Empire: World History

401 episodes

About Empire: World History

Empire: World History is a podcast with 401 episodes in the PodLexicon database, each accompanied by a full searchable transcript and AI-generated summary. PodLexicon indexes every episode of Empire: World History and turns each one into a searchable AI summary — find the episode that covers a topic, track how that topic evolved over time, or compare what different guests said about it.

Topics Covered on Empire: World History

Notable Guests on Empire: World History

• Anne Applebaum
• Mary Beard
• Ken Burns
• Christiane Amanpour
• Peter Frankopan
• Winston Churchill
• Stephen Fry
• Rana Mitter
• Kim Ghattas
• William Dalrymple

Recent Episodes

• 388. Viking Mythology: Thor, Ragnarok, & Jesus Christ (Ep 6) — August 19, 2026
• 387. The Vikings Invade Britain (Ep 5) — August 16, 2026
• 386. The Picts: Scotland’s Tattooed Warriors (Ep 4) — August 12, 2026
• 385. Saint Patrick: Slave, Rebel, & Ireland’s Patron Saint (Ep 3) — August 09, 2026
• 384. The Roman Invasion: Gods on Hadrian’s Wall (Ep 2) — August 05, 2026
• 383. Romans vs Druids: The War For Celtic Britain (Ep 1) — August 02, 2026
• 382. Empire of AI: Karen Hao On Today’s Hidden Colonialism (Ep 2) — July 29, 2026
• 381. Musk, Bezos & The New East India Companies (Ep 1) — July 26, 2026
• 380. Algerian Revolution: The Rise of Le Pen (Ep 6) — July 22, 2026
• 379. Algerian Revolution: Black Panthers, LSD, & Nina Simone (Ep 5) — July 19, 2026
• 378. Algerian Revolution: Birth of Independence (Ep 4) — July 15, 2026
• 377. Algerian Revolution: The Battle of Algiers (Ep 3) — July 12, 2026
• 376. Algerian Revolution: Repression and Rebellion (Ep 2) — July 08, 2026
• 375. Algerian Revolution: The French Invasion (Ep 1) — July 05, 2026
• 374. Ken Burns on the American Revolution and Empire — July 04, 2026
• 373. The Dark Truth About Mount Rushmore — July 01, 2026
• 372. The First British Indians: The Sisters Rejected By Queen Victoria (Ep 4) — June 28, 2026
• 371. The First British Indians: Last Sikh In Lahore (Ep 3) — June 24, 2026
• 370. The First British Indians: Saving Jews In Nazi Germany (Ep 2) — June 21, 2026
• 369. The First British Indians: The Suffragette Princess (Ep 1) — June 17, 2026
• 368. Ancient Egypt: The Origin of Abrahamic Religions? (Ep 7) — June 14, 2026
• 367. Ancient Egypt: “Tut-mania” And Tutankhamun’s Tomb (Ep 6) — June 10, 2026
• 366. Ancient Egypt: Tutankhamun The Boy King (Ep 5) — June 07, 2026
• 365. Ancient Egypt: Who Was Nefertiti? (Ep 4) — June 03, 2026
• 364. Ancient Egypt: The Fall of Akhenaten (Ep 3) — May 31, 2026
• 363. Ancient Egypt: Destroyer Of Gods – Pharaoh Akhenaten (Ep 2) — May 27, 2026
• The Scandal That Shaped Partition: Heartbreak & Secret Deals — May 26, 2026
• 362. Ancient Egypt: Great Kings of The Bronze Age (Ep 1) — May 24, 2026
• 361. Louis Theroux On The Settlers, The Manosphere, & Tribalism — May 20, 2026
• The Scandal That Shaped Partition: The Affair — May 19, 2026
• 360. Spice Wars: The Battle of the East India Companies (Ep 3) — May 17, 2026
• 359. Spice Wars: The Birth of New York (Ep 2) — May 13, 2026
• The Scandal That Shaped Partition: The House of Mountbatten — May 12, 2026
• 358. Spice Wars: The Rise of the Dutch East India Company (Ep 1) — May 10, 2026
• 357. Liberator of Latin America: Revolutionary Hero Or Dictator? (Part 4) — May 07, 2026
• The Scandal That Shaped Partition: India’s First Prime Minister — May 05, 2026
• 356. Liberator of Latin America: Descent Into Tyranny (Part 3) — May 04, 2026
• Should The Koh-I-Noor Be Returned? Mamdani vs King Charles III EXPLAINED — May 01, 2026
• 355. Liberator of Latin America: Napoleon & The Legions of Hell (Part 2) — April 29, 2026
• 354. Liberator of Latin America: Simón Bolívar vs The Spanish Empire (Part 1) — April 27, 2026
• 353. Hezbollah, Hostages, & Exploding Pagers (Part 8) — April 22, 2026
• 352. Israel’s 1982 Invasion of Lebanon (Part 7) — April 20, 2026
• 351. Camp David: The Day Israel & Egypt Made Peace (Part 6) — April 15, 2026
• 350. 1973: The Yom Kippur War & The First Oil Crisis (Part 5) — April 13, 2026
• What Is Life Like For Palestinians Under Occupation? — April 09, 2026
• 349. Occupation of The West Bank (Part 4) — April 08, 2026
• 348. How 1967 Changed The Middle East Forever (Part 3) — April 06, 2026
• Jung Chang On Life Under Mao & Being Banned From China — April 02, 2026
• 347. The Six Day War (Part 2) — April 01, 2026
• 346. From Suez To The Palestinian Liberation Organisation (Part 1) — March 30, 2026