Algiers, BONUS: Empires of the Sea with Roger Crowley
In this special episode I talk to the amazing historian Roger Crowley about the great wars which tour the Mediterranean apart in the 1500s.From the moment Barbarossa landed in the Maghreb, the fate of...
13 Mar 202547min
Algiers, Part Four: Pirates of Barbary with Adrian Tinniswood
This week is a very special episode, as I'll be interviewing the brilliant author Adrian Tinniswood all about the Pirates of Algiers and the 'Barbary states'.Often dismissed as savage and cruel by ren...
25 Feb 202535min
Algiers, Part Three: The Barbarossas and the Ottomans
Algiers was put on the map by two brothers. Before they arrived it had never been anything more than a mid size town. Under them it became the beating heart of one of the most important Ottoman region...
18 Feb 202533min
Algiers, Part Two: Through the eyes of the Algérois
In the second episode on the nation's capital I jump from the distant past to the present day and interview Algérois Nesrine about the city she lives in.And who better than Nesrine, behind the amazing...
3 Feb 202524min
Algiers, Part One: Before Algeria
In this episode I explore the unusual first two thousand years of Algiers's history and begin to answer the question, how did a fairly small provincial city end up becoming the most important city in ...
27 Jan 202526min
Tourism, Part Two: Does Algeria want more Tourists?
Welcome to Shakshuka: Searching For Algeria, A podcast about searching for the most incredible stories in one of the world's most amazing countries!In this episode I do a deep dive in to the world of ...
19 Nov 202428min
Tourism, Part One: Tourism, Why, How and Where???
Welcome to Shakshuka: Searching For Algeria, A podcast about searching for the most incredible stories in one of the world's most amazing countries!In this episode I do a deep dive in to the world of ...
19 Nov 202422min
