Empire
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Empire
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 stru...
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351. Camp David: The Day Israel & Egypt Made Peace (Part 6)
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In November 1977, Egyptian President Sadat shocked the...
350. 1973: The Yom Kippur War & The First Oil Crisis (Part 5)
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How did the oil crisis totally transform the wealth of...
What Is Life Like For Palestinians Under Occupation?
William is joined by Raja Shehadeh, the leading Palestinian writer, lawyer and human rights activist, to discuss his experience of living under Israel...
What Is Life Like For Palestinians Under Occupation?
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William is joined by Raja Shehadeh, the leadi...
349. Arab-Israeli Conflict: Occupation of The West Bank (Part 4)
What happened to the Palestinians who chose not to flee the West Bank in 1967? How did Israel use old British and Ottoman laws to seize land and contr...
348. Arab-Israeli Conflict: How 1967 Changed The Middle East Forever (Part 3)
How did The Six-Day War redraw the map of the Middle East and establish Israel as a regional superpower? How did the catastrophic Arab defeat unleash...
Jung Chang On Life Under Mao & Being Banned From China
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Wild Swans author, Jung Chang, joins William to discuss her...
347. Arab-Israeli Conflict: The Six Day War (Part 2)
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How did Israel defeat the armies of...
346. Arab-Israeli Conflict: Palestine, Suez, & Closing The Straits of Tiran (Part 1)
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What was the Arab Cold War, and how...
345. Chairman Mao: The Cultural Revolution (Ep 6)
What were Mao’s motivations for launching The Cultural Revolution? Who were the Red Guards, and why did Mao indoctrinate teenagers? How did Mao die, a...
344. Chairman Mao: The Great Leap Forward (Ep 5)
Why did Mao declare war on sparrows as part of The Great Leap Forward? What caused China to attack India in 1962? How did Mao use a swimming pool to e...
Christiane Amanpour On Iran & Trump’s Miscalculations
William and Anita are joined by renowned British-Iranian journalist, Christiane Amanpour, to discuss the war in Iran, and how it has echoes of the eve...
343. Lebanon: Hezbollah, Israel, & Fifty Years As A Battleground
What is the long history behind the current Israeli strikes on Lebanon? Why did Israel sell weapons to Iran in the 1980s? How was the Lebanon’s map dr...
342. Iran: The Three Ayatollahs – From Revolution to Dynasty
How did Ayatollah Khamenei ensure his son, Mojtaba, would take over after his death? How is this war a product of deep historical trends? What interna...
341. Chairman Mao: The Clash With Stalin (Ep 4)
Mao has declared that China is a communist republic. How did life change for ordinary people living in this new nation? To what extent was Mao’s China...
340. Chairman Mao: World War II, Japanese Invasion, & Massacre in Nanjing (Ep 3)
How did World War II break out in Asia in 1937? Why did Mao Zedong and his fellow communists live in caves after the Long March? How did the notorious...
339. Chairman Mao: China's Communist Uprising (Ep 2)
Why did the communists and nationalists join forces with the USSR during the Chinese Civil War? When did the nationalists purge communists in what is...
338.Chairman Mao: Birth of A Dictator (Ep 1)
A revolutionary hero or a brutal despot? Mao Zedong has one of the most recognisable portraits on Earth. How did he rise to become the founder of the...
337. Bronze Age Apocalypse: Philistines, Israelites, & Rebuilding The Levant (Ep 6)
How did the Phoenicians create the alphabet we still use today? Was the Bronze Age collapse comparable to the fall of Rome? What does DNA evidence tel...
336. Bronze Age Apocalypse: How To Survive The End of The World (Ep 5)
Which ancient civilisation was the best at surviving the Apocalypse, and which was the worst? Who were the Hittites, and what did they actually call t...
335. Bronze Age Apocalypse: Solving The Mystery of The Collapse (Ep 4)
Who were the ‘Sea Peoples’? Was the Bronze Age Collapse caused by a single catastrophic event? How did the Egyptians try to adapt to the changing clim...
334. Bronze Age Apocalypse: Did Homer Write History? (Ep 3)
The legendary ancient Greek poet, Homer, is a key source to our understanding of the Bronze Age Collapse, but did a single genius named Homer even exi...
333. Bronze Age Apocalypse: The Fall of Troy (Ep 2)
Stephen Fry joins William and Anita to discuss how Greek Myths have shaped our understanding of the Bronze Age Collapse.
Was the Trojan...
332. Bronze Age Apocalypse: Before The Collapse (Ep 1)
This is the beginning of the most dramatic imperial collapses in history. Why were Ancient civilisations so interconnected 3000 years ago? How did thi...
331. The Iranian Revolution: Will The Shah Return To Iran? (Ep 2)
In 1979, the people of Iran took to the streets to topple the Shah. This year they are back in the streets shouting “Long Live The Shah”. How did this...
330. The Iranian Revolution: 1979 vs. 2026 (Ep 1)
In recent weeks, protestors have swarmed the streets in Iran in defiance of the regime, and it feels as if the country is on the precipice of a transf...
329. India’s Greatest Rebellion: The British Raj is Born (Part 8)
How did Lucknow become the final battleground of the 1857 Uprising? Who was Begum Hazrat Mahal, and how did she hold together a rebellion against over...
328. India’s Greatest Rebellion: The Reign of Terror (Part 7)
How did the British finally break into Delhi during the 1857 Uprising? Why did a sudden solar eclipse change the fate of the siege overnight? Why is t...
327. India’s Greatest Rebellion: The British Strike Back (Part 6)
How did the tide turn towards the end of 1857 as British reinforcements gathered to strike the hearts of the rebellion: Delhi and Lucknow? Who was the...
326. India’s Greatest Rebellion: The Indian Joan of Arc – Rani of Jhansi (Part 5)
The warrior queen who fought the British on the battlefield, Rani of Jhansi –or Rani Lakshmibai– is still a hero in India, with comic books and Bollyw...
325. India’s Greatest Rebellion: The Siege of Lucknow (Part 4)
An entire city turns on the British and revolts in unison. 3000 East India Company soldiers and civilians in Lucknow are under siege in one compound,...
324. India’s Greatest Rebellion: Massacre and Revenge in Kanpur (Part 3)
In one of the darkest chapters of the 1857 uprising, brutal massacres are met with revenge brutal massacres as the rebellion reaches the East India Co...
323. India’s Greatest Rebellion: The Rebels March On Delhi (Part 2)
How did the mutiny amongst sepoys –Indian soldiers– turn into a national crisis? What ultimatum did the rebels give the Mughal emperor when they reach...
322. India’s Greatest Rebellion: The 1857 Mutiny (Part 1)
Secret messages are being passed from city to city inside chapattis, rebellion is in the air. When Indian soldiers in the East India Company army hear...
321. Exploding Rum-filled Coffins, Anglo-Indian Sisterhood, & Julia Margaret Cameron
How did Julia Margaret Cameron - Virginia Woolf's great aunt - become one of the most influential photography artists of her time? Who were the Anglo-...
320. Photos That Shook The World: Exposing Leopold in The Congo
How did one woman take on the brutal colonial King Leopold II in Congo with her camera? Who was Alice Seely Harris and why should we remember her name...
319. Heist of St Nicolas: The Medieval Mafia Who Stole Santa (Part 2)
Who were the Italian sailors who stole the bones of St Nicolas from his church in Turkey in 1087? How was the mythology of St Nicolas combined with Ge...
318. Heist of St Nicolas: Tomb Raiding In Ancient Turkey (Part 1)
The original Santa Claus, Saint Nicolas, was a real bishop from Myra in modern-day Turkey, whose tomb there was popular with pilgrims, but 700 years a...
317. Churchill's Photographer: From Escaping Genocide to MLK
Who was Karsh and how did he become one of the most famous portrait photographers of the 20th century? How did Karsh escape from the Armenian Genocide...
316. Hitler's Photographer: Nazi Secrets, Eva Braun, & Escaping Justice
Who was Heinrich Hoffman and how did he use his photography to promote Adolf Hitler and Nazism? When did Hoffman introduce Hitler to Eva Braun? What l...