Episode 19
Universities are at crisis point
Daisy Christodoulou and Nicholas Wright join EI’s Paul Lay to discuss the crisis in Britis...
April 23, 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 roots of the West’s identity crisis
Marie Kawthar Daouda, author of ‘Not Your Victim: How our Obsession with Race Entraps and ...
April 16, 2026
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Episode 19
Washington’s return to Latin America
Following the capture of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro earlier this year, President Donald Tr...
April 9, 2026
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Episode 19
The Houthis’ forever war
Elisabeth Kendall speaks to EI’s Jack Dickens about what motivates the Houthis. Following ...
April 3, 2026
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Episode 19
Can epic poetry revive History?
When combined, as the ancients knew, history and poetry offer an incomparable insight into...
March 30, 2026
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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
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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 16
The anatomy of the spy novel
From the gung-ho glamour of Ian Fleming’s James Bond to the disorder of Mick Herron’s Slow...
April 20, 2026
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Episode 11
Iran’s Scottish obsession
From placard-waving crowds in Yazd to troll farms on social media, the Islamic Republic ha...
April 13, 2026