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Empire

The rise and fall of empires, rulers, 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 live show tickets, bonus episodes, book discounts, our exclusive newsletter, and access to our members’ chatroom on Discord! Head to empirepoduk.com to sign up. For more Goalhanger Podcasts, head to www.goalhanger.com.

While preparing your breakfast with a side of history

On your way to work immersing in the past

280. Partition: The Creation of Pakistan (Part 3)
207. The Stargazing Hippie vs The Lion King (Ep 1)
206. Babur: Guns, Gardens & Diamonds (Ep 3)
205. Babur: The Taking of Delhi (Ep 2)
203. Captain Hook, Peter Pan & The Dark Side of Neverland
202. Long John Silver: The Truth Behind Treasure Island
201. The Raj at War
199. Robbing the World’s Wealthiest Dynasty
198. The Pirate Trial of the Century
197. The Pirate Hunter
196. Blackbeard’s Reign of Terror
195. Blackbeard & the Pirates of the Caribbean
194. Empire of Numbers: Fibonacci and the Birth of Modern Money
184. The Buddhist Merlin
181. The Dragon Empress: China’s Game of Thrones
180. Gold & God: Connecting India & Ancient Rome
171. The Bengal Famine: Chaos in Calcutta
170. The Bengal Famine: A Disaster on the Horizon
169. Freedom Fighters Betrayed: Colonising the Philippines
166. How To Hide An Empire
159. The American Revolution: Building The New Rome (Ep 4)
150. Worlds Colliding: Seizing Settlers in New England
148. America: The Empire of Liberty
141. Nur Jahan: The Most Powerful Mughal Woman
140. The Light of the World & Empress of India
138. The Graceful Reed: Ruling the Islamic Empire
136. Empress Theodora: From the Brothel to the Throne
134. Cleopatra: The Would-Be Empress of Rome
131. Buddhism Goes to China
127. Inventing Curry: The British Taste for India
120. The Iranian Revolution: The Rise of Ayatollah Khomeini
114. The Persian Renaissance
113. Timur: Scourge of God
111. Shackleton: The Hero of Antarctica
110. Antarctica: The Continent that wouldn’t be Conquered
109. The Endeavour: Into the Unknown
China's Greatest Admiral: The Story of Zheng He
107. China's Greatest Admiral: The Story of Zheng He
The Rise of Islam
Alexander the Great: Defeating Darius
The Battle of Marathon and the Rise of Greece

Great for a workout at the gym

281. Partition: Why Was India Split In Two? (Part 4)
273. Panama’s Brutish Conquistador Who Found The Pacific and Lost His Head (Part 1)
272. Solving The Mystery of America's Lost Colony
271. Canada’s Dark Secret: Stolen Children, Unmarked Graves, & Survival Stories (Ep 5)
270. The Day The Brits Burned The White House (Ep 4)
209. Akbar the Great
208. Humayun Reconquers India (Ep 2)
204. Babur: The First Mughal Emperor (Ep 1)
200. The East India Company’s Global Manhunt
193. Empire of Numbers: The Indian Origin of Arabic Numerals
191. Slave, Slaver, Abolitionist: Three Scots in Africa
190. Rags to Riches: The Scots in India
188. Bonnie Prince Charlie: The Young Pretender
187. The Birth of Britain
186. Scotland: A Nation in Crisis
185. The God Kings of Angkor Wat
183. The Poet Kings: Taking Hinduism to Southeast Asia
175. The CIA vs Fidel Castro
174. The Cuban Revolution
173. The Korean War: Dividing the Peninsula
172. The Birth of North Korea
168. Teddy Roosevelt Takes on the Old World
167. Paradise Lost: The Taking of Hawaii
160. Native Nations vs Thomas Jefferson
158. The American Revolution: Life, Liberty & The Pursuit of Happiness (Ep 3)
157. The American Revolution: The Shot Heard Around the World (Ep 2)
156. The American Revolution: No Taxation Without Representation (Ep 1)
151. The Founding Fathers: George Washington
149. Pocahontas: Kidnapped in Virginia
147. Queen Victoria: Empress of India (Ep 4)
146. Queen Victoria: The Empire on Which the Sun Never Sets (Ep 3)
145. Victoria & Albert (Ep 2)
143. Isabella of Castile: The Spanish Inquisition, the conquest of Granada, and Columbus
142. Isabella of Castile: Uniting Spain
139. Mrs Genghis Khan
137. Empress Theodora: Making Heaven on Earth
135. Helena: Queen of the World and Finder of the One True Cross
132. Journey to Nalanda and the Library of Jewels
130. India meets Rome: Making the Image of the Buddha
129. Ashoka: The Great Buddhist Emperor of India
128. The Buddha & The Golden Road
126. Punch & Chilli: The East India Company at the Table
125. The Origin of the Houthis
124. Saddam Hussein vs The Ayatollah
123. Hezbollah: The Party of God
122. Iran & Saudi Arabia: The Rivalry that Split the Islamic World
121. The Fall of the Shah of Shahs
119. The Last Shah
118. Iran's First Revolution
117. Nader Shah: The Sword of Persia
116. Isfahan: The City of Dreams
115. The Great Conversion: How Iran became Shia
112. Ferdowsi: How One Poet Saved Persian Civilisation
108. The Endeavour & the Great Southern Continent
The Last Great War of Antiquity
How Persian Religion Changed the World
Alexander the Great: The Conquest of Persia
Salamis: Athens’ Revenge
The Battle of Salamis: Athens’ Revenge
Thermopylae: Xerxes, Leonidas, and the 300
Darius the Great: Ruling from India to the Mediterranean
Cyrus the Great: Building the First Superpower
The History of Putin's War
The Bloody History of Russia & Ukraine
Murdering the Romanovs: The End of a Dynasty

During a scenic drive through the countryside