Episode 232
The espionage revolution
David Omand, ex-head of GCHQ, the British government's world-renowned cyber agency, explor...
August 29, 2025
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Episode 231
How the Nazis weaponised Charlemagne
Samuel Rubinstein explores how Nazi historiographers sought to present Adolf Hitler as the...
August 15, 2025
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Episode 230
Why do we get the wrong leaders?
James Vitali reflects on the profound importance of political judgement. Read by Leighton ...
August 8, 2025
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Episode 229
Why liberal democracies win total wars
Journalist Duncan Weldon reveals how liberal capitalist economies adapt to total war. Read...
August 1, 2025
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Episode 228
The rift that doomed the Confederacy
Historian Katherine Bayford exposes the fractures and contradictions that doomed the Confe...
July 18, 2025
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Episode 227
How the Knights Templars conquered Christendom
Historian Nicholas Morton explores how a miracle of marketing brought the Knights Templars...
July 4, 2025
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Episode 11
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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Episode 10
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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Episode 5
The Great French Songbook
Why do people the world over enjoy listening to songs sung in French? Critic Muriel Zagha ...
September 19, 2025