Hark! The stories behind our favorite Christmas carols
A podcast by America Media
22 Episoade
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Angels We Have Heard on High
Publicat: 07.12.2025 -
The Coventry Carol
Publicat: 30.11.2025 -
What Child Is This?
Publicat: 15.12.2024 -
Of the Father’s Love Begotten
Publicat: 08.12.2024 -
The Little Drummer Boy
Publicat: 02.12.2024 -
We Three Kings
Publicat: 29.11.2024 -
Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming
Publicat: 17.12.2023 -
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Publicat: 14.12.2023 -
The Wexford Carol
Publicat: 03.12.2023 -
O Holy Night
Publicat: 27.11.2023 -
COMING SOON: Hark! Season 3
Publicat: 10.11.2023 -
Joy to the World
Publicat: 24.12.2022 -
In the Bleak Midwinter
Publicat: 18.12.2022 -
The Huron Carol (‘Twas in the Moon of Wintertime)
Publicat: 11.12.2022 -
Good King Wenceslas
Publicat: 04.12.2022 -
Carol of the Bells
Publicat: 27.11.2022 -
Silent Night
Publicat: 24.12.2021 -
Adeste Fideles (O Come, All Ye Faithful)
Publicat: 19.12.2021 -
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Publicat: 12.12.2021 -
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Publicat: 05.12.2021
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! The cookies, the mistletoe, the lights...oh, and the music! For Christians, Christmas carols mark a season of hope and the celebration of Jesus’ birth. Even in popular culture, these iconic jingles capture a warmth, a cheer and a nostalgia that transcends religious belonging. But where do these beloved yuletide songs come from? What inspired the people who composed them? How did they become popular and even mainstream? And what impact do their ancient Christian messages have on an increasingly post-Christian culture? America Media presents “Hark!” a podcast on the meaning and the making of our most beloved Christmas carols and their time-honored traditions.
