Empire
By Goalhanger
Listen to a podcast, please open Podcast Republic app. Available on Google Play Store and Apple App Store.
Category: History
Open in Apple Podcasts
Open RSS feed
Open Website
Rate for this podcast
Subscribers: 2810
Reviews: 11
Episodes: 223
cuba
Dec 29, 2024
I've been listening to you since the beginning. you're awesome!!! PS: the Christmas episode was soo Entertaining
Apr 14, 2024
VJK NAIR
Jan 7, 2024
Great Effort to place History in an interest creating way. Learnt quite a lot of the World and the fact that every series has a continuity to learn from Human Endeours.
Alistair Hargreaves
Jul 13, 2023
A podcast of uptmost ambition. Should be played in schools
hgmoorthy
Jun 4, 2023
Very well researched podcast and I personally get to hear so many amazing perspectives of historical events
Description
| Episode | Date |
|---|---|
|
220. Battle of Brothers: The Puritan vs The Mystic (Ep 1)
|
Jan 14, 2025 |
|
219. Building The Taj Mahal: Love, Loss, & Splendour (Ep 2)
|
Jan 09, 2025 |
|
218. Creator of The Taj Mahal: Shah Jahan’s Rise to Power (Ep 1)
|
Jan 07, 2025 |
|
217. Zebras and Zodiacs: Jahangir’s Art Revolution
|
Jan 02, 2025 |
|
216. Seeds of British India: England’s First Ambassador to the Mughal Court
|
Dec 31, 2024 |
|
215. Jahangir: A World of Light And Darkness
|
Dec 26, 2024 |
|
214. The Empire of Frankincense & Myrrh
|
Dec 24, 2024 |
|
213. How Three Wise Men Became Three Kings
|
Dec 19, 2024 |
|
212. Who Were The Three Wise Men?
|
Dec 17, 2024 |
|
211. A Beautiful World: The Art of Akbar
|
Dec 12, 2024 |
|
210. Akbar the Great: Revolutionising Religious Tolerance
|
Dec 10, 2024 |
|
209. Akbar the Great
|
Dec 05, 2024 |
|
208. Humayun Reconquers India
|
Dec 03, 2024 |
|
207. The Stargazing Hippie vs The Lion King
|
Nov 28, 2024 |
|
Introducing... The Rest Is Classified
|
Nov 27, 2024 |
|
206. Babur: Guns, Gardens & Diamonds
|
Nov 26, 2024 |
|
205. Babur: The Taking of Delhi
|
Nov 21, 2024 |
|
204. Babur: The First Mughal Emperor
|
Nov 19, 2024 |
|
203. Captain Hook, Peter Pan & The Dark Side of Neverland
|
Nov 14, 2024 |
|
202. Long John Silver: The Truth Behind Treasure Island
|
Nov 12, 2024 |
|
201. The Raj at War
|
Nov 07, 2024 |
|
200. The East India Company’s Global Manhunt
|
Nov 05, 2024 |
|
199. Robbing the World’s Wealthiest Dynasty
|
Oct 31, 2024 |
|
198. The Pirate Trial of the Century
|
Oct 29, 2024 |
|
197. The Pirate Hunter
|
Oct 23, 2024 |
|
196. Blackbeard’s Reign of Terror
|
Oct 21, 2024 |
|
195. Blackbeard & the Pirates of the Caribbean
|
Oct 16, 2024 |
|
194. Empire of Numbers: Fibonacci and the Birth of Modern Money
|
Oct 14, 2024 |
|
193. Empire of Numbers: The Indian Origin of Arabic Numerals
|
Oct 09, 2024 |
|
192. Native American Chiefs, the Founding of Canada, and the KKK: Scots in America
|
Oct 07, 2024 |
|
191. Slave, Slaver, Abolitionist: Three Scots in Africa
|
Oct 02, 2024 |
|
190. Rags to Riches: The Scots in India
|
Sep 30, 2024 |
|
189. Culloden: Bonnie Prince Charlie’s Last Stand
|
Sep 25, 2024 |
|
188. Bonnie Prince Charlie: The Young Pretender
|
Sep 23, 2024 |
|
187. The Birth of Britain
|
Sep 18, 2024 |
|
186. Scotland: A Nation in Crisis
|
Sep 16, 2024 |
|
185. The God Kings of Angkor Wat
|
Sep 11, 2024 |
|
184. The Buddhist Merlin
|
Sep 09, 2024 |
|
183. The Poet Kings: Taking Hinduism to Southeast Asia
|
Sep 04, 2024 |
|
182. The Lady Macbeth of China
|
Sep 02, 2024 |
|
181. The Dragon Empress: China’s Game of Thrones
|
Aug 28, 2024 |
|
180. Gold & God: Connecting India & Ancient Rome
|
Aug 26, 2024 |
|
179. The Golden Road: Rise of the Indosphere
|
Aug 21, 2024 |
|
178. The Vietnam War: Nixon, Vietnamisation, and the Fall of Saigon
|
Aug 19, 2024 |
|
177. The Vietnam War: Lyndon Johnson, Americanisation, and Operation Rolling Thunder
|
Aug 14, 2024 |
|
176. The Vietnam War: The Rise of Ho Chi Minh
|
Aug 12, 2024 |
|
175. The CIA vs Fidel Castro
|
Aug 07, 2024 |
|
174. The Cuban Revolution
|
Aug 05, 2024 |
|
173. The Korean War: Dividing the Peninsula
|
Jul 31, 2024 |
|
172. The Birth of North Korea
|
Jul 29, 2024 |
|
171. The Bengal Famine: Chaos in Calcutta
|
Jul 24, 2024 |
|
170. The Bengal Famine: A Disaster on the Horizon
|
Jul 22, 2024 |
|
169. Freedom Fighters Betrayed: Colonising the Philippines
|
Jul 17, 2024 |
|
168. Teddy Roosevelt Takes on the Old World
|
Jul 15, 2024 |
|
167. Paradise Lost: The Taking of Hawaii
|
Jul 10, 2024 |
|
166. How To Hide An Empire
|
Jul 08, 2024 |
|
165. A Massacre at Dawn
|
Jul 03, 2024 |
|
164. How the West was Won: The Truth Behind the Westerns
|
Jul 01, 2024 |
|
163. The Tattooed Girl: From Mormon to Native American
|
Jun 26, 2024 |
|
162. The Oregon Trail & the Gold Rush
|
Jun 24, 2024 |
|
161. The Trail of Tears
|
Jun 19, 2024 |
|
160. Native Nations vs Thomas Jefferson
|
Jun 17, 2024 |
|
159. The American Revolution: Building The New Rome (Ep 4)
|
Jun 12, 2024 |
|
158. The American Revolution: Life, Liberty & The Pursuit of Happiness (Ep 3)
|
Jun 10, 2024 |
|
157. The American Revolution: The Shot Heard Around the World (Ep 2)
|
Jun 05, 2024 |
|
156. The American Revolution: No Taxation Without Representation (Ep 1)
|
Jun 03, 2024 |
|
155. The Founding Fathers: Benjamin Franklin (Ep 5)
|
May 30, 2024 |
|
154. The Founding Fathers: John Adams (Ep 4)
|
May 29, 2024 |
|
153. The Founding Fathers: Alexander Hamilton (Ep 3)
|
May 28, 2024 |
|
152. The Founding Fathers: Thomas Jefferson (Ep 2)
|
May 27, 2024 |
|
151. The Founding Fathers: George Washington (Ep 1)
|
May 22, 2024 |
|
150. Worlds Colliding: Seizing Settlers in New England
|
May 20, 2024 |
|
149. Pocahontas: Kidnapped in Virginia
|
May 15, 2024 |
|
148. America: The Empire of Liberty
|
May 13, 2024 |
|
147. Queen Victoria: Empress of India (Ep 4)
|
May 08, 2024 |
|
146. Queen Victoria: The Empire on Which the Sun Never Sets (Ep 3)
|
May 06, 2024 |
|
145. Victoria & Albert (Ep 2)
|
May 01, 2024 |
|
144. The Making of Queen Victoria (Ep 1)
|
Apr 29, 2024 |
|
143. Isabella of Castile: The Spanish Inquisition, the Conquest of Granada, and Columbus
|
Apr 24, 2024 |
|
142. Isabella of Castile: Uniting Spain
|
Apr 22, 2024 |
|
141. Nur Jahan: The Most Powerful Mughal Woman
|
Apr 17, 2024 |
|
140. Nur Jahan: The Light of the World
|
Apr 15, 2024 |
|
139. Mrs Genghis Khan
|
Apr 10, 2024 |
|
138. The Graceful Reed: Ruling the Islamic Empire
|
Apr 08, 2024 |
|
137. Empress Theodora: Making Heaven on Earth
|
Apr 03, 2024 |
|
136. Empress Theodora: From the Brothel to the Throne
|
Apr 01, 2024 |
|
135. Helena: Queen of the World and Finder of the One True Cross
|
Mar 28, 2024 |
|
134. Cleopatra: The Would-Be Empress of Rome
|
Mar 26, 2024 |
|
133. Cleopatra: Queen of the Nile
|
Mar 21, 2024 |
|
132. Journey to Nalanda and the Library of Jewels
|
Mar 19, 2024 |
|
131. Buddhism Goes to China
|
Mar 14, 2024 |
|
130. India meets Rome: Making the Image of the Buddha
|
Mar 12, 2024 |
|
129. Ashoka: The Great Buddhist Emperor of India
|
Mar 07, 2024 |
|
128. The Life of the Buddha
|
Mar 05, 2024 |
|
127. Inventing Curry: The British Taste for India
|
Feb 29, 2024 |
|
126. Punch & Chilli: The East India Company at the Table
|
Feb 27, 2024 |
|
125. The Origin of the Houthis
|
Feb 22, 2024 |
|
124. Saddam Hussein vs The Ayatollah
|
Feb 20, 2024 |
|
123. Hezbollah: The Party of God
|
Feb 15, 2024 |
|
122. Iran & Saudi Arabia: The Rivalry that Split the Islamic World
|
Feb 13, 2024 |
|
121. The Fall of the Shah of Shahs
|
Feb 08, 2024 |
|
120. The Iranian Revolution: The Rise of Ayatollah Khomeini
|
Feb 06, 2024 |
|
119. The Last Shah
|
Feb 01, 2024 |
|
118. Iran's First Revolution
|
Jan 30, 2024 |
|
117. Nader Shah: The Sword of Persia
|
Jan 25, 2024 |
|
116. Isfahan: The City of Dreams
|
Jan 23, 2024 |
|
115. The Great Conversion: How Iran became Shia
|
Jan 18, 2024 |
|
114. The Persian Renaissance
|
Jan 16, 2024 |
|
113. Timur: Scourge of God
|
Jan 11, 2024 |
|
112. Ferdowsi: How One Poet Saved Persian Civilisation
|
Jan 09, 2024 |
|
111. Shackleton: The Hero of Antarctica
|
Jan 04, 2024 |
|
110. Antarctica: The Continent that wouldn’t be Conquered
|
Jan 02, 2024 |
|
109. The Endeavour: Into the Unknown
|
Dec 28, 2023 |
|
108. The Endeavour & the Great Southern Continent
|
Dec 26, 2023 |
|
107. China's Greatest Admiral: The Story of Zheng He
|
Dec 19, 2023 |
|
106. The Rise of Islam
|
Dec 14, 2023 |
|
105. The Last Great War of Antiquity
|
Dec 12, 2023 |
|
104. How Persian Religion Changed the World
|
Dec 07, 2023 |
|
103. Alexander the Great: Defeating Darius
|
Dec 05, 2023 |
|
102. Alexander the Great: The Conquest of Persia
|
Nov 30, 2023 |
|
101. Salamis: Athens’ Revenge
|
Nov 28, 2023 |
|
100. Thermopylae: Xerxes, Leonidas, and the 300
|
Nov 23, 2023 |
|
99. Marathon and the Rise of Greece
|
Nov 21, 2023 |
|
98. Darius the Great: Ruling from India to the Mediterranean
|
Nov 16, 2023 |
|
97. Cyrus the Great: Building the First Superpower
|
Nov 14, 2023 |
|
96. Empires of Iran
|
Nov 09, 2023 |
|
95. The History of Putin's War
|
Nov 07, 2023 |
|
Welcome to the Empire Club
|
Nov 06, 2023 |
|
94. The Bloody History of Russia & Ukraine
|
Nov 02, 2023 |
|
93. Murdering the Romanovs: The End of a Dynasty
|
Oct 31, 2023 |
|
92. Killing Rasputin
|
Oct 26, 2023 |
|
91. Lenin and The Rise of the Bolsheviks
|
Oct 24, 2023 |
|
90. The Russian Revolution: Overthrowing the Tsar
|
Oct 19, 2023 |
|
89. The Final Act of the Great Game
|
Oct 17, 2023 |
|
88. The Russo-Japanese War: Asia Strikes Back
|
Oct 12, 2023 |
|
87. Tolstoy: War and the Russian Empire
|
Oct 10, 2023 |
|
86. Crushing the Khans: Russia Seizes the Centre of the World
|
Oct 05, 2023 |
|
85. The Russian Conquest of America
|
Oct 03, 2023 |
|
84. A Tale of Two Nurses: Seacole & Nightingale
|
Sep 28, 2023 |
|
83. The Charge of the Light Brigade
|
Sep 26, 2023 |
|
82. Crimea: The War on Repeat
|
Sep 21, 2023 |
|
81. The Graveyard of Empires
|
Sep 19, 2023 |
|
80. 1842: The Retreat from Kabul
|
Sep 14, 2023 |
|
79. Invading Afghanistan: The Return of a King
|
Sep 12, 2023 |
|
78. The Battle of the Spies
|
Sep 07, 2023 |
|
77. The Great Game Begins
|
Sep 05, 2023 |
|
76. The Empress & The General
|
Aug 31, 2023 |
|
75. Catherine the Great: The Golden Age
|
Aug 29, 2023 |
|
74. Peter the Great: The First Emperor
|
Aug 24, 2023 |
|
73. Ivan the Terrible and the Founding of Russia
|
Aug 22, 2023 |
|
72. The Russian Empire and the Great Game
|
Aug 15, 2023 |
|
71. Nazis, reparations, and laws 'just for the English to see'
|
Aug 10, 2023 |
|
70. The Haitian Revolution, Dutch royals, and what happened to the Caribs?
|
Aug 08, 2023 |
|
69. A Reckoning with Slavery
|
Aug 01, 2023 |
|
68. The Long Death of Slavery
|
Jul 25, 2023 |
|
67. Slavery's Demise
|
Jul 20, 2023 |
|
66. Wilberforce and the Fight for Freedom
|
Jul 18, 2023 |
|
65. When the Enslaved Took on Napoleon
|
Jul 13, 2023 |
|
64. The Black Spartacus
|
Jul 11, 2023 |
|
63. Creating Sierra Leone: The Land of the Free
|
Jul 06, 2023 |
|
62. When Slaves Fought for the British Empire
|
Jul 04, 2023 |
|
61. The Black Abolitionist
|
Jun 29, 2023 |
|
60. Britain's Most Famous Slave
|
Jun 27, 2023 |
|
59. Francis Barber: Abolition, the Navy, and the Enlightenment
|
Jun 21, 2023 |
|
58. Dr Johnson's Black Heir
|
Jun 20, 2023 |
|
57. Tacky's Revolt: An Atlantic Slave War
|
Jun 15, 2023 |
|
56. Tacky's Revolt: Causes of the Rebellion
|
Jun 13, 2023 |
|
55. The Fall of the Royal African Company
|
Jun 08, 2023 |
|
54. Royal African Company: Slavery Inc
|
Jun 06, 2023 |
|
53. Barbary Corsairs: Raiding the British isles
|
May 30, 2023 |
|
52. The Slave who Ruled
|
May 23, 2023 |
|
51. Vikings: Slavs to Slaves
|
May 16, 2023 |
|
50. Rome: A Slave Society
|
May 09, 2023 |
|
49. The Dawn of Everything
|
May 04, 2023 |
|
48. The History of Slavery
|
May 02, 2023 |
|
47. Rebels Against the Raj
|
Apr 27, 2023 |
|
46. The Mau Mau, the court case, and the hidden documents
|
Apr 25, 2023 |
|
45. Successors to the Romans, progressive harems, and living Ottomans
|
Apr 20, 2023 |
|
44. The Legacy of the Ottomans, Queen of the Desert, and giant turbans
|
Apr 18, 2023 |
|
43. The Birth of Saudi Arabia
|
Apr 11, 2023 |
|
42. The Fiery End of the Ottoman Empire
|
Apr 06, 2023 |
|
41. The Rise of Ataturk
|
Apr 04, 2023 |
|
40. Origins of the Israel-Palestine Conflict
|
Mar 28, 2023 |
|
39. Lawrence of Arabia and the Arab Revolt
|
Mar 21, 2023 |
|
38. Sykes-Picot: Carving up the Middle-East
|
Mar 14, 2023 |
|
37. The Armenian Genocide: Death Marches
|
Mar 09, 2023 |
|
36. The Armenian Genocide: Road to the Deportations
|
Mar 07, 2023 |
|
35. Gallipoli: Death at the Cliff Edge
|
Feb 28, 2023 |
|
34. The Sick Man of Europe
|
Feb 21, 2023 |
|
33. Lady Mary: Our Woman in Constantinople
|
Feb 14, 2023 |
|
32. The Greatest Ottoman Adventurer
|
Feb 07, 2023 |
|
31. Conquering the Night: The History of Coffee
|
Jan 31, 2023 |
|
30. Sultanas to Slaves: Voices from the Harem
|
Jan 24, 2023 |
|
29. The Tudors and the Turks
|
Jan 17, 2023 |
|
28. The Battle of Lepanto
|
Jan 12, 2023 |
|
27. The Siege of Cyprus
|
Jan 10, 2023 |
|
26. Suspicion and Sorrow in Suleiman's Court
|
Jan 03, 2023 |
|
25. Suleiman the Magnificent
|
Dec 27, 2022 |
|
24. The Fall of Constantinople
|
Dec 20, 2022 |
|
23. The First of the Ottomans
|
Dec 13, 2022 |
|
22. Byzantium and the Rise of the Turks
|
Dec 13, 2022 |
|
21. The Ottoman Empire
|
Dec 13, 2022 |
|
20. Nationhood, the Indian constitution, and the railways
|
Dec 01, 2022 |
|
19. Federal India, indentured labour, and naked yogis
|
Nov 29, 2022 |
|
18. The Empire Implodes
|
Nov 22, 2022 |
|
17. Rishi Sunak's Ancestry: Indians in East Africa
|
Nov 15, 2022 |
|
16. Partition
|
Nov 08, 2022 |
|
15. The Last Viceroy of India
|
Nov 01, 2022 |
|
14. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
|
Oct 25, 2022 |
|
13. The Patient Assassin
|
Oct 18, 2022 |
|
12. Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary
|
Oct 11, 2022 |
|
11. Queens and the Koh-i-Noor
|
Oct 06, 2022 |
|
10. Killing for the Koh-i-Noor
|
Oct 04, 2022 |
|
9. The Curse of the Koh-i-Noor
|
Sep 29, 2022 |
|
8. The Koh-i-Noor Diamond
|
Sep 27, 2022 |
|
7. Mahatma Gandhi
|
Sep 20, 2022 |
|
6. Queen Elizabeth II & Empire
|
Sep 13, 2022 |
|
5. The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
|
Sep 06, 2022 |
|
4. Between Two Massacres: 1857-1919
|
Aug 30, 2022 |
|
3. Mutiny, Uprising, and Rebellion
|
Aug 23, 2022 |
|
2. Company Rule in India
|
Aug 16, 2022 |
|
1. The East India Company
|
Aug 16, 2022 |
|
Trailer
|
Aug 12, 2022 |