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The EI Podcast brings you weekly conversations and audio essays from leading writers, thinkers and historians. Hosted by Alastair Benn and Paul Lay. Find the EI Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or search The EI Podcast wherever you get your podcasts.

  1. Iran’s strange Scottish obsession

    VOR 20 STD.

    Iran’s strange Scottish obsession

    From placard-waving crowds in Yazd to troll farms on social media, the Islamic Republic has long tried to wield Scottish nationalism as a weapon against the UK. This audio essay is read by Leighton Pugh. Image: Royal Scots Guards military pipers. Credit: Alamy

    10 Min.
  2. Washington’s return to Latin America

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    Washington’s return to Latin America

    Following the capture of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro earlier this year, President Donald Trump has warned that Cuba is ‘next’. What exactly does he mean by that? Joseph Ledford, Fellow at the Hoover Institution, speaks to EI’s Jack Dickens about a new age of US interventionism in Latin America.  Image: Protesters outside the White House following the arrest of Nicolás Maduro, January 2026. Credit: Alamy

    56 Min.
  3. The Houthis’ forever war

    3. APR.

    The Houthis’ forever war

    Elisabeth Kendall speaks to EI’s Jack Dickens about what motivates the Houthis. Following the outbreak of the war in Iran, the Yemeni militant group now has an outsized ability to disrupt global trade and threaten regional stability in the Middle East. But who are they and what do they really want? Image: A protester at a pro-Palestine demonstration in Sanaa, Yemen. Credit: Alamy

    50 Min.
  4. Can epic poetry revive History?

    30. MÄRZ

    Can epic poetry revive History?

    When combined, as the ancients knew, history and poetry offer an incomparable insight into the human condition. Michael Auslin laments the demise of poetry as a form for exploring great moments in history.  Image: Hector taking leave of Andromache. Credit: Alamy Stock Photo

    15 Min.
  5. The need for muscular liberalism

    26. MÄRZ

    The need for muscular liberalism

    Adrian Wooldridge speaks to EI’s Paul Lay about his new book, Centrists of the World Unite! The Lost Genius of Liberalism. He believes that the West can only overcome its current malaise by rediscovering and reviving the liberal tradition. Image: Engraving of the frontispiece from Thomas Hobbes’s ‘Leviathan’ (1651). Credit: Alamy

    50 Min.
  6. The first butterfly collectors

    23. MÄRZ

    The first butterfly collectors

    The Society of Aurelians brought butterflies out of their undeserved obscurity. Nigel Andrew’s audio essay sheds new light on Britain’s first entomological society. Read by Leighton Pugh. Image: Detail from ‘The Aurelian; a Natural History of English Moths and Butterflies’, published by Henry Bohn, London, 1840. Credit: Getty

    8 Min.
  7. Trump’s imperial worldview

    19. MÄRZ

    Trump’s imperial worldview

    What is driving Donald Trump’s increasingly volatile foreign policy? Brendan Simms examines the US President and his ideological roots with EI’s Jack Dickens. Image: Donald Trump at the White House, July 2025. Credit: Alamy

    31 Min.
  8. The strange death of private life

    16. MÄRZ

    The strange death of private life

    In the early 1970s, the idea of a private life – that citizens ought to be left alone by the state – began to disappear. In this audio essay, Tiffany Jenkins argues that we should mourn its absence. Read by Leighton Pugh. Image: 1930s poster for the London Underground. Credit: Alamy

    17 Min.
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The EI Podcast brings you weekly conversations and audio essays from leading writers, thinkers and historians. Hosted by Alastair Benn and Paul Lay. Find the EI Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or search The EI Podcast wherever you get your podcasts.

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