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Richard Miles on Spartacus, history’s nowhere man
Spartacus is a figure who floats between history and allegory. Read by Helen Lloyd.
March 7, 2025
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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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Mary Elise Sarotte on how a Second Cold War could have been averted
The choice to enlarge NATO was a justifiable response to the geopolitics of the 1990s. The...
February 28, 2025
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The case for Classical music
What makes Classical music special among the arts? And where did it come from? To recko...
February 27, 2025
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Rob Johnson on Ukraine’s rich history of resistance
Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 was slowed down because of determined courageous resi...
February 21, 2025
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Peter Frankopan on the global threat to liberty
Non-western elites are redefining freedom on their own terms, as sovereignty, state securi...
February 14, 2025
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The myth and magic of spy fiction
Are we living through a golden age of espionage drama? And what do spy stories tell us abo...
February 13, 2025
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Katja Hoyer on how the GDR fell in love with the West
Citizens of the GDR were exposed to an idealised version of western freedoms made up of lu...
February 7, 2025
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Daisy Dunn on Pittacus, the good tyrant
After unpromising beginnings and innumerable controversies, Pittacus, seventh-century rule...
February 6, 2025
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EI Weekly Listen — Merryn Somerset Webb on the power of shareholder democracy
The limited liability company remains the best vehicle for capitalistic endeavour. Read by...
January 31, 2025