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Engelsberg Ideas Podcasts

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  • 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.
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Episodes
  • EI Weekly Listen — Simon Mayall on the history of the modern Middle East
    May 10 2024
    The current violence and turmoil in the Middle East is expressive of a conflict between rival ideas, between the modern nation state and an old, historical concept of an Islamic caliphate. Read by Leighton Pugh.

    Image: Abdel Nasser at a rally after the rupture of relations with Syria. Credit: colaimages / Alamy Stock Photo
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    23 mins
  • EI Portraits — Heinrich Biber: composer of rapture and ravings
    May 9 2024
    James Hardie on the violinist-composer who mixed the sacred and profane in his fantastical music, a lost genius of the 17th century. Read by Sebastian Brown.

    Image: A print of Heinrich Biber. Credit: The Picture Art Collection / Alamy Stock Photo
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    10 mins
  • EI Weekly Listen — Lawrence James on the invention of jingoism
    May 3 2024
    Jingoism was a natural offshoot of late Victorian imperialism. Read by Leighton Pugh.

    Image: Poster for a British imperial railway company. Credit: Pictorial Press Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo
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    34 mins

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