“He is also the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Embers of War, a man who's been advising the new hit Netflix series Kennedy. Of course,…”
Embers of War by Fredrik Logevall
Host on Empire407. JFK: The Kennedy Curse Begins (Part 1)
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“He is also the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Embers of War, a man who's been advising the new hit Netflix series Kennedy. Of course,…”
Embers of War by Fredrik Logevall
Host on Empire407. JFK: The Kennedy Curse Begins (Part 1)
“The great Mark Morris, author of The Anglo-Saxons and The Norman Conquest, but also biographer of later English kings like King John and Edward I.”
The Norman Conquest by Marc Morris
Host on Empire402. The Norman Conquests: The Real Story of 1066 (Part 2)
“The great Mark Morris, author of The Anglo-Saxons and The Norman Conquest, but also biographer of later English kings like King John and Edward I.”
The Anglo-Saxons by Marc Morris
Host on Empire402. The Norman Conquests: The Real Story of 1066 (Part 2)
“To guide us through this monumental moment in history, we're joined by none other than the great Sir Anthony Beaver, author of Stalingrad, a book that has redefined the way we view the battle in the West.”
Why: It has redefined the way we view the battle in the West.
Stalingrad by Antony Beevor
Host on Empire399. Stalin: Hitler’s Downfall At Stalingrad (Part 5)
“and we are I'm delighted to say joined by Giles Milton friend of the show and author of the Stalin affair the impossible alliance that won the war to discuss Stalin's rise in the shadow of Lenin…”
Stalin Affair by Giles Milton
Host on Empire396. Stalin: The Bolshevik Revolution (Part 2)
“And back with us, double Pulitzer Prize winning author of Ghost Wars, The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan and Bin Laden and the Bin Ladens, an Arabian family in the American century, Steve Cole.”
Ghost Wars by Steve Coll
Host on Empire392. Road To 9/11: Bin Laden vs Saudi Arabia (Part 4)
“And back with us, double Pulitzer Prize winning author of Ghost Wars, The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan and Bin Laden and the Bin Ladens, an Arabian family in the American century, Steve Cole.”
The Bin Ladens by Steve Coll
Host on Empire392. Road To 9/11: Bin Laden vs Saudi Arabia (Part 4)
“the author of Ghost Wars, Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan and Bin Laden,…”
Ghost Wars by Steve Coll
Host on Empire391. Road To 9/11: The Rise of Osama Bin Laden (Part 3)
“and co-author of The King in the North, the Pictish realms. Gordon Noble, welcome to Empire.”
King in the North by Gordon Noble
Host on Empire386. The Picts: Scotland’s Tattooed Warriors (Ep 4)
“He's also the professor of history at the University of Galway, a member of the Distinguished Royal Irish Academy, and author of a new edition, the Early Medieval Ireland 400 to 1200,…”
Why: It is the most comprehensive and scholarly treatment of the period.
Early Medieval Ireland, 400-1200 by Dáibhí Ó Cróinín
Host on Empire385. Saint Patrick: Slave, Rebel, & Ireland’s Patron Saint (Ep 3)
“author of Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles, Blood and Mistletoe, the History of the Druids in Britain and the Druids, simply the Druids.”
Blood and Mistletoe by Ronald Hutton
Host on Empire383. Romans vs Druids: The War For Celtic Britain (Ep 1)
“author of Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles, Blood and Mistletoe, the History of the Druids in Britain and the Druids, simply the Druids.”
DRUIDS: A HISTORY by Ronald Hutton
Host on Empire383. Romans vs Druids: The War For Celtic Britain (Ep 1)
“author of Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles, Blood and Mistletoe, the History of the Druids in Britain and the Druids, simply the Druids.”
The Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles by Ronald Hutton
Host on Empire383. Romans vs Druids: The War For Celtic Britain (Ep 1)
“She is the author of this fantastic, fantastic book, Empire of AI. It's right on the cover there.”
Empire of AI by Karen Hao
Host on Empire382. Empire of AI: Karen Hao On Today’s Hidden Colonialism (Ep 2)
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“Well, I mean, the quote was given to journalist W.T. Steed, who we think a lot of, who wrote the book The Last Will and Testament of Cecil Rhodes in 1902.”
The Last Will and Testament of Cecil John Rhodes by William Thomas Stead
Host on Empire381. Musk, Bezos & The New East India Companies (Ep 1)