Podcast on empires and world history 🌎 A Goalhanger production with Anita Anand and William Dalrymplehttps://bsky.app/profile/empirepoduk.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/empirepoduk.bsky.social/post/3mw26hexqac2f🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Stalin: Killing Trotsky (Ep 3) Why did Stalin want Trotsky dead, even in exile thousands of miles away? Anita Anand and William Dalrymple join Giles Milton to explore one of history’s most infamous political murders. 🧵21 Sep 2026 16:54 +0000at://did:plc:awtabejbf4mxltlqvepk4nf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw26hexqac2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/empirepoduk.bsky.social/post/3mvhrokrmrs2d🚨NEW SERIES🚨 STALIN: FROM POET-PRIEST TO DICTATOR How did a boy training to be a priest become one of the most ruthless dictators in world history? Our new Empire series begins in Georgia, with the childhood of Joseph Stalin. 🧵👇14 Sep 2026 09:17 +0000at://did:plc:awtabejbf4mxltlqvepk4nf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvhrokrmrs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/empirepoduk.bsky.social/post/3mvagey2v5c2uWe have some wonderful news to share... We’ve surpassed 100 million downloads! Thank you to everyone who tunes in. You’ve made this incredible milestone possible, and we appreciate you more than you can possibly imagine. Here's to the next 100 million... 👀11 Sep 2026 11:07 +0000at://did:plc:awtabejbf4mxltlqvepk4nf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvagey2v5c2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/empirepoduk.bsky.social/post/3muwxnxpycc27William Dalrymple's most incredible historical parallel to date...😅07 Sep 2026 16:49 +0000at://did:plc:awtabejbf4mxltlqvepk4nf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwxnxpycc27https://bsky.app/profile/empirepoduk.bsky.social/post/3muwbhwxguk27What was it like to sit opposite Osama bin Laden? In 1997, Peter Bergen produced a television interview with Osama Bin Laden. Now he joins William and Anita to revisit that encounter in Part 5 of Empire’s Road to 9/11. A THREAD 🧵07 Sep 2026 10:12 +0000at://did:plc:awtabejbf4mxltlqvepk4nf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwbhwxguk27https://bsky.app/profile/empirepoduk.bsky.social/post/3mu2nwig74c2zDid the CIA really fund Osama bin Laden during the Soviet-Afghan War? And how did one bureaucratic office meeting help create al-Qaeda? @DalrympleWill and Jason Burke uncover the unlikely origins of the world’s most notorious terrorist network. 🧵27 Aug 2026 10:41 +0000at://did:plc:awtabejbf4mxltlqvepk4nf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2nwig74c2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/empirepoduk.bsky.social/post/3mttp5p5dmc2tThe road to 9/11 began decades before al-Qaeda. It was shaped by revolution, repression and the brutal treatment of Islamist prisoners in Egypt. But how did imprisonment turn radical ideas into a global ideology? 🧵24 Aug 2026 16:14 +0000at://did:plc:awtabejbf4mxltlqvepk4nf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttp5p5dmc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/empirepoduk.bsky.social/post/3mtecu2s2422lThe Irish of the dark ages were renowned for their wisdom and learning... 🇨🇮18 Aug 2026 13:24 +0000at://did:plc:awtabejbf4mxltlqvepk4nf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtecu2s2422lhttps://bsky.app/profile/empirepoduk.bsky.social/post/3mtc2dnbx6s2uIs St Colomba the original source of the Loch Ness Monster..? 🤔17 Aug 2026 15:46 +0000at://did:plc:awtabejbf4mxltlqvepk4nf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtc2dnbx6s2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/empirepoduk.bsky.social/post/3mtbrfnls6k2uTHE VIKINGS INVADE BRITAIN ⚔️ They arrived as raiders, but became settlers. Why did the Vikings cross the North Sea? What happened to the gold stolen from churches? And were they really the horned barbarians of legend?17 Aug 2026 13:06 +0000at://did:plc:awtabejbf4mxltlqvepk4nf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbrfnls6k2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/empirepoduk.bsky.social/post/3msxhx3pmqs2qThe Picts. For centuries, they ruled large parts of Scotland, resisted Rome and covered the landscape with mysterious carved stones. But why do we know so little about them?13 Aug 2026 10:50 +0000at://did:plc:awtabejbf4mxltlqvepk4nf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxhx3pmqs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/empirepoduk.bsky.social/post/3msqbewqcfs2wEvery Saint Patrick’s Day, the world turns green for Ireland’s patron saint. But Patrick was not Irish, did not drive out snakes and may never have touched a shamrock. So who was the real Saint Patrick? 🧵10 Aug 2026 14:04 +0000at://did:plc:awtabejbf4mxltlqvepk4nf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqbewqcfs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/empirepoduk.bsky.social/post/3msinyo6l2c2dWhat REALLY is Stonehenge..? 🤔07 Aug 2026 13:29 +0000at://did:plc:awtabejbf4mxltlqvepk4nf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3msinyo6l2c2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/empirepoduk.bsky.social/post/3msiiffx4pc2dThis is the ONLY mention of druids in Britain 👇07 Aug 2026 11:48 +0000at://did:plc:awtabejbf4mxltlqvepk4nf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3msiiffx4pc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/empirepoduk.bsky.social/post/3msg4q2fdl22e🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨 What The Romano-Britons Really Believed In How did Rome transform Britain’s gods? And why did Middle Eastern deities end up on Hadrian’s Wall? A THREAD 🧵06 Aug 2026 13:14 +0000at://did:plc:awtabejbf4mxltlqvepk4nf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3msg4q2fdl22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/empirepoduk.bsky.social/post/3ms6x25njqs27Before Britain was Christian, its gods lived in forests, rivers and stone. From Druids and Roman conquest to Saint Patrick, Picts and Vikings, our new six-part series uncovers the beliefs that shaped the British Isles. A THREAD... 🧵03 Aug 2026 16:44 +0000at://did:plc:awtabejbf4mxltlqvepk4nf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms6x25njqs27https://bsky.app/profile/empirepoduk.bsky.social/post/3mrn3dqmc722w🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨 Are tech giants the new East India Company? 💻 Silicon Valley’s dark origins 💰 Musk, Bezos and the new imperialists 🌍 How PayPal, X and Amazon followed an imperial blueprint @willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social find out...27 Jul 2026 14:13 +0000at://did:plc:awtabejbf4mxltlqvepk4nf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrn3dqmc722whttps://bsky.app/profile/empirepoduk.bsky.social/post/3mrd5ikijgc2hToday on Empire, @willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social get into the legacy of the Algerian War and its surprising connection to far-right leader, Marine Le Pen... Listen/watch now wherever you get your podcasts, link in replies 👇23 Jul 2026 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:awtabejbf4mxltlqvepk4nf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrd5ikijgc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/empirepoduk.bsky.social/post/3mpohj7qlfk2x🚨NEW EARLY ACCESS EPISODE🚨 @anitaanand.bsky.social speaks with legendary documentarian Ken Burns on Native land, George Washington, the Civil War, Vietnam and America’s imperial past. SIGN UP TO WATCH VIA LINK IN REPLIES 👇02 Jul 2026 16:33 +0000at://did:plc:awtabejbf4mxltlqvepk4nf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpohj7qlfk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/empirepoduk.bsky.social/post/3mpnu5gz4nk2rMount Rushmore is one of America’s most famous monuments. But behind the four presidential faces is a much darker story. A story of sacred land seized by force, a mountain transformed into propaganda, and a sculptor with disturbing ties to the Ku Klux Klan.02 Jul 2026 10:46 +0000at://did:plc:awtabejbf4mxltlqvepk4nf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpnu5gz4nk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/empirepoduk.bsky.social/post/3mplsrjs4zs25🚨NEW EARLY ACCESS EPISODE 🚨 The Dark Truth Behind Mount Rushmore Join @anitaanand.bsky.social and Matthew Davis as they discuss the surprising history behind one of America's most famous landmarks... Sign up via link in replies to watch today 👇01 Jul 2026 15:17 +0000at://did:plc:awtabejbf4mxltlqvepk4nf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mplsrjs4zs25https://bsky.app/profile/empirepoduk.bsky.social/post/3mpgrcwi7cs23Princesses Irene and Pauline Duleep Singh were born into royalty, exile and silence. They were daughters of the last Maharaja of the Punjab. Yet unlike their sisters, their lives were pushed almost entirely into the shadows.29 Jun 2026 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:awtabejbf4mxltlqvepk4nf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpgrcwi7cs23https://bsky.app/profile/empirepoduk.bsky.social/post/3mp47h3f6k22kThe last Sikh princess of Lahore died alone in Pakistan. But Princess Bamba Duleep Singh was not supposed to be forgotten. She was the daughter of a stolen empire.25 Jun 2026 10:21 +0000at://did:plc:awtabejbf4mxltlqvepk4nf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp47h3f6k22khttps://bsky.app/profile/empirepoduk.bsky.social/post/3mp24oqaces2cThe British Empire wasn’t only built by kings, generals and soldiers...24 Jun 2026 14:26 +0000at://did:plc:awtabejbf4mxltlqvepk4nf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp24oqaces2chttps://bsky.app/profile/empirepoduk.bsky.social/post/3mov7kwx2k22xDuring the rise of Hitler, an Indian princess was living in Germany. She would risk everything to save Jewish families from the Gestapo. She also loved another woman...22 Jun 2026 15:34 +0000at://did:plc:awtabejbf4mxltlqvepk4nf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mov7kwx2k22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/empirepoduk.bsky.social/post/3mokxbqonmc2gThe princesses the British Empire tried to erase… One became a suffragette revolutionary. One helped Jewish families escape the Gestapo. One called herself the “Queen of Punjab”. And two vanished into the margins of history.18 Jun 2026 13:39 +0000at://did:plc:awtabejbf4mxltlqvepk4nf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mokxbqonmc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/empirepoduk.bsky.social/post/3mog5uopxh22uHow did Tutankhamun die? 🤔16 Jun 2026 15:54 +0000at://did:plc:awtabejbf4mxltlqvepk4nf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mog5uopxh22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/empirepoduk.bsky.social/post/3moddcha4lc2fDid monotheism originate in Ancient Egypt?15 Jun 2026 12:53 +0000at://did:plc:awtabejbf4mxltlqvepk4nf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3moddcha4lc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/empirepoduk.bsky.social/post/3mnzedlmi7c2wWhy did the world go crazy for Tutankhamun? And, what was Tutmania?11 Jun 2026 13:45 +0000at://did:plc:awtabejbf4mxltlqvepk4nf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnzedlmi7c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/empirepoduk.bsky.social/post/3mnwmhrrqik2d🚨MEMBERS’ EXCLUSIVE🚨 The Real Story Behind Tutankhamun’s Curse Was the world’s greatest archaeological discovery really followed by an ancient Egyptian curse? Find out 👇10 Jun 2026 11:33 +0000at://did:plc:awtabejbf4mxltlqvepk4nf4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnwmhrrqik2d