The EI Podcast
The making of Xi Jinping’s worldview
Rana Mitter explores Xi Jinping’s personal and ideological mindset in conversation with EI…
February 5, 2026
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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The EI Podcast
Nietzsche’s manifesto for reading
Ioannes Chountis de Fabbri on reading as an antidote to the restless spirit of the industr…
January 29, 2026
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Inside the world of medieval espionage
Jonathan Sumption surveys the last generation of spies before the creation of Europe’s pro…
January 22, 2026
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The Monroe Doctrine: The United States’ hemispheric strategy explained
EI’s Jack Dickens is joined by Charlie Laderman, associate professor at the University of …
January 15, 2026
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The strange case of Robert Louis Stevenson
Alastair Benn is joined by Leo Damrosch, author of Storyteller: The Life of Robert Louis S…
January 8, 2026
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The instability of a multipolar era
Paul Lay is joined by Helen Thompson to discuss US–China rivalry, the growing importance o…
December 30, 2025