Podcast Episodes
Back to Search347. The Six Day War (Part 2)
Season 31 Episode 2
**Listen to the first 4 episodes of the series today by joining the Empire Club at empirepoduk.com.**
How did Israel defeat the armies of Egypt, Jord…
3 weeks, 6 days ago
346. From Suez To The Palestinian Liberation Organisation (Part 1)
Season 31 Episode 1
**Listen to the first 4 episodes of the series today by joining the Empire Club at empirepoduk.com.**
What was the Arab Cold War, and how did it viol…
4 weeks, 1 day ago
Chairman Mao: The Cultural Revolution
Season 29 Episode 6
What were Mao’s motivations for launching The Cultural Revolution? Who were the Red Guards, and why did Mao indoctrinate teenagers? How did Mao die, …
1 month ago
Chairman Mao: The Great Leap Forward
Season 29 Episode 5
Why did Mao declare war on sparrows as part of The Great Leap Forward? What caused China to attack India in 1962? How did Mao use a swimming pool to …
1 month ago
Christiane Amanpour On Iran & Trump’s Miscalculations
Season 30 Episode 3
William and Anita are joined by renowned British-Iranian journalist, Christiane Amanpour, to discuss the war in Iran, and how it has echoes of the ev…
1 month, 1 week ago
343. Lebanon: Hezbollah, Israel, & Fifty Years As A Battleground
Season 30 Episode 2
What is the long history behind the current Israeli strikes on Lebanon? Why did Israel sell weapons to Iran in the 1980s? How was the Lebanon’s map d…
1 month, 1 week ago
342. Iran: The Three Ayatollahs – From Revolution to Dynasty
Season 30 Episode 1
How did Ayatollah Khamenei ensure his son, Mojtaba, would take over after his death? How is this war a product of deep historical trends? What intern…
1 month, 1 week ago
341. Chairman Mao: The Clash With Stalin (Ep 4)
Season 29 Episode 4
Mao has declared that China is a communist republic. How did life change for ordinary people living in this new nation? To what extent was Mao’s Chin…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Chairman Mao: World War II, Japanese Invasion, & Massacre in Nanjing
Season 29 Episode 3
How did World War II break out in Asia in 1937? Why did Mao Zedong and his fellow communists live in caves after the Long March? How did the notoriou…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Chairman Mao: China's Communist Uprising
Season 29 Episode 2
Why did the communists and nationalists join forces with the USSR during the Chinese Civil War? When did the nationalists purge communists in what is…
1 month, 3 weeks ago