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Engelsberg Ideas

Engelsberg Ideas

Engelsberg Ideas podcasts bring together leading writers, thinkers and historians to discuss the biggest issues facing the world today. You’ll find calm conversations and thought-provoking analysis. Hosted by Alastair Benn and Paul Lay.

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40:00

EI Talks... Clausewitz

Engelsberg Ideas ·

2023/10/02

Paul Lay is joined by the historian Sir Hew Strachan to discuss On War, the military theorist Carl von Clausewitz's seminal text, and the indispensable guide to the conduct and practice of war. Image: Carl von Clausewitz. Credit: ART Collection / Alamy Stock Photo

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19:27

EI Weekly Listen — Maurizio Viroli on the city as a...

Engelsberg Ideas ·

2023/09/29

A good political community can only live and flourish in cities that speak to the soul of the citizens and inspire the love of order. Read by Leighton Pugh. Image: Map of Renaissance Florence. Credit: Pictures Now / Alamy Stock Photo

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21:03

Gudrun Persson on rewriting Russian history

Engelsberg Ideas ·

2023/09/29

In modern Russia, the past is being rewritten to suit Vladimir Putin's script. Read by Leighton Pugh. Image: People carry portraits of their relatives - soldiers of the Second World War - as they take part in the Immortal Regiment march in downtown Moscow. Credit: SOPA Images Limited / Alamy Stock Photo

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39:44

EI Talks... the problems and perils of nuclear strategy

Engelsberg Ideas ·

2023/09/29

Paul Lay is joined by Francis J. Gavin, Director of the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at Johns Hopkins SAIS, to discuss nuclear statecraft past and present. Image: Still from Stanley Kubrick's 1963 film Dr Strangelove. Credit: TCD/Prod.DB / Alamy Stock Photo

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21:03

EI Weekly Listen — Gudrun Persson on rewriting...

Engelsberg Ideas ·

2023/09/22

In modern Russia, the past is being rewritten to suit Vladimir Putin's script. Read by Leighton Pugh. Image: People carry portraits of their relatives - soldiers of the Second World War - as they take part in the Immortal Regiment march in downtown Moscow. Credit: SOPA Images Limited / Alamy Stock Photo

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40:00

EI Talks... Clausewitz

Engelsberg Ideas ·

2023/09/22

Paul Lay is joined by the historian Sir Hew Strachan to discuss On War, the military theorist Carl von Clausewitz's seminal text, and the indispensable guide to the conduct and practice of war. Image: Carl von Clausewitz. Credit: ART Collection / Alamy Stock Photo

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23:27

EI Weekly Listen — Fraser Nelson on the Intellectual...

Engelsberg Ideas ·

2023/09/15

The intellectual dark web will, most likely, be a flicker in history, a reminder of when the West’s conversation was at its most shrill, and when free-thinking people had to look to underground clubs for a place to air their thoughts. Image: Camille Paglia. Credit: Independent / Alamy Stock Photo

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23:27

EI Weekly Listen — Fraser Nelson on the Intellectual...

Engelsberg Ideas ·

2023/09/15

The intellectual dark web will, most likely, be a flicker in history, a reminder of when the West’s conversation was at its most shrill, and when free-thinking people had to look to underground clubs for a place to air their thoughts. Read by Leighton Pugh. Image: Camille Paglia. Credit: Independent / Alamy Stock Photo

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38:45

EI Talks... JFK

Engelsberg Ideas ·

2023/09/14

JFK biographer Fredrik Logevall, in conversation with EI's Paul Lay and Iain Martin, discusses Kennedy's enduring and 'iconic' status, his claims to greatness, his style, and what his example offers for a divided America.

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38:45

EI Talks... JFK

Engelsberg Ideas ·

2023/09/14

JFK biographer Fredrik Logevall, in conversation with EI's Paul Lay and Iain Martin, discusses Kennedy's enduring and 'iconic' status, his claims to greatness, his style, and what his example offers for a divided America. Image: During a campaign trip Senator John F. Kennedy greets a roadside crowd in Indiana. Credit: American Photo Archive / Alamy Stock Photo

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21:56

EI Weekly Listen — Christopher Coker on the changing...

Engelsberg Ideas ·

2023/09/08

Dying to defend territory is an ancient human need - but war in the 21st century may not follow the script. Read by Leighton Pugh. Image: English propaganda poster from the First World War showing a column of soldiers and civilians marching to war. Credit: Photo 12 / Alamy Stock Photo

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32:07

EI Talks... Rugby Union

Engelsberg Ideas ·

2023/09/08

In the latest episode of EI Talks... Paul Lay and Alastair Benn put together an idiot's guide to Rugby Union. The World Cup, the sport's showcase competition, kicks off tonight. The team gives their predictions. Image: French Rugby poster from the 1930s. Credit: Lordprice Collection / Alamy Stock Photo

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32:07

EI Talks... Rugby Union

Engelsberg Ideas ·

2023/09/08

In the latest episode of EI Talks... Paul Lay and Alastair Benn put together an idiot's guide to Rugby Union. The World Cup, the sport's showcase competition, kicks off tonight. The team gives their predictions. Image: French Rugby poster from the 1930s. Credit: Lordprice Collection / Alamy Stock Photo

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23:30

Remaking the moral case for capitalism by Iain Martin

Engelsberg Ideas ·

2023/09/01

A defence of capitalism will have to rest first and foremost on an appeal to ethics, obligation, and duty. Read by Leighton Pugh.

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23:30

EI Weekly Listen — Remaking the moral case for...

Engelsberg Ideas ·

2023/09/01

A defence of capitalism will have to rest first and foremost on an appeal to ethics, obligation, and duty. Read by Leighton Pugh.

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22:54

Spoken history: the modern importance of indigenous...

Engelsberg Ideas ·

2023/08/25

Our information-rich civilisation is not superior or inferior to the pre-literate world of Brazil's indigenous peoples, just different. Read by Leighton Pugh.

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22:54

EI Weekly Listen — Spoken history: the modern...

Engelsberg Ideas ·

2023/08/25

Our information-rich civilisation is not superior or inferior to the pre-literate world of Brazil's indigenous peoples, just different. Read by Leighton Pugh.

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14:13

EI Weekly Listen — Mark Plotkin on the price of...

Engelsberg Ideas ·

2023/08/11

The destruction of rainforests threatens valuable cultures and reams of possible medical innovations. Read by Leighton Pugh. Credit: Dennis Frates / Alamy Stock Photo

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24:37

EI Weekly Listen — On the good society by David Goodhart

Engelsberg Ideas ·

2023/08/04

A good society is one with a proper balance between the aptitudes of ‘head’, ‘hand’ and ‘heart’. The modern knowledge economy, however, has delivered higher and higher returns to the cognitive elite and reduced the relative pay and status of manual and caring jobs. Read by Leighton Pugh.

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24:23

EI Weekly Listen — Time to regulate the development...

Engelsberg Ideas ·

2023/07/28

The risks we now face are vast, as is the potential upside of the technology. Read by Leighton Pugh. Art installation on the theme of AI. Credit: Michele D'Ottavio / Alamy Stock Photo

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