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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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 4 months 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, 6 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, 6 months ago
Can the West be revived?
Episode 4
How did the West land in, what we might politely call, a 'sub-optimal' condition? And is a revival of the West feasible? To discuss these questions I…
5 years, 8 months ago
Leadership in a Crisis with Andrew Roberts
Episode 3
On this episode of History Lessons, Mattias Hessérus is joined by the historian and author Andrew Roberts to look through the careers of great figure…
5 years, 8 months ago
The History of Quarantine with Lincoln Paine
Episode 2
On this episode of History Lessons, Mattias Hessérus speaks to the maritime historian Lincoln Paine, author of The Sea and Civilization, about the hi…
5 years, 9 months ago
Art, History and Pandemics with Tom Holland
On this, the first episode of History Lessons, Mattias Hessérus speaks to the historian Tom Holland about the relationship between reality and art in…
5 years, 9 months ago