Historium Podcast

Historium is a podcast about interesting, strange, and obscure true stories from history. Created by @TheJakeBarton.

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The final chapter of Graveyard of Empires is now live.

The occupiers in Afghanistan learn the hard way: Sooner or later God’ll cut you down.

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Historium has a special gift for patrons to celebrate the conclusion of Graveyard of Empires:

Order of the Durrani Empire patches inspired by the medals Shah Shuja distributed to the soldiers who backed him.

Subscribe to any tier on Patreon to get yours!

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Illustrations ft. The Jinns which cause toothaches.

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An antique 1870s Cashmere Shawl that's also a map of Kashmir

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the marble in here really does go crazy

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Reporting live from the J.P. Morgan library in Manhattan (which you’ll recall is a major location in the Sunshine Charlie episode)

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me when i’m working on Historium

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Graveyard of Empires chapter two just dropped, and the stakes went up 10x for our boys Shah Shuja and Dost Mohammed.

Let the spycraft begin.

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New miniseries just dropped: Episodes every two weeks on podcast platforms, and the whole shebang live on Patreon now!

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Great Game-era history an all-around bummer. Imagine a Cold War where both sides are evil.

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@solipsisticfart thank you! i do it for you

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In 1838, four men aspire to rule Afghanistan. One of them will win the throne. The rest will die by the sword.

A true saga of the war the West forgot.

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@autogynefiles

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Burnes' story is central to episodes two and three of the Graveyard of Empires saga. Episodes drop every two weeks wherever you get podcasts, or you can listen to the whole series now on Patreon 😘
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This is Alexander Burnes: explorer, amateur archaeologist, freemason... cosplayer? After surveying routes through Afghanistan for the East India Company, he wrote a bestselling memoir and travelled around England giving talks and dressing up in Central Asian costumes.

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Without giving too much away... it didn't end well for him.

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@okimstillhungry Surely you can’t mean this guy.

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@SaschaAmato this is where i post from

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@AmericanMovie_ current mood