Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAbundance: A New Blueprint for Liberal Politics, With Derek Thompson
Season 1 Episode 3198
What if the biggest threat to liberal democracy isn’t authoritarianism - but our failure to build?
On today’s episode we’re joined by journalist Derek Thompson to unpack Abundance, a new vision of pro…
Published on 8 months ago
The Illegals: A Secret History of Soviet Espionage, with Shaun Walker
Season 1 Episode 3197
On today’s episode: the untold history of Russia’s deep cover spy programme.
Shaun Walker is an international correspondent for The Guardian. He reported from Moscow for more than a decade, and his co…
Published on 8 months, 1 week ago
Who Owns Our Digital Afterlives? With Carl Öhman
Season 1 Episode 3196
These days, so much of our lives takes place online - but what about our afterlives? A recent study by the Oxford Internet Institute predicts that the number of deceased Facebook users could outnumbe…
Published on 8 months, 1 week ago
Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History, with Moudhy Al-Rashid
Season 1 Episode 3195
On today’s episode, Dr Moudhy Al-Rashid sheds light on the history of Ancient Mesopotamia.
Mesopotamia, the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, gave rise to writing, literature, astronomy, a…
Published on 8 months, 1 week ago
The World in 2025 with Robert Kaplan: Finding A Way Through Permanent Crisis (Part Two)
Season 1 Episode 3194
We are entering a new era of global instability. The world is facing an era of war, climate change, great power rivalry and unprecedented technological advancement. In April 2025, geopolitical expert…
Published on 8 months, 1 week ago
The World in 2025 with Robert Kaplan: Finding A Way Through Permanent Crisis (Part One)
Season 1 Episode 3193
We are entering a new era of global instability. The world is facing an era of war, climate change, great power rivalry and unprecedented technological advancement. In April 2025, geopolitical expert…
Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago
Classic Debate: Ian Fleming vs John le Carré
Season 1 Episode 3192
They are the titans of the spy novel, who have elevated thrillers to the level of literary fiction. Much imitated, much adapted by the big and small screens, Ian Fleming and John Le Carré have painte…
Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago
John and Paul: A Beatles Love Story in Songs (Part Two)
Season 1 Episode 3191
In 1957 John Lennon and Paul McCartney were two ordinary teenagers who met in suburban Liverpool and decided to play rock and roll together. Twenty-three years later that friendship came to a tragic …
Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago
John and Paul: A Beatles Love Story in Songs (Part One)
Season 1 Episode 3190
In 1957 John Lennon and Paul McCartney were two ordinary teenagers who met in suburban Liverpool and decided to play rock and roll together. Twenty-three years later that friendship came to a tragic …
Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago
Revisiting Wages for Housework, with Emily Callaci
Season 1 Episode 3189
Unpaid domestic labor has long been the invisible backbone of economies worldwide - but what if it were compensated? In this episode, historian Emily Callaci takes us inside the Wages for Housework m…
Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago