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Worldview — Can meritocracy be rescued and repaired?
Iain Martin is joined by Adrian Wooldridge and Daniel Markovits to discuss the crisis of o...
May 14, 2021
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 Weekly Listen – Helen Thompson: Geopolitics of a pandemic
The Covid-19 crisis has accentuated all the geopolitical fault lines of the past decade. R...
May 6, 2021
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EI Weekly Listen – Philip Bobbitt: A government of laws
The constitutional order is changing as citizens become alienated and demand more say. Ame...
April 30, 2021
EI Weekly Listen – Johan Hakelius: John Hughes and the making and unmaking of the American Dream
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EI Weekly Listen – Johan Hakelius: John Hughes and the making and unmaking of the American Dream
The films of John Hughes updated the American Dream for a new generation, and his complex ...
April 13, 2021
EI Weekly Listen – Iskander Rehman: Why applied history matters
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EI Weekly Listen – Iskander Rehman: Why applied history matters
Forget the seduction of grand theories and presentist moral judgments. To learn the lesson...
April 8, 2021
EI Weekly Listen – Vanessa Harding: Remembering London’s last Great Plague
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EI Weekly Listen – Vanessa Harding: Remembering London’s last Great Plague
London's response to its last plague epidemic involved close collaboration between crown, ...
April 3, 2021
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History Lessons – Margaret MacMillan on war
Mattias Hessérus is in conversation with Margaret MacMillan on how conflict has shaped hu...
March 31, 2021
EI Weekly Listen – Gillian Clark: Survival lessons from Ancient Rome
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EI Weekly Listen – Gillian Clark: Survival lessons from Ancient Rome
The Romans have so much to teach us about what it means to live in a society in crisis. Re...
March 27, 2021
EI Weekly Listen – Peter Frankopan: This crisis has the capacity to be apocalyptic
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EI Weekly Listen – Peter Frankopan: This crisis has the capacity to be apocalyptic
Covid-19 heralds the end of our interconnected world. We'll need wise leaders to navigate ...
March 19, 2021