Ahir Shah
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80 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Nov 2024
last heard Apr 2025
Ahir Shah’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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I say that it was, well, it was for storing grain. And you're like, no, it was a pub. The King's Head isn't where you store the King's Head. It's just a pub, isn't it? Damn it. So I'm going to say that it's where they stored grain. And you're going to be like, no, it was like a coffee shop art gallery.
Was bedeutet das Wort? Entschuldigung, eine Osserei. Eine Bohnenhaus.
Bohnenhaus klingt sehr anders.
Ich denke, dass Meteor eines dieser schwierigen Dinge ist. Und es gibt Beweise davon, dass es irgendwo nahe ist. Aber weil es keine Beweise von großen Kriegen gibt, oder so etwas, werde ich sagen, dass es nicht erwähnt wurde, dass es keine Krieg war.
Es wird aussehen, als wäre es ein Meteor.
Klar, du hast nicht mein Fanfic gelesen.
That's baffling to me, because you could say, it's as dull and orderly as a Lancashire mining town, or you'd say, this is as dull and orderly as a Lancashire mining town, and it's four and a half thousand years old. That's an exciting thing. All of the things that... The Nuance Window!
We're the only country in the world that ate the animal on our crest. And I never know whether to feel terrible or brilliant about that.
You're welcome. You're cool with all the stuff. I know, right? It's like I'm reading from a sheet or something, but no, I haven't.
Hello and welcome to You're Dead to Me, the Radio 4 comedy podcast that takes history seriously. My name is Greg Jenner. I'm a public historian, author and broadcaster. And today we are boarding our black ships and sailing back to 17th century Japan to learn all about life in the Edo period. And to help us distinguish our kosodei from our kimono, we have two very special guests in History Corner.
She's a lecturer in both Japanese and modern Japanese history at SOAS, University of London. It's Dr. Satana Suzuki. Welcome, Satana.
We're very excited to have you. And in Comedy Corner, he's a stand-up comedian, writer and the winner of the Edinburgh Festival Comedy Award 2023. Maybe you've heard him on Radio 4, but you'll definitely remember him from our episodes about Julius Caesar, Julius Kaiser or the Indus Civilisation. It's Ahir Shah. Welcome back, Ahir. Hello, thank you very much for having me back.
I'm very excited about this.
So I think we can say we've got two experts in the room today, which is very exciting. So what do you know? This is where I have a go at guessing what you, our lovely listener, might know about today's subject. And for listeners outside of Japan, I suspect chances are the answer is not very much, much like me. Maybe you've seen the Keanu Reeves historical blockbuster, 47 Ronin.
Maybe you're a video game fan and you've played Shogun Total War, my fave. But most likely you'll know the recent TV series that I have mentioned already, Shogun. It's based on a novel by James Clavel, which likely... lately fictionalises the foundation of the Tokugawa shogunate. And if you're a real shogun head, maybe you saw the short-lived 1990 musical, also based on Clavel's novel.
But what's the true story behind this brilliant TV show? What did Samurai really get up to? Let's find out. Right, Ahir, when did the Edo period start?
And as Satana, we start the dynasty a tiny bit later. We start it the same year that in England or Britain we start the Stuart era, 1603. So how long is the Edo period? Why did we start it there?
And this is a time of warfare, instability. This is not a peaceful era.
So Hideyoshi conquered Japan in 1590, died in 1598. Yeah.
So the five-year-old is the new shogun, but not really. A council is put in charge, and one of the members of that council is a rival of Hideyoshi.
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