YouTube Shorts Channel

Where History Shorts lives up to its name. Every day, we release one-minute history episodes -tightly edited, stand-alone clips drawn from our longer podcast content. Each Short is designed to be historically grounded, accessible, and compelling, offering a gateway into deeper conversations about the past. 

Daily History Shorts Podcast

The flagship History Shorts podcast features concise +/- 10-minute episodes, available on all major podcast platforms. These episodes dive deeper into the stories, combining THIS DAY IN HISTORY, STORY OF THE DAY, and the HISTORY BRIEF, while remaining tightly focused and accessible. 

Friday Conversations Series

Every Friday, History Shorts goes long-form with in-depth conversations featuring leading historians, authors, journalists, and public thinkers working in history today. Thoughtful, unscripted, and accessible, the Conversation Series is designed for listeners who want to engage directly with the people shaping how we understand the past. 

Patreon Community

The History Shorts Patreon community offers listeners a deeper, more direct way to support the show. Members receive access to an ad-free RSS feed, bonus episodes, and additional behind-the-scenes content not available on the public feed. Patreon supporters help make History Shorts possible.

Your Host

Peter Zablocki is a historian, author, and professor of history at Caldwell University. His work has appeared in Smithsonian Magazine, Military History Quarterly, & Military History Magazine, among others. He lives in New Jersey with his family and two cats, who frequently—and unapologetically—interrupt his research and writing. 

Support the Show

For listeners who’d like to support History Shorts on a one-time basis, BuyMeACoffee offers a simple way to help with the production of the show. A virtual coffee helps cover research time, production costs, and the work that goes into creating daily episodes and weekly conversations—no subscriptions required.