Empire Podcast
@empirepoduk.bsky.social
Podcast on empires and world history 🌎
A Goalhanger production with Anita Anand and William Dalrymple
Current series - WRITERS OF EMPIRE
A Goalhanger production with Anita Anand and William Dalrymple
Current series - WRITERS OF EMPIRE
December 1, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Who was Basil D’Oliveira and why was South Africa's Apartheid government fearful of him making the England cricket squad?
Who was the first black cricketer to bat for The West Indies?
Why is The West Indies on the back foot in international cricket compared to other teams?
Who was the first black cricketer to bat for The West Indies?
Why is The West Indies on the back foot in international cricket compared to other teams?
December 1, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Who was Basil D’Oliveira and why was South Africa's Apartheid government fearful of him making the England cricket squad?
Who was the first black cricketer to bat for The West Indies?
Why is The West Indies on the back foot in international cricket compared to other teams?
Who was the first black cricketer to bat for The West Indies?
Why is The West Indies on the back foot in international cricket compared to other teams?
⚡️ BONUS EPISODE OUT ⚡️
For the last part of our cricket saga, @anitaanand.bsky.social is once again joined by cricket journalist, Tim Wigmore, to discuss the sport's history in The West Indies and South Africa!
For the last part of our cricket saga, @anitaanand.bsky.social is once again joined by cricket journalist, Tim Wigmore, to discuss the sport's history in The West Indies and South Africa!
December 1, 2025 at 7:49 PM
⚡️ BONUS EPISODE OUT ⚡️
For the last part of our cricket saga, @anitaanand.bsky.social is once again joined by cricket journalist, Tim Wigmore, to discuss the sport's history in The West Indies and South Africa!
For the last part of our cricket saga, @anitaanand.bsky.social is once again joined by cricket journalist, Tim Wigmore, to discuss the sport's history in The West Indies and South Africa!
@willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social are again joined by cricket journalist, Tim Wigmore, to explore the history of India's favourite pastime.
Listen NOW wherever you get your podcasts, and join the Empire Club for bonus content!
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November 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
@willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social are again joined by cricket journalist, Tim Wigmore, to explore the history of India's favourite pastime.
Listen NOW wherever you get your podcasts, and join the Empire Club for bonus content!
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Listen NOW wherever you get your podcasts, and join the Empire Club for bonus content!
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🏏 How did Britain’s imperial game become so popular in India? 🏏
👶Why were India’s princes the ‘nepo babies’ of cricket?👶
🇵🇰 How does the legacy of Partition continue to affect matches in India and Pakistan today? 🇵🇰
👶Why were India’s princes the ‘nepo babies’ of cricket?👶
🇵🇰 How does the legacy of Partition continue to affect matches in India and Pakistan today? 🇵🇰
November 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
🏏 How did Britain’s imperial game become so popular in India? 🏏
👶Why were India’s princes the ‘nepo babies’ of cricket?👶
🇵🇰 How does the legacy of Partition continue to affect matches in India and Pakistan today? 🇵🇰
👶Why were India’s princes the ‘nepo babies’ of cricket?👶
🇵🇰 How does the legacy of Partition continue to affect matches in India and Pakistan today? 🇵🇰
💥NEW EPISODE OUT TODAY💥
For the next part of our cricket mini-series, we turn to the country with the largest cricket fanbase in the world ...
🇮🇳 India 🇮🇳
For the next part of our cricket mini-series, we turn to the country with the largest cricket fanbase in the world ...
🇮🇳 India 🇮🇳
November 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
💥NEW EPISODE OUT TODAY💥
For the next part of our cricket mini-series, we turn to the country with the largest cricket fanbase in the world ...
🇮🇳 India 🇮🇳
For the next part of our cricket mini-series, we turn to the country with the largest cricket fanbase in the world ...
🇮🇳 India 🇮🇳
Listen NOW wherever you get your podcasts.
While you're at it, join the Empire Club for early access to the rest of the series and bonus episodes!
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While you're at it, join the Empire Club for early access to the rest of the series and bonus episodes!
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November 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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While you're at it, join the Empire Club for early access to the rest of the series and bonus episodes!
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While you're at it, join the Empire Club for early access to the rest of the series and bonus episodes!
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In today's episode, we look at the historic rivalry between England and Australia:
🔥 Where did The Ashes come from? 🔥
💀 What was the Bodyline Controversy that nearly killed a player? 💀
👑 Who was Don Bradman, 'the greatest sportsperson of all time?' 👑
🔥 Where did The Ashes come from? 🔥
💀 What was the Bodyline Controversy that nearly killed a player? 💀
👑 Who was Don Bradman, 'the greatest sportsperson of all time?' 👑
November 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
In today's episode, we look at the historic rivalry between England and Australia:
🔥 Where did The Ashes come from? 🔥
💀 What was the Bodyline Controversy that nearly killed a player? 💀
👑 Who was Don Bradman, 'the greatest sportsperson of all time?' 👑
🔥 Where did The Ashes come from? 🔥
💀 What was the Bodyline Controversy that nearly killed a player? 💀
👑 Who was Don Bradman, 'the greatest sportsperson of all time?' 👑
💥NEW EPISODE OUT TODAY💥
Joined by cricket journalist Tim Wigmore, @willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social kick off their series on the colonial history of one of the world's most popular sports ...
🏏CRICKET🏏
Joined by cricket journalist Tim Wigmore, @willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social kick off their series on the colonial history of one of the world's most popular sports ...
🏏CRICKET🏏
November 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
💥NEW EPISODE OUT TODAY💥
Joined by cricket journalist Tim Wigmore, @willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social kick off their series on the colonial history of one of the world's most popular sports ...
🏏CRICKET🏏
Joined by cricket journalist Tim Wigmore, @willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social kick off their series on the colonial history of one of the world's most popular sports ...
🏏CRICKET🏏
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While you're at it, join the Empire Club to listen ad-free to all our episodes, as well as lots of bonus content!
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While you're at it, join the Empire Club to listen ad-free to all our episodes, as well as lots of bonus content!
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November 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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While you're at it, join the Empire Club to listen ad-free to all our episodes, as well as lots of bonus content!
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While you're at it, join the Empire Club to listen ad-free to all our episodes, as well as lots of bonus content!
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💥NEW EPISODE OUT TODAY💥
Following on from last week, @willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social dive into the complex history of everyone's favourite journalist with a quiff ...
... Tintin!
Following on from last week, @willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social dive into the complex history of everyone's favourite journalist with a quiff ...
... Tintin!
November 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
💥NEW EPISODE OUT TODAY💥
Following on from last week, @willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social dive into the complex history of everyone's favourite journalist with a quiff ...
... Tintin!
Following on from last week, @willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social dive into the complex history of everyone's favourite journalist with a quiff ...
... Tintin!
Listen now as @DalrympleWill and @tweeter_anita grapple with viewing their favourite characters from childhood through the lens of imperial history...
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November 18, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Listen now as @DalrympleWill and @tweeter_anita grapple with viewing their favourite characters from childhood through the lens of imperial history...
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Two iconic children's cartoons created by illustrators with very sweet origin stories.
But how should we feel about the racism and imperialism within their pages today?
But how should we feel about the racism and imperialism within their pages today?
November 18, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Two iconic children's cartoons created by illustrators with very sweet origin stories.
But how should we feel about the racism and imperialism within their pages today?
But how should we feel about the racism and imperialism within their pages today?
💥NEW EPISODE OUT TODAY💥
What's the colonial history of your favourite cartoons?
In this episode...
🇫🇷Asterix and Obelix 🇫🇷 vs 🐘 Babar The Elephant🐘
What's the colonial history of your favourite cartoons?
In this episode...
🇫🇷Asterix and Obelix 🇫🇷 vs 🐘 Babar The Elephant🐘
November 18, 2025 at 1:12 PM
💥NEW EPISODE OUT TODAY💥
What's the colonial history of your favourite cartoons?
In this episode...
🇫🇷Asterix and Obelix 🇫🇷 vs 🐘 Babar The Elephant🐘
What's the colonial history of your favourite cartoons?
In this episode...
🇫🇷Asterix and Obelix 🇫🇷 vs 🐘 Babar The Elephant🐘
Listen NOW wherever you get your podcasts.
While you're at it, join the Empire Club to listen ad-free and binge the next 2 episodes in our Writers of Empire series!
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While you're at it, join the Empire Club to listen ad-free and binge the next 2 episodes in our Writers of Empire series!
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November 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Listen NOW wherever you get your podcasts.
While you're at it, join the Empire Club to listen ad-free and binge the next 2 episodes in our Writers of Empire series!
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While you're at it, join the Empire Club to listen ad-free and binge the next 2 episodes in our Writers of Empire series!
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Was Charlotte Brontë's “madwoman in the attic” a Jamaican heiress? Did Jane Austen's Mansfield Park sideline the slave wealth of its characters? How was her own family tied to the Caribbean plantations?
November 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Was Charlotte Brontë's “madwoman in the attic” a Jamaican heiress? Did Jane Austen's Mansfield Park sideline the slave wealth of its characters? How was her own family tied to the Caribbean plantations?
⏰NEW EPISODE OUT TODAY⏰
Austen and Brontë: Unmasking Slavery Heiresses
@willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social are joined by Dr Miranda Kauffman, to discuss the often-ignored connections between these famous authors and slavery heiresses.
Austen and Brontë: Unmasking Slavery Heiresses
@willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social are joined by Dr Miranda Kauffman, to discuss the often-ignored connections between these famous authors and slavery heiresses.
November 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
⏰NEW EPISODE OUT TODAY⏰
Austen and Brontë: Unmasking Slavery Heiresses
@willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social are joined by Dr Miranda Kauffman, to discuss the often-ignored connections between these famous authors and slavery heiresses.
Austen and Brontë: Unmasking Slavery Heiresses
@willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social are joined by Dr Miranda Kauffman, to discuss the often-ignored connections between these famous authors and slavery heiresses.
Listen now as @anitaanand.bsky.social and @willdalrymple.bsky.social discuss one of the most influential events of Orwell's life...
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October 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Listen now as @anitaanand.bsky.social and @willdalrymple.bsky.social discuss one of the most influential events of Orwell's life...
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Who saved his life when he was shot in the throat? How did internal feuds on the leftist side of the war influence his writing and his paranoia? And what is the wider imperial history of the Spanish Civil War?
October 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Who saved his life when he was shot in the throat? How did internal feuds on the leftist side of the war influence his writing and his paranoia? And what is the wider imperial history of the Spanish Civil War?
Episode 2 of our Orwell miniseries out NOW..
🪖Fighting Fascism In The Spanish Civil War🪖
Like Hemingway and Laurie Lee, the idealist writer George Orwell joined the Republican forces in Spain to fight General Franco, with his experiences inspiring Homage To Catalonia...
🪖Fighting Fascism In The Spanish Civil War🪖
Like Hemingway and Laurie Lee, the idealist writer George Orwell joined the Republican forces in Spain to fight General Franco, with his experiences inspiring Homage To Catalonia...
October 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Episode 2 of our Orwell miniseries out NOW..
🪖Fighting Fascism In The Spanish Civil War🪖
Like Hemingway and Laurie Lee, the idealist writer George Orwell joined the Republican forces in Spain to fight General Franco, with his experiences inspiring Homage To Catalonia...
🪖Fighting Fascism In The Spanish Civil War🪖
Like Hemingway and Laurie Lee, the idealist writer George Orwell joined the Republican forces in Spain to fight General Franco, with his experiences inspiring Homage To Catalonia...
October 14, 2025 at 11:13 AM
.@willdalrymple.bsky.social
and @anitaanand.bsky.social are joined by Harvard Professor Caroline Elkins to discuss the British occupation of Palestine, and one of the pivotal historical dominoes in the road to where we are today.
and @anitaanand.bsky.social are joined by Harvard Professor Caroline Elkins to discuss the British occupation of Palestine, and one of the pivotal historical dominoes in the road to where we are today.
October 14, 2025 at 11:13 AM
.@willdalrymple.bsky.social
and @anitaanand.bsky.social are joined by Harvard Professor Caroline Elkins to discuss the British occupation of Palestine, and one of the pivotal historical dominoes in the road to where we are today.
and @anitaanand.bsky.social are joined by Harvard Professor Caroline Elkins to discuss the British occupation of Palestine, and one of the pivotal historical dominoes in the road to where we are today.
As the ceasefire in Gaza comes into action, today's Empire episode goes back to the 1920s when the British occupied the region.
The Black and Tans, fresh from the Irish War of Independence, arrive in Mandate Palestine to violently impose imperial order, & tensions are rising...
The Black and Tans, fresh from the Irish War of Independence, arrive in Mandate Palestine to violently impose imperial order, & tensions are rising...
October 14, 2025 at 11:13 AM
As the ceasefire in Gaza comes into action, today's Empire episode goes back to the 1920s when the British occupied the region.
The Black and Tans, fresh from the Irish War of Independence, arrive in Mandate Palestine to violently impose imperial order, & tensions are rising...
The Black and Tans, fresh from the Irish War of Independence, arrive in Mandate Palestine to violently impose imperial order, & tensions are rising...
Listen now wherever you get your podcasts 🎧
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October 6, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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In episode 5 of the Gaza series, @willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social are joined by Professor Jonathan Phillips to discuss the Crusader history of Gaza and the rise of the Mamluk dynasty that followed...
October 6, 2025 at 9:58 AM
In episode 5 of the Gaza series, @willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social are joined by Professor Jonathan Phillips to discuss the Crusader history of Gaza and the rise of the Mamluk dynasty that followed...