Two guys talking until the past is gossip

The Rest Is History is two British historians talking until Rome feels like a dinner. Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook interrupt each other, footnote each other, and take the French Revolution personally. No guest required. No fifteen minute mattress ad, or at least not one that wrecked the episode for me.

Do not start on a random episode. Pick a series. If you already did Rome, the American one will still surprise you, mostly because they are willing to be wrong in public and fix it next week.

Best commute in the category. Start with a war they are excited about.