x

75% of people globally want unbiased news (Pew Research) but are concerned they're not getting that.

Get balanced coverage with Symby. See how stories are covered across diverse outlets and spot when one side covers a story the other skips.

PODCAST

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.

technology podcasting

All Episodes

12:33

Jean Denis, Comte Lanjuinais: fearless opponent of...

Engelsberg Ideas ·

2024/03/14

Jenny McCartney on Comte Lanjuinais, who risked his life by defying the Jacobins. Read by Sebastian Brown.Image: Comte Lanjuinais speaks at a febrile meeting of the National Convention, 1793. Credit: Chronicle / Alamy Stock Photo

en-gb

12:33

EI Portraits — Jean Denis, Comte Lanjuinais: fearless...

Engelsberg Ideas ·

2024/03/14

Jenny McCartney on Comte Lanjuinais, who risked his life by defying the Jacobins. Read by Sebastian Brown. Image: Comte Lanjuinais speaks at a febrile meeting of the National Convention, 1793. Credit: Chronicle / Alamy Stock Photo

en-gb

28:12

Josef Joffe on the end of 'the end of history'

Engelsberg Ideas ·

2024/03/08

We equated a brief respite from history with the dawn of a new age. Read by Leighton Pugh.Image: Fall of the Berlin Wall. Credit: Agencja Fotograficzna Caro / Alamy Stock Photo

en-gb

34:33

Michael Broers on how Napoleon built a continent

Engelsberg Ideas ·

2024/03/01

Napoleonic geopolitics didn't make much impression on Europe's maps, but its influence was wide-ranging. Read by Leighton Pugh.Napoleonic Europe: how the Emperor built a continent | Michael Broers Image: Napoleon crossing the Alps by Jacques-Louis David. Credit: GL Archive / Alamy Stock Photo

en-gb

34:33

EI Weekly Listen — Michael Broers on how Napoleon...

Engelsberg Ideas ·

2024/03/01

Napoleonic geopolitics didn't make much impression on Europe's maps, but its influence was wide-ranging. Read by Leighton Pugh. Napoleonic Europe: how the Emperor built a continent | Michael Broers Image: Napoleon crossing the Alps by Jacques-Louis David. Credit: GL Archive / Alamy Stock Photo

en-gb

16:01

Aspasia of Miletus: queen of the Athenian salon

Engelsberg Ideas ·

2024/02/29

Armand D'Angour on Aspasia of Miletus, wife of Pericles and friend to philosophers. Read by Sebastian Brown. Image: 19th Century lithograph of Aspasia of Miletus. Credit: GRANGER - Historical Picture Archive / Alamy Stock Photo

en-gb

18:41

Norman Stone on the 1860s

Engelsberg Ideas ·

2024/02/23

In the 1860s, commentators might have been justified in forecasting 'the end of history' and lauding universal progress. History was to return with a vengeance. Read by Leighton Pugh.Image: A lifeboat rescuing passengers from the ship Alarm in the 1860s. Credit: North Wind Picture Archives / Alamy Stock Photo

en-gb

18:41

EI Weekly Listen — Norman Stone on the 1860s

Engelsberg Ideas ·

2024/02/23

In the 1860s, commentators might have been justified in forecasting 'the end of history' and lauding universal progress. History was to return with a vengeance. Read by Leighton Pugh. Image: A lifeboat rescuing passengers from the ship Alarm in the 1860s. Credit: North Wind Picture Archives / Alamy Stock Photo

en-gb

84:36

Worldview — Ukraine, two years on

Engelsberg Ideas ·

2024/02/22

Two years on from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a solution, military or diplomatic, seems as far away as ever. On Worldview, leading historians and commentators reflect on a conflict that has altered the state of global geopolitics. Jade McGlynn, author of Russia’s War, calls in from Kyiv (00:56). Shashank Joshi, defence editor of the Economist and Hew Strachan, military historian, illuminate the battlefield picture (24:18). The possible outcomes are considered by Sergey Radchenko, expert on

en-gb

16:44

David Frum on how empire-states are changing the game

Engelsberg Ideas ·

2024/02/16

From the Engelsberg Ideas Archive. States are back and they're out to challenge the international order. Image: Vladimir Putin captured from screen. Credit: Anton Dos Ventos / Alamy Stock Photo

en-gb

16:44

EI Weekly Listen — David Frum on how empire-states...

Engelsberg Ideas ·

2024/02/16

From the Engelsberg Ideas Archive. States are back and they're out to challenge the international order. Image: Vladimir Putin captured from screen. Credit: Anton Dos Ventos / Alamy Stock Photo

en-gb

42:51

Horace

Engelsberg Ideas ·

2024/02/16

Llewelyn Morgan, author of Horace: A Very Short Introduction, joins EI's Paul Lay to explore the Augustan poet's vast and complex legacy. Image: Bust of Horace. Credit: Cum Okolo / Alamy Stock Photo

en-gb

42:51

EI Talks... Horace

Engelsberg Ideas ·

2024/02/16

Llewelyn Morgan, author of Horace: A Very Short Introduction, joins EI's Paul Lay to explore the Augustan poet's vast and complex legacy. Image: Bust of Horace. Credit: Cum Okolo / Alamy Stock Photo

en-gb

21:25

EI Weekly Listen — Elisabeth Kendall on Jihadist...

Engelsberg Ideas ·

2024/02/12

Al-Qaeda's success in Yemen can in part be explained by the group's adept use of poetry as propaganda. Read by Leighton Pugh. Image: An al-Qaeda logo is seen on a street sign in the town of Jaar in southern Abyan province, Yemen. Credit: Associated Press / Alamy Stock Photo

en-gb

33:53

EI Weekly Listen — Malise Ruthven on the appeal of ISIS

Engelsberg Ideas ·

2024/02/12

From the Engelsberg Ideas Archive. The organisation that emerged under the name ISIS is not simply a terrorist group. It is a hybrid organisation comprised of a proto-state, a millenarian cult capable of attracting recruits from far beyond its borders, a network of Salafi jihadist groups, an organised criminal ring and an insurgent army led by highly skilled former Baathist military and intelligence personnel. Read by Leighton Pugh. Image: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant fighters shown in

en-gb

24:54

EI Weekly Listen — Andrew Preston on the invention of...

Engelsberg Ideas ·

2024/02/09

By the time Kennedy and Johnson held the presidency in the 1960s, the definition of US national security had been stretched and expanded in previously unimaginable ways. It was not unusual for Americans to perceive their security frontiers as global – indeed, it was considered natural. But it hadn’t always been thus. Read by Leighton Pugh. Image: Poster showing the American flag waving among clouds. Credit: World History Archive / Alamy Stock Photo

en-gb

21:25

EI Weekly Listen — Elisabeth Kendall on Jihadist...

Engelsberg Ideas ·

2024/02/09

Al-Qaeda's success in Yemen can in part be explained by the group's adept use of poetry as propaganda. Read by Leighton Pugh. Image: An al-Qaeda logo is seen on a street sign in the town of Jaar in southern Abyan province, Yemen. Credit: Associated Press / Alamy Stock Photo

en-gb

51:38

EI Talks... the Edwardians: the calm before the storm

Engelsberg Ideas ·

2024/02/09

Alwyn Turner, author of Little Englanders: Britain in the Edwardian Era, speaks to Paul Lay about the early 20th century, an age of anxiety. Image: Street musicians in London in the Edwardian era. Credit: KGPA Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo

en-gb

51:38

EI Talks... the Edwardians: the calm before the storm

Engelsberg Ideas ·

2024/02/09

Alwyn Turner, author of Little Englanders: Britain in the Edwardian Era, speaks to Paul Lay about the early 20th century, an age of anxiety. Image: Street musicians in London in the Edwardian era. Credit: KGPA Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo

en-gb

33:53

EI Weekly Listen — Malise Ruthven on the appeal of ISIS

Engelsberg Ideas ·

2024/02/02

From the Engelsberg Ideas Archive. The organisation that emerged under the name ISIS is not simply a terrorist group. It is a hybrid organisation comprised of a proto-state, a millenarian cult capable of attracting recruits from far beyond its borders, a network of Salafi jihadist groups, an organised criminal ring and an insurgent army led by highly skilled former Baathist military and intelligence personnel. Read by Leighton Pugh. Image: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant fighters shown in

en-gb

393 results

Similar Podcasts

Pantomath

PANTOMATH

What"s New

WIRED

Security, Spoken

WIRED

Ben Wehrman Podcast

Ben Wehrman

MacMagazine no Ar

MacMagazine.com.br