Empire: World History — Analyse des publicités du podcast
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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?
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405. Norman Conquest: Medieval Mafia Invade The East (Part 5)
Oct 18, 2026
They are best known for invading England in 1066, but the Normans conquered territories in the East too.
Who was Robert The Weasel, and did he operate like a Mafia boss in the 11th century? How…
404. Norman Conquest: Colonising Ireland (Part 4)
Oct 14, 2026
How did the Normans conquer the Celts on the fringes of their territory after 1066? What led to the events of the Norman Conquest of Ireland, which still affects the nation’s politics today? And how…
403. The Norman Conquests: The Battle of Hastings (Part 3)
Oct 11, 2026
For weeks, William the Conqueror has been stuck on the Normandy coast, waiting. Then the wind changes. The Normans land in England, and the stage is set for the most famous battle in English history…
402. The Norman Conquests: The Real Story of 1066 (Part 2)
Oct 07, 2026
Who was William the Conqueror? Who was Harold Godwinson? Who was Harald Hardrada? And how did these three rivals change the course of English history forever?
In Episode 2 of this series, Anita…
401. The Norman Conquests: Secrets of the Bayeux Tapestry (Part 1)
Oct 04, 2026
The Bayeux Tapestry shows one of the defining moments in English history. But look closer at its dragon-prowed ships and its warriors, and there's another story stitched into the Battle of Hastings…
400. Stalin: A Poisonous Legacy (Part 6)
Sep 30, 2026
Fiona Hill is the leading authority on Russia and has been in the room with Putin and Trump. She joins Anita Anand and William Dalrymple to discuss how Stalin’s violent legacies have impacted Putin's…
399. Stalin: Hitler’s Downfall At Stalingrad (Part 5)
Sep 26, 2026
Antony Beevor wrote the definitive book on the Battle of Stalingrad. He joins William Dalrymple and Anita Anand to discuss how Hitler and Stalin’s armies faced gruelling winter conditions in the…
398. Stalin: The Great Terror (Part 4)
Sep 23, 2026
Soon after Stalin’s purges and mass violence, Nazi soldiers launch a surprise invasion of the Soviet Union, opening up the Eastern Front of World War II.
Who was Stalin’s chief executioner who…
397. Stalin: Killing Trotsky (Part 3)
Sep 20, 2026
Was it an ice axe or an ice pick? The murder of Trotsky in Mexico is infamous, but what does it say about Stalin’s willingness to seek out and destroy his rivals? Who was Leon Trotsky and why was he…
396. Stalin: The Bolshevik Revolution (Part 2)
Sep 16, 2026
Despite later mythology, Stalin was effectively a nobody during the Russian Revolution of 1917. Unlike Trotsky and Lenin, he was not on the frontline amongst the revolutionaries. How did he reveal…
395. Stalin: The Rise of A Tyrant (Part 1)
Sep 13, 2026
How did Stalin become one of the most ruthless dictators in World History? What was his childhood like in Georgia? How did he rise from a poet training to be a priest, to the ruler of the Soviet…
394. Road To 9/11: Hijackers, CIA Failures, and America’s Darkest Day (Part 6)
Sep 09, 2026
How did the CIA fail to tell the FBI that known Al-Qaeda terrorists were already training inside the United States? Who was the calculated mastermind behind the scheme to hijack twenty commercial…
393. Road To 9/11: Interviewing Bin Laden In The Caves of Tora Bora (Part 5)
Sep 06, 2026
What was it like to interview Osama bin Laden in the Tora Bora caves? Who were the other terrorists behind the infamous 1998 fatwa? How did Monica Lewinsky derail the response to the East Africa…
392. Road To 9/11: Bin Laden vs Saudi Arabia (Part 4)
Sep 02, 2026
How did the Gulf War drive a permanent wedge between Osama bin Laden and the Saudi royal family? Why did the bin Laden family finally decide to disown him? How did he manage a global terror network…
391. Road To 9/11: The Rise of Osama Bin Laden (Part 3)
Aug 30, 2026
Who were the bin Ladens, and how did they build a construction empire in Saudi Arabia?
What was Osama bin Laden’s childhood like, and how was he radicalised by a puritanical PE teacher? What did…
390. Road To 9/11: The Soviet-Afghan War (Part 2)
Aug 26, 2026
Did the CIA actually fund Osama bin Laden during the Soviet-Afghan war?
Who was Abdullah Azzam, the radical scholar who turned jihad into a global franchise? How did a bureaucratic office meeting…
389. Road To 9/11: Origin of Al-Qaeda (Part 1)
Aug 23, 2026
What were the building blocks of the rise of Radical Islamism that paved the road to the 9/11 terror attacks? How did the torture of radical members of the Muslim Brotherhood fan the flames of…
388. Viking Mythology: Thor, Ragnarok, & Jesus Christ (Ep 6)
Aug 19, 2026
Who are Thor and Ragnarok in Norse Mythology? How did the Vikings fuse their own spiritual beliefs with Christianity? And how do Norse spiritual practices continue in some ways today through…
387. The Vikings Invade Britain (Ep 5)
Aug 16, 2026
Why did the Vikings invade Britain, and how did they mix into society? What did they do with the gold they stole from churches? Which Viking stereotypes are true - and which ones are total…
386. The Picts: Scotland’s Tattooed Warriors (Ep 4)
Aug 12, 2026
Who were the mysterious peoples who ruled parts of Scotland for 500 years? What is the true origin of the Loch Ness Monster? Is there a secret code behind the Pictish carved stones? What do recent…
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385. Saint Patrick: Slave, Rebel, & Ireland’s Patron Saint (Ep 3)
Aug 09, 2026
Saint Patrick’s Day is celebrated all over the world every year by the Irish diaspora, but what is the real history behind the patron saint of Ireland? How is the traditional story of his life almost…
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384. The Roman Invasion: Gods on Hadrian’s Wall (Ep 2)
Aug 05, 2026
The Roman Conquest of Britain. The furthest western point of the empire. How did life change for ordinary people after the invasion? Why do Middle Eastern gods end up on Hadrian’s Wall in Northern…
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383. Romans vs Druids: The War For Celtic Britain (Ep 1)
Aug 02, 2026
What are the links between the Druids and Stonehenge? Why did Romans massacre Druids in Anglesey, Wales? What is the Pagan Calendar and how is modern Halloween derived from it? What can we learn from…
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382. Empire of AI: Karen Hao On Today’s Hidden Colonialism (Ep 2)
Jul 29, 2026
Are modern AI companies the new empires? What is the hidden human cost behind chatbots like ChatGPT? How does Silicon Valley’s rhetoric echo the East India Company?
In this episode, Anita is…
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381. Musk, Bezos & The New East India Companies (Ep 1)
Jul 26, 2026
Are modern tech corporations the new East India Company? What is the dark history behind Silicon Valley? What do Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have in common with Cecil Rhodes?
In this episode, William…
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380. Algerian Revolution: The Rise of Le Pen (Ep 6)
Jul 22, 2026
How is Marine Le Pen connected to the Algerian War of Independence? What can the cult film, La Haine, tell us about life in the banlieues for people of Algerian descent? What happened to Algerian…
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379. Algerian Revolution: Black Panthers, LSD, & Nina Simone (Ep 5)
Jul 19, 2026
How did Algiers become a centre for revolutionaries from around the world in the 1960s? What happened to the “pied noirs” white settlers after Algeria gained independence?
Who was Frantz Fanon…
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378. Algerian Revolution: Birth of Independence (Ep 4)
Jul 15, 2026
How did the French use systemic torture during the Battle of Algiers? Which army generals plotted to overthrow the French president? Why did the bloody birth of an independent Algeria herald further…
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377. Algerian Revolution: The Battle of Algiers (Ep 3)
Jul 12, 2026
What really happened during the infamous Battle of Algiers? How did the Algerian War of Independence begin? Who was the radical mastermind who restructured the resistance movement under the noses of…
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376. Algerian Revolution: Repression and Rebellion (Ep 2)
Jul 08, 2026
Who were the ‘pied noirs’ and how did they come to dominate Algerian society? What was life like for the millions of Muslim Algerians living under French rule? Why did VE Day celebrations trigger…
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