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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Painting of King George III of England, (1738-1820), seated on the throne in full regalia. Undated illustration. Credit: Bettmann/Contributor.
King Æthelstan. Public domain.

EI Weekly Listen — Maurizio Viroli on the virtues of the city-state

Standing atop rubble with retired New York City firefighter Bob Beckwith, President George W Bush rallies firefighters and rescue workers during an impromptu speech at the site of the collapsed World Trade Center. Image courtesy National Archives. Credit: Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images.
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St. Louis Red Cross Motor Corps on duty during the American Influenza epidemic. 1918. Credit: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

EI Weekly Listen — Alexander Lee on Machiavelli and civil strife