Engelsberg Ideas Podcasts

Engelsberg Ideas Podcasts
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Engelsberg Ideas Podcasts

Engelsberg Ideas podcasts bring together leading writers, thinkers and historians to discuss the biggest issues facing the world today. You’ll find calm conversations and thought-provoking analysis.

  1. EI Weekly Listen — Henrik Meinander on Gustaf Mannerheim, leader of a free Finland

    5 DAYS AGO

    EI Weekly Listen — Henrik Meinander on Gustaf Mannerheim, leader of a free Finland

    Gustaf Mannerheim's rise from a troubled youth to Finland's great wartime leader illustrates how leadership is forged by both personal traits and the unpredictable tides of history. Read by Helen Lloyd. Image: Field Marshal Carl Gustaf Mannerheim, centre, discusses strategy against the Russians at his field headquarters on the Finnish-Russian border, April 1942. Credit: Associated Press / Alamy Stock Photo

    20 min
  2. EI Talks... how to deter Russia with Kristjan Prikk and Eitvydas Bajarūnas

    6 DAYS AGO

    EI Talks... how to deter Russia with Kristjan Prikk and Eitvydas Bajarūnas

    EI's Paul Lay discusses how the Baltic states have survived, and thrived, in the shadow of Russian aggression, with Kristjan Prikk, Estonia's Ambassador to the United States and Eitvydas Bajarūnas, a former Lithuanian senior diplomat, who has served as the Ambassador to Sweden, Russia and the UK. Engelsberg Ideas is funded by the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit. EI Talks... is hosted by Paul Lay and Alastair Benn. The sound engineer is Gareth Jones. Image: A new Iron Curtain in Europe. Credit: aleksey Shirmanov / Alamy Stock Photo

    27 min
  3. EI Weekly Listen — Rory Medcalf on the Australian way of war and peace

    15 NOV

    EI Weekly Listen — Rory Medcalf on the Australian way of war and peace

    Australia stands at the forefront of democratic resistance against China's expanding influence, reshaping its strategy and alliances to meet the challenges of a contested Indo-Pacific. Read by Helen Lloyd. Engelsberg Ideas is funded by the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit. Image: Two US Air Force B-2 Spirits fly alongside four Royal Australian Air Force EA-18G Growlers and a RAAF E-7A Wedgetail, August 2022. Credit: UPI / Alamy Stock Photo

    27 min

  4. 14 NOV

    EI Talks... the making of the post-Wall world with Mary Elise Sarotte

    The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 offered opportunities to reset relations between East and West. EI's Paul Lay discusses how these opportunities were squandered with Mary Elise Sarotte, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Distinguished Professor of Historical Studies at the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs. Engelsberg Ideas is funded by the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit. EI Talks... is hosted by Paul Lay and Alastair Benn. The sound engineer is Gareth Jones. Image: The fall of the Berlin Wall. Credit: Agencja Fotograficzna Caro / Alamy Stock Photo

    25 min
  5. EI Weekly Listen — Andreas Rödder on Konrad Adenauer and the German realignment

    8 NOV

    EI Weekly Listen — Andreas Rödder on Konrad Adenauer and the German realignment

    Konrad Adenauer combined Realpolitik and German values and interests with international cooperation. The multilaterally integrated, co-operative nation state he championed was a fundamental innovation in European history. Read by Helen Lloyd. Engelsberg Ideas is funded by the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit. Image: German statesman Konrad Adenauer depicted on a coin. Credit: VPC Coins Collection / Alamy Stock Photo

    17 min

  6. 7 NOV

    EI Portraits — Maria Golia on Carl Akeley, early pioneer of wildlife photography

    Maria Golia profiles Carl Akeley, an inventor, sculptor, and taxidermist. His life's lessons still echo in the effort to conserve wildlife. Read by Sebastian Brown. Engelsberg Ideas is funded by the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit. Image: Wildlife photographer Carl Ethan Akeley photographed in 1926. Credit: Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery / Public Domain

    14 min
  7. EI Talks... the lessons of the 1968 presidential election with Luke A. Nichter

    4 NOV

    EI Talks... the lessons of the 1968 presidential election with Luke A. Nichter

    EI’s Angus Reilly is joined by Luke A. Nichter, author of The Year that Broke Politics: Collusion and Chaos in the Presidential Election of 1968, to discuss Lyndon B. Johnson, Hubert Humphrey, Richard Nixon, and the battle for the future of America in a year that offers notable parallels to the election of 2024. Engelsberg Ideas is funded by the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit. EI Talks... is produced by Alastair Benn. The sound engineer is Gareth Jones. Image: Television presenter Frank Reynolds covering the 1968 election. Credit: Everett Collection Inc / Alamy Stock Photo

    46 min
  8. EI Weekly Listen — Kenneth Payne asks: will machines make strategy?

    1 NOV

    EI Weekly Listen — Kenneth Payne asks: will machines make strategy?

    The emergence of Artificial Intelligence capable of deducing human intentions signals a new frontier in technology that could transform the world of strategy, diplomacy and warfare. Read by Helen Lloyd. TV screens showing the live broadcast of the Google DeepMind Challenge Match at Yongsan Electronic Technology Land in Seoul, South Korea. Credit: ZUMA Press, Inc. / Alamy Stock Photo

    22 min
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Engelsberg Ideas podcasts bring together leading writers, thinkers and historians to discuss the biggest issues facing the world today. You’ll find calm conversations and thought-provoking analysis.

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    Engelsberg Ideas Podcasts
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2024
  • Episodes
    281
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