The EI Podcast

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

  1. 4 gg fa

    The alien world of Homer’s Odyssey

    What does Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of ‘The Odyssey’ have in common with Homer’s poem? Classicist and actor Orlando Gibbs speaks to Alastair Benn about the strangeness of this ancient epic, which depicts a moral world far removed from Nolan’s secular and post-Christian worldview, and discusses whether its popularity will lead to a renewed interest in the classical world. Image: Odysseus and the Sirens, represented on an ancient Greek vase. Credit: Alamy

    The alien world of Homer’s Odyssey

  2. 23 lug

    How wine made the modern world

    Historian Kathleen Burk speaks to Max Mitchell about the long history of humanity's relationship with wine, taking us on a journey from the ancient Near East to modern France. Image: A vineyard near the Temple of Zeus at Ancient Nemea, Korinthia, Greece. Credit: Alamy

    How wine made the modern world

  3. 20 lug

    The struggle for Saudi Arabia’s buried past

    Saudi Arabia’s expensive investment in its future has come with a concurrent focus on its archaeological past but its ambitions risk eradicating the remnants of pre-Islamic history. Read by Leighton Pugh.  Read the essay here: https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/the-struggle-for-saudi-arabias-buried-past/. Image: The Qasr Al Farid tomb in Saudi Arabia. Credit: Alamy

    The struggle for Saudi Arabia’s buried past

  4. 16 lug

    The diplomats who defeated Hitler

    Peter Ricketts, Britain’s former ambassador to France, speaks with Paul Lay about a golden age of diplomacy.  Image: Archibald Clark Kerr (Britain’s Ambassador to the Soviet Union) and Alexander Cadogan (Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs) at the Potsdam Conference, 1945. Credit: Alamy.

    The diplomats who defeated Hitler

  5. 13 lug

    The political power of knowing your enemy

    In war and diplomacy, personal relationships between leaders can shape the course of events in unpredictable ways. Read by Leighton Pugh.  Read the essay here: https://engelsbergideas.com/notebook/the-political-power-of-knowing-your-enemy/. Image: Cartoon from Punch showing from Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill at the Yalta Conference in February 1945. Credit: Alamy

    The political power of knowing your enemy

  6. 9 lug

    The return of the Great Powers

    Brendan Simms talks to EI’s Jack Dickens about a new age of geopolitical rivalry. Image: Xi Jinping and Donald Trump. Credit: Alamy

    The return of the Great Powers

  7. 6 lug

    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

    Germany’s new old nuclear dilemma

  8. 2 lug

    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

    250 years of the American experiment
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Descrizione

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

Informazioni

  • Creatore
    Engelsberg Ideas
  • Anni di attività
    2020 - 2026
  • Puntate
    398
  • Classificazione
    Contenuti espliciti
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2020. Engelsberg Ideas - All Rights Reserved.
  • Sito web del podcast
    The EI Podcast

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