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Episode 405: The East India Company - Part 5: Downfall and Dissolution
Episode 10405
In this week's episode, discover how and why the British East India Company, an immensely powerful and wealthy imperial institution, came crashing do…
1 month ago
Week 13: The Spaghetti Tree Hoax
Episode 50013
This week in history we’ve got the origin of gerrymandering, the renaming of Constantinople, we’ve got the birthdays of composers and scientists and …
1 month, 1 week ago
Episode 404: The East India Company - Part 4 Expansion and Empire
Episode 10404
In this week's episode, hear about the phase of conquest and expansion that transformed the British East India Company into one of the largest and mo…
1 month, 1 week ago
Week 12: England Loses the 1966 World Cup
Episode 50012
This week in history we’ve got monuments both finished and unfinished, we’ve got great escapes, we’ve got the birthdays of clockmakers, filmmakers, a…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Episode 403: The East India Company - Part 3: Conquest and Corruption
Episode 10403
In this week's episode, get across how the British East India Company transformed from a purely commercial enterprise to a sovereign entity exercisin…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Week 11: The Assassination of Julius Caesar
Episode 50011
This week in history we’ve got the death of a saint, the discovery of a planet, and the theft of half a billion dollars of art, we’ve got the birthda…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Episode 402: The East India Company - Part 2: Footholds and Factories
Episode 10402
In this week's episode, hear about the early history of the English East India Company, and how it moved away from the Indonesian spice trade and ins…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Week 10: The 13 Original Rules of Golf
Episode 50010
This week in history we’ve got the foundation of the French Foreign Legion and frozen food, we’ve got the birthdays of explorers and artists and acti…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Episode 401: The East India Company - Part 1: Spices and Stocks
Episode 10401
In this week's episode, learn about the global 16th century trading conditions that ultimately led to the formation of the East India Company, an ins…
2 months ago
Week 9: The Great Fire of Meireki
Episode 50009
This week in history we’ve got the first Europeans in Australia, we’ve got the first Sherlock Holmes stories, we’ve got famous composers and an even …
2 months, 1 week ago