Iran and the West - from Crassus to crass US

Iran and the West - from Crassus to crass US

As an ancient imperial civilisation, Iran (or, to use an earlier name, Persia) has had a complex relationship with the West from the Roman era to the present day. I spoke to historian James Barr about this long and winding road. You can find James on Bluesky and his website, with details of his books, is here: https://historythatmatters.org If you would like to support this podcast please consider taking out a paid subscription to my Substack arthursnell.substack.com or if you don't want the hassle of a subscription you can buy me a coffee! ko-fi.com/snellarthur If you want to buy any of the books talked about in this show, please support independent bookshops by using Bookshop.org with this link: ⁠https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/behindthelines⁠ Thanks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Cuba - will Trump have the "honor" of taking it?

Cuba - will Trump have the "honor" of taking it?

Away from the war with Iran, Trump and many of his associates have been talking about bringing an end to the communist regime in Cuba. To discuss this further I spoke to Nicolas Forsans who is author ...

22 Huhti 42min

Ukraine, solidarity and the war to stop Europe from burning

Ukraine, solidarity and the war to stop Europe from burning

Please follow my guest Sian Norris's work at https://sianushka.substack.com⁠ and on Bluesky. She mentioned Save Ukraine and the Ukraine Solidarity Campaign. If you would like to support this podcas...

14 Huhti 46min

Fantastic Kingdom: Dr Helene von Bismarck on her latest book, and Britain

Fantastic Kingdom: Dr Helene von Bismarck on her latest book, and Britain

Helene von Bismarck is a writer, historian and political commentator who has become a familiar face and voice for those that follow British politics. After an academic career as a historian of late Br...

5 Huhti 1h 31min

FILL YOUR TANK! PREPAY YOUR GAS BILL! IT REALLY IS AN ENERGY EMERGENCY

FILL YOUR TANK! PREPAY YOUR GAS BILL! IT REALLY IS AN ENERGY EMERGENCY

I decided to talk to Thom Reilly, former head of UK govt international energy policy and also with experience from one of the world's largest energy firms about the realities of what the Iran crisis m...

30 Maalis 44min

THE SANCTUARY SCHOLARS Meet the displaced academics rewriting the future

THE SANCTUARY SCHOLARS Meet the displaced academics rewriting the future

As a special partnership with Somerville College Oxford, it was my huge pleasure to be able to interview three of their Sanctuary Scholars - young academics displaced by conflict now pursuing their st...

24 Maalis 1h 6min

Elemental: The New Geography of Climate Change

Elemental: The New Geography of Climate Change

Exclusive audiobook clip: this week's episode is a chapter from the Audiobook of Elemental, my book which came out last week. If you like what you hear, please order the full audiobook or you can by ...

18 Maalis 25min

Back by popular demand: Charlie Gammell on the latest in Iran

Back by popular demand: Charlie Gammell on the latest in Iran

Once again and back by popular demand - I have Charlie Gammell, Iran expert, former diplomat and historian and now author of the brilliant https://onceadiplomat.substack.com on the latest in Iran. If...

10 Maalis 39min

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