Podcast Episodes

Can Britain’s Politics Cope: David Dimbleby Thinks Not

David Dimbleby was for decades the face of election programs on the BBC. He anchored coverage of 10 UK general elections, as well as the 1975 and 201…

2 months ago

China vs the US: Kishore Mahbubani on a Zero-Sum Rivalry

Beyond this week’s talks between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump, there’s an epic tale that has been unfolding for decades…

2 months, 1 week ago

Anthony Scaramucci: Trump and the Humiliation That Made Him Famous

For a brief moment in 2017, Anthony Scaramucci became a unit of time. His 11-day stint as White House communications director was so short-lived that…

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Why India Has Lost Its Way: Writer Amitav Ghosh on the New World Order, Politics and Past Lives

For more than 30 years, the Indian-born writer Amitav Ghosh has built a global following with novels that draw on deep historical research. 

But his …

2 months, 3 weeks ago

How to Get a Deal With Iran: Former US Negotiator Wendy Sherman on Power, Pressure and Reality

We’re now eight weeks on from the start of the US-Israel war with Iran, a conflict that’s been watched with increasing alarm by Wendy Sherman, archit…

3 months ago

Hamlet, James Bond and SNL UK: Riz Ahmed on Reinventing Cultural Icons

A new and radical take on Shakespeare’s Hamlet is out in US cinemas. The force behind it is actor, writer, producer and musician Riz Ahmed. He says t…

3 months, 1 week ago

America’s Limits, Iran’s Leverage, Pakistan’s Moment: Maleeha Lodhi on a Shifting Order

After almost six weeks of war, how did Pakistan manage to get the US and Iran to talk?

Amid a still-fragile situation in the Middle East, that questi…

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Lionel Shriver on Immigration, Identity and Why She Refuses to Stay Quiet

Lionel Shriver has often tackled complex or contentious issues in her fiction. From school shootings in We Need to Talk About Kevin to economic colla…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Why Israel Could Be Forced to Stop: Shira Efron on War, Fatigue and Netanyahu's Strategy

With attention fixed on the potential developments between the US and Iran, could the Israeli government be forced to end the war earlier than it mig…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Ro Khanna on Stopping the Iran War, Taking on the ‘Epstein Class’ and Taxing Billionaires

US Representative Ro Khanna of California helped force Donald Trump to release the Epstein files. Now he wants to end the war with Iran. Earlier this…

4 months ago