Worldview

Worldview tackles big questions with the help of the best academics.

The national flag of Ukraine above the Kyiv skyline.

Episode 24

Worldview — Ukraine, two years on

Two years on from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a solution, military or diplomatic, seems ...

February 22, 2024

King Charles III views a wooden carving at St. Laurence's Church in Ludlow, Shropshire.

Episode 23

A Sacred Coronation for a Secular Nation

Adam Boulton is joined by Paul Lay, Senior Editor of Engelsberg Ideas, Agnès Poirier, jour...

May 5, 2023

Currencies from around the world.

Episode 22

The power of central banks

Central banks have held the financial world in their grip for much of the twentieth centur...

April 6, 2023

Episode 21

The Return of Applied History

How can the lessons of history be applied to the present? What are the benefits of taking ...

March 28, 2023

Renaissance and Medieval sculptures at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Credit: Bjanka Kadic / Alamy Stock Photo.

Episode 20

The future of the museum

How does an institution in the business of preserving the past prepare itself for the inte...

March 21, 2023

Satirical cartoon of the Congress of Vienna. Credit: The Granger Collection / Alamy Stock Photo

Episode 19

How to end a war

Where does war end and peace begin? And what role does diplomacy play in that transition? ...

March 15, 2023

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) 32nd President of USA 1932-184545, photographed c1943. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

Episode 7

Covid and reform: can the West fix its governing systems?

Iain Martin with guests Adrian Wooldridge and Vernon Bogdanor discusses the Covid crisis a...

November 14, 2020

Wordview Podcast by Engelsberg Ideas

Episode 4

Can the West be revived?

How did the West land in, what we might politely call, a 'sub-optimal' position? And is a ...

July 24, 2020