Anita Anand

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5,917 appearances 33 recordings 3 series first heard May 2026 last heard 2d ago

Anita Anand’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Empire: World History · 383. Romans vs Druids: The War For Celtic Britain (Ep 1) · 2 Aug 2026 podcast

Why? voice-verified

What do we know about this? voice-verified

Ronald, just tell us a little bit about the other world, this space between life and death. voice-verified

I mean, who believes in it and what is it exactly? voice-verified

There's a wonderful woman who makes just brilliant television. voice-verified

Derry Girls is one of her babies, Lisa McGee. voice-verified

And she's just done another one, which is fantastic, How to Get to Heaven from Belfast. voice-verified

And she has this, you know, other world where the veil lifts at a certain time. voice-verified

And it is in between sort of rubble, you know, sort of what was Stone Circle. voice-verified

So it's still very much... voice-verified

present in the minds of the Irish as part of their inheritance, who they are. voice-verified

So Ronald, you're saying that there's two-way traffic in the minds of the people, that you can go across and you can meet these fantastical creatures, but they can also come and what is the purpose? voice-verified

Who comes back in folklore and what do they give us? voice-verified

Ronald, just bearing in mind your advice, and I would never argue, don't believe the Greeks, don't believe the Romans. voice-verified

But, you know, they talk about mistletoe being really important. voice-verified

And you also ascribe a great deal of importance to mistletoe. voice-verified

So first of all, talk about that. voice-verified

What role does mistletoe play? voice-verified

And why do we believe them when they talk about mistletoe? voice-verified

Ronald, it does seem as if the tradition of the Druids was completely wiped out or drowned in blood in Anglesey, but it survives in Ireland. voice-verified

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