Fall of Civilizations Podcast
@fallofcivilizations.com
A history podcast by @PaulMMCooper.com looking at a different collapsed society each episode.
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🏝️🌋 Episode 21 is now live! 🌋🏝️
This time we look at the Majapahit Empire on the island of Java. With traditional music, shadow puppet performances, and readings in Old Javanese, find out how the empire of the islands fell.
YouTube: youtu.be/01CZBhZM430?...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3xZ9...
This time we look at the Majapahit Empire on the island of Java. With traditional music, shadow puppet performances, and readings in Old Javanese, find out how the empire of the islands fell.
YouTube: youtu.be/01CZBhZM430?...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3xZ9...
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August 31, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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I always find @fallofcivilizations.com episodes great for story inspiration. This episode, filled with elephant generals, shadow puppets, Raffles, Chinese shipyards, doctor assassins and volcano gods, gave me two flash fiction ideas and a novel.
#writing #writesky #inspiration
#writing #writesky #inspiration
🏝️🌋 Episode 21 is now live! 🌋🏝️
This time we look at the Majapahit Empire on the island of Java. With traditional music, shadow puppet performances, and readings in Old Javanese, find out how the empire of the islands fell.
YouTube: youtu.be/01CZBhZM430?...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3xZ9...
This time we look at the Majapahit Empire on the island of Java. With traditional music, shadow puppet performances, and readings in Old Javanese, find out how the empire of the islands fell.
YouTube: youtu.be/01CZBhZM430?...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3xZ9...
August 29, 2026 at 10:47 PM
I always find @fallofcivilizations.com episodes great for story inspiration. This episode, filled with elephant generals, shadow puppets, Raffles, Chinese shipyards, doctor assassins and volcano gods, gave me two flash fiction ideas and a novel.
#writing #writesky #inspiration
#writing #writesky #inspiration
If you're in the US you can now get the Fall of Civilizations book in paperback!
LINKS:
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August 28, 2026 at 6:28 AM
If you're in the US you can now get the Fall of Civilizations book in paperback!
LINKS:
- Bookshop (support independent bookstores): bookshop.org/p/books/fall...
– HarperCollins: www.harpercollins.com/products/fal...
– Amazon: a.co/0ieHcTfy
– Barnes & Noble: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/fall-of-ci...
LINKS:
- Bookshop (support independent bookstores): bookshop.org/p/books/fall...
– HarperCollins: www.harpercollins.com/products/fal...
– Amazon: a.co/0ieHcTfy
– Barnes & Noble: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/fall-of-ci...
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This excellent episode has inspired me to spotlight Indonesian #SFinTranslation in the November issue of Small Planet: the SF in Translation Magazine.
August 20, 2026 at 3:11 PM
This excellent episode has inspired me to spotlight Indonesian #SFinTranslation in the November issue of Small Planet: the SF in Translation Magazine.
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I don’t see much good news nowadays, but this discovery has me *grinning*.
An Egyptian mummy was found with THE ILIAD on its abdomen. Not some religious scripture, but Homer’s epic poem.
It dates from from Egypt’s Roman period, so roughly sixteen centuries ago.
An Egyptian mummy was found with THE ILIAD on its abdomen. Not some religious scripture, but Homer’s epic poem.
It dates from from Egypt’s Roman period, so roughly sixteen centuries ago.
Egyptian mummy unearthed with literary text on abdomen in first ever find | CNN
Archaeologists working at the ancient city of Oxyrhynchus in Egypt have unearthed a mummy with a passage from Homer’s “Iliad” stuck to its abdomen, in a first-of-its-kind discovery.
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August 24, 2026 at 3:01 AM
I don’t see much good news nowadays, but this discovery has me *grinning*.
An Egyptian mummy was found with THE ILIAD on its abdomen. Not some religious scripture, but Homer’s epic poem.
It dates from from Egypt’s Roman period, so roughly sixteen centuries ago.
An Egyptian mummy was found with THE ILIAD on its abdomen. Not some religious scripture, but Homer’s epic poem.
It dates from from Egypt’s Roman period, so roughly sixteen centuries ago.
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I highly recommend listening to @paulmmcooper.com’s @fallofcivilizations.com episode on Rapa Nui - Episode 6 Where Giants Walked
This episode seriously challenges ideas and conclusions deeply rooted in colonizer and imperial mindsets that are, fundamentally, quite racist and unsupported
This episode seriously challenges ideas and conclusions deeply rooted in colonizer and imperial mindsets that are, fundamentally, quite racist and unsupported
August 18, 2026 at 11:29 PM
I highly recommend listening to @paulmmcooper.com’s @fallofcivilizations.com episode on Rapa Nui - Episode 6 Where Giants Walked
This episode seriously challenges ideas and conclusions deeply rooted in colonizer and imperial mindsets that are, fundamentally, quite racist and unsupported
This episode seriously challenges ideas and conclusions deeply rooted in colonizer and imperial mindsets that are, fundamentally, quite racist and unsupported
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For decades, an influential theory blamed the Rapanui for their own downfall—a story made famous by Jared Diamond’s book "Collapse." New evidence tells a different tale.
What really happened on Easter Island?
For decades, an influential theory blamed the Rapanui for their own downfall—a story made famous by Jared Diamond’s book Collapse. New evidence tells a different tale
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August 18, 2026 at 8:50 PM
For decades, an influential theory blamed the Rapanui for their own downfall—a story made famous by Jared Diamond’s book "Collapse." New evidence tells a different tale.
Saw that someone on Etsy is doing fancy leatherbound editions of the Fall of Civilizations book. Very cool!
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Fall of Civilizations by Paul Cooper Rebound Leather Edition - Etsy UK
This Book Sets & Collections item by vellichorbindings has 8 favourites from Etsy shoppers. Dispatched from India. Listed on 21 Jul, 2026
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August 15, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Saw that someone on Etsy is doing fancy leatherbound editions of the Fall of Civilizations book. Very cool!
www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...
www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...
Saw on Reddit this guy has started doing dub remixes of Fall of Civs readings...
jamesreeves.bandcamp.com/album/crocod...
jamesreeves.bandcamp.com/album/crocod...
Crocodile Eye, by James A. Reeves
2 track album
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August 13, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Saw on Reddit this guy has started doing dub remixes of Fall of Civs readings...
jamesreeves.bandcamp.com/album/crocod...
jamesreeves.bandcamp.com/album/crocod...
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Finally listened to this episode today and felt like pacing around my apartment afterwards. Every single episode of this podcast is SO GOOD and makes me once again want to quit everything else I do so I have time to read more history books.
⛰️🏔️ Episode 20 is now live! 🏔️⛰️
In this episode, we look at the amazing story of the Achaemenid Persian Empire.
Find out how the world's largest empire rose, flourished, and finally fell in ash and flame.
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRYd...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6AeH...
In this episode, we look at the amazing story of the Achaemenid Persian Empire.
Find out how the world's largest empire rose, flourished, and finally fell in ash and flame.
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRYd...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6AeH...
August 9, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Finally listened to this episode today and felt like pacing around my apartment afterwards. Every single episode of this podcast is SO GOOD and makes me once again want to quit everything else I do so I have time to read more history books.
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Is it really summer if you're not listening for *hours* to @paulmmcooper.com during a long drive to a place to walk, swim or just stare at animals & plants doing their thing, cooking, pausing the podcast in ten minutes intervals to discuss what you're discovering about the world? I DON'T THINK SO.
🏝️🌋 Episode 21 is now live! 🌋🏝️
This time we look at the Majapahit Empire on the island of Java. With traditional music, shadow puppet performances, and readings in Old Javanese, find out how the empire of the islands fell.
YouTube: youtu.be/01CZBhZM430?...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3xZ9...
This time we look at the Majapahit Empire on the island of Java. With traditional music, shadow puppet performances, and readings in Old Javanese, find out how the empire of the islands fell.
YouTube: youtu.be/01CZBhZM430?...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3xZ9...
August 4, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Is it really summer if you're not listening for *hours* to @paulmmcooper.com during a long drive to a place to walk, swim or just stare at animals & plants doing their thing, cooking, pausing the podcast in ten minutes intervals to discuss what you're discovering about the world? I DON'T THINK SO.
Some photos of our recent film shoot in Indonesia for our video for Episode 21, on the Empire of Majapahit.
Really excited to share the results with you all when it's done! All reenactment footage we use is 100% real, with human actors and costumes, and always will be!
Really excited to share the results with you all when it's done! All reenactment footage we use is 100% real, with human actors and costumes, and always will be!
August 1, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Some photos of our recent film shoot in Indonesia for our video for Episode 21, on the Empire of Majapahit.
Really excited to share the results with you all when it's done! All reenactment footage we use is 100% real, with human actors and costumes, and always will be!
Really excited to share the results with you all when it's done! All reenactment footage we use is 100% real, with human actors and costumes, and always will be!
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Yet another masterpiece (I have heard it on Patreon already).
But hearing it once is never enough.
But hearing it once is never enough.
🏝️🌋 Episode 21 is now live! 🌋🏝️
This time we look at the Majapahit Empire on the island of Java. With traditional music, shadow puppet performances, and readings in Old Javanese, find out how the empire of the islands fell.
YouTube: youtu.be/01CZBhZM430?...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3xZ9...
This time we look at the Majapahit Empire on the island of Java. With traditional music, shadow puppet performances, and readings in Old Javanese, find out how the empire of the islands fell.
YouTube: youtu.be/01CZBhZM430?...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3xZ9...
August 1, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Yet another masterpiece (I have heard it on Patreon already).
But hearing it once is never enough.
But hearing it once is never enough.
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HELL YEAH GANG!
🏝️🌋 Episode 21 is now live! 🌋🏝️
This time we look at the Majapahit Empire on the island of Java. With traditional music, shadow puppet performances, and readings in Old Javanese, find out how the empire of the islands fell.
YouTube: youtu.be/01CZBhZM430?...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3xZ9...
This time we look at the Majapahit Empire on the island of Java. With traditional music, shadow puppet performances, and readings in Old Javanese, find out how the empire of the islands fell.
YouTube: youtu.be/01CZBhZM430?...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3xZ9...
July 31, 2026 at 4:52 PM
HELL YEAH GANG!
🏝️🌋 Episode 21 is now live! 🌋🏝️
This time we look at the Majapahit Empire on the island of Java. With traditional music, shadow puppet performances, and readings in Old Javanese, find out how the empire of the islands fell.
YouTube: youtu.be/01CZBhZM430?...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3xZ9...
This time we look at the Majapahit Empire on the island of Java. With traditional music, shadow puppet performances, and readings in Old Javanese, find out how the empire of the islands fell.
YouTube: youtu.be/01CZBhZM430?...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3xZ9...
July 31, 2026 at 4:51 PM
🏝️🌋 Episode 21 is now live! 🌋🏝️
This time we look at the Majapahit Empire on the island of Java. With traditional music, shadow puppet performances, and readings in Old Javanese, find out how the empire of the islands fell.
YouTube: youtu.be/01CZBhZM430?...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3xZ9...
This time we look at the Majapahit Empire on the island of Java. With traditional music, shadow puppet performances, and readings in Old Javanese, find out how the empire of the islands fell.
YouTube: youtu.be/01CZBhZM430?...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3xZ9...
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Having got an advanced copy of this, I can say it is very good.
Great to see @andrewkenrick.bsky.social book on Rex Juba due 06.09.
The African prince was..
..kidnapped by Caesar,
raised by Octavian,
Antony & Cleopatra's son-in-law.
Yet became the Most Scholarly King.
'Colourful, engaging and timely' @paulmmcooper.com
www.penguin.co.uk/books/467783...
The African prince was..
..kidnapped by Caesar,
raised by Octavian,
Antony & Cleopatra's son-in-law.
Yet became the Most Scholarly King.
'Colourful, engaging and timely' @paulmmcooper.com
www.penguin.co.uk/books/467783...
Rex Juba
In 46 BC, at just two years old, a young North African prince named Juba was paraded through the streets of Rome as part of Julius Caesar’s victory parade. This traumatic beginning, however, did not d...
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July 29, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Having got an advanced copy of this, I can say it is very good.
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Very happy to say that I once again contributed some VO readings for this episode of Fall of Civilizations, and they had me *very* excited to listen to the full thing. This'll do perfectly for a long drive next weekend!
Episode 21 is now live for subscribers!
This time we look at the Majapahit Empire which arose in the 13th century on the island of Java. With the haunting sounds of traditional gamelan music, shadow puppet performances, and readings in Old Javanese, find out how the empire of the islands fell.
This time we look at the Majapahit Empire which arose in the 13th century on the island of Java. With the haunting sounds of traditional gamelan music, shadow puppet performances, and readings in Old Javanese, find out how the empire of the islands fell.
Coming later today... Fall of Civilizations Episode 21, available for Patreon subscribers!
July 27, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Very happy to say that I once again contributed some VO readings for this episode of Fall of Civilizations, and they had me *very* excited to listen to the full thing. This'll do perfectly for a long drive next weekend!
Episode 21 is now live for subscribers!
This time we look at the Majapahit Empire which arose in the 13th century on the island of Java. With the haunting sounds of traditional gamelan music, shadow puppet performances, and readings in Old Javanese, find out how the empire of the islands fell.
This time we look at the Majapahit Empire which arose in the 13th century on the island of Java. With the haunting sounds of traditional gamelan music, shadow puppet performances, and readings in Old Javanese, find out how the empire of the islands fell.
Coming later today... Fall of Civilizations Episode 21, available for Patreon subscribers!
Episode 21 is out now for subscribers! | Fall of Civilizations Podcast
Episode 21 is out now for subscribers! by Fall of Civilizations Podcast on Patreon. Join Fall of Civilizations Podcast's community for exclusive content and updates.
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July 27, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Episode 21 is now live for subscribers!
This time we look at the Majapahit Empire which arose in the 13th century on the island of Java. With the haunting sounds of traditional gamelan music, shadow puppet performances, and readings in Old Javanese, find out how the empire of the islands fell.
This time we look at the Majapahit Empire which arose in the 13th century on the island of Java. With the haunting sounds of traditional gamelan music, shadow puppet performances, and readings in Old Javanese, find out how the empire of the islands fell.
Coming later today... Fall of Civilizations Episode 21, available for Patreon subscribers!
Episode 21 is out now for subscribers! | Fall of Civilizations Podcast
Episode 21 is out now for subscribers! by Fall of Civilizations Podcast on Patreon. Join Fall of Civilizations Podcast's community for exclusive content and updates.
www.patreon.com
July 27, 2026 at 9:04 AM
Coming later today... Fall of Civilizations Episode 21, available for Patreon subscribers!
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the emotional crux of the illiad is a broken old man begging the man who killed his son to let him bury the body. the odyssey is more than anything about a mans failure to really come home after war, despite the fact he won
July 22, 2026 at 1:18 PM
the emotional crux of the illiad is a broken old man begging the man who killed his son to let him bury the body. the odyssey is more than anything about a mans failure to really come home after war, despite the fact he won
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the illiad/odyssey are great because theyre history's first piece of anti-war art twisted by idiots into an uncritical endorsement of war
July 22, 2026 at 1:17 PM
the illiad/odyssey are great because theyre history's first piece of anti-war art twisted by idiots into an uncritical endorsement of war
Been doing some filming today for Fall of Civilizations Episode 21! Can you guess? 😬
July 15, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Been doing some filming today for Fall of Civilizations Episode 21! Can you guess? 😬
Just finished recording for Fall of Civilizations Episode 21! Can't wait to get editing on this one.
July 14, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Just finished recording for Fall of Civilizations Episode 21! Can't wait to get editing on this one.
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oh this is awesome www.science.org/content/arti...
Scrawled signature names a Maya astronomer for the first time
The autograph accompanies formulas devised to sync calendars with planetary movement
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July 14, 2026 at 10:14 AM
oh this is awesome www.science.org/content/arti...
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I chatted to Tim Hartford at BBC Sounds about how civilizations die... share.google/I1xKTpBIatb4...
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford - How Civilizations Die - with Paul Cooper - BBC Sounds
Tim is joined by Paul Cooperto explore why the Han dynasty and the Roman Empire collapsed
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June 24, 2026 at 11:22 AM
I chatted to Tim Hartford at BBC Sounds about how civilizations die... share.google/I1xKTpBIatb4...