Episode 136
Spoken history: the modern importance of indigenous cultures
Our information-rich civilisation is not superior or inferior to the pre-literate world of...
August 25, 2023
EI Weekly
A series of audio essays featuring our writers.
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Episode 135
EI Weekly Listen — What the Silicon Valley idealists got wrong
The internet and social media were supposed to democratise knowledge and unite the world. ...
July 21, 2023
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Episode 134
EI Weekly Listen — Wealth and poverty in Renaissance Florence by Antony Molho
This celebration of wealth, its frequent elevation to an almost religious level, and its j...
July 14, 2023
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Episode 132
EI Weekly Listen — Can warfare ever be considered modern?
Even with all its data and technology, contemporary conflict fits uneasily with our defini...
July 3, 2023
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Episode 131
EI Weekly Listen — War and statehood
Warfare made the early modern state. Read by Leighton Pugh.
June 26, 2023
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Episode 130
EI Weekly Listen — Clashing histories and present-day tensions in East Asia
As China ramps up its military spending, the government in Beijing plays up its role in th...
June 19, 2023
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Episode 129
EI Weekly Listen — Do we know the truth about the Thirty Years’ War?
Different perspectives and eye-witness accounts reveal historical fallacies and myths abou...
June 8, 2023
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Episode 128
EI Weekly Listen — Each Charter’d Street: Taking the long view on urban planning
For as long as there have been cities they have attracted admiration and fear. Read by Lei...
June 2, 2023
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Episode 127
EI Weekly Listen — The geopolitics and grand strategy of Alfred Thayer Mahan
Alfred Thayer Mahan's writings on naval warfare have overshadowed his contributions to geo...
May 25, 2023