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This series features SPARC Director Karen Trivette and her husband, Geof Huth, exploring the archives of the world and the processes of archivists.

This limited series hosted by Avery Trufelman, is a miniseries within the public radio show '99% Invisible'. It approaches everyday fashion items with deep dives into history and their cultural context.

Fashion historians Rebecca Arnold and Beatrice Behlen, of the Courtould Institute and the Museum of London, respectively, dish about exhibitions, tv shows, and contemporary designers with erudition and humor.

This biweekly podcast hosted by BoF's CEO, Imran Amed, tackles fashion-industry news with a clear-eyed take on racism, climate change, and other world wide issues.

Cultural historians Lucy Clayton and Benjamin Wild discuss the place of fancy dress as a tool for protest, social commentary, celebration, and escapism.

This well-researched series is written and edited by FIT alumna and SPARC staffer, April Calahan and her fellow alumna Cassidy Zachary.

This podcast, hosted by FIT alumi Darnell Jamal and Luke Meagher, focuses on the uneasy tension between models, designers, and celebrities of color and the conservative high-fashion establisment.

Entertaining extension of the blog where fashion historians review period films and television shows.

Hamish Bowles, the famous exhibition designer, Vogue editor, and Man About Town, hosts this glossy podcast under the aegis of Vogue's Anna Wintour.

This is a YouTube channel, which we will highlight elsewhere, but presentation of history, dress, and social issues surrounding Black experience in the US are creative, intelligent, and educational.

Hosted by textile conservator Dana Goodin, art and fashion historian Jasmine Helm and fashion historian Joy Davis. Another FIT alumna vehicle, this includes a regular series highlighting Black, Indigenous, and queer designers.

Host Clare Press, Vogue Australia's Sustainability Editor, addresses the fashion industry's impact on the environment with an Aussie-centric view.

Launched by KALW public radio and an architects organization in San Francisco, this studies the design work behind many objects so common we no longer notice them.

This series features SPARC Director Karen Trivette and her husband, Geof Huth, exploring the archives of the world and the processes of archivists.

This series, created by a group of historian graduate students, examines colorful stories from history that are often left out of larger narratives.

This series explores the history and development of popular culture customs, games, hobbies, toys, and entertainments.

This program hosted by the Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, tells the story of human cultural development using objects in the British Museum as his reference points.

This podcast is published on the wider blog of the same name by the prolific researcher and author Heather Rose Jones. Sets lesbian culture into a wider historical context, reviews books both scholarly and romantic, and includes links to the author's own fantasy romantic series.

This history podcast focuses on the scary stories of local legends, researching the people and events that created them in a campfire horror-tale style.

This radio show and podcast features stories told live by audience members at Moth events all over the US.

This series explores the historical backstories to myths from times when the world beyond the map was a dangerous, wonderful, and terrifying place.

Two historians explore episodes of often obscure history with deep research dives.

The New York City public radio station produces dozens of podcasts on subjects as diverse as politics, science, international finance, law, social interaction, kids programming, comedy, and the supernatural world. Includes Freakonomics, Radiolab, More Perfect, Sooo Many White Guys, and many more.