Shogun

Send feedback on the podcast! In this special episode recorded in the ancient capital of Kyoto, we'll go in search of the last survivor of the Heike clan - the Empress Kenreimon-in. Visiting the key s...

16 Jul 202528min

Send feedback on the podcast! The fate of the nation hangs in the balance as two great samurai clans face each other in the seas of Dannoura. Heike and Genji fight for their existence in one of the gr...

6 Jul 202517min

Send feedback on the podcast! The great samurai clash between the Genji and the Heike reaches its dramatic conclusion off the southern coast of Japan, at the great sea battle of Dan-no-ura! The Heike ...

21 Jun 202528min

Send feedback on the podcast! It is late winter in the year 1185, and the Genji general Yoshitsune is leading a group of samurai through a raging storm at sea. Yoshitsune has been given an imperial co...

27 Apr 202521min

Send feedback on the podcast! After their victory at the battle of Ichi-no-Tani, the Genji present their trophies - and a valuable captive - in a parade through the streets of the Japanese capital. Me...

18 Apr 202524min

Send feedback on the podcast! The young Genji general Yoshitsune receives a command from the Retired Emperor: Protect the imperial line and retrieve the Three Sacred Treasures! But to achieve his miss...

22 Mar 202522min

Send feedback on the podcast! Yoshitsune rides into battle—and into legend—while the Heike scramble to save the Emperor and the imperial treasures, before the Genji can capture them. The momentous cla...

22 Mar 202517min