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Jungle Prince

by The New York Times

For 40 years, journalists chronicled the eccentric royal family of Oudh, deposed aristocrats who lived in a ruined palace in the Indian capital. It was a tragic, astonishing story. But was it true?Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.

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Episodes

  1. A House in Yorkshire

    In a ruined palace in the woods, rummaging through discarded papers, our reporter finds a clue. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here...

  2. The Hunting Lodge

    “Ellen, have you been trying to get in touch with the royal family of Oudh?” Our reporter receives an invitation to the forest. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here...

  3. The Railway Station

    The story passed for years from tea sellers to rickshaw drivers to shopkeepers in Old Delhi. In a forest, they said, in a palace cut off from the city, lived a prince, a princess and a queen, said to be the last of a Shiite Muslim royal line. Some said the family had been there since the British...

About this show

For 40 years, journalists chronicled the eccentric royal family of Oudh, deposed aristocrats who lived in a ruined palace in the Indian capital. It was a tragic, astonishing story. But was it true?Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.

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Frequently asked questions

How many episodes does Jungle Prince have?

Jungle Prince has 3 episodes on PodParley. The most recent episode was published on December 23, 2019.

What is Jungle Prince about?

For 40 years, journalists chronicled the eccentric royal family of Oudh, deposed aristocrats who lived in a ruined palace in the Indian capital. It was a tragic, astonishing story. But was it true?Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via...

Who hosts Jungle Prince?

Jungle Prince is created and hosted by The New York Times.
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