The EI Podcast

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The EI Podcast brings you weekly conversations with leading writers, thinkers and historians. Hosted by Alastair Benn, Jack Dickens and Paul Lay. Produced by Max Mitchell. 

  1. 4d ago

    Napoleon’s nest of vipers

    Napoleon appointed a total of 26 Marshals between 1804 and 1815, and they became crucial to his military success. Yet only two of them fought alongside him at the Battle of Waterloo. Andrew Roberts sits down with Paul Lay to discuss his new book, ‘Napoleon and his Marshals’. Image: Napoleon near Borodino, by Vasily Vereshchagin (1897). Credit: Wikimedia Commons

    Napoleon’s nest of vipers

  2. Oct 1

    Russia’s war on Ukrainian science

    Earlier this week, a Russian drone strike hit the National Academy of Sciences in central Kyiv, bringing terror to the historic centre of Ukraine’s capital and damaging a symbol of national independence. Paul Josephson speaks to Jack Dickens about why Vladimir Putin is targeting Ukraine’s leading research institutes. Image: The Soviet-era Duga radar near Chernobyl, Ukraine. Credit: Alamy

    Russia’s war on Ukrainian science

  3. Sep 24

    Space and the new clash of civilisations

    Earlier this month, the US confirmed for the first time that it had deployed a space weapon in Earth’s orbit. John B. Sheldon and Jack Dickens discuss the fight for extraterrestrial supremacy.  Image: A mural of a Soviet-era cosmonaut in Ukraine. Credit: Alamy

    Space and the new clash of civilisations

  4. Sep 17

    Reinventing Disraeli

    What did Benjamin Disraeli believe and why is he still invoked as a prophet of modern conservatism? Emily Jones speaks to Paul Lay about her new book, ‘The Disraeli Myth: The Making of a Conservative Tradition’. Image: Portrait of Benjamin Disraeli, c.1860. Credit: Alamy

    Reinventing Disraeli

  5. Sep 10

    The scramble for the Middle East

    Simon Sebag Montefiore speaks to Jack Dickens about his new book, ‘The Cauldron: The Making of the Modern Middle East’.  Image: British troops on parade at Jaffa Gate after seizing military control of the region from the Ottoman Empire (1917). Credit: Wikimedia Commons

    The scramble for the Middle East

  6. Sep 3

    The novel in Britain: from cover to cover

    Philip Hensher speaks to Alastair Benn about his new book, ‘A History of the Novel in Britain’, a stylish and very personal survey of a great tradition. Image: Portrait of Algernon Talmage circa 1915, by Hilda Fearon. Credit: Alamy

    The novel in Britain: from cover to cover

  7. Aug 27

    Journeys in Europe’s grey zone

    Hannah Lucinda Smith speaks to Caitlin Allen about her new book, ‘Hinterlands: Journeys through Europe’s Unfinished Frontiers’. Image: United Nations Buffer Zone near the ghost town resort of Varosha, Famagusta, Cyprus. Credit: Alamy

    Journeys in Europe’s grey zone

  8. Aug 20

    Machiavelli still matters

    Stephen Bowd speaks to Paul Lay about why, 500 years after his death, Niccolò Machiavelli remains one of the world’s most vital political philosophers. Image: Portrait of Niccolò Machiavelli (1570). Credit: Alamy

    Machiavelli still matters
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The EI Podcast brings you weekly conversations with leading writers, thinkers and historians. Hosted by Alastair Benn, Jack Dickens and Paul Lay. Produced by Max Mitchell. 

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  • Creator
    Engelsberg Ideas
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    408
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © Copyright 2020. Engelsberg Ideas - All Rights Reserved.
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