Welcome to Empire, a brand new history podcast hosted by William Dalrymple and Anita Anand. The first series looks at the British in India: The East India Company, The Raj, Gandhi, Independence and P...Show More
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epekilis recommended:Dec 9th, 2023
Terrific telling of the historical origins of the British empire in India. As a side note, can’t help but notice that in rather typical British fashion, Canada is a completely non-existent non-entity. Admittedly, the events in Asia at that time were far more economically important to the western col...Show More
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benrempel recommended:Dec 1st, 2023
Highly recommended podcasts for those with historical interests. The first season on the British Empire in India is particularly good - takes a few episodes to really get rolling but it quickly becomes completely compelling; two well-regarded historians with guests who are all engaging storytellers....Show More
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epekilisDec 9th, 2023
@benrempel Thanks for the recommendation. This is a terrific history podcast.
benrempelDec 14th, 2023
@epekilis Happy you’re enjoying it too. Yeah, its pretty Brit-centric and Canada doesn’t really factor (maybe in a future season?). It’s kind of a like a story-telling dinner conversation between historians that does go off in a lot of interesting tangents. I confess that the subject of ‘empire’ int...Show More