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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
Burgundian Wars
Thunder rumbles across fifteenth-century Europe. In the heart of the continent, ambition and fear twist together like gathering clouds. Burgundy stands…
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Balkan Wars
Smoke rises above the Balkans, drifting over fields scarred by generations of conflict. Imagine standing in a village where the air crackles with rumors—of…
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Conquests of Alexander the Great
Aurelius and Malik take on this case in full — 5 chapters, 38 minutes, one complete story. The Conflict Archive Dialogues is part of The Archive Network by…
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Battle of Britain
Dark clouds rolled over Europe in the spring of nineteen forty, but the real storm was brewing in the hearts and minds of millions. Imagine standing on a…
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African Theater (World War One)
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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Capture of Rome (1870)
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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Algerian War
Imagine the streets of Algiers shimmering under the Mediterranean sun. The city looks calm, but just beneath the surface, a century of anger and humiliation…
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Byzantine-Ottoman Wars
Imagine standing at the edge of an empire, where every sunrise brings a new threat and every shadow could mean disaster. The mighty Byzantines, once rulers of…
- The Conflict Archive Dialogues
Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)
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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Austro-Prussian War
Imagine a continent on the edge, where every whispered rumor could spark a war. Across Europe, alliances tremble, armies prepare, and ordinary families hold…
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Byzantine-Sasanian Wars
A chill wind sweeps across the ancient borderlands. The golden domes of Constantinople glint in the sun, while far to the east, Persian banners ripple above…
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Korean War
Imagine a country torn in two, not by its own hands, but by the ambitions of distant empires. In the darkness before dawn, families hold their breath…
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Battle of Thermopylae
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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Spanish Civil War
Spain in the early 1930s was a nation on the brink. Change was in the air, but so was fear. Old resentments simmered, ready to boil over.In the early 1930s…
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Mongol Conquests
Before the Mongols became the most feared force on earth, their world was one of icy winds, endless grass, and the constant threat of death at dawn. Picture a…
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D-Day and Liberation of France
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…
- The Conflict Archive Dialogues
Hundred Years' War
A kingdom’s fate balanced on a knife’s edge. Imagine the tension, the whisper of banners in the wind, as two nations stare across a narrow channel—both…
- The Conflict Archive Dialogues
American Revolutionary War
In the shadows of Boston’s narrow streets, the air is heavy with salt, smoke, and something else—dread. Red-coated soldiers march past shop doors, their boots…
- The Conflict Archive Dialogues
Peloponnesian War
In the late fifth century BCE, the Greek world was poised on the edge of chaos. Two great city-states, Athens and Sparta, eyed each other with suspicion.As the…
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Operation Barbarossa
The night air over Berlin was thick with anticipation. Secrets lay heavy in the marble corridors of the Reich Chancellery.In early 1941, maps sprawled across…
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Napoleonic Wars
Imagine standing in a candlelit palace, the air thick with the scent of wax and fear. Outside, armies gather in the dark, and inside, rulers whisper—everyone…
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American Civil War
A hushed fear gripped America long before the first shot was fired. In the cotton fields and city streets, you could sense it—a nation splitting at the seams…
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Vietnam War
In the jungles of Southeast Asia, a nation grappled with its identity. The air was thick with the scent of gunpowder and the weight of colonial…