47. Rebels Against the Raj

Empire

Jack Davenport

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🗓️ 27 April 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Annie Besant. BG Horniman. Satyanada Stokes. Madeleine Slade. What do they call have in common? They were all Rebels Against the Raj. Listen as Anita and William are joined by Ram Guha to discuss what this means. Sign up to The Knowledge here: www.theknowledge.com/empire/ LRB Empire offer: lrb.me/empire This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/empirepod. Twitter: @Empirepoduk Goalhangerpodcasts.com Producer: Callum Hill Exec Producer: Jack Davenport 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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0:15.1	W. Empire pod UK.com. Hello and welcome to Empire with me Anita Arnand.
0:33.4	And me, William Dalram.
0:36.7	Was that a comically long pause because you're very, very important now?
0:40.9	Is that what's happening in our lives now?
0:43.0	Almost not a pause. It was a sort of the pause has been and the
0:47.0	pause has gone I feel.
0:48.0	Do you think? I don't know. I'm wondering whether there's a time difference or time no there isn't because you're answering my questions just fine
0:55.2	It's you messing with my head would I ever eat it would I ever mess with your head in all the years we have been doing this sort of thing.
1:03.0	You know, one day they're going to take me away in a straight jacket and it would just be pinned to my lapel
1:07.3	course of insanity.
1:09.3	William Dal Riemple, that's all.
1:11.9	You won't be the first, Anita, you won't be the first.
1:14.2	I know, but all the doctors will just stand around me.
1:17.6	And they're just going, oh, we'll hat her to the ward, shall we? We'll have to build a new wing.
1:24.0	Oh my God, she's got a touch.
1:27.0	The awards for the people that think they're Jesus,
1:29.0	or the others that think they're King David.
1:31.0	Yeah, and then there's the Dalry and Pilitis ward, which is fast needing an adjunct wing.
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