Episode 150
EI Weekly Listen — Andrew Monaghan on how the past shapes Russian grand strategy
Putin uses history not only to fit a narrative that Russia is strong when it stands togeth...
December 1, 2023
EI Weekly
A series of audio essays featuring our writers.
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Episode 149
EI Weekly Listen — Pär Stenbäck on religion and politics in the Middle East
Religion is often ignored as a political factor; in the Middle East, this is not possible....
November 24, 2023
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Episode 148
EI Weekly Listen — Wolfgang Palaver on the complex relationship between violence and religion
Wherever we insist on truth in order to win over our adversaries, we awaken a spirit of vi...
November 17, 2023
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Episode 147
EI Weekly Listen — Gary Lachman on the sources of mystical experience
Mystical experience is the missing link in modern accounts of how human beings came to be ...
November 11, 2023
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Episode 146
EI Weekly Listen — Benedetta Berti on the legacy of the Arab Awakening of 2010
The Middle East and North Africa's transition from authoritarianism to democracy has been ...
November 3, 2023
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Episode 145
EI Weekly Listen — Armin W. Geertz on the pre-historical roots of religious belief
The history and evolution of (proto) religious behaviour is ancient. Read by Leighton Pugh...
October 27, 2023
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Episode 144
EI Weekly Listen — David Goodhart on bridging the value divide
Finding a new settlement between the Anywheres and the Somewheres is now the central task ...
October 20, 2023
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Episode 143
EI Weekly Listen — Jonathan Fenby on the challenge for a totalitarian China
The need to buttress control is the bottom line for Xi. Read by Leighton Pugh.
October 13, 2023
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Episode 142
EI Weekly Listen — Kjell Nordström on the future of capitalism
The proletarianisation of knowledge promises a bumpy ride for both us and capitalism as we...
October 6, 2023