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Donald Sassoon on a world of nations and states
Episode 34
Despite globalisation, the nation state retains its privileged position in world politics. Read by Leighton Pugh.
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4 years, 10 months ago
Jonathan Fenby on China's great uncoupling
Episode 33
Beijing wants to foster a world where Chinese standards replace those of the post-1945 US-led system. Read by Leighton Pugh.
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4 years, 10 months ago
EI Weekly Listen – Hew Strachan on the 1918-19 pandemic
Episode 33
The influenza pandemic behaved much like the Great War itself - picking out the young and fit before their time. Read by Leighton Pugh.
4 years, 10 months ago
History Lessons – Jonathan Dimbleby on Operation Barbarossa
Episode 32
Mattias Hessérus in conversation with Jonathan Dimbleby on the strategic decision that cost Hitler the war.
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4 years, 10 months ago
David Seedhouse: Covid-19 and the moral case for personal judgement
Episode 31
The tension between independence and compliance is everywhere in society – but in medicine, reason must come before rules. Read by Leighton Pugh.
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4 years, 11 months ago
Matthew Goodwin: Meet the Zoomer generation
Episode 30
This period of turbulence could turn today's twenty-somethings into the leaders of a new liberal revolution. Read by Leighton Pugh.
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4 years, 11 months ago
Tim Marshall: New Turkey's old politics
Episode 29
As a result of President Erdogan's embrace of two interlinked geopolitical concepts, 'Strategic Depth' and 'Blue Homeland', Turkey faces internationa…
4 years, 11 months ago
Graham Stewart on Thatcher's rescue from historical cliché
Episode 28
To argue that Margaret Thatcher attacked the post-war dream is to caricature, not illuminate, her importance to British history. Read by Leighton Pug…
4 years, 11 months ago
Mark Honigsbaum: Challenging the 'Great Reset' theory of pandemics
Episode 27
Thucydides saw plague as an opportunity to improve the health of society. But history shows that pandemics have a way of disrupting medical and socia…
5 years ago
History Lessons – Niall Ferguson on the politics of catastrophe
Episode 26
Mattias Hessérus is in conversation with Niall Ferguson on how pandemics, and other disasters, shape human history.
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5 years ago