The EI Podcast
The Slow Horses are Britain’s perfect spies
Alastair Benn on the magic of Mick Herron’s Slough House series. Read by Leighton Pugh.
October 3, 2025
The EI Podcast
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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Stephen Kotkin on a new age of warfare
EI’s Paul Lay discusses a world order in flux with Stephen Kotkin, historian and biographe…
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The Great French Songbook
Why do people the world over enjoy listening to songs sung in French? Critic Muriel Zagha …
September 19, 2025
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Our attention dilemma is age-old
Alastair Benn explores an attention dilemma that has haunted western thought for centuries…
September 12, 2025
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How the state can do more for less
Historian David Cowan explains how radical reform can reshape the state. Read by Leighton …
September 5, 2025
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The espionage revolution
David Omand, ex-head of GCHQ, the British government’s world-renowned cyber agency, explor…
August 29, 2025