The EI Podcast
The espionage revolution
David Omand, ex-head of GCHQ, the British government’s world-renowned cyber agency, explor…
August 29, 2025
Meritocracy Week
It’s Meritocracy Week on Engelsberg Ideas. Leading writers explore the global history of merit in culture and politics. Do meritocracies deliver on their promise? Is meritocracy working? Can the concept be fixed?
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The EI Podcast
Graham Greene’s Vietnam
EI’s Alastair Benn and Paul Lay are joined by Jonathan Esty, of Johns Hopkins School of Ad…
August 22, 2025
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The EI Podcast
How the Nazis weaponised Charlemagne
Samuel Rubinstein explores how Nazi historiographers sought to present Adolf Hitler as the…
August 15, 2025
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The EI Podcast
Why do we get the wrong leaders?
James Vitali reflects on the profound importance of political judgement. Read by Leighton …
August 8, 2025
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The EI Podcast
Why liberal democracies win total wars
Journalist Duncan Weldon reveals how liberal capitalist economies adapt to total war. Read…
August 1, 2025
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The EI Podcast
No more Napoleons: British grand strategy in the 19th century
EI’s Paul Lay joins historian Andrew Lambert to discuss his book ‘No More Napoleons: How B…
July 25, 2025