# Empire: World History

A podcast by Goalhanger. 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. For more Goalhanger Podcasts, head to www.goalhanger.com.

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## Latest episodes

- [407. JFK: The Kennedy Curse Begins (Part 1)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1639561921/6ddda925c365) (2026-10-26, 53 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT7063243770.mp3
- [406. Norman Conquest: The First Crusade (Part 6)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1639561921/a3434ff12921) (2026-10-21, 48 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT8717946035.mp3
- [405. Norman Conquest: Medieval Mafia Invade The East (Part 5)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1639561921/7dda755d074f) (2026-10-18, 47 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT3000203541.mp3
- [404. Norman Conquest: Colonising Ireland (Part 4)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1639561921/987d83e2faaf) (2026-10-14, 50 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT5016404045.mp3
- [403. The Norman Conquests: The Battle of Hastings (Part 3)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1639561921/6242b5db6a28) (2026-10-11, 56 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT9943162466.mp3
- [402. The Norman Conquests: The Real Story of 1066 (Part 2)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1639561921/3cb0c74a6a5d) (2026-10-07, 58 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT5177294741.mp3
- [401. The Norman Conquests: Secrets of the Bayeux Tapestry (Part 1)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1639561921/d2e305d7f06d) (2026-10-04, 57 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT2826657297.mp3
- [400. Stalin: A Poisonous Legacy (Part 6)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1639561921/a870fcec9d27) (2026-09-30, 51 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT1261525404.mp3
- [399. Stalin: Hitler’s Downfall At Stalingrad (Part 5)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1639561921/e0860d78ab18) (2026-09-26, 52 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT9721920541.mp3
- [398. Stalin: The Great Terror (Part 4)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1639561921/663eaf7e510b) (2026-09-23, 43 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT5684424088.mp3
- [397. Stalin: Killing Trotsky (Part 3)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1639561921/a9e1a9dd7961) (2026-09-20, 50 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT7830838398.mp3
- [396. Stalin: The Bolshevik Revolution (Part 2)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1639561921/299c23d6ae18) (2026-09-16, 45 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT2857159474.mp3
- [395. Stalin: The Rise of A Tyrant (Part 1)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1639561921/7dde18f8a87b) (2026-09-13, 34 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT7980522243.mp3
- [394. Road To 9/11: Hijackers, CIA Failures, and America’s Darkest Day (Part 6)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1639561921/7d098c5d750f) (2026-09-09, 47 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT4071887217.mp3
- [393. Road To 9/11: Interviewing Bin Laden In The Caves of Tora Bora (Part 5)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1639561921/7ddae2720f3d) (2026-09-06, 48 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT3148367637.mp3
- [392. Road To 9/11: Bin Laden vs Saudi Arabia (Part 4)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1639561921/74d81a2bee6d) (2026-09-02, 44 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT8641144403.mp3
- [391. Road To 9/11: The Rise of Osama Bin Laden (Part 3)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1639561921/95ba576b7a39) (2026-08-30, 45 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT1109710604.mp3
- [390. Road To 9/11: The Soviet-Afghan War (Part 2)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1639561921/68ae20ae8a25) (2026-08-26, 44 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT4444937147.mp3
- [389. Road To 9/11: Origin of Al-Qaeda (Part 1)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1639561921/40f96747ff40) (2026-08-23, 56 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT2994907897.mp3
- [388. Viking Mythology: Thor, Ragnarok, & Jesus Christ (Ep 6)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1639561921/145ea833f36c) (2026-08-19, 48 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT6836317177.mp3
- [387. The Vikings Invade Britain (Ep 5)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1639561921/3cc45431dd78) (2026-08-16, 47 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT5502547043.mp3
- [386. The Picts: Scotland’s Tattooed Warriors (Ep 4)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1639561921/d1d8c7770b02) (2026-08-12, 46 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT1217371422.mp3
- [385. Saint Patrick: Slave, Rebel, & Ireland’s Patron Saint (Ep 3)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1639561921/9e9db62dc4ed) (2026-08-09, 56 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT6083511766.mp3
- [384. The Roman Invasion: Gods on Hadrian’s Wall (Ep 2)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1639561921/069e75aafbb4) (2026-08-05, 48 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT6020837368.mp3
- [383. Romans vs Druids: The War For Celtic Britain (Ep 1)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1639561921/7c1d685c7a2d) (2026-08-02, 48 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT5155190651.mp3
- [382. Empire of AI: Karen Hao On Today’s Hidden Colonialism (Ep 2)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1639561921/189d04beffc9) (2026-07-29, 57 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT9713803885.mp3
- [381. Musk, Bezos & The New East India Companies (Ep 1)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1639561921/afd5e1018203) (2026-07-26, 54 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT9456565338.mp3
- [380. Algerian Revolution: The Rise of Le Pen (Ep 6)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1639561921/ef6dcbba6a05) (2026-07-22, 35 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT8874039038.mp3
- [379. Algerian Revolution: Black Panthers, LSD, & Nina Simone (Ep 5)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1639561921/4adbe1b3c6d2) (2026-07-19, 47 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT2813809474.mp3
- [378. Algerian Revolution: Birth of Independence (Ep 4)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1639561921/0774c7727ba5) (2026-07-15, 32 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT5107274171.mp3
- [377. Algerian Revolution: The Battle of Algiers (Ep 3)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1639561921/804a0afbc090) (2026-07-12, 38 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT3247292449.mp3
- [376. Algerian Revolution: Repression and Rebellion (Ep 2)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1639561921/e84a66d7071c) (2026-07-08, 44 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT6000922126.mp3
- [375. Algerian Revolution: The French Invasion (Ep 1)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1639561921/1839ed776136) (2026-07-05, 42 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT4316246638.mp3
- [374. Ken Burns on the American Revolution and Empire](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1639561921/5d4336b416f5) (2026-07-04, 37 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT5557674570.mp3
- [373. The Dark Truth About Mount Rushmore](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1639561921/fe6c9c849077) (2026-07-01, 54 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT7868638683.mp3
- [372. The First British Indians: The Sisters Rejected By Queen Victoria (Ep 4)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1639561921/36c61c66b76c) (2026-06-28, 55 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT2795341244.mp3
- [371. The First British Indians: Last Sikh In Lahore (Ep 3)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1639561921/0db1b3c9433d) (2026-06-24, 43 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT1690181303.mp3
- [370. The First British Indians: Saving Jews In Nazi Germany (Ep 2)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1639561921/58d7b0f7ac81) (2026-06-21, 43 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT6890288718.mp3
- [369. The First British Indians: The Suffragette Princess (Ep 1)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1639561921/a99c715755fc) (2026-06-17, 55 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT5203035585.mp3
- [368. Ancient Egypt: The Origin of Abrahamic Religions? (Ep 7)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1639561921/ebaf8a64dda9) (2026-06-14, 45 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT8452609755.mp3
- [367. Ancient Egypt: “Tut-mania” And Tutankhamun’s Tomb (Ep 6)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1639561921/a05ea7d3a6b3) (2026-06-10, 44 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT2311761566.mp3
- [366. Ancient Egypt: Tutankhamun The Boy King (Ep 5)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1639561921/ff81c60b5f67) (2026-06-07, 54 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT1552045581.mp3
- [365. Ancient Egypt: Who Was Nefertiti? (Ep 4)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1639561921/4a507f197697) (2026-06-03, 51 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT9962957953.mp3
- [364. Ancient Egypt: The Fall of Akhenaten (Ep 3)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1639561921/410d6681896a) (2026-05-31, 54 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT7791186867.mp3
- [363. Ancient Egypt: Destroyer Of Gods – Pharaoh Akhenaten (Ep 2)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1639561921/b6ff98ca5cdc) (2026-05-27, 57 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT1591088835.mp3
- [The Scandal That Shaped Partition: Heartbreak & Secret Deals](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1639561921/cd7dc27c0715) (2026-05-26, 7 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT2683484218.mp3
- [362. Ancient Egypt: Great Kings of The Bronze Age (Ep 1)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1639561921/506122dc473e) (2026-05-24, 54 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT4739658357.mp3
- [361. Louis Theroux On The Settlers, The Manosphere, & Tribalism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1639561921/e42e8e625181) (2026-05-20, 50 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT2273380282.mp3
- [The Scandal That Shaped Partition: The Affair](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1639561921/a2cc24878bd4) (2026-05-19, 7 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT3996324905.mp3
- [360. Spice Wars: The Battle of the East India Companies (Ep 3)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1639561921/215fc3a4c5fa) (2026-05-17, 55 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT3977425647.mp3

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