The EI Podcast
1821 and the invention of world order
Historian Damian Valdez on international order's 19th-century origins.
October 31, 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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The growing-pains of Graham Greene
Critic Malcolm Forbes investigates Graham Greene's troubled childhood. Read by Leighton Pu...
October 24, 2025
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The Slavic War according to Stalin
Historian Luka Ivan Jukic explores how Stalin hijacked the Slavic cause to forge the Sovie...
October 17, 2025
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A warning to the young: just say no to AI
Aaron MacLean, host of the School of War podcast, on AI's threat to the life of the mind.
October 10, 2025
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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
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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...
September 26, 2025
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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