The Ugly Age Of Empires That Is Now Returning (S01E176)

Podcast: badlands podcast by borzou daragahi · Borzou Daragahi

Opublikowano: 2026-10-22

Thursday, October 22, 2026, Gibraltar Right now Gibraltar is known mostly as a sunny getaway for UK pensioners, a British enclave on the Iberian Peninsula with ye olde charm and a famous rock used as the logo of an American insurance company. But for centuries, Gibraltar—which abuts the strait between the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea—was a hotly contested piece of real estate contested by various empires and monarchs. In the latest episode of badlands, host Borzou Daragahi visits the enclave, offers a brief tour, and ruminates on the newly emerging age of empi...