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Books by Herodotus mentioned on podcasts

3 books across 11 episodes on 9 podcasts.

Histories is Herodotus’s most mentioned book on podcasts, brought up in 9 episodes across 8 podcasts (3 episodes with a recommendation). In all, 3 books by Herodotus have come up in 11 episodes on 9 podcasts, led by Histories (9 episodes), The Landmark Herodotus (1 episode) and History (1 episode), through .

Questions about books by Herodotus

What is Herodotus's most mentioned book on podcasts?

Histories is Herodotus's most mentioned book on podcasts, brought up in 9 episodes across 8 podcasts and recommended in 3 episodes (6 episodes discussed without a recommendation), as of May 17, 2026.

How many of Herodotus's books come up on podcasts?

3 books by Herodotus come up on podcasts: 3 books across 11 episodes on 9 podcasts, as of May 17, 2026.

Who recommends books by Herodotus?

Caitlin Kalinowski (1 episode), Duncan Trussell (1 episode), Hikaru Nakamura (1 episode) and Phyl Terry (1 episode) have recommended books by Herodotus on podcasts.

Which podcasts mention Herodotus most?

Lenny's Podcast (2 episodes), The Joe Rogan Experience (2 episodes), Breaking Points (1 episode), Conversations with Tyler (1 episode) and Lex Fridman Podcast (1 episode), among 9 podcasts in all.

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  1. Histories

    9 episodes · Lenny's Podcast, Breaking Points, The Jordan Harbinger Show

    Histories by Herodotus is widely regarded as the foundational work of Western history, chronicling ancient conflicts, customs, and cultures around the Mediterranean and Near East.

    Recommended
    “I think Herodotus histories is pretty incredible. He's wrong a lot but he's also it's the first history book and in many cases he's going and finding you know firsthand or secondhand accounts of what happens.”
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  2. The Landmark Herodotus

    1 episode · Lenny's Podcast

    The Landmark Herodotus is an extensively annotated edition of the ancient Greek historian's masterwork on the Greco-Persian Wars.

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    “so I did recently Discover it but it's I mean talk about a book Lenny so 25 years ago guy named Robert strassler who was a business guy he started teaching at a special high school for kids who were dropping out and he was teaching them some of the classics like herodes and Lucid expert exer”
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  3. History

    1 episode · Stuff You Should Know

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    “And then there's another guy, Herodotus, he was a historian from Greece; he wrote basically a monograph on Babylon a hundred years after Nebuchadnezzar, and he didn't mention the Hanging Gardens at all.”
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