The EI Podcast
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
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 Talks… the future of tourism
Paul Lay and Alastair Benn discuss the explosion of tourism in the modern era and what mig...
July 21, 2023
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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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EI Talks… anger
Paul Lay and Alastair Benn calmly discuss the uses and misuses of anger.
July 13, 2023
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EI Talks… Sully, Richelieu, Mazarin
Paul Lay and Iskander Rehman discuss masters of early modern statecraft: the Duke of Sully...
July 6, 2023
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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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EI Talks… AI and the threat to the arts
Paul Lay and Alastair Benn are joined by Times columnist James Marriott to discuss whether...
June 29, 2023
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EI Weekly Listen — War and statehood
Warfare made the early modern state. Read by Leighton Pugh.
June 26, 2023
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EI Talks… Machiavelli
Paul Lay and Alastair Benn are joined by Alexander Lee, biographer of Niccolò Machiavelli,...
June 23, 2023