Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchLive Special: Another American Civil War?
Episode 274
In today’s episode, which was recorded in front of students, parents and teachers from three schools in Oxford, David talks to historian of America A…
3 months ago
Live Special: Is This How Democracy Ends? w/Lyse Doucet, Chris Clark & Thant Myint-U
Episode 273
Today’s episode was recorded last Wednesday in front of a live audience at Friends’ House in London, where David was joined by the BBC’s Lyse Doucet,…
3 months, 1 week ago
Now & Then with Robert Saunders: The Twists and Turns of the Special Relationship
Season 14 Episode 272
Today’s episode looks backwards and forwards from 1946 to explore the different ways the UK has imagined the US over time, as friend and as foe, as i…
3 months, 1 week ago
Now & Then with Robert Saunders: Churchill’s ‘Iron Curtain’ Speech @80
Season 14 Episode 271
Today’s episode sees the return of our occasional series with historian Robert Saunders looking at significant political anniversaries: this time it’…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Where Are We Going? Societal Collapse – The Future
Season 19 Episode 270
In the fourth and final conversation in this series David talks to Luke Kemp, author of Goliath’s Curse, about where we might be heading. Where does …
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Where Are We Going? Societal Collapse – The Present Day
Season 19 Episode 269
In today’s episode David talks to Luke Kemp, author of Goliath’s Curse, about the prospects for societal collapse in the 21st century. Are we living …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Where Are We Going? Societal Collapse – The Modern Age
Season 19 Episode 268
In today’s episode David talks to Luke Kemp, author of Goliath’s Curse, about the strengths and weaknesses of modern states and modern structures of …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Where Are We Going? Societal Collapse – Origins
Season 19 Episode 267
Today’s episode is the first in a series of conversations about what causes human societies to fall apart and what might come next. David talks to Lu…
4 months ago
Where Are We Going? Nuclear War Part 3
Season 19 Episode 266
Today’s episode is the third and final of David’s conversations with S. M. Amadae about nuclear weapons and nuclear war, this time looking to the fut…
4 months ago
Where Are We Going? Nuclear War Part 2
Season 19 Episode 265
In today’s episode David talks to S. M. Amadae about what happened when the nuclear age turned into an all-consuming arms race. What is the supposed…
4 months, 1 week ago