Show overview
Past Lives launched in 2025 and has put out 45 episodes, alongside 1 trailer or bonus episode in the time since. That works out to roughly 20 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence, with the show now in its 2nd season.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 26 min and 30 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-US-language History show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 6 days ago, with 37 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2026, with 37 episodes published.
From the publisher
History is built by people like you, and Past Lives is here to bring their stories to life. Every week, we’ll focus on the lived experiences of real people in the past, from the Stone Age to the near-present. Peasants, laborers, artisans, merchants, soldiers, and the enslaved are far too often overlooked in favor of kings, generals, and politicians; not here. On Past Lives, we keep the focus where it belongs: on the real people who populate our shared past. By understanding them, we can strive to better understand ourselves. These people were us, and we are them. They mattered, and so do you.
Latest Episodes
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Bog Bodies
The Human Sacrifices of the Shang Dynasty
Interview: James Romm - Since You’re Mortal: Life Lessons from the Lost Greek Plays
The Tomb of Fu Hao and the Rise of the Shang Dynasty
Interview: Professor Thomas Asbridge on the Black Death
The Workers of Deir el-Medina
Ancient Egypt's Underclass
Interview: Shannon Chakraborty and Historical Fantasy
Seqenenre Tao
A Quick Guide to Ancient Egypt
The Princess of Xiaohe
Interview: Producer, Writer, and Director Tim Haines on Surviving Earth and Bringing the Distant Past to Life
Xinjiang: The Crossroads of Eurasia
The Corps of Discovery Wasn't Just Lewis and Clark: Interview with Craig Fehrman
Gebelein Man and the Roots of Ancient Egypt
Ötzi the Iceman
The Shaman of Bad Dürrenberg
Audiobook Chapter: Lost Worlds
S2 Ep 5The Ancient One/Kennwick Man (North America, 8,500 Years Ago)
<html><p>In July of 1996, a skeleton was discovered on the banks of the Columbia River. It belonged to a man who died 8,500 years ago, in a world so distant from our own it hardly seems real, but thanks to detailed studies of his remains, we know more about that man than almost anybody else in the distant past.<br/><br/>Become a member now at <a href="https://www.patreon.com/cw/PastLivesMedia." target="_blank">www.patreon.com/cw/PastLivesMedia.</a> You'll get access to the Past Lives Discord server and four pieces of bonus content per month (including a historian interview, book club, Q and A, and a sources and evidence discussion). Past Lives is a 100-percent independent production, and your support is what allows us to make this show. So, thank you.</p></html>