The EI Podcast
Recovering the women of Augustine’s Confessions
Paul Lay and Alastair Benn are joined by Kate Cooper, author of Queens of a Fallen World, ...
November 15, 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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Gary Lachman on the sources of mystical experience
Mystical experience is the missing link in modern accounts of how human beings came to be ...
November 11, 2023
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The Beatles’ cultural legacy
Paul Lay, Alastair Benn and Iain Martin discuss the cultural legacy of the Fab Four and wh...
November 10, 2023
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Benedetta Berti on the legacy of the Arab Awakening of 2010
The Middle East and North Africa's transition from authoritarianism to democracy has been ...
November 3, 2023
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Tecumseh and the Shawnee Confederacy
Paul Lay is joined by Kori Schake to examine the rise and fall of the inspirational Shawne...
November 2, 2023
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Armin W. Geertz on the pre-historical roots of religious belief
The history and evolution of (proto) religious behaviour is ancient. Read by Leighton Pugh...
October 27, 2023
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A deep history of Gaza
Paul Lay and Alastair Benn are joined by James Barr, Middle East expert, to discuss Gaza's...
October 27, 2023
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David Goodhart on bridging the value divide
Finding a new settlement between the Anywheres and the Somewheres is now the central task ...
October 20, 2023
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A new translation of the Iliad
A new translation of the Iliad is an opportunity to reassess the first great work of Europ...
October 20, 2023