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The Rest Is History is a general-history podcast hosted by historians Tom Holland (the British classicist and author of Rubicon, Persian Fire, In the Shadow of the Sword, Dominion, plus broader popular-history publication) and Dominic Sandbrook (the British 20th-century-history specialist with substantial published work on post-war British history), produced by Goalhanger Films / Goalhanger Podcasts (the substantial UK podcast network founded by Gary Lineker and broader collaborators). Founded in November 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic period, the podcast has grown through 2020-2024 to become one of the most-listened-to history podcasts globally with bi-weekly-to-weekly publication and episode-lengths typically running 60-90 minutes.\n\nThe editorial approach combines substantial popular-history narrative engagement, substantial Tom Holland-and-Dominic Sandbrook intellectual-and-personal chemistry, substantial cross-period editorial range covering classical antiquity (Tom Holland's primary specialty), 19th-and-20th-century British and European history (Dominic Sandbrook's primary specialty), plus the broader Western-and-world historical content. Episode series have covered the substantial Roman Empire content, the Russian Revolution and Soviet history, World War II content, the substantial post-2022 Ukraine war historical context plus broader Russia-Ukraine historical narrative, the British monarchy plus broader British political-and-cultural history, the substantial 2024 Gaza war historical context with substantial coverage of Palestine-and-Israel historical narratives, plus broader historical content.\n\nThe associated The Rest Is Politics co-hosted by Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart, plus The Rest Is Football co-hosted by Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer, and Micah Richards, plus The Rest Is Money plus the broader Goalhanger network programming has driven the substantial post-2022 Goalhanger network-and-brand expansion. The substantial post-2022 The Rest Is History audience expansion plus the broader popular-history podcast medium has positioned the show as among the principal British-Anglosphere popular-history platforms globally.\n\nFor a globally-mobile professional with historical interests, The Rest Is History provides substantive popular-history content with reliable academic-and-narrative-quality. The podcast is freely available across major podcast platforms (with The Rest Is History Club paid tier offering bonus content and live-event access). Indian-listener engagement is substantial particularly among Indian English-speaking history-and-international-relations professionals plus the substantial broader Indian-Anglosphere educated-audience.