Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchPhilipp Felsch, "The Summer of Theory: History of a Rebellion, 1960-1990" (Polity Press, 2021)
Episode 147
'Theory' - a magical glow has emanated from this word since the sixties. Theory was more than just a succession of ideas: it was an article of faith,…
3 years, 10 months ago
Tommi Koivula and Heljä Ossa, "NATO’s Burden-Sharing Disputes: Past, Present and Future Prospects" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022)
Episode 13
In NATO’s Burden-Sharing Disputes: Past, Present and Future Prospects (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022), Dr. Tommi Koivula & Heljä Ossa argues that burden-s…
3 years, 10 months ago
The Future of the European Union: A Discussion with Luuk van Middelaar
Episode 28
The Brexit debate has been so all-consuming and filled with so much misinformation that many Brits and others can overlook some the challenges facing…
3 years, 10 months ago
Eva-Maria Muschik, "Building States: The United Nations, Development, and Decolonization, 1945–1965" (Columbia UP, 2022)
Episode 1252
Postwar multilateral cooperation is often viewed as an attempt to overcome the limitations of the nation-state system. However, in 1945, when the Uni…
3 years, 10 months ago
Julia Walker, "Berlin Contemporary: Architecture and Politics After 1990" (Bloomsbury, 2021)
Episode 135
For years following reunification, Berlin was the largest construction site in Europe, with striking new architecture proliferating throughout the ci…
3 years, 10 months ago
The Future of Political Anger: A Conversation with Mark Blyth
Episode 25
Trump’s voters. The yellow jackets in France. Putin’s base in Russia. The Brexiteers. One thing all these groups have in common is anger – anger at b…
3 years, 10 months ago
Ariane Knüsel, "China's European Headquarters: Switzerland and China During the Cold War" (Cambridge UP, 2022)
Episode 11
During the Cold War, the People's Republic of China used Switzerland as headquarters for its economic, political, intelligence, and cultural networks…
3 years, 10 months ago
Amy E. Grubb and Elisabeth Hope Murray, "British Responses to Genocide: The British Foreign Office and Humanitarianism in the Ottoman Empire, 1918-1923" (Routledge, 2022)
Episode 164
When I was an undergrad, the chronology of World War One was simple. The war began in August of 1914 and ended in November of 1918. Now, of course, w…
3 years, 11 months ago
Anthony Pagden, "The Pursuit of Europe: A History" (Oxford UP, 2022)
Episode 1241
The European Union, we are told, is facing extinction. Most of those who believe that, however, have no understanding of how, and why, it become poss…
3 years, 11 months ago
Dennis Deletant, "In Search of Romania" (Hurst, 2022)
Episode 171
The imposition of Communist ideology was a misfortune for millions in Eastern Europe, but never for Dennis Deletant. Instead, it drew him to Romania.…
3 years, 11 months ago