267. Colonising Canada: Kidnapping, Scurvy, & Fool’s Gold (Ep 1)

Empire

Jack Davenport

History

4.6 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Who was the first European to try and colonise Canada? Who was John Cabot and why was he spied on by Columbus? Why did Jacques Cartier kidnap Indigenous Canadians and take them back to France? What is the mythology behind Canada being known as “Turtle Island”? William and Anita explore the early history of the colonisation of Canada and how European settlers of the 16th century thought they had found China… ----------------- Empire Club: Become a member of the Empire Club to receive early access to miniseries, ad-free listening, early access to live show tickets, bonus episodes, book discounts, our exclusive newsletter, and access to our members’ chatroom on Discord! Head to empirepoduk.com to sign up. For more Goalhanger Podcasts, head to www.goalhanger.com. ----------------- Email: [email protected] Instagram: @empirepoduk Blue Sky: @empirepoduk X: @empirepoduk Assistant Producer: Becki Hills Producer: Anouska Lewis Senior Producer: Callum Hill Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	If you want access to bonus episodes reading lists for every series of Empire, a chat community.
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0:19.1	I made you think you.
0:21.6	My name is Caden Sinclair. Some people call us American royalty.
0:25.6	We were liars.
0:26.6	A new series on Prime Video.
0:28.6	We were happy. We wanted for nothing.
0:31.6	Based on the best-selling novel.
0:33.6	Something terrible happened last summer, and I have no memory of what or who hurt me.
0:39.4	No one in my family will tell me.
0:41.8	When you're left for dead, you want answers.
0:44.3	We Were Liars.
0:45.4	New series, watch now, only on Prime Video. Hello and welcome to Empire with me Anita Arnann.
1:02.6	And me William Dripal. Why are you so perky, Anita?
1:05.8	I'm perky. I'll tell you why I'm perky, because we're doing Canada.
1:08.2	And because, of course, thank you very much for all of your kind wishes.
1:11.3	As the new foreign minister.
1:12.8	The new foreign minister of Canada, I'm very, very pleased that we're doing Canada.
1:17.9	I'm not foreign minister.
1:19.4	I always thought you should have got the job of prime minister, but...
1:22.7	Really? Did you? Can I just say William is really stirring the pot with this? There are to Anita Arnans.
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