Shadows Of The Empire with guest Sathnam Sanghera – plus VACCINE NATION

<p>Is the <strong>UK’s vaccination effort</strong> finally an actual British success story…&nbsp;for the NHS, not the Government? Exactly how are the vaccines different and how do they work? Special guest <strong>Sathnam Sanghera</strong> joins us to talk about his new book <a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Sathnam-Sanghera/Empireland--How-Imperialism-Has-Shaped-Modern-Britain/25343639" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Empireland: How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain</em></a>, how the British Empire still haunts our present, and the unsurpassable joys of blanking Julia Hartley-Brewer. Plus should we all stop saying <strong>woke</strong>?</p><p><strong>Miatta Fahnbulleh </strong>and <strong>Arthur Snell</strong> join <strong>Dorian Lynskey</strong> for the weekly Bunker panel show.</p><ul><li>“<em>In the middle of a pandemic, Robert Jenrick takes time to talk about defending statues? That’s Imperial thinking.” –&nbsp;</em><strong><em>Sathnam Sanghera</em></strong></li><li><em>“There are loads of reasons to be totally disappointed with this government…&nbsp;but we shouldn’t fall into the trap of saying everything they do is a failure.” – </em><strong><em>Arthur Snell</em></strong></li><li><em>“We’ve never confronted the British Empire simply because it’s so painful. Massacres, wars… and a few railways. It’s not fun.” </em><strong><em>–&nbsp;Sathnam Sanghera</em></strong></li><li><em>“Churchill said the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre was a crime. Was HE woke?” </em><strong><em>–&nbsp;Sathnam Sanghera</em></strong></li></ul><p><em>Presented by Dorian Lynskey. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers Jacob Archbold and Jelena Sofronijevic. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. </em><strong><em>THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production</em></strong></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information