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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. Germany’s new old nuclear dilemma

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    Germany’s new old nuclear dilemma

    When it comes to nuclear weapons, the concerns that West Germany’s first chancellor wrestled with during the Cold War have not disappeared. In this audio essay, Marina E. Henke suggests that they have simply re-emerged in new forms. Read by Leighton Pugh.  Read it here: https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/germanys-new-old-nuclear-dilemma/ Image: A nuclear power plant in Bavaria, circa 1985. Credit: INTERFOTO

    20 min
  2. 250 years of the American experiment

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    250 years of the American experiment

    Paul Lay speaks to Phil Tinline, author of Ghosts of Iron Mountain: The Hoax that Duped America and its Sinister Legacy, about the variety and violence of a country built on high ideals and low conspiracies. Image: The interior of the United States Capitol. Credit: Alamy

    46 min
  3. Where is Russia’s place in the world?

    29 juin

    Where is Russia’s place in the world?

    Russia is a Near Eastern country now subordinated to East Asia. But Stephen Kotkin argues that historically it has prospered most when tied closely to Europe. Read the original essay here: https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/where-is-russias-place-in-the-world/. Image: Map of Russia, 1562. Credit: Alamy

    43 min
  4. Christianity’s debt to Rome

    25 juin

    Christianity’s debt to Rome

    What does Christ’s Kingdom owe to the culture of the Roman Empire? Tim Whitmarsh speaks to EI’s Alastair Benn about his new book, Rome’s Age of Revolution: Augustus, Empire and the Making of Christianity.Image: A statue of Augustus Caesar in Turin. Credit: Alamy

    46 min
  5. Jean Eustache: the outsider who reshaped French cinema

    22 juin

    Jean Eustache: the outsider who reshaped French cinema

    The filmmaker Jean Eustache’s interest in rural France and his sardonic scepticism about the May ’68 ideologues mark him out from his Nouvelle Vague contemporaries. Read by Leighton Pugh. Read the original essay here: https://engelsbergideas.com/portraits/jean-eustache-the-outsider-who-reshaped-french-cinema/.  Image: The film director Jean Eustache. Credit: Alamy

    17 min
  6. How to end a war

    18 juin

    How to end a war

    Margaret MacMillan speaks to EI’s Jack Dickens about how wars – and attempts to bring about peace – have shaped every era of human history.  Image: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin at the Yalta Conference, 1945. Credit: Alamy

    44 min
  7. Testament to doomed media

    15 juin

    Testament to doomed media

    The old media has failed to rise to the challenge of tech, but we'll miss it when it's gone. Read the original essay here: https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/testament-to-doomed-media/.  Image: Woman reading a newspaper. Credit: Alamy

    17 min
  8. Why Armenia’s elections matter

    11 juin

    Why Armenia’s elections matter

    Thomas de Waal joins EI’s Jack Dickens to discuss how the recent elections in Armenia could reshape geopolitics in the Caucasus and beyond. Image: Armenian flag with Mount Ararat in background. Credit: Alamy

    34 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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  • Création
    Engelsberg Ideas
  • Années d’activité
    2020 - 2026
  • Épisodes
    392
  • Classification
    Contenu explicite
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    © Copyright 2020. Engelsberg Ideas - All Rights Reserved.
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