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Should The Koh-I-Noor Be Returned? Mamdani vs King Charles III EXPLAINED

5/1/2026 • 29 min

Who does the Koh-I-Noor diamond truly belong to? Why is it considered cursed? And should it be returned? The Koh-I-Noor diamond has been in the headlines this week with Mayor Zohran Mamdani stating that he would tell King Charles III to return it to India. As William and Anita wrote the definitive book on the cursed jewel, they provide a round-up of its long hi… Play episode

355. Liberator of Latin America: Napoleon & The Legions of Hell (Part 2)
354. Liberator of Latin America: Simón Bolívar vs The Spanish Empire (Part…
353. Hezbollah, Hostages, & Exploding Pagers (Part 8)
352. Israel’s 1982 Invasion of Lebanon (Part 7)
351. Camp David: The Day Israel & Egypt Made Peace (Part 6)
350. 1973: The Yom Kippur War & The First Oil Crisis (Part 5)
What Is Life Like For Palestinians Under Occupation?
349. Occupation of The West Bank (Part 4)
348. How 1967 Changed The Middle East Forever (Part 3)
Jung Chang On Life Under Mao & Being Banned From China
347. The Six Day War (Part 2)
346. From Suez To The Palestinian Liberation Organisation (Part 1)
Chairman Mao: The Cultural Revolution
Chairman Mao: The Great Leap Forward
Christiane Amanpour On Iran & Trump’s Miscalculations
343. Lebanon: Hezbollah, Israel, & Fifty Years As A Battleground
342. Iran: The Three Ayatollahs – From Revolution to Dynasty
341. Chairman Mao: The Clash With Stalin (Ep 4)
Chairman Mao: World War II, Japanese Invasion, & Massacre in Nanjing
Chairman Mao: China's Communist Uprising
Chairman Mao: Birth of A Dictator
337. Bronze Age Apocalypse: Philistines, Israelites, & Rebuilding The Ruin…
336. Bronze Age Apocalypse: How To Survive The End of The World (Ep 5)
Bronze Age Apocalypse: Solving The Mystery of The Collapse
334. Bronze Age Apocalypse: Did Homer Write History? (Ep 3)
333. Bronze Age Apocalypse: The Fall of Troy with Stephen Fry (Ep 2)
332. Bronze Age Apocalypse: Before The Collapse (Ep 1)
331. The Iranian Revolution: Will The Shah Return To Iran? (Ep 2)
330. The Iranian Revolution: 1979 vs. 2026 (Ep 1)
329. Indian Uprising 1857: The British Raj is Born (Part 8)
328. Indian Uprising 1857: The Reign of Terror (Part 7)
327. Indian Uprising 1857: The British Strike Back (Part 6)
326. Indian Uprising 1857: India’s Joan of Arc – Rani of Jhansi (Part 5)
325. Indian Uprising 1857: The Siege of Lucknow (Part 4)
324. Indian Uprising 1857: Massacre and Revenge in Kanpur (Part 3)
323. Indian Uprising 1857: The Rebels March On Delhi (Part 2)
322. Indian Uprising 1857: The Mutiny (Part 1)
321. Exploding Rum-filled Coffins, Anglo-Indian Sisterhood, & Julia Margar…
320. Photos That Shook The World: Exposing Leopold in The Congo
319. Heist of St Nicolas: The Medieval Mafia Who Stole Santa (Part 2)
318. Heist of St Nicolas: Raiding Santa's Tomb (Part 1)
317. Churchill's Photographer: From Escaping Genocide to MLK
316. Hitler's Photographer: Nazi Secrets, Eva Braun, & Escaping Justice
315. Controversy, Colonialism, & V.S. Naipaul
314. Rudyard Kipling: Villain or Visionary? (Part 3)
313. Rudyard Kipling: Escaping India & Writing The Jungle Book (Part 2)
312. Rudyard Kipling: Son of Empire (Part 1)
311. Cricket In India: Beating The Brits At Their Own Game (Part 2)
310. The Origin of The Ashes & The Killer Cricket Scandal (Part 1)

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