The History of China - Podcast Rankings and reviews

In the sea of history podcasts, a new episode of The History of China is the one I look for first. I like that it follows the more difficult sequential way of telling history. This way you see how each era evolved from the previous one. I feel this promotes understanding of sometimes difficult and violent periods.
The style is clear and straightforward with occasional interesting asides. Sometimes contemporary events call for a special podcast or remembrance I find brave and most welcome. Thank you for reading.

Do not miss this free college education. Having grown up in China, I find The History of China very well produced. The subject is extremely difficult given the vast amount of materials and conflicting accounts. But Chris Stewart made a very streamlined presentation, yet the depths of treatment is second to none. Many of the details he covered are hard to come by in common history lessons taught in China, definitely not from any high school. The podcast also presents a perspective of world history, which makes some events much easier to grasp. Just the courage to make decisions on what to tell and what to skip is admirable.

As someone with a proper emotional obsession with Chinese history, I cherish this podcast and jump up and down every time a new episode is released. Truly *massive* amount of content, yet very listenable. Overall fantastic.

P.S. I feel like none of the other history podcasts out there actually know how to design their cover art well. Thanks, Chris.

A great show that tells the history of China from its mythical past through the dynasties that is well researched and detailed about its portrait of the history of the Middle kingdom.

You have got a great show. But I cannot listen anymore. The commercials are so loud!!! They are very disturbing. I don’t mind ads, and I get it, it’s a revenue stream. But, you’ve got to find a way to equalize the volume of your podcast and the commercials during your podcasts.

I was initially excited to hear his take on Chinese history. However, within the first 11 minutes, the narrator referred to the time before Christ(BC) as before common era (BCE). The birth of Christ is a major historical fact upon which all human history is measured, regardless of who you believe Christ is. How can you trust someone’s historical analysis when they do not acknowledge such major historical facts?