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…
1 year 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 repor…
1 year 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 th…
1 year 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 rive…
1 year 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 technologic…
1 year 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 technologic…
1 year 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 …
1 year 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-t…
1 year 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-t…
1 year, 1 month 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…
1 year, 1 month ago