The EI Podcast
Steven Grosby on the persistence of nationhood
What is a nation, what is its significance, and to what problems of life is its persistenc...
April 26, 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 — Nehemiah Wallington: Puritan chronicler who had far less fun than Pepys
Vanessa Harding on the God-fearing diarist Nehemiah Wallington whose personality was far r...
April 25, 2024
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Adrian Wooldridge on meritocracy
The biggest division in modern society is between the meritocracy and the people, the cogn...
April 19, 2024
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The Entente Cordiale
Self-interest, imperial competition and new threats in Europe - T.G. Otte examines the com...
April 18, 2024
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Mariano Sigman on how language has shaped human consciousness
How did our ancestors think? Read by Leighton Pugh.
April 12, 2024
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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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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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The evolution of terrorist threat
EI's Deputy Editor Alastair Benn speaks to Suzanne Raine, visiting professor in the Depart...
April 5, 2024
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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