Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire
by Samuel Hume
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04.18 - The Great Swamp Massacre
Oct 5, 2026
32m 04s
04.17 - The Trial of the Praying Indians
Aug 3, 2026
32m 17s
Scottish History Tour Announcement & Survey
Jul 30, 2026
1m 16s
04.16 - King Philip's War
Jul 27, 2026
29m 33s
Bonus - Astronomy and Empire at the Royal Observatory
Jul 23, 2026
1h 07m 58s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 10/5/26 | 04.18 - The Great Swamp Massacre | The Wabanaki enter the war; Praying Indians are interned on Deer Island; the United Colonies march on the Narragansett Pontifacts tour: https://celeste.wetravel.com/i/69fc95965ec7d2c71c592914#pontifacts-the-road-to-papacy I’ve made a short survey to help me understand what kind of sites and experiences you would like on a tour; it’s mostly multiple choice, but there is space to give more detail if you wish. Simply follow this link: https://forms.gle/vtisYFQy96hiXdw96 to complete the survey - help me craft a history tour that you’d like to go on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 32m 04s | ||||||
| 8/3/26 | King Philip's WarChristian Indians+3 | — | Mailing ListPatreon+2 | Massachusetts | King Philip's WarChristian Indians+3 | — | 32m 17s | ||
| 7/30/26 | Scottish historyhistorical tour+3 | — | megaphone.fm | Scotland | Scottish historytour+3 | — | 1m 16s | ||
| 7/27/26 | King Philip's WarNew England+4 | — | Mailing ListPatreon+2 | United Colonies of New EnglandWampanoag | King Philip's WarNew England+4 | — | 29m 33s | ||
| 7/23/26 | astronomyBritish Empire+4 | Dr Louise DevoyDaisy Chamberlain | Royal Observatory Greenwich | — | Royal ObservatoryJohn Flamsteed+5 | — | 1h 07m 58s | ||
| 5/18/26 | murder investigationcolonial history+3 | — | KurzgesagtAirwaveMedia.com+1 | — | John Sassamonmurder+3 | — | 30m 18s | ||
| 3/23/26 | historylaw+3 | — | Weetamoo | Rhode IslandNew England | Royal CharterNew England+4 | — | 36m 27s | ||
| 3/16/26 | PuritanismNative American history+3 | — | Harvard University Press | — | PuritansIndians+3 | — | 32m 33s | ||
| 2/23/26 | historyconflict+3 | — | Intelligent Speech 2026PAX | — | King Philip's Warconflict+3 | — | 34m 50s | ||
| 2/16/26 | British EmpireCorporate Sovereignty+3 | Philip J. Stern | Duke Empire, IncorporatedThe Company-State: Corporate Sovereignty and the Early Modern Foundations of the British Empire in India | — | Company-StateEmpire+3 | — | 56m 11s | ||
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| 2/9/26 | historysociety+1 | — | PAX | New England | smallpoxfailed harvests+3 | — | 23m 42s | ||
| 1/26/26 | Restoration politicsBritish history+3 | — | Intelligent Speech 2026CABAL+2 | Clarendon | CabalRestoration+3 | Mailing List | 32m 48s | ||
| 1/19/26 | naval historyBritish Empire+3 | — | the Royal NavyThe Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain+4 | — | Royal Navybankruptcy+3 | — | 34m 56s | ||
| 1/12/26 | naval historyBritish Empire+3 | — | The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain, Volume 2, 1649–1815The Restless Republic+7 | Albemarle | Royal NavyDutch fleet+8 | — | 44m 27s | ||
| 1/5/26 | historyrebuilding+3 | Rebecca RidealClare Jackson+1 | Airwave | London | Great Fire of Londonrebuilding+5 | — | 35m 20s | ||
| 12/22/25 | slaverypublic history+3 | Dr Patrick Wyman | Slavery throughout HistoryThe Fall of Rome+4 | — | The Fall of RomeTides of History+5 | — | 53m 12s | ||
| 11/24/25 | 04.06 - The Great Fire of London | From a bakery on Pudding Lane, a fire destroys most of the City of London. Rebecca Rideal, 1666: Plague, War, and Hellfire Jacob Field, London, Londoners and the Great Fire of 1666: Disaster and Recover. Clare Jackson, Charles II: The Star King For other great shows on the Airwave network, go to AirwaveMedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 42m 20s | ||||||
| 11/10/25 | 04.05 - The Great Plague of London | The Bubonic Plague, Yersinia Pestis, arrives in London at the end of 1664. By the end of 1665, it will have killed 200,000 people all across England and Wales. Evelyn Lord, The Great Plague: A People's History. Dorothy Moote, The great plague: the story of London's most deadly year. Charles River, The Great Plague of London: The History and Legacy of England’s Last Major Outbreak of the Bubonic Plague Rebecca Rideal, 1666: Plague, War, and Hellfire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 31m 58s | ||||||
| 10/20/25 | 04.04 - The Royal Navy Reborn | The Second Anglo-Dutch War begins, and we take a closer look at the Royal Navy of the Restoration. Jonathan Healey, The Blazing World, 2023. Nicholas Rodgers, The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain, Volume 2, 1649–1815 Anna Keay, The Restless Republic, 2022. Rebecca Rideal, 1666: Plague, War, and Hellfire, 2016. Charles Wilson, England’s Apprenticeship: 1603-1763, 1975. David Veevers, The Origins of the British Empire in Asia, 1600-1750, 2020. John Childs, General Percy Kirke and the Later Stuart Army, 2014. Philip Stern, The Company-State: Corporate Sovereignty and the Early Modern Foundations of the British Empire in India, 2011. Edwin Burrows, Mike Wallace, Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898, 1999. Julie Svalastog, Mastering the Worst of Trades: England’s Early Africa Companies and their Traders, 1618–1672, 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 31m 59s | ||||||
| 10/13/25 | The Stuarts, the Scottish Restoration, and Devil-Land with Professor Clare Jackson | The Mirror of Great Britain: A Life of James VI&I Devil-Land: England under Siege, 1588-1688 Charles II: The Star King Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 50m 17s | ||||||
| 10/6/25 | 04.03 - The First Scramble for Africa | New trade policies annoy the Dutch, and new English companies attempt to force their way into West African markets. New Amsterdam becomes New York. The Second Anglo-Dutch War begins. Jonathan Healey, The Blazing World, 2023. Anna Keay, The Restless Republic, 2022. Rebecca Rideal, 1666: Plague, War, and Hellfire, 2016. Charles Wilson, England’s Apprenticeship: 1603-1763, 1975. David Veevers, The Origins of the British Empire in Asia, 1600-1750, 2020. John Childs, General Percy Kirke and the Later Stuart Army, 2014. Philip Stern, The Company-State: Corporate Sovereignty and the Early Modern Foundations of the British Empire in India, 2011. Edwin Burrows, Mike Wallace, Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898, 1999. Julie Svalastog, Mastering the Worst of Trades: England’s Early Africa Companies and their Traders, 1618–1672, 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 34m 45s | ||||||
| 9/29/25 | 04.02 - The Seven Islands of Bombay | Charles II marries Catherine of Braganza, and the Portuguese Princess brings her new husband the city of Tangiers and the islands of Bombay. One of these will become a stronghold of the British Empire. The other will not. Alice Hunt, Republic, 2024. Michael Braddick (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the English Revolution, 2015. Jonathan Healey, The Blazing World, 2023. Anna Keay, The Restless Republic, 2022. Rebecca Rideal, 1666: Plague, War, and Hellfire, 2016. Charles Wilson, England’s Apprenticeship: 1603-1763, 1975. David Veevers, The Origins of the British Empire in Asia, 1600-1750, 2020. John Childs, General Percy Kirke and the Later Stuart Army, 2014. Philip Stern, The Company-State: Corporate Sovereignty and the Early Modern Foundations of the British Empire in India, 2011. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 26m 26s | ||||||
| 9/8/25 | 04.01 - The Return of the King | Charles II Stuart returns to London, and the Restoration tries to turn the clock back in England, Scotland, and Ireland. But a generation of civil war and revolution is not something that can be easily reversed. Alice Hunt, Republic, 2024. Martyn Bennet, Oliver Cromwell, 2006. Michael Braddick (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the English Revolution, 2015. Jonathan Healey, The Blazing World, 2023. Paul Lay, Providence Lost: The Rise and Fall of the English Republic, 2020. Anna Keay, The Restless Republic, 2022. Ian Gentles, The New Model Army: Agent of Revolution, 2022. Rebecca Rideal, 1666: Plague, War, and Hellfire, 2016. Micheál Ó Siochrú, God's Executioner: Oliver Cromwell and the conquest of Ireland, 2008. Charles Wilson, England’s Apprenticeship: 1603-1763, 1975. Charles Spencer, Killers of the King Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 38m 08s | ||||||
| 9/8/25 | Introducing Pax Britannica Season 4 - The Restoration | Find Pax Britannica everywhere you find your podcasts, or go to Pod.Link/Pax to find out more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1m 40s | ||||||
| 9/1/25 | 03.48 - With Thunderous Applause | George Monck arrives in London and restores the Long Parliament. Charles Stuart moves to Breda. The Republic votes itself out of existence. Alice Hunt, Republic, 2024. Martyn Bennet, Oliver Cromwell, 2006. Michael Braddick (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the English Revolution, 2015. Barry Coward, The Cromwellian Protectorate, 2002. Jonathan Healey, The Blazing World, 2023. Paul Lay, Providence Lost: The Rise and Fall of the English Republic, 2020. Anna Keay, The Restless Republic, 2022. Ian Gentles, The New Model Army: Agent of Revolution, 2022. Carla Gardina Pestana, The English Conquest of Jamaica: Oliver Cromwell’s Bid for Empire, 2017. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 36m 25s | ||||||
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Peaked at #143 in PE, currently #143 in PE.
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| Japan | — | #174 | #174 | — |
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