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This week, Richard Aldous talks to Christopher Clark, author of A Scandal in Königsberg (Penguin).

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This week, Richard Aldous talks to Hélène Landemore, author of Politics Without Politicians: The Case for Citizen Rule (Thesis).

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This week, Richard talks to Nicolas Stavros Niarchos, author of The Elements of Power: A Story of War, Technology, and the Dirtiest Supply Chain on Earth (Penguin Press).

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This week, Richard Aldous talks to Georgios Varouxakis, author of The West: A History of an Idea (Princeton University Press).

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For our first episode of 2026, Richard talks to Geoffrey Ward, author of The American Revolution: An Intimate History (Knopf).

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This week, Richard talks to Kori Schake, author of The State and the Soldier: A History of Civil-Military Relations in the United States (Polity).

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This week, Richard talks to Shadi Hamid, author of The Case for American Power (Simon & Schuster).

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This week, Richard talks to Sven Beckert, author of Capitalism: A Global History (Penguin Press).

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