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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German soldiers march through France early in the war. Credit: Popperfoto via Getty Images.
Russian President Vladimir Putin with military intelligence officials at the GRU building, 2006. Credit: Dmitry Astakohv/AFP via Getty Images.
John F. Kennedy sitting in his signature rocking chair in the Oval Office. Creidt: © CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) 32nd President of USA 1932-184545, photographed c1943. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)
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The History of Quarantine with Lincoln Paine

Art, History and Pandemics with Tom Holland