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Empire: World History

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The rise and fall of empires and the events that shaped world history.William Dalrymple and Anita Anand explore the intricate stories of revolutions, imperial wars, and the people who built and lost empires.From the British Empire to the Ottomans to Ancient India, history is shaped by power struggles and territorial conquests. How does it continue to affect the world today?Empire Club: Become a member of the Empire Club to receive early access to miniseries, ad-free listening, early access to li...

Notable Guests

Jack DavenportJack Davenport10×CCallum Hill9×Maya JasanoffMaya Jasanoff7×Alex Von TunzelmannAlex Von Tunzelmann7×Rana MitterRana Mitter6×SSam Dalrymple6×Eugene RoganEugene Rogan5×Simon Sebag MontefioreSimon Sebag Montefiore5×AAli Ansari4×Patrick Radden KeefePatrick Radden Keefe4×

Episodes (406)

254. Victorian Narcos: Fire Monkeys, Iron Gunships, & Peasant Warfare (Ep 8)

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May 12, 202550:47pending

253. Victorian Narcos: Drug Dealers Lead Britain to War (Ep 7)

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May 7, 202542:48pending

252. Victorian Narcos: Selling Drugs To The Queen (Ep 6)

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May 5, 202550:40pending

251. Victorian Narcos: Flooding China With Indian Opium (Ep 5)

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Apr 30, 202555:18pending

250. Victorian Narcos: Banished From Beijing (Ep 4)

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Apr 28, 202534:07pending

249. Victorian Narcos: Doomed Envoy to China (Ep 3)

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Apr 23, 202537:00pending

248. Victorian Narcos: Sex, Drugs, & The Opium Agency (Ep 2)

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Apr 21, 202544:10pending

247. Victorian Narcos: Tea Starts A Drug War (Ep 1)

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Apr 16, 202537:17pending

246. Ireland Transformed: From Banning Condoms to Exporting Viagra

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Apr 14, 202554:06pending

245. Inside The Good Friday Agreement with Alastair Campbell

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Apr 9, 202554:58pending

244. The Troubles: IRA Secrets Exposed (Ep 4)

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Apr 7, 202546:59pending

243. The Troubles: London Bombings, Hunger Strikes, & The Graveside Grenade (Ep...

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Apr 2, 202554:09pending

242. The Troubles: Bloody Sunday & The British Army in Belfast (Ep 2)

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Mar 31, 202538:40pending

241. The Troubles: War in the Streets of Northern Ireland (Ep 1)

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Mar 27, 202543:19pending

240. Ireland’s Fight For Freedom: The Irish Civil War (Ep 3)

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239. Ireland’s Fight For Freedom: The Rise of The IRA (Ep 2)

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Mar 20, 20251:00:26pending

238. Ireland’s Fight For Freedom: The Easter Rising (Ep 1)

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Mar 18, 202554:50pending

237. The Great Famine: The Irish Exodus to America (Ep 2)

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Mar 13, 202543:58pending

236. The Great Famine: The Blight Strikes Ireland (Ep 1)

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Mar 11, 202541:25pending

235. The Viceroy, The Psychopath, and The Merchant: The Irish in Empire (Ep 3)

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Mar 6, 202551:58pending

234. Battle of the Boyne: Clash of Two Kings (Ep 2)

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233. Blood and Betrayal: Oliver Cromwell's Irish Invasion (Ep 1)

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Feb 27, 202540:27pending

Legacy: Genghis Khan

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Feb 26, 20257:58pending

232. Colonising Ireland: The First Plantations (Ep 2)

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Feb 25, 202538:59pending

231. Colonising Ireland: Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, & The Tudor Conquest (Ep 1)

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Feb 20, 202538:19pending

230. Britain’s Last Colony: Trump, Brexit, and Russia-Ukraine (Ep 2)

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Feb 18, 202538:40pending

229. Britain’s Last Colony: The Second World War, Forced Deportations, and 9/11...

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Feb 13, 202532:54pending

228. The Man Who Lived A Thousand Lives: Prisoner of War (Ep 2)

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Feb 11, 202543:17pending

227. The Man Who Lived A Thousand Lives: Taming Nature (Ep 1)

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Feb 6, 202534:30pending

226. The Rise and Fall of East India Company Painting (Ep 2)

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Feb 4, 202538:18pending

225. Painting the Empire: Art of the East India Company (Ep 1)

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Jan 30, 202542:26pending

224. Empire in Your Garden

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Jan 28, 202544:32pending

223. Empire of Plants: From Kew Gardens to Botany Bay

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Jan 23, 202539:07pending

222. The Downfall of the Mughals (Ep 3)

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Jan 21, 202548:18pending

221. War of Succession: The Battle That Shook India (Ep 2)

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Jan 16, 202552:32pending

220. Battle of Brothers: The Puritan vs The Mystic (Ep 1)

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Jan 14, 202544:09pending

219. Building The Taj Mahal: Love, Loss, & Splendour (Ep 2)

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Jan 9, 202548:55pending

218. Creator of The Taj Mahal: Shah Jahan’s Rise to Power (Ep 1)

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Jan 7, 202542:04pending

217. Zebras and Zodiacs: Jahangir’s Art Revolution

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Jan 2, 202548:20pending

216. Seeds of British India: England’s First Ambassador to the Mughal Court

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Dec 31, 202454:22pending

215. Jahangir: A World of Light And Darkness

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Dec 26, 202445:51pending

214. The Empire of Frankincense & Myrrh

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Dec 24, 202445:07pending

213. How Three Wise Men Became Three Kings

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Dec 19, 202442:22pending

212. Who Were The Three Wise Men?

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Dec 17, 202442:43pending

211. A Beautiful World: The Art of Akbar

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Dec 12, 202447:19pending

210. Akbar the Great: Revolutionising Religious Tolerance

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Dec 10, 202442:42pending

209. Akbar the Great

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Dec 5, 202448:01pending

208. Humayun Reconquers India

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Dec 3, 202452:12pending

207. The Stargazing Hippie vs The Lion King

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Nov 28, 202434:47pending

206. Babur: Guns, Gardens & Diamonds

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Nov 26, 202440:42pending
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