Ottoman Empire Podcast

LISTEN Continuous narrative podcast on the Ottoman Empire. EXPLORE Sultans, Kings, Knights, and Janissaries. EXPERIENCE the epic 14th through 18th century clash of civilizations. Islam and Christendom waring in the Eastern Mediterranean, Balkans, Black Sea, and more. SUBSCRIBE Immerse yourself beginning with Episode 1, The Dream of Osman, a journey originating in the dusty hinterland of Anatolia . Later episodes Crusade of Nicopolis. Crusade of Varna. Battle of the Black Birds. Conquest Constantinople. Strategy. So much more! You WON'T find another history podcast like this!

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Episodes

The Ottoman Interregnum: Episode 13

Welcome to Empires Podcast the Ottomans! Where to find the show? Check out the Website: ⁠ ⁠https://ottomanempirepodcast.com/⁠ ⁠ Please consider leaving a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts & drop a "Follow" & 5 star rating on Spotify. Email Frank at: Empiresofhistorypodcast@gmail.com Sultan Bayezid is dead. His four sons, Sulyeman, Isa, Musa, and Mehmed all vie for the Sultanate and bring the Anatolian and European countryside to another round of devastating wars. A pivotal moment in Ottoma...

Jun 11, 2019•27 min

EXTRA 02: Author Interview with Dan Cross: The Art of Historical Fiction

Welcome to Empires Podcast the Ottomans! Where to find the show? Check out the Website: ⁠ ⁠https://ottomanempirepodcast.com/⁠ ⁠ Please consider leaving a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts & drop a "Follow" & 5 star rating on Spotify. Email Frank at: Empiresofhistorypodcast@gmail.com Dan Cross is a writer, amateur historian, business owner, and shortlisted for the 2018 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Award for best unpublished work. Dan's soon to be debut novel, Caesar of Mercenaries, is rep...

Feb 07, 2019•47 min

The Battle of Ankara and Death of Sultan Bayezid I: Episode 12

Welcome to Empires Podcast the Ottomans! Where to find the show? Check out the Website: ⁠ ⁠https://ottomanempirepodcast.com/⁠ ⁠ Please consider leaving a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts & drop a "Follow" & 5 star rating on Spotify. Email Frank at: Empiresofhistorypodcast@gmail.com Sultan Bayezid is finally roused from his slumber in Edrine. Mustering his army he sets out from Bursa to stop Timur's army as the Asian Warlord bears down on him from the City of Sivas. Arriving outside the To...

Feb 05, 2019•36 min

Of Thy Insolence and Folly-Prelude to the Battle of Ankara: Episode 11

Welcome to Empires Podcast the Ottomans! Where to find the show? Check out the Website: ⁠ ⁠https://ottomanempirepodcast.com/⁠ ⁠ Please consider leaving a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts & drop a "Follow" & 5 star rating on Spotify. Email Frank at: Empiresofhistorypodcast@gmail.com By 1399 Sultan Bayezid 'Thunderbolt' had secured his European and Anatolian holdings. The Kingdom of Hungary was on the retreat after the disaster of the Crusade of Nicopolis. In the east Anatolian Beys were sw...

Jan 29, 2019•25 min

A Crusade Dies at Nicopolis: Episode 10 Part 2

Welcome to Empires Podcast the Ottomans! Where to find the show? Check out the Website: ⁠ ⁠https://ottomanempirepodcast.com/⁠ ⁠ Please consider leaving a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts & drop a "Follow" & 5 star rating on Spotify. Email Frank at: Empiresofhistorypodcast@gmail.com The Crusaders head out from Buda, Hungary and turn south into Ottoman territory. Along the way the army brutally sacks the Town of Oryahovo spreading terror and dread of the Crusader army in both Muslim and Ort...

Jan 22, 2019•37 min

A Crusade Dies at Nicopolis: Episode 10 Part 1

Welcome to Empires Podcast the Ottomans! Where to find the show? Check out the Website: ⁠ ⁠https://ottomanempirepodcast.com/⁠ ⁠ Please consider leaving a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts & drop a "Follow" & 5 star rating on Spotify. Email Frank at: Empiresofhistorypodcast@gmail.com King Sigismund of Hungary develops and implements a grand strategy for countering the Ottoman threat. Sultan Bayezid is forced to play catch up behind Sigismund. The dreaded Akinji raiders cause massive sufferi...

Jan 15, 2019•26 min

Thunderbolt turns to Europe: Episode 9

Welcome to Empires Podcast the Ottomans! Where to find the show? Check out the Website: ⁠ ⁠https://ottomanempirepodcast.com/⁠ ⁠ Please consider leaving a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts & drop a "Follow" & 5 star rating on Spotify. Email Frank at: Empiresofhistorypodcast@gmail.com Episode 9 wraps up Sultan Bayezid's first campaign into Anatolia by covering the Battle of Kirkdilim. A rebellious subordinate and maverick commander prevents the Ottomans from putting the final whammy on the C...

Jan 08, 2019•19 min

EXTRA 01: Author Interview with John McHugo: A Brief Discussion of Islamic History

Welcome to Empires Podcast the Ottomans! Where to find the show? Check out the Website: ⁠ ⁠https://ottomanempirepodcast.com/⁠ ⁠ Please consider leaving a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts & drop a "Follow" & 5 star rating on Spotify. Email Frank at: Empiresofhistorypodcast@gmail.com Please join Empires of History Podcast host Frank as he interviews author, lawyer, and historian John McHugo. John is the author of A Concise History of the Arabs, Syria: A Recent History, and A Concise History...

Dec 21, 2018•47 min

The Thunderbolt Strikes: Episode 8

Welcome to Empires Podcast the Ottomans! Where to find the show? Check out the Website: ⁠ ⁠https://ottomanempirepodcast.com/⁠ ⁠ Please consider leaving a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts & drop a "Follow" & 5 star rating on Spotify. Email Frank at: Empiresofhistorypodcast@gmail.com Bayezid I assumes the Sultanate after the death of Murad I. Ferocious in temper, impulsive, martial, greedy for lands and glory, he quickly earns numerous enemies and becomes known as the 'Thunderbolt' Sultan. ...

Dec 19, 2018•26 min

Battle of Kosovo and the end of the road for Sultan Murad: Episode 7

Welcome to Empires Podcast the Ottomans! Where to find the show? Check out the Website: ⁠ ⁠https://ottomanempirepodcast.com/⁠ ⁠ Please consider leaving a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts & drop a "Follow" & 5 star rating on Spotify. Email Frank at: Empiresofhistorypodcast@gmail.com While deep in Anatolia fighting the Karamanids Sultan Murad I gets word of a massive Ottoman defeat in Bosnia, the Battle of Belica. The Ottoman defeat causes the Christian kingdoms to unite in a Crusade meant ...

Dec 13, 2018•30 min

Rebellious sons and the Karamanids: Episode 6

YOU Can SUPPORT ⁠the Ottoman Empire Podcast by joining the show's official ⁠⁠⁠ PATREON⁠ CLICK HERE PATREON ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ 2 Tiers to choose from Exclusive content Early access to main show Exclusive EXTRA episodes and additional content ⁠⁠ PATREON ⁠ ⁠ Will always be 100% ad free and YOU can JOIN now for as little as $3.00 a month! :) Where to find the show? Check out the Website: ⁠ ⁠https://ottomanempirepodcast.com/⁠ ⁠ Please consider leaving a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts & drop a "Follow" & ...

Dec 06, 2018•27 min

Sultan Murad I, Janissaries, Chernomen: Episode 5

YOU Can SUPPORT ⁠the Ottoman Empire Podcast by joining the show's official ⁠⁠⁠ PATREON⁠ CLICK HERE PATREON ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ 2 Tiers to choose from Exclusive content Early access to main show Exclusive EXTRA episodes and additional content ⁠⁠ PATREON ⁠ ⁠ Will always be 100% ad free and YOU can JOIN now for as little as $3.00 a month! :) "Sultan Murad I, Janissaries, Chernomen" Episode 5 Orhan is dead Murad ascends the throne to be girded with the sword of Osman While away handling his business in Anatolia, ...

Nov 30, 2018•21 min

Pirates and goodbye Orhan: Episode 4

YOU Can SUPPORT ⁠the Ottoman Empire Podcast by joining the show's official ⁠⁠⁠ PATREON⁠ CLICK HERE PATREON ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ 2 Tiers to choose from Exclusive content Early access to main show Exclusive EXTRA episodes and additional content ⁠⁠ PATREON ⁠ ⁠ Will always be 100% ad free and YOU can JOIN now for as little as $3.00 a month! :) "Pirates and Goodbye Orhan" Episode 4 In this episode a detailed bio of Byzantine official Bio of Emperor John Cantazuzene is explored The overall Ottoman strategic situatio...

Nov 23, 2018•24 min

Something Ottoman this way comes: Episode 3

YOU Can SUPPORT ⁠the Ottoman Empire Podcast by joining the show's official ⁠⁠⁠ PATREON⁠ CLICK HERE PATREON ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ 2 Tiers to choose from Exclusive content Early access to main show Exclusive EXTRA episodes and additional content ⁠⁠ PATREON ⁠ ⁠ Will always be 100% ad free and YOU can JOIN now for as little as $3.00 a month! :) "Something Ottoman this way comes" Episode 3 In this episode we follow Sultan Orhan's shrewd political calculations The Ottomans finagle their way into Europe The beleaguere...

Nov 14, 2018•20 min

Sultan Orhan and the Byzantines: Episode 2

YOU Can SUPPORT ⁠the Ottoman Empire Podcast by joining the show's official ⁠⁠⁠ PATREON⁠ CLICK HERE PATREON ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ 2 Tiers to choose from Exclusive content Early access to main show Exclusive EXTRA episodes and additional content ⁠⁠ PATREON ⁠ ⁠ Will always be 100% ad free and YOU can JOIN now for as little as $3.00 a month! :) "Sultan Orhan & the Byzantines" Episode 2 Ottoman power grew under Osman in Episode 1, now his son and future Sultan Orhan 1 must take over from his father and challenge...

Nov 07, 2018•25 min

The Dream of Osman: Episode 1

Discover the origins of the Ottoman Empire, starting with the nomadic Turkic peoples' migrations from Central Asia and the legendary prophetic dreams of Osman I, which foretold the empire's rise. The episode explores the Byzantine Empire's decline, highlighted by the pivotal Battle of Manzikert, and details the early military successes of Osman, particularly the Battle of Bapheus, which solidified the proto-Ottoman state's foothold in Anatolia.

Oct 17, 2018•25 min

Welcome to the Ottoman Empire!

I developed a love of all things history when I was in middle school. But it was in high school when I read “A history of the Ottoman Empire,” by Jason Goodwin. Ever since I’ve been hooked. I am Frank, the creator and host of this podcast. Beginning in the year 1300 with the Dream of Osman, I plan on telling, in continuous historical narration, the story of the Ottoman Empire all the way up to 1923. Thanks for stopping by.

Oct 16, 2018•59 sec

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