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Worldview - China in the 90s: why did it rise?
Episode 14
Niall Ferguson, Helen Thompson and Rana Mitter join Iain Martin to explore what happened to China in the nineties, and what created the conditions fo…
4 years, 10 months ago
Maxwell's fall – John Preston on the mysterious demise of a disgraced tycoon
Episode 13
Mattias Hessérus is in conversation with John Preston, author of 'The Dig', on his new biography of British media baron Robert Maxwell.
4 years, 10 months ago
Can America lead again?
Episode 12
Iain Martin with guests Sir Nigel Sheinwald, Professor Joseph Nye, Karin von Hippel and Tom McTague on the foreign policy change facing the Biden adm…
4 years, 11 months ago
GCHQ – John Ferris on the official history
Episode 11
Mattias Hessérus is in conversation with John Ferris, the historian 'behind the enigma' of Britain's signals intelligence agency.
5 years ago
MI9 – Helen Fry on wartime escape
Episode 10
Mattias Hessérus is in conversation with Helen Fry on the ingenious exploits of MI9 – the secret service for escape and evasion.
5 years ago
David Omand on what it takes to think like a secret agent
Episode 9
Mattias Hessérus is in conversation with David Omand, former director of GCHQ, on how we can all learn to think like a spy.
5 years ago
Fredrik Logevall on JFK
Episode 8
Over 40,000 books have been written on JFK since his assassination, yet none have succeeded in getting behind the myth of Camelot. Join Mattias Hessé…
5 years, 1 month ago
Covid and reform: can the West fix its governing systems?
Episode 7
Iain Martin with guests Adrian Wooldridge and Vernon Bogdanor discusses the covid crisis and the long-term impact that it might have on the developme…
5 years, 1 month ago
Alexander Lee on Machiavelli
Episode 6
In this episode of History Lessons, Mattias Hesserus is joined by Alexander Lee to discuss Machiavelli’s life and works. Was he always an adept polit…
5 years, 3 months ago
Asian Philosophies of Rebirth with Jessica Frazier
Episode 5
In this episode of History Lessons, Mattias Hesserus and Jessica Frazier are in conversation about the differences between Eastern and Western philos…
5 years, 3 months ago