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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Soviet propaganda at the Cold War museum in Plokstine, Lithuania. Credit: Franz Aberham via Getty Images.
Romulus and Remus, Rome's founding fathers depicted in the Duomo of Siena
Anti-government protesters celebrate on a tank in Tahrir Square, Cairo, on the first full day of the square's occupation in January 2011.
Steatite bowl with mythological scenes from the Khafalji tribe, possibly of Elamite origin. The figure could be the goddess Inanna.
A monument to Karl Marx in Chemnitz, Germany. Credit: Shotshop GmbH / Alamy Stock Photo
Flags of the USA and China on stacked containers. Credit: Christian Ohde / Alamy Stock Photo
Russian troops on the Russian/Ukrainian border in 2015. Credit: Tommy E Trenchard / Alamy Stock Photo
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The great American inventor Thomas Edison is surrounded by his creations

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