Watch | Historian William Dalrymple on the unprecedented success of his Empire podcast with writer and TV presenter Anita Anand

Watch | Historian William Dalrymple on the unprecedented success of his Empire podcast with writer and TV presenter Anita Anand

“A couple of third of 1,000,000!” says historian William Dalrymple concerning the variety of listeners for every episode of his  Empire podcast, which lately concluded season one.

Co-hosted with writer and TV and radio presenter Anita Anand, the podcast, which launched in August, covers a staggering span from the arrival of the East India Firm to the destiny of the Kohinoor to Jinnah and Rishi Sunak. “I’ve by no means completed something in my life that’s had fairly this sort of following,” says Dalrymple concerning the 18-episode sequence.

Anita Anand and William Dalrymple on the launch of their e book ‘Kohinoor’ in Chandigarh, 2016.
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It began when he went as a visitor on Tom Holland’s  The Relaxation is Historical past podcast, which ended up being a preferred episode. When the producers — the U.Okay.-based Goalhanger Podcasts — invited him to host considered one of his personal, Anand was a straightforward alternative as co-host, says Dalrymple. The 2 have collaborated on a e book on the Kohinoor earlier than.

Empire is characterised by Dalrymple and Anand’s straightforward camaraderie and contrasting personas. The tone is conversational, and incessantly studded with gems like Dalrymple studying out a letter by Ghalib to a grieving good friend through which he encourages him to be “dissolute”.

The episode on Partition is highly effective and sombre with Anand recounting tales from her household. The hosts additionally handle to usher in topic consultants equivalent to Ramachandra Guha, David Olusoga, Kavita Puri and others.

Forward of the second season protecting the Ottoman and Byzantine empires, Dalrymple speaks to journalist and writer Anindita Ghose concerning the making of the  Empire podcast.

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