About
The show
History on Fire is a podcast about the wildest, most intense moments in human history. Hosted by author and university professor Daniele Bolelli, each episode is a long-form deep dive — researched for 100 to 200 hours before recording — into the lives, conflicts, and ideas that shaped the world we live in.
Past topics include samurai vendettas (Miyamoto Musashi, the Genpei War), American history's violent edges (John Brown, Sitting Bull, the Amistad Rebellion), Italian and Mediterranean strangeness (D'Annunzio at Fiume, the Years of Lead, Benvenuto Cellini), Roman pandemic-and-philosophy (Marcus Aurelius), and the kind of stories most history shows are too polite to tell.
Daniele is the author of multiple books, a longtime martial arts teacher, and a frequent guest on shows like The Joe Rogan Experience. He releases episodes when the research is ready — not on a treadmill schedule — and treats his audience like adults who can sit with a four-hour episode if the story earns it.
Why memberships?
History on Fire is a full-time job. Each episode requires anywhere between 100 and 200 hours of preparation. That only continues to be possible if enough listeners decide the show is valuable enough to support directly. Members get bonus mini-episodes, members-only deep dives, and the full back catalog of paid releases — and they keep this thing on fire.