Episodios

  • The Gulf’s Iran dilemma
    Mar 12 2026

    Shiraz Maher examines how the fallout from the US-Iran conflict is reshaping the Gulf States and the wider Middle East, with EI’s Jack Dickens.

    Image: Close-up vintage map of the Middle East. Credit: Alamy

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    48 m
  • The rise of the mega-influencer
    Mar 5 2026

    Mega-influencers shape the public imagination. Phillip Dolitsky and Luke Moon explore a world where narrative matters more than fact. Read by Leighton Pugh.

    Image: Still from a film version of George Orwell's 1984. Credit: Allstar Picture Library Limited

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    7 m
  • Putin, the once and future Chekist
    Feb 26 2026

    Gordon Corera contends that to truly understand Vladimir Putin, you have to understand the phenomenon of Chekism. Read by Leighton Pugh.

    Image: Vladimir Putin's East German Stasi identification card issued while he worked as a KGB agent in Dresden in 1985. Credit: Pictorial Press Ltd

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    17 m
  • When Edo became Tokyo
    Feb 19 2026

    Christopher Harding on the birth of Tokyo. Read by Leighton Pugh.

    Image: A woodblock print by Utagawa Hiroshige. From One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 1856. Credit: incamerastock / Alamy Stock Photo

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    20 m
  • Hamlet unravelled
    Feb 12 2026

    Emma Smith, Professor of Shakespeare Studies at Oxford University, explores Hamlet and its rich critical history with EI’s Alastair Benn and Paul Lay.

    Image: Laurence Olivier plays Hamlet in 1948. Credit: Masheter Movie Archive

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    51 m
  • The making of Xi Jinping's worldview
    Feb 5 2026

    Rana Mitter explores Xi Jinping’s personal and ideological mindset in conversation with EI’s Jack Dickens.

    Image: Then Vice President Xi Jinping makes an address in preparation for the 2008 Olympics. Credit: Imago

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    1 h y 13 m
  • Nietzsche’s manifesto for reading
    Jan 29 2026

    Ioannes Chountis de Fabbri on reading as an antidote to the restless spirit of the industrial age. Read by Leighton Pugh.

    Image: Edvard Munch's painting of Friedrich Nietzsche. Credit: Darling Archive / Alamy Stock Photo

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    12 m
  • Inside the world of medieval espionage
    Jan 22 2026

    Jonathan Sumption surveys the last generation of spies before the creation of Europe's professional intelligence services. Read by Leighton Pugh.

    Image: King Charles VI of France prepares for war. Credit: Science History Images / Alamy Stock Photo

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    16 m