Lord Hannan draws on his 21 years as a member of the European Parliament for this scholarly and masterly overview of world affairs.

Con Coughlin, veteran war correspondent and Daily Telegraph foreign & defense editor, has written the biographies of Ayatollah Khomeini, Saddam Hussein and Bashir Al-Assad. And he’s also gone drinking with Hunter S. Thompson …

Recorded on June 4, 2024.

President Nicolas Sarkozy on the weight of history on his shoulders when he ruled France from 2007 to 2012.

The history of Africa over the past seven millennia, and this time from an African perspective.

Dan Senor, host of the “Call Me Back” podcast, discusses the war in Gaza and where it might go from here.

The Israeli Ambassador to London speaks up eloquently and frankly for her embattled country.

Toby Young, director of the splendid Free Speech Union, discusses his campaign to defend freedom of expression.

Conrad Black discusses his epic thousand-page history of the Ancient World up to the death of Emperor Augustus.