Empire
Historian and author William Dalrymple joins Anita Anand to share stories on the changing fortunes of the world’s greatest empires in history
View oEmbed on the source websiteThree years, nearly 300 episodes and 75 million downloads later, the pair have become seasoned raconteurs of everything imperial. Their global audience stretches from west London to India, where, according to Dalrymple, cricket superstar Virat Kohli makes his tea while tuning in. It’s also where Dalrymple spends nine months of the year, something he believes contributes to the success of the show.
For Dalrymple, the history of the British Empire is “the great white elephant in the room”. “A quarter of the world at various points was colonised by us and yet we scarcely cover it in our own history lessons,” he marvels. “We know all of Henry VIII’s wives but wiping out entire tribes and conquering continents is not taught.”
The Rest is Classified
CIA analyst turned best-selling author David McCloskey trades spy stories with former BBC security correspondent Gordon Corera
View oEmbed on the source websiteMy having been inside the Agency and having a network of people currently inside, I think complements well with Gordon’s journalistic experience. The producers don’t try to shape what we’re saying. We’re just trying to be our authentic selves.
I think it adds up to something bigger than either of us doing it alone. I hope you’d love to be hanging out with us at a bar while we’re having this conversation, and when I make fun of him sometimes and poke in a gentle way.
I wanted to be direct in how I approached it, but also accurate. It’s a hot-button political issue with how people view him. There aren’t divisions in how Americans view Osama bin Laden, right? Snowden was harder in that respect.
The number one goal is that the listener is excited to hear what’s going to happen in the story. I also want people to understand how these institutions function. I hope that the podcast contributes to knowledge about what spy agencies actually do, what they don’t do, and why they matter for our democracies. CF
Centuries of Sound
View oEmbed on the source websiteWith a mix of up to four hours for every year of recorded sound since 1859, James Errington’s aural collages are epic, sprawling portraits of change. For example, 1925 was the first year that, in theory, all audible sound could finally be captured. Among Errington’s ear-tefacts from the time are songs from Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong and Guy Visser and his Singing Duck. GARETH McLEAN
16 Sunsets
View oEmbed on the source websiteFrom the team behind the award-winning 13 Minutes to the Moon, including space expert presenter Kevin Fong, this offers a deep look into the cultural, political and scientific context of the birth of Nasa’s Space Shuttle programme. The Hans Zimmer/Christian Lundberg score sets the scene, celebrating the collaboration of uniquely skilled people, all clearly made of “the right stuff”. CF
Half-life
View oEmbed on the source websiteAuthor Joe Dunthorne uncovers a disquieting truth when he tries to learn more about his German-Jewish family’s dramatic escape from Nazi Germany in 1936. Themes of hidden family trauma, ethical compromises and the very physical scars of war mix in a story that stretches across continents, with a soundscape that subtly reflects the subject.DAVID CRAWFORD
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