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    History

    Empire: World History

    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 struggles and territorial conquests. How does it continue to affect the world today?

    Empire Club: Become a member of the Empire Club to receive early access to miniseries, ad-free listening, early access to live show tickets, bonus episodes, book discounts, and access to our members’ chatroom on Discord! Head to empirepoduk.com to sign up.

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    284. Suez Crisis: The British Imperialist vs The Arab Nationalist (Part 1) Aug 25, 2025
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    How did Britain and France almost start World War 3 in 1956? Who was Anthony Eden and why did he hate Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser? Why was the Suez Canal so vital to European oil supplies in the 1950s?

    Anita and William are joined by the brilliant Alex Von Tunzelmann, author of Blood and Sand: Suez, Hungary, & The Crisis That Shook The World, to discuss the origins of the infamous Suez Crisis.

    Join the Empire Club: Unlock the full Empire experience – with bonus episodes, ad-free listening, early access to miniseries and live show tickets, exclusive book discounts, a members-only newsletter, and access to our private Discord chatroom. Sign up directly at empirepoduk.com

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    Email: empire@goalhanger.com

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    Assistant Producer: Becki Hills

    Producer: Anouska Lewis

    Executive Producer: Neil Fearn

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    283. Partition: East Pakistan Becomes Bangladesh (Part 6) Aug 20, 2025
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    How did Bangladesh separate from Pakistan in 1971? When did India and Pakistan go from sharing intelligence to being at the brink of nuclear war? Why did George Harrison from the Beatles organise a concert for Bangladesh?

    William and Anita are joined once again by Sam Dalrymple, author of Shattered Lands: Five Partitions And The Making of Modern Asia, to discuss the separation of Bangladesh from Pakistan in 1971.

    Become a member of the Empire Club via empirepoduk.com to receive early access to miniseries, ad-free listening, early access to live show tickets, bonus episodes, book discounts, our exclusive newsletter, and access to our members’ chatroom on Discord! Head to empirepoduk.com to sign up.

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    Email: empire@goalhanger.com

    Instagram: @empirepoduk

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    Assistant Producer: Becki Hills

    Producer: Anouska Lewis

    Executive Producer: Neil Fearn


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    282. Partition: The Birth of The Kashmir Conflict (Part 5) Aug 18, 2025
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    What happened to the 565 princely states within British India when it became independent from the empire? How are the current conflicts in Balochistan and Kashmir linked to the partition of the princely states? Why have copies of the Lonely Planet been burnt because of their maps of Kashmir?

    William and Anita are joined once again by Sam Dalrymple, author of Shattered Lands: Five Partitions And The Making of Modern Asia, to discuss how the division of the princely states created a territorial dispute between nuclear nations which has continued ever since.

    Become a member of the Empire Club via empirepoduk.com to receive early access to miniseries, ad-free listening, early access to live show tickets, bonus episodes, book discounts, our exclusive newsletter, and access to our members’ chatroom on Discord! Head to empirepoduk.com to sign up.

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    Email: empire@goalhanger.com

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    281. Partition: Why Was India Split In Two? (Part 4) Aug 13, 2025
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    Why was the Partition of India and Pakistan so rushed in 1947? How did Partition divide everything from stationery to army boots in a matter of weeks? And how do South Asians today grapple with the memory of the largest forced migration in history?

    William and Anita are joined once again by Sam Dalrymple, author of Shattered Lands: Five Partitions And The Making of Modern Asia, to The Great Partition.

    Become a member of the Empire Club via empirepoduk.com to receive early access to miniseries, ad-free listening, early access to live show tickets, bonus episodes, book discounts, our exclusive newsletter, and access to our members’ chatroom on Discord! Head to empirepoduk.com to sign up.

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    Email: empire@goalhanger.com

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    Assistant Producer: Becki Hills

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    Executive Producer: Neil Fearn


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    280. Partition: The Creation of Pakistan (Part 3) Aug 11, 2025
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    Why did Jinnah initially accept that Pakistan could be part of an Indian Federation? When did Jinnah start to push for Pakistan to be independent from India? What was Direct Action Day in 1946, and how did it start the violence of Partition?

    William and Anita are joined once again by Sam Dalrymple, author of Shattered Lands: Five Partitions And The Making of Modern Asia, to discuss the origins of The Great Partition of 1947.

    Become a member of the Empire Club via empirepoduk.com to receive early access to miniseries, ad-free listening, early access to live show tickets, bonus episodes, book discounts, our exclusive newsletter, and access to our members’ chatroom on Discord! Head to empirepoduk.com to sign up.

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    Email: empire@goalhanger.com

    Instagram: @empirepoduk

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    Assistant Producer: Becki Hills

    Producer: Anouska Lewis

    Executive Producer: Neil Fearn


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    279. Partition: How Dubai Almost Became Part of India (Part 2) Aug 06, 2025
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    Why have we forgotten that much of the Arabian peninsula was once legally part of India? How were the founding fathers of Yemen influenced by Indian nationalists? Which British spy was a double agent for the CIA and the KGB when he was based in Bahrain?

    William and Anita are joined once again by Sam Dalrymple, author of Shattered Lands: Five Partitions And The Making of Modern Asia, to discuss how the Gulf States were once part of the Raj.

    Become a member of the Empire Club via empirepoduk.com to receive early access to miniseries, ad-free listening, early access to live show tickets, bonus episodes, book discounts, our exclusive newsletter, and access to our members’ chatroom on Discord! Head to empirepoduk.com to sign up.

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    Email: empire@goalhanger.com

    Instagram: @empirepoduk

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    Assistant Producer: Becki Hills

    Producer: Anouska Lewis

    Executive Producer: Neil Fearn


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    278. Partition: India’s Break With Burma (Part 1) Aug 04, 2025
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    Why did Japan’s invasion of Burma in WW2 affect its path to independence? Who was the Burmese fascist leader who praised Hitler for his views on immigration? How did the separation of Burma link to the origin of the Rohingya Genocide?

    Anita and William are joined by Sam Dalrymple, author of Shattered Lands: Five Partitions And The Making of Modern Asia, to discuss Burma’s separation from India in 1937.

    Become a member of the Empire Club via empirepoduk.com to receive early access to miniseries, ad-free listening, early access to live show tickets, bonus episodes, book discounts, our exclusive newsletter, and access to our members’ chatroom on Discord! Head to empirepoduk.com to sign up.

    For more Goalhanger Podcasts, head to www.goalhanger.com.

    Email: empire@goalhanger.com

    Instagram: @empirepoduk

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    Assistant Producer: Becki Hills

    Producer: Anouska Lewis

    Executive Producer: Neil Fearn


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    277. America Drills Through Hell’s Gorge (Part 5) Jul 30, 2025
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    How did the US orchestrate the Panamanian Revolution to be able to build the Panama Canal? Why did French engineer Bunau-Varilla and the US sign a treaty about Panama without a single Panamanian in the room? How did Americans impose Jim Crow laws in The Canal Zone?

    William and Anita are joined by Matthew Parker, author of Hell’s Gorge: The Battle To Build The Panama Canal, to discuss how America finally completed the building of the Canal and entered the dawn of the American Century…

    Empire Club: Become a member of the Empire Club to receive early access to miniseries, ad-free listening, early access to live show tickets, bonus episodes, book discounts, our exclusive newsletter, and access to our members’ chatroom on Discord! Head to empirepoduk.com to sign up.


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    Email: empire@goalhanger.com

    Instagram: @empirepoduk

    Blue Sky: @empirepoduk

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    Assistant Producer: Becki Hills

    Producer: Anouska Lewis

    Executive Producer: Neil Fearn


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    276. The Biggest Corruption Scandal in French History (Part 4) Jul 28, 2025
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    How was George Eiffel of the Eiffel Tower involved in a huge corruption scandal associated with the Panama Canal? How many workers died during the French attempt to build the canal? And who was Bunau-Varilla and how did this smooth-talking moustache-wielding French engineer manage to sweet talk the US government to back his plan?

    Anita and William are joined once again by Matthew Parker, author of Hell’s Gorge: The Battle To Build The Panama Canal, to discuss how French dreams were dashed when the project came crumbling down, and how one man climbed out of the rubble and charmed his way to the White House…

    Empire Club: Become a member of the Empire Club to receive early access to miniseries, ad-free listening, early access to live show tickets, bonus episodes, book discounts, our exclusive newsletter, and access to our members’ chatroom on Discord! Head to empirepoduk.com to sign up.


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    Email: empire@goalhanger.com

    Instagram: @empirepoduk

    Blue Sky: @empirepoduk

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    Assistant Producer: Becki Hills

    Producer: Anouska Lewis

    Executive Producer: Neil Fearn


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    The Great Fire of London Jul 24, 2025
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    William and Anita are joined by historian and co-host of Goalhanger’s Journey Through Time, David Olusoga, to discuss their new series on The Great Fire of London.


    What caused the capital to go up in flames on 2nd September, 1666? How did a fire that started in a bakery grow to engulf so much of the city? Who was Samuel Pepys, the great diarist who documented the fire?


    Listen to Journey Through Time, a podcast telling history from the bottom up, to get the full story.

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