Show overview
5 Minute Biographies has been publishing since 2014, and across the 11 years since has built a catalogue of 255 episodes. That works out to roughly 30 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.
Episodes typically run under ten minutes — most land between 8 min and 10 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language History show.
There hasn’t been a new episode in the last ninety days; the most recent episode landed 6 months ago. The busiest year was 2024, with 58 episodes published.
Episodes
255
Running
2014–2025 · 11y
Median length
9 min
Cadence
Fortnightly
From the publisher
Biographies to read or listen to in about 5 minutes
Latest Episodes
View all 255 episodesHuckleberry Finn
Nov 12, 202511 min
Captain Ahab
Nov 11, 202511 min
Odysseus
Nov 10, 202511 min
Don Quixote
Nov 7, 202510 min
Atticus Finch
Nov 6, 202510 min
Elizabeth Bennet
Nov 5, 202510 min
Harry Potter
Nov 4, 202511 min
Sherlock Holmes
Nov 3, 202512 min
Andrew Carnegie
Oct 27, 202512 min
Quincy Jones
Oct 20, 202512 min
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Oct 13, 202511 min
Boudica
Oct 6, 20259 min
Johannes Gutenberg
Sep 29, 202511 min
Robert Redford
Sep 22, 202510 min
Thomas More
Sep 15, 20259 min
Josephine Baker
Sep 8, 20258 min
Stephen Hawking
Sep 1, 20259 min
Isabella I of Castille
Aug 25, 20258 min
James A. Garfield
Aug 22, 20257 min
Rutherford B. Hayes
Aug 21, 20259 min
