EI Weekly Podcast: Episode 211
EI Weekly Listen — Rob Johnson on Ukraine’s rich history of resistance
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 was slowed down because of determined courageous resi…
February 21, 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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EI Weekly Podcast: Episode 210
EI Weekly Listen — Peter Frankopan on the global threat to liberty
Non-western elites are redefining freedom on their own terms, as sovereignty, state securi…
February 14, 2025
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EI Talks… Podcast: Episode 61
The myth and magic of spy fiction
Are we living through a golden age of espionage drama? And what do spy stories tell us abo…
February 13, 2025
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EI Weekly Podcast: Episode 209
EI Weekly Listen — Katja Hoyer on how the GDR fell in love with the West
Citizens of the GDR were exposed to an idealised version of western freedoms made up of lu…
February 7, 2025
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EI Portraits Podcast: Episode 24
EI Portraits — Daisy Dunn on Pittacus, the good tyrant
After unpromising beginnings and innumerable controversies, Pittacus, seventh-century rule…
February 6, 2025
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EI Weekly Podcast: Episode 208
EI Weekly Listen — Merryn Somerset Webb on the power of shareholder democracy
The limited liability company remains the best vehicle for capitalistic endeavour. Read by…
January 31, 2025