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Johan Hakelius: John Hughes and the making and unmaking of the American Dream
Episode 19
The films of John Hughes updated the American Dream for a new generation, and his complex legacy helps us understand what went so wrong. Read by Leig…
4 years, 11 months ago
Iskander Rehman: Why applied history matters
Episode 18
Forget the seduction of grand theories and presentist moral judgments. To learn the lessons of the past, the great foreign policy analysts of our age…
4 years, 11 months ago
History Lessons – Margaret MacMillan on war
Episode 17
Mattias Hessérus is in conversation with Margaret MacMillan on how conflict has shaped human society, politics and psychology.
5 years ago
Gillian Clark: Survival lessons from Ancient Rome
Episode 16
The Romans have so much to teach us about what it means to live in a society in crisis. Read by Leighton Pugh.
https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/surv…
5 years ago
Peter Frankopan: This crisis has the capacity to be apocalyptic
Episode 15
Covid-19 heralds the end of our interconnected world. We'll need wise leaders to navigate what comes next. Read by Leighton Pugh.
https://engelsbergid…
5 years ago
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…
5 years, 1 month 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.
5 years, 1 month 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…
5 years, 2 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, 3 months 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, 3 months ago