https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/empires-at-dusk-how-civilizations-end--7337186
Episodes are produced with AI narration and scripting, with human editorial review. A Talking Labs production.]]>enHistory© Talking Labshttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/62cf52bd0e23c7ec05b95083596a8d2b.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/empires-at-dusk-how-civilizations-end--7337186Sun, 27 Sep 2026 22:30:36 +0000Talking LabsTalking Labsfeeds@spreaker.comHow civilizations end. Marcus Vale narrates the last decades of empires — Bronze Age to Soviet — in cinematic longform seasons. Weekly. Episodes are produced with AI narration and scripting, with human editorial review. A Talking Labs production.
Episodes are produced with AI narration and scripting, with human editorial review. A Talking Labs production.]]>false0f249325-6b9f-531f-a700-ca8ac0112986trueepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-sea-peoples-and-a-broken-bronze-age--75402355
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This episode was produced with AI narration and scripting, with human editorial review.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75088776Sat, 12 Sep 2026 14:26:11 +0000Talking LabsAround 1177 BC, almost every kingdom in the eastern Mediterranean fell apart — Ugarit, the Hittite empire, the Mycenaean palaces — inside roughly a lifetime. Marcus Vale traces the collapse from a pottery kiln full of letters that were baked by the...
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