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The EI Podcast

Engelsberg Ideas

The EI Podcast brings you weekly conversations and audio essays from leading writers, thinkers and historians. Hosted by Alastair Benn and Paul Lay. Find the EI Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or search The EI Podcast wherever you get your podcasts.

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13:03

EI Weekly Listen — Alina Polyakova on Ukraine and the...

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2024/10/25

If Russia is allowed to walk away with any of its ill-gotten gains in Ukraine, the deterrent power of the United States and the transatlantic alliance will be lost. Read by Helen Lloyd.Image: The flags of the United States and Ukraine flying side by side. Credit: Todd Bannor / Alamy Stock Photo

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14:10

EI Portraits — Adrian Wooldridge on Philippa Fawcett,...

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2024/10/24

Adrian Wooldridge profiles Philippa Fawcett, the first female Senior Wrangler at Cambridge University and a trailblazer for women's achievement in a nascent meritocratic society. Read by Sebastian Brown.Engelsberg Ideas is funded by the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit. Image: 1890 engraving of Philippa Fawcett, the first female Senior Wrangler. Credit: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

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21:13

EI Weekly Listen — Philip Zelikow on the study of...

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2024/10/18

The study of statecraft would profit by spending less time on ‘should’ and more time on ‘how’. Read by Helen Lloyd.Image: Woodrow Wilson delivering a Christmas address to soldiers of the A.E.F. Langres, Haute Marne, France, December 1918. Credit: Hum Images / Alamy Stock Photo

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29:18

EI Talks... how to win Cold War II with Dmitri...

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2024/10/17

EI's Paul Lay is joined by Dmitri Alperovitch, leading geopolitical analyst, entrepreneur, and co-founder and chairman of Silverado Policy Accelerator, to discuss the parallels between US-Soviet rivalry and that of the US and China.Engelsberg Ideas is funded by the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit. EI Talks... is hosted by Paul Lay and Alastair Benn. The sound engineer is Gareth Jones. Image: The US and Chinese flags on stacked containers. Credit: Christian Ohde /

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17:01

EI Weekly Listen — Kristin Ven Bruusgaard on the...

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2024/10/11

The vision of nuclear strategy as a means to prevent war remains a powerful but contested idea in international politics. As global rivalries intensify and nuclear arsenals expand, the risk of conflict seems more pronounced than ever. Read by Helen Lloyd.Image: A photograph of nuclear testing at Pacific Island test sites. Credit: EMU history / Alamy Stock Photo

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16:20

EI Portraits — Graham Stewart on Joseph Galloway, the...

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2024/10/10

Was the revolution that created the United States of America inevitable? The life of Joseph Galloway shows what might have been. Read by Sebastian Brown. Image: An illustration of Joseph Galloway by Thomas Emmett, 1885. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

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15:57

EI Weekly Listen — Benedetta Berti on the past,...

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2024/10/04

Over the last decade, NATO has embarked on a significant process of military and political adaptation to ensure it can effectively enable the collective defence of allies in a competitive, contested and unpredictable world. Read by Helen Lloyd.Image: NATO flag waving in the wind. Credit: Zoonar GmbH / Alamy Stock Photo

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45:11

EI Talks... the attention dilemma

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2024/10/03

EI's Paul Lay and Alastair Benn discuss an attention dilemma that has haunted western thought for centuries.READING LIST Our attention dilemma is age-old | Alastair Benn Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium | Seneca The Essays of Michel de Montaigne Don Quixote | Miguel de Cervantes Engelsberg Ideas is funded by the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit. EI Talks... is hosted by Paul Lay and Alastair Benn. The sound engineer is Gareth Jones. Image: Detail from Echo and

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17:23

EI Weekly Listen — Fredrik Logevall on JFK's abiding...

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2024/09/27

Through his visionary leadership, inspired rhetoric, and willingness to compromise, John F. Kennedy summoned the narrative of American hope, his most powerful and enduring legacy. Read by Helen Lloyd.Image: Senator John F. Kennedy at Hyannis Port. Credit: Phillip Harrington / Alamy Stock Photo

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EI Portraits — Jessica Frazier on Akbar the Great,...

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2024/09/26

One of the few leaders on whom history has bestowed the title ‘the Great’, Akbar was a noted connoisseur of cultures and architect of political pluralism. Read by Sebastian Brown.Image: Akbar the Great hunting. Mughal Scool, 1590. British Museum. Artist Unknown. Credit: CM Dixon/Heritage Images/Getty Images

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21:07

EI Weekly Listen — Kentaro Fujimoto on Japan's global...

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2024/09/20

Like it or not, Japan has become one of the most critical actors in contemporary international politics. Read by Helen Lloyd.Image: A naval exercise conducted by Japan. Credit: World History Archive / Alamy Stock Photo

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43:04

EI Talks.. the making of Xi Jinping with Michael...

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2024/09/19

Michael Sheridan, author of The Red Emperor: Xi Jinping and His New China, joins EI's Angus Reilly to discuss the personal and ideological roots of one of the world's most powerful, and inscrutable, leaders.Engelsberg Ideas is funded by the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit. EI Talks... is produced by Alastair Benn. The sound engineer is Gareth Jones. Image: Xi Jinping with the Chinese flag. Credit: JHG / Alamy Stock Photo

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EI Weekly Listen — Daisy Dunn on the pursuit of...

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2024/09/13

Foundation myths based on the lives of heroic figures are often used by leaders to affirm their own authority — but they can also inspire wider society. Read by Helen Lloyd.Image: Statue showing the mythological origins of Roman society. Credit: LatitudeStock / Alamy Stock Photo

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15:07

EI Portraits — Rob Johnson on Basil Liddell Hart,...

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2024/09/12

Having witnessed first-hand the mechanised onslaught of the Great War, Captain Basil Liddell Hart sought a philosophy of warfare based in the prudent use of technology, psychology and deception – and the avoidance of the 'total war' catastrophes of preceding decades. Read by Sebastian Brown.Image: A picture of Basil Henry Liddell Hart studying a tactical situation in 1947. Credit: Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images

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14:15

EI Weekly Listen — Kori Schake on US grand strategy

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2024/09/06

The US must adopt a grand strategy of democratic expansion. Only then can global security be established. Read by Helen Lloyd.Image: American Second World War-era poster. Credit: Mouseion Archives / Alamy Stock Photo

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38:40

EI Talks... the search for a promised land with...

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2024/09/05

EI's Alastair Benn speaks to Rachel Cockerell, author of Melting Point: Family, Memory and the Search for a Promised Land, a history of the quest for a Jewish homeland at the turn of the 19th century and beyond, weaving memoir, documentary, and literature.Engelsberg Ideas is funded by the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit. EI Talks... is hosted by Paul Lay and Alastair Benn. The sound engineer is Gareth Jones. Image: Theodor Herzl addresses the Sixth Zionist

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22:47

EI Weekly Listen — Sergey Radchenko on the past,...

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2024/08/30

The tumultuous relationship between Red China and the Soviet Union hints at an uncertain future for the Sino-Russian partnership. Read by Helen Lloyd.Image: Sino-Soviet propaganda poster. Credit: Album / Alamy Stock Photo

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EI Portraits — Agnès Poirier on Anna de Noailles,...

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2024/08/29

Socialite and literary pioneer - Anna de Noailles was a bright star in the firmament of the Parisian Belle Époque. Read by Sebastian Brown.Image: De László's portrait of Anna de Noailles. Credit: Svintage Archive / Alamy Stock Photo

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19:32

EI Weekly Listen — Munira Mirza on how the British...

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2024/08/23

Stagnation at home and turmoil abroad demand a radical rethink of how – and why – Britain forges its future leaders. Read by Helen Lloyd.Image: The Treasury building in Whitehall, London. Credit: mauritius images GmbH / Alamy Stock Photo

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EI Talks... what the Romans found funny with Orlando...

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2024/08/22

EI's Alastair Benn sits down with Orlando Gibbs to discuss what the Romans found funny, what we might find not so funny about ancient humour, and whether there is something universal about the comedic genre.READING LIST No Laughing Matter? What the Romans Found Funny | Antigone Plautus punching up: a different class of comedy | Engelsberg Ideas Mary Beard, Laughter in Ancient Rome: On Joking, Tickling, and Cracking Up (University of California Press, 2014) Lionel Abel, Metatheatre: A New View

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