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The Conflict Archive Dialogues
The Conflict Archive Dialogues is part of The Archive Network by Jonkai Ventures, a collection of podcasts dedicated to the stories that shaped our world.
Every episode is a conversation. Aurelius and Malik, curators of The Conflict Archive, take a single war — the Seven Years' War, the English Civil War, the Invasion of Poland, Afghanistan 2001-2021 — and follow it from the first grievance to the terms of the peace. One lays out how it was fought and decided: the alliance that held, the supply…
Episodes
- The Conflict Archive Dialogues
Pacific War
Tensions simmered beneath the surface of East Asia, waiting for a spark. The ambitions of an empire were about to clash with the resolve of another, leading to…
- The Conflict Archive Dialogues
Latin American Wars of Independence
Aurelius and Malik take on this case in full — 5 chapters, 34 minutes, one complete story. The Conflict Archive Dialogues is part of The Archive Network by…
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Ethiopian-Eritrean War
Dust swirls over forgotten markers as uneasy neighbors scan the horizon, each heartbeat echoing with the memory of war. In the lands between Ethiopia and…
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Reconquista
In the year seven hundred eleven, unease gripped the Iberian Peninsula. Tensions simmered beneath the surface, setting the stage for a monumental clash.The…
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Great Turkish War
Imagine a city standing alone, its stone walls guarding the gateway to Europe, while the might of an empire looms on the horizon. The year is sixteen…
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Indian Rebellion of 1857
Aurelius and Malik take on this case in full — 5 chapters, 32 minutes, one complete story. The Conflict Archive Dialogues is part of The Archive Network by…
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Jewish-Roman Wars
The air over Jerusalem is heavy, thick with heat and tension. You can almost feel it—resentment simmering just beneath the surface, ready to explode. In the…
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North African Campaign
A relentless sun beats down on the endless dunes. Somewhere, far from Europe’s thunder, armies gather and ancient cities hold their breath. The desert is…
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Western Front (World War One)
Aurelius and Malik take on this case in full — 5 chapters, 32 minutes, one complete story. The Conflict Archive Dialogues is part of The Archive Network by…
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Irish War of Independence
Aurelius and Malik take on this case in full — 5 chapters, 34 minutes, one complete story. The Conflict Archive Dialogues is part of The Archive Network by…
- The Conflict Archive Dialogues
Chinese Civil War
Imagine a nation where the dust of one war still clings to the streets, yet already, another storm is gathering. In the summer heat, leaders whisper in smoky…
- The Conflict Archive Dialogues
Norman Conquest of England
Aurelius and Malik take on this case in full — 5 chapters, 33 minutes, one complete story. The Conflict Archive Dialogues is part of The Archive Network by…
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Great Northern War
Beneath the frozen silence of Northern Europe, something stirs. Kings sharpen their ambitions, neighbors whisper of betrayal, and old wounds bleed anew. The…
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Greco-Turkish War
A city stands uneasy. The old empire is dying, and new ambitions are swirling in the streets. In the cafés of Athens and the markets of Smyrna, rumors and…
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Greco-Persian Wars
Smoke drifts over ancient cities. In the east, a vast empire watches. In the west, proud Greek cities cling to their hard-won freedom. The air is charged, the…
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Italian Invasion of Ethiopia
Aurelius and Malik take on this case in full — 5 chapters, 35 minutes, one complete story. The Conflict Archive Dialogues is part of The Archive Network by…
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Serbian Campaign (World War One)
Aurelius and Malik take on this case in full — 5 chapters, 31 minutes, one complete story. The Conflict Archive Dialogues is part of The Archive Network by…
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Haitian Revolution
The air in Saint-Domingue is thick with contradictions—sweet with the scent of sugar, bitter with the taste of fear. Imagine dawn breaking over a land where…
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Chaco War
A land where the horizon blurs in shimmering heat. Where every step forward means braving thorns, snakes, and the unknown. In the Gran Chaco, two nations stare…
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Mongol Invasion of Europe
Aurelius and Malik take on this case in full — 5 chapters, 32 minutes, one complete story. The Conflict Archive Dialogues is part of The Archive Network by…
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German Peasants' War
Dark clouds hang low over the German countryside. Mud clings to boots, and the air is thick with more than smoke—something is shifting in the villages beneath…
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Franco-Prussian War
Imagine a continent on edge, where each whisper in a candlelit salon could topple a throne, and a single rumor might plunge millions into chaos. In the late…
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Gallic Wars
In the shadowed forests of ancient Gaul, the air trembles with suspense. Roman ambition sharpens in the south, while tribal rivalries smolder in the north…
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Italian Campaign (World War Two)
Aurelius and Malik take on this case in full — 5 chapters, 35 minutes, one complete story. The Conflict Archive Dialogues is part of The Archive Network by…
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Mesopotamian Campaign
Under the relentless sun of Mesopotamia, empires watched and waited. Oil glimmered beneath the dust, promising power and inviting peril. In the alleyways of…
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Greek War of Independence
Aurelius and Malik take on this case in full — 5 chapters, 34 minutes, one complete story. The Conflict Archive Dialogues is part of The Archive Network by…
- The Conflict Archive Dialogues
Cambodian-Vietnamese War
The Mekong River drifts slowly past silent villages, its brown waters hiding secrets of a land on edge. It’s the late nineteen seventies, and along the border…
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Hussite Wars
Imagine a city where every shadow hides a secret, and every echo carries a warning. In the heart of medieval Prague, the air trembles with questions—how much…
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French Wars of Religion
Paris, winter. The city breathes a chill heavy with secrets. Horses snort on foggy embankments, and cathedral bells echo over cobblestones slick with melting…
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First Opium War
The air in Canton was thick and restless—a city on the edge. Somewhere behind the smells of tea and opium, a storm was gathering, and no one could say who…
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First Punic War
Picture the Mediterranean in the third century before the common era. The sun beats down on restless waters and old enemies watch each other, each certain…
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Invasion of Poland
A restless continent waits in the summer heat. In the shadows of silent forests and crowded city streets, a single spark could ignite the world. All across…
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Italian Front (World War One)
Aurelius and Malik take on this case in full — 5 chapters, 34 minutes, one complete story. The Conflict Archive Dialogues is part of The Archive Network by…
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French Revolutionary Wars
Picture Paris at dusk—shadows stretching across cobblestones, tension thick in the air. People whisper in candlelit rooms, their faces flickering with fear and…
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Biafran War
The heat in Lagos pressed down like a warning. In crowded streets, the air hung heavy with diesel and sweat. People moved with a strange, watchful energy…
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Granada War
Smoke rises in the cold dawn over Andalusia. The last Muslim stronghold in Spain, Granada, stands on a knife’s edge—its fate hanging in the chill air. Listen…
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English Civil War
Imagine England at dusk—fields quiet, towns bustling, but something is off. Beneath the calm, anxiety grows. Old wounds are opening, and the air is thick with…
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First Boer War
Imagine a land where the grass shimmers in the heat, where every gust of wind carries more than dust—it carries rumor, tension, the scent of something coming…
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Final War of the Roman Republic
Aurelius and Malik take on this case in full — 5 chapters, 33 minutes, one complete story. The Conflict Archive Dialogues is part of The Archive Network by…
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Eastern Front (World War Two)
Aurelius and Malik take on this case in full — 5 chapters, 35 minutes, one complete story. The Conflict Archive Dialogues is part of The Archive Network by…
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Gallipoli Campaign
The world is on edge. In muddy trenches and distant capitals, hope and fear twist together. On the shores of the Dardanelles, thousands prepare for a gamble…
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French Revolution
Beneath the dazzling surface of Paris, a storm was gathering. The scent of sweat and hunger hung in the air, mixing with the perfume of passing carriages…
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Arab-Israeli War (1948)
Smoke curls above the ancient city, drifting between minarets and church spires. In the olive groves, men watch the horizon, waiting for a sign. The air is…
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Fourth Crusade
Night drapes over Europe, and something is stirring. In Rome, in Venice, in the smoky halls of France, men whisper of holy war, but also of debt, betrayal, and…
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Eighty Years' War
Cold mist rolls in from the North Sea, wrapping the flat lands of the Netherlands in a ghostly shroud. Beneath the quiet dikes and bustling towns, something…
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Crimean War
Across the windblown steppes of Eastern Europe, danger simmers just beneath the surface. Empires are restless, ambitions clash in the cold air, and a single…
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Fall of the Western Roman Empire
Aurelius and Malik take on this case in full — 5 chapters, 33 minutes, one complete story. The Conflict Archive Dialogues is part of The Archive Network by…
- The Conflict Archive Dialogues
Burma Campaign
In Rangoon, the air is heavy with tension. Shadows stretch across colonial streets, and even the birds seem to know something is coming. The world is at war…
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Eastern Front (World War One)
Aurelius and Malik take on this case in full — 5 chapters, 34 minutes, one complete story. The Conflict Archive Dialogues is part of The Archive Network by…
- The Conflict Archive Dialogues
First Italian War of Independence
Aurelius and Malik take on this case in full — 5 chapters, 33 minutes, one complete story. The Conflict Archive Dialogues is part of The Archive Network by…
- The Conflict Archive Dialogues
Arab Conquests
A world teeters on the edge: empires battered, faiths divided, and in the silent desert night, something begins to stir. You can almost feel it—a force rising…
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First Crusade
Darkness pressed on the frontiers of Christendom, and every torchlight flickered with dread. Imagine standing at the edge of a world teetering on…
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Deluge (Polish-Swedish Wars)
Aurelius and Malik take on this case in full — 5 chapters, 33 minutes, one complete story. The Conflict Archive Dialogues is part of The Archive Network by…
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Boxer Rebellion
The dust of northern China swirls beneath your feet. The air is heavy with tension, the silence broken only by distant rumors and the echo of marching boots…
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Crisis of the Third Century
Aurelius and Malik take on this case in full — 5 chapters, 33 minutes, one complete story. The Conflict Archive Dialogues is part of The Archive Network by…
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Battle of France
Winter gripped Paris in a way that felt almost unnatural. The city’s usual life seemed to disappear beneath a heavy, suffocating silence. No one knew what…
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Arab Revolt
A desert sunrise casts long shadows over Mecca. In the silence, ancient walls listen, holding their breath. Across Arabia, tension simmers beneath the…
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Expedition of the Thousand
Imagine a kingdom where the rich feast under chandeliers, while outside, smoke rises from torched farms and the poor plot in the shadows. A thousand dreams…
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Angolan Civil War
Picture Luanda in nineteen seventy-five. The city is restless, the air thick with uncertainty and the scent of smoke. On every wall, graffiti shouts for…
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Fall of Constantinople
Imagine standing atop ancient walls as dusk falls, the city behind you silent and tense, the horizon beyond flickering with the orange glow of enemy campfires…