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Guest Episode: The Pirate Trial of 1720 (History Daily)
Bonus episode from the podcast 'History Daily'.
November 16, 1720. The trials of notorious pirates Anne Bonny, Mary Read, and John Rackham begin in Spanish Town, Jamaica.
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14 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT
Downfall Of The Mughals | Part 4: Bahadur Shah Zafar
In the second part of our story, Delhi burns. Sepoys march on the great city, and the old Mughal capital descends into chaos.
Pulled from a life of poetry and ritual, Bahadur Shah Zafar is thrust into a role he is utterly unprepared for — proclaimed emperor of a rebellion he neither planned nor controls. As mutineers, militia, and opportunists flood the city, the Red Fort becomes the centre of a fractured and desperate resistance.
As British forces close in, food runs low, rival factions turn on each other, and Zafar struggles to impose order on men who barely respect him. Commanders rise and fall, opportunities are squandered, and the rebellion begins to collapse under the weight of its own divisions.
As the siege tightens and the walls begin to fall, any hope of victory fades, and Zafar is forced to confront the end of his house...
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24 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT
Downfall Of The Mughals | Part 3: Bahadur Shah Zafar
In this two-part episode, we turn to the final Mughal emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar, a poet-king who never expected to rule, yet found himself at the centre of the empire’s last violent upheaval.
By the mid-nineteenth century the Mughal throne was little more than a symbol, with real power in British hands. Inside the Red Fort, Zafar tried to preserve what remained of the old world — a court of poetry, ritual, and uneasy coexistence between Hindu and Muslim elites in a city that had once been the heart of Hindustan.
Beyond the palace walls, however, the ground was shifting. When new rifle cartridges rumoured to be greased with cow and pig fat were issued to Indian soldiers, a small change became the spark that lit a rebellion...
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Guest Episode: The Pirate Trial of 1720 (History Daily)
Published 11 May 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] William orders his men to raise the ship's anchor and unfurl the sails. Then William takes command of the ship and heads for open water. William Kidd will one day be known as one of the most infamous pirates in history. But at the time of this mutiny, his career is just beginning. The British are at war with the French, and British officials are pleased and impressed when they learn of William's triumph over a French pirate captain. They decide they can use a sailor like William, one who knows a thing or two about marauding. So Britain offers Kidd a job as a privateer, a maritime mercenary who will attack French ships and hunt pirates who threaten British holdings. […]
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