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EI Weekly Listen — Mariano Sigman on how language has shaped human consciousness
How did our ancestors think? Read by Leighton Pugh.
April 12, 2024
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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EI Portraits — Anna Komnene: the princess who chronicled Byzantium’s changing fortunes
Peter Frankopan on the Byzantine princess Anna Komnene who, banished to a convent for her ...
April 12, 2024
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EI Weekly Listen — Nathan Shachar on ideology in science
There is no linear, moral progress in knowledge and science. Read by Leighton Pugh.
April 5, 2024
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EI Talks… terrorism
EI's Deputy Editor Alastair Benn speaks to Suzanne Raine, visiting professor in the Depart...
April 5, 2024
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EI Weekly Listen — Gregory Feifer on the mirage of Russian power
The mistake many Western countries make is to take Russia largely at face value. Read by L...
March 29, 2024
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EI Portraits — The many ways of seeing Saint Monica
Gillian Clark on Saint Monica, mother to Augustine of Hippo and lionized by the Latin Chur...
March 28, 2024
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EI Weekly Listen — Peter Heather on empire and development in first millennium Europe
The story of first millennium Europe is one of remarkable economic change and demographic ...
March 22, 2024
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EI Talks… AI and education
Daisy Christodoulou punctures the hype around the applications of Large Language Models an...
March 21, 2024
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EI Weekly Listen — Barry Strauss on Ancient Greek geopolitics
The Greeks invented the notion of the interrelationship of geography and politics; indeed,...
March 15, 2024