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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. Where is Russia’s place in the world?

    hace 2 días

    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
  2. Christianity’s debt to Rome

    hace 6 días

    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
  3. Jean Eustache: the outsider who reshaped French cinema

    22 jun

    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
  4. How to end a war

    18 jun

    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
  5. Testament to doomed media

    15 jun

    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
  6. Why Armenia’s elections matter

    11 jun

    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
  7. Len Deighton’s spycraft

    8 jun

    Len Deighton’s spycraft

    The late Len Deighton produced novels that were packed with excitement and suspense but also infused with moral complexity and psychological insight. Read by Leighton Pugh.  Read the essay here: https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/len-deightons-spycraft/. Image: Michael Caine in The Ipcress File. Credit: Allstar Picture Library Ltd

    33 min
  8. China's bid for economic supremacy

    4 jun

    China's bid for economic supremacy

    George Magnus speaks to EI’s Jack Dickens about the geopolitical logic behind China’s economic strategy. Image: A container ship from China. Credit: Rudmer Zwerver

    48 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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    Engelsberg Ideas
  • Años de actividad
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodios
    390
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    Explícito
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