Part 3: How El Nino Choked Civilisations and Stirred Revolution | The Rearview Podcast
This podcast episode explores the historical impact of the El Niño climate phenomenon on global civilizations, including links to the French Revolution and Indian famines. It also discusses how modern India manages climate-driven monsoon failures through economic policy rather than famine.
Could a warm patch of water in the Pacific have influenced both the French Revolution and some of India’s deadliest famines? In this concluding episode of the series, Jacob and Sobhana trace the extraordinary historical reach of El Niño, revealing how a climate phenomenon thousands of kilometres away has left its imprint on societies, economies and even moments that changed the course of history.
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