The EI Podcast
Josef Joffe on the end of ‘the end of history’
We equated a brief respite from history with the dawn of a new age. Read by Leighton Pugh.
March 8, 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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Werner Herzog
Geoff Andrew, the BFI's programmer-at-large, and film critic Muriel Zagha sit down with EI...
March 6, 2024
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Michael Broers on how Napoleon built a continent
Napoleonic geopolitics didn't make much impression on Europe's maps, but its influence was...
March 1, 2024
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Aspasia of Miletus: queen of the Athenian salon
Armand D'Angour on Aspasia of Miletus, wife of Pericles and friend to philosophers. Read b...
February 29, 2024
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Norman Stone on the 1860s
In the 1860s, commentators might have been justified in forecasting 'the end of history' a...
February 23, 2024
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Ukraine, two years on
Two years on from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a solution, military or diplomatic, seems ...
February 22, 2024
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David Frum on how empire-states are changing the game
From the Engelsberg Ideas Archive. States are back and they're out to challenge the intern...
February 16, 2024
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Horace’s vast and complex legacy
Llewelyn Morgan, author of Horace: A Very Short Introduction, joins EI's Paul Lay to explo...
February 16, 2024
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Elisabeth Kendall on Jihadist poetry as propaganda
Al-Qaeda's success in Yemen can in part be explained by the group's adept use of poetry as...
February 9, 2024