The EI Podcast
Where is Russia’s place in the world?
Russia is a Near Eastern country now subordinated to East Asia. But Stephen Kotkin argues …
June 29, 2026
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
Christianity’s debt to Rome
What does Christ’s Kingdom owe to the culture of the Roman Empire? Tim Whitmarsh speaks to…
June 25, 2026
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The EI Podcast
Jean Eustache: the outsider who reshaped French cinema
The filmmaker Jean Eustache’s interest in rural France and his sardonic scepticism about t…
June 22, 2026
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The EI Podcast
How to end a war
Margaret MacMillan on the history of war and peace.
June 18, 2026
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The EI Podcast
Testament to doomed media
The old media has failed to rise to the challenge of tech, but we’ll miss it when it’s gon…
June 15, 2026
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Why Armenia’s elections matter
Thomas de Waal joins EI’s Jack Dickens to discuss how the recent elections could reshape g…
June 11, 2026