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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An electronics recycling facility in Shanghai, China.
Isabelle Huppert, Madame Bovary 1991. Credit: Collection Christophel / Alamy Stock Photo
CONGRESS OF VIENNA (1814-1815) Napoleon watching the Tsar, the Emperor of Austria and King of Prussia dividing up Europe
Donald Trump poses for photos above the floor of the New York Stock Exchange after taking his Trump Plaza Casino public in New York on June 7, 1995.
Street art in Tbilisi of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin playing chess.
Second world war propaganda poster.
Eduard von Grützner's Falstaff, 1873.
Great Wall of China
Procession in Piazza San Marco by Gentile Bellini, 1496.