# Empire Podcast

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Empire Podcast and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Listeners recommend it for well-made history episodes on the British Empire and other topics, described as light, informative and non-boring.

## Why people recommend it

- Well-made episodes and series (2 comments): "I strongly recommend you listen to the episodes of the Empire podcast that cover the British Empire" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45874553)) "has recently finished a rather good series on Meir Kahane" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46552106))
- Recommended for history listeners (2 comments): "There are so many good podcasts for this." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47167063)) "you would love the Empire Podcast" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48900630))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Fall of Civilizations podcast](https://hackerapproved.com/p/fall-of-civilizations-podcast.md): 20 recommend
- [The Rest Is History podcast](https://hackerapproved.com/p/rest-is-history-podcast.md): 14 recommend
- [Hardcore History by Dan Carlin](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hardcore-history.md): 13 recommend
- [Revolutions Podcast by Mike Duncan](https://hackerapproved.com/p/revolutions-podcast.md): 12 recommend
- [The History of English Podcast by John McWhorter](https://hackerapproved.com/p/history-of-english-podcast.md): 12 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Empire Podcast", https://hackerapproved.com/p/empire-podcast/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).