Episode 19
The need for muscular liberalism
Adrian Wooldridge speaks to EI’s Paul Lay about the need to rediscover and revive the libe...
March 26, 2026
EI Talks...
Each week, we interrogate the most important and contentious issues of our time. Hosted by Paul Lay and Alastair Benn.
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Episode 19
The first butterfly collectors
The Society of Aurelians brought butterflies out of their undeserved obscurity. Nigel Andr...
March 23, 2026
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Episode 18
Trump’s imperial worldview
What is driving Donald Trump’s increasingly volatile foreign policy? Brendan Simms examine...
March 19, 2026
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Episode 18
The strange death of private life
In the early 1970s, the idea of a private life – that citizens ought to be left alone by t...
March 16, 2026
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Episode 17
The rise of the mega-influencer
Mega-influencers shape the public imagination. Phillip Dolitsky and Luke Moon explore a wo...
March 5, 2026
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Episode 16
The Gulf’s Iran dilemma
Shiraz Maher examines how the fallout from the US-Iran conflict is reshaping the Gulf Stat...
March 12, 2026
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Episode 15
Putin, the once and future Chekist
Gordon Corera contends that to truly understand Vladimir Putin, you have to understand the...
February 26, 2026
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Episode 15
Hamlet unravelled
Emma Smith, Professor of Shakespeare Studies at Oxford University, explores Hamlet and its...
February 12, 2026
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Episode 13
When Edo became Tokyo
Christopher Harding on the birth of Tokyo.
February 19, 2026