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The Great French Songbook
Why do people the world over enjoy listening to songs sung in French? Critic Muriel Zagha illuminates the living tradition of French chanson.
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6 months, 2 weeks ago
Our attention dilemma is age-old
Alastair Benn explores an attention dilemma that has haunted western thought for centuries. Read by Leighton Pugh.
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6 months, 3 weeks ago
How the state can do more for less
Historian David Cowan explains how radical reform can reshape the state. Read by Leighton Pugh.
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6 months, 4 weeks ago
The espionage revolution
David Omand, ex-head of GCHQ, the British government's world-renowned cyber agency, explores how intelligence officers exploit the latest technologi…
7 months ago
Graham Greene's Vietnam
EI's Alastair Benn and Paul Lay are joined by Jonathan Esty, of Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, to discuss Graham Greene’s Th…
7 months, 1 week ago
How the Nazis weaponised Charlemagne
Samuel Rubinstein explores how Nazi historiographers sought to present Adolf Hitler as the heir to Charlemagne. Read by Leighton Pugh.
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7 months, 2 weeks ago
Why do we get the wrong leaders?
James Vitali reflects on the profound importance of political judgement. Read by Leighton Pugh.
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7 months, 3 weeks ago
Why liberal democracies win total wars
Journalist Duncan Weldon reveals how liberal capitalist economies adapt to total war. Read by Leighton Pugh.
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8 months ago
No more Napoleons: British grand strategy in the 19th century
EI’s Paul Lay joins historian Andrew Lambert to discuss his book ‘No More Napoleons: How Britain Managed Europe from Waterloo to World War One', Lamb…
8 months, 1 week ago
The rift that doomed the Confederacy
Historian Katherine Bayford exposes the fractures and contradictions that doomed the Confederacy from within. Read by Leighton Pugh.
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8 months, 2 weeks ago