Empire • World History
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?
William Dalrymple and Anita Anand explore the intricate stories of revolutions, imperial wars, and the people who built and lost empires.
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Empire • World History
🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨
Bronze Age Apocalypse: The Fall of Troy
The inimitable Stephen Fry joins @tweeter_anita and @DalrympleWill as he cuts through the myth of The Iliad and Odyssey to tell the story of the real Troy...you don't want to miss this...
Link to episode 👇
https://youtu.be/wBwBoM11JiM
2 days ago | [YT] | 76
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Empire • World History
🚨 NEW SERIES 🚨
🏺 Bronze Age Apocalypse: Before the Collapse
Anita Anand and William Dalrymple are joined by Josephine Quinn in the first episode of their EPIC series on the Bronze Age Collapse...Tune in to hear them through the myth and explore what The Bronze Age was really like, and whether they could sense the end was nigh...
Watch here👇
https://youtu.be/6oeJVg6C9ZA
4 days ago | [YT] | 18
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Empire • World History
🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨
🇮🇷 The Iranian Revolution: 1979 vs. 2026
Join Willie and Anita with Scott Anderson and Ramita Navai as they discuss the recent protests that have rocked Iran and ask on big question:
Will there be regime change?
Watch here👇
https://youtu.be/OJOcxQ5n_Sc
1 week ago | [YT] | 25
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🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨
The SHOCKING Way Britain Crushed The Indian Mutiny
In this series finale, Willie and Anita reveal how Lucknow fell, the rebellion ended, and the British Raj began...you don't want to miss this.
Link to episode 👇
https://youtu.be/2_a6CGK8GzU
2 weeks ago | [YT] | 21
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Empire • World History
🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨
The BRUTAL Way The British Captured India's Greatest City
How did the British finally break into Delhi in 1857, and why did a sudden solar eclipse change the siege overnight? 🌑
William and Anita unpack the brutal Siege of Delhi...
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https://youtu.be/LsX6Ej-LiL8
2 weeks ago | [YT] | 20
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🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨
How One of India’s Greatest Cities Turned Into a Death Trap
Join Anita and William for the 4th episode of their EPIC series on The Indian Mutiny, this time - THE SIEGE OF LUCKNOW...
Watch via link below 👇
https://youtu.be/nS9st-xK14Q
4 weeks ago | [YT] | 22
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Empire • World History
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨
The Day The British Empire Stood Still
Join Anita and William as they explore one of the darkest chapters of the 1857 Mutiny as the rebellion reaches the East India Company garrison town of Kanpur, or “Cawnpore”...
Link to episode👇
https://youtu.be/HV-jyh6P37w
1 month ago | [YT] | 17
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Empire • World History
🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨
India's Greatest Rebellion: The Rebels March On Delhi (Part 2)
Join Anita and William for episode two of their series on The Indian Mutiny as they explored how it morphed into a small rebellion into a national crisis..
Link below👇
https://youtu.be/5QsGFcnQdTA
1 month ago | [YT] | 20
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Empire • World History
Our sister podcast, The Rest Is Classified, has a new series beginning today on the CIA's most valuable spy in Moscow, Adolf Tolkachev. Head over to their channel to find out:
🕵️How the CIA recruits spies inside other countries
🇷🇺What Russia does to try and stop its assets getting recruited
🇺🇸What are the CIA's 'Moscow rules'
1 year ago | [YT] | 2
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