The EI Podcast

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23: Helen Thompson: Geopolitics of a pandemic May 06, 2021

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The Covid-19 crisis has accentuated all the geopolitical fault lines of the past decade. Read by Leighton Pugh.
https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/geopolitics-pandemic-geopolitical-conflict/

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21: Philip Bobbitt: A government of laws Apr 29, 2021

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The constitutional order is changing as citizens become alienated and demand more say. Americans must take care that their habits of law are not swept away. Read by Leighton Pugh.
https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/a-government-of-laws/
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20: Vanessa Harding: Remembering London's last Great Plague Apr 22, 2021

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London's response to its last plague epidemic involved close collaboration between crown, City and parish. Read by Leighton Pugh.
https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/living-with-the-great-plague-of-1665/
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19: Johan Hakelius: John Hughes and the making and unmaking of the American Dream Apr 13, 2021

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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 Leighton Pugh.
https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/john-hughes-and-the-making-and-unmaking-of-the-american-dream/
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18: Iskander Rehman: Why applied history matters Apr 08, 2021

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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 must rediscover the art of historical discernment. Read by Leighton Pugh.
https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/the-case-for-applied-history/
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16: Gillian Clark: Survival lessons from Ancient Rome Mar 26, 2021

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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/survival-lessons-from-ancient-rome/
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15: Peter Frankopan: This crisis has the capacity to be apocalyptic Mar 19, 2021

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Covid-19 heralds the end of our interconnected world. We'll need wise leaders to navigate what comes next. Read by Leighton Pugh.
https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/this-crisis-has-the-capacity-to-be-apocalyptic/
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12: Can America lead again? Jan 22, 2021

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Iain Martin with guests Sir Nigel Sheinwald, Professor Joseph Nye, Karin von Hippel and Tom McTague on the foreign policy change facing the Biden administration

11: GCHQ – John Ferris on the official history Dec 19, 2020

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Mattias Hessérus is in conversation with John Ferris, the historian 'behind the enigma' of Britain's signals intelligence agency.

10: MI9 – Helen Fry on wartime escape Dec 15, 2020

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Mattias Hessérus is in conversation with Helen Fry on the ingenious exploits of MI9 – the secret service for escape and evasion.