Podcast Episodes

How will Taiwan shape Asia’s future? With Chris Horton

Season 1 Episode 3257

The issue of Taiwan is a constant background hum in today’s news cycle. Perched precariously on the fault-lines of global power, the fate of this vibrant democracy and tech colossus will shape Asia’s…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Where Will the Next Tech Superpower Emerge? With Mehran Gul

Season 1 Episode 3256

For the past fifty years, Silicon Valley has led the world in developing cutting-edge technologies and spawning high-growth, billion-dollar tech companies. More recently, China has emerged as a formi…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

The Safekeep, with Women’s Prize-winner Yael van der Wouden

Season 1 Episode 3255

It’s been a remarkable eighteen months for Dutch-Israeli author Yael van der Wouden. Her debut novel, The Safekeep, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and this year it won the Women’s Prize for Fi…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

How Can Football Shirts Explain Money, Power and Politics?

Season 1 Episode 3255

In today’s episode, journalist and author Joey D'Urso joins us to discuss the themes of his new book More Than A Shirt: How Football Shirts Explain Global Politics, Money and Power. D'Urso travelled …

Published on 4 months, 4 weeks ago

How Geography Explains Our World, with Tim Marshall

Season 1 Episode 3253

Tim Marshall is one of the world’s most successful authors on foreign affairs. He’s the writer who put the ‘geo’ into geopolitics with his multi-million selling books Prisoners of Geography and The P…

Published on 5 months ago

The Specialist | The Untold Story of the Shredded Banksy, with Alex Branczik

Episode 3252

This is an episode of The Specialist, produced by Intelligence Squared in partnership with Sotheby's. In The Specialist, explore the significance and journey of an extraordinary work through the eyes…

Published on 5 months ago

How will Trump’s tariff war impact the global economy? With Philip Coggan

Season 1 Episode 3251

What happens when the world’s biggest economy turns its back on global trade?

In today's episode, host Adam McCauley is joined by renowned financial journalist and economist Philip Coggan to examine …

Published on 5 months ago

The Search for a Jewish Homeland in Texas, with Rachel Cockerell and James McAuley

Season 1 Episode 3250

On June 7th 1907, a ship packed with Russian Jews sets sail not to Jerusalem or New York, as many on board have dreamt, but to Texas. The man who persuades the passengers to go is David Jochelmann, R…

Published on 5 months ago

What can Charlottesville teach us about America’s national story? With Deborah Baker

Season 1 Episode 3249

In August 2017, over a thousand neo-Nazis, fascists, Klan members, and neo-Confederates descended on a small southern city to protest the pending removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee.

What happened i…

Published on 5 months ago

Why does nobody understand quantum physics? With Frank Verstraete and Céline Broeckaert

Season 1 Episode 3248

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Published on 5 months, 1 week ago