releases
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| Date | Combined Rank | Apple Podcasts |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 27 | #143 | #137 |
| Oct 26 | #140 | #133 |
| Oct 25 | #155 | #148 |
| Oct 24 | #160 | #153 |
| Oct 23 | #191 | #184 |
| Oct 22 | #151 | #144 |
| Oct 21 | #149 | #142 |
| Oct 20 | #153 | #146 |
| Oct 19 | #156 | #149 |
| Oct 18 | #162 | #155 |
| Oct 17 | #163 | #156 |
| Oct 16 | #154 | #147 |
| Oct 15 | #142 | #136 |
| Oct 14 | #141 | #134 |
Latest episodes
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Listen Now— Over My Dead Body: Operation Sideswipe
October 26, 2026 · 7 minA Hollywood stuntwoman turned personal injury attorney. A handsome disbarred lawyer with a dark past. And an elaborate scheme that leads to murder.Vanessa Motta gives up a career of fake car crashes for real ones. But her law career in New…
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Listen Now: Audible True Crime – Ghost Story
October 13, 2026 · 9 minAudible True Crime is a dedicated podcast feed where we bring you the best podcasts in true crime, with episodes dropping every single week. Just in time for spooky season, we’re releasing a show called Ghost Story, a series about a…
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Listen Now: My Mom’s Murder
September 28, 2026 · 5 minLauren Malloy was a baby when her mother, Lori, was murdered in East Providence, Rhode Island. For thirty years, no one told her. Everyone said Lori died of natural causes. Then a stranger sent Lauren a message — and the lie collapsed. Now…
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The End
April 30, 2026 · 37 minAt long last, we've reached the end of Tides of History, and I can't thank you all enough for coming along on this long journey. We end with a series of vignettes set throughout the long ages we've covered, from the Paleolithic up to early…
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Lewis and Clark, the Corps of Discovery, and Writing Collective History: Interview with Author Craig Fehrman
April 23, 2026 · 44 minAuthor Craig Fehrman's new book on Lewis and Clark, This Vast Enterprise, is one of the best things I've read in years. We discuss the richness of our understanding of the expedition and how that allows us to understand it, and the world…
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Lost Worlds Audiobook Chapter: "The World As It Was"
April 16, 2026 · 51 minPatrick's new book Lost Worlds: How Humans Tried, Failed, Succeeded, and Built Our World comes out May 5th! Check out a free preview of the first chapter of the audiobook, "The World As It Was," and learn about the Clovis people and…
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Gladiators and the Roman Psyche: Interview with Dr. Harry Sidebottom
April 2, 2026 · 45 minGladiators are one of the most instantly recognizable yet alien aspects of Roman society, and Dr. Harry Sidebottom's new book - Those Who Are About to Die - offers a cutting-edge view of these fascinating entertainers based on the most…
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Babylon, a City for the Ages: Interview with Professor Lloyd Llewelyn-Jones
March 26, 2026 · 38 minThe city of Babylon has appeared in our episodes time and again over the past several years: as the center of empires, a victim of vicious conquest, a wealthy center of economic innovation, and even the place where Alexander the Great drew…
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Popular History and Academic History
March 19, 2026 · 33 minAcademic history and popular history are very different things, but what is their purpose? And how should we, as people who like and consume history, understand and use them? Patrick launched a brand-new history show! It’s called Past…
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Migration in Human History
March 12, 2026 · 35 minIf we want to understand how and why the human story has unfolded in the way it has, then we have to understand migration: large numbers of people moving long distances. It's a surprisingly difficult topic to understand, but in the past…
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The Last Mailbag!
March 5, 2026 · 50 minIt's time for one last mailbag! I cover everything from which historical figure would be the best Poster on social media to how ancient authors collected their letters for publication to how making Tides has shaped my interests in the…
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Ancient DNA and the Future of the Past
February 26, 2026 · 35 minThe ability to recover ancient DNA from archaeological remains is one of the greatest scientific innovations of our time, but how has it impacted archaeology and ancient history? And where is the study of ancient DNA going? We explore in…
About the show
Everywhere around us are echoes of the past. Those echoes define the boundaries of states and countries, how we pray and how we fight. They determine what money we spend and how we earn it at work, what language we speak and how we raise our children. From Wondery, host Patrick Wyman, PhD (“Fall Of Rome”) helps us understand our world and how it got to be the way it is.
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