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Countries That Don't Exist Anymore
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Countries That Don't Exist Anymore is a historical entertainment podcast devoted to forgotten lands lost to the mists of time and bizarre national experiments.
You've got questions, we've got answers. You've got country suggestions, we're low on ideas! Listen to our latest episode to hear what our listeners have to say.

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CTDEA Questions & Answers
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August 14, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Next episode is CTDEA Q&A!
Get your questions to us at ctdeapod at gmail or @ctdeapod on Insta, FB BlueSky.

Which country have we missed? Are we too annoying or not annoying enough? Have your say.

Last call!
August 5, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Look what someone has left by that statue of Joan of Arc. Well, it's what she would have wanted.
August 5, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Today, we're going Neutral... Moresnet.

A triangle of land between Belgium and Prussia which was a libertarian's wet dream, miner's party town and the best place in the world to brush up your Esperanto!

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S06 E08 Neutral Moresnet
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July 31, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Medieval Korea meets Twilight or violent Korean Save By The Bell?

We check our K-Drama "Hwarang - The Poet Warrior Youth" to see how historically accurate they are to the early Silla period. And, more importantly, if we can spot anyone from BTS.
#Netflix
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CTDEA TV Club: Hwarang - The Poet Warrior Youth
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July 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Our newest episode is all about Silla, the kingdom that first united Korea.

Stuffed with epic battles, milk-spouting corpses, singing squirrels, Sean Connery, kings and plenty of Kims!

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July 4, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Ed's getting married, so while the nuptials are on, here's an episode from the archives to quipu you entertained. Just while he's tying the knot. Listen below on Spotify or wherever you usually do.
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S06 E06 Inca Empire: Redux
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June 5, 2025 at 7:34 AM
We met up with comedian Mike Shephard in a pub in Forest Hill, (home of Bertie Sheldrake) to talk the gherkin gherka, European royal family leftovers and why anyone would want to be a monarch anyway.

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CTDEA down the pub: Forest Hill
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May 22, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Latest episode is a double bill of possibly deluded people who wanted to be kings. Antoine I of Araucania Patagonia and London born pickle manufacturer King Khalid of Islamistan.

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S06 E05 Patagonia Araucania & Islamistan
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May 8, 2025 at 12:52 PM
We're on the road! Ed & Phil visit medieval Rochester Castle, home of one of the best preserved medieval keeps in Europe AND one of its smaller gift shops. Listen below...

Check out the accompanying blog for photos:
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CTDEA On The Road: Rochester Castle visit
We visited the Norman conquest fortress known as Rochester Castle to take in some Medieval magnificence.
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April 24, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Forget Oblivion! For our Medieval fix, we visited Rochester Castle. Our CTDEA On The Road episode will be dropping tomorrow but, for now, here's our blog with plenty o' pics.

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CTDEA On The Road: Rochester Castle visit
We visited the Norman conquest fortress known as Rochester Castle to take in some Medieval magnificence.
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April 23, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Gwynedd gets princes. And towns. And lots of Daffyds! Listen to Part 2 on Spotify or wherever you listen.

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April 10, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Our latest episode is on the history of Welsh powerhouse of Gwynedd - packed with blindings, burnings and cattle based revenge. Follow Gwynedd from a post Roman identity to the first waves of Welshness... featuring Hywell, Rhodri and Mawr!

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S06 E03 Gwynedd Part 1
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March 27, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Latest ep! We review the appearances of Angkor Wat on the big screen. Plus discuss the bloody Khmer Rouge and how the Khmer Empire took temple building too far.

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CTDEA Movie Club: Angkor Wat
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March 13, 2025 at 8:46 AM
On 9 March 1862, the first engagement took place between USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia. We're not sure if you can call a fight between ironclad warships a battle, more of a scrap.
March 9, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Gaius Promiscius.
March 7, 2025 at 7:32 AM
This time, we're all about the mighty Khmer Empire! How did they create the largest pre-industrial city in history, why did Angkor Watt have such big suburbs and what's with all the hydraulics?

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February 27, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Did somebody say Series 6 trailer? We'll be back on the historical entertainment bandwagon in early 2025 with a selection of rigorously researched obscure countries AND AI-generated theme tunes.
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CTDEA Trailer
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December 31, 2024 at 11:40 AM