The Spy and the Devil

The Spy and the Devil

Professor Tim Willasey-Wilsey is author of The Spy and the Devil. We spoke about the remarkable subject of his book, Baron Bill de Ropp and the story of Britain's secret operations against Nazi Germany in the 1930s. Check out our Bookshop.org affiliate site behindthelines and please sign up for my substack at arthursnell.substack.com and/or follow me on Bluesky @snellarthur.bsky.social. You can sometimes find me on other podcasts - most often Disorder which I am involved with in partnership with RUSI, the Royal United Services Institute, the world's oldest think tank. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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EMERGENCY EPISODE: Jason Pack on Biden's debate disaster

EMERGENCY EPISODE: Jason Pack on Biden's debate disaster

I spoke to Jason Pack about the fallout from President Joseph Biden's poor debate performance on 27 June. Jason has written about this in his substack and also recorded his own podcast on the subject,...

28 Kesä 202428min

France's election with Peter Ricketts

France's election with Peter Ricketts

President Macron did something truly unexpected when he called a snap election in the aftermath of the European parliamentary elections. It now looks very likely that France's next legislature will co...

20 Kesä 202441min

The Meg-election: Modi gets a shock from India's voters

The Meg-election: Modi gets a shock from India's voters

I was delighted to speak to Akanksha Narain, Indian political analyst and consultant about the unexpected election results in India where Modi's BJP party fell far short of their target of 400 seats i...

17 Kesä 20241h 11min

The 'Other' Election: Europe Goes to the Polls

The 'Other' Election: Europe Goes to the Polls

I spoke to Christina Keßler of the Centre for European Reform (CER) about the current EU elections and the possibility of Europe taking a turn to the right. You can find Christina's work at the CER he...

7 Kesä 202432min

America's political crisis - the historic, structural and ideological roots

America's political crisis - the historic, structural and ideological roots

With Trump's criminal conviction, the chaos and division of American politics seems set to increase. But this is about much more than what happened in a New York courtroom, with roots in American hist...

1 Kesä 20241h 27min

Disinformation and UK politics: will it effect the 2024 election?

Disinformation and UK politics: will it effect the 2024 election?

I spoke to disinformation expert Amil Khan about the current state of disinformation in global and UK politics and the risks it could pose to the 2024 UK general election. Amil is Director of Valent ...

25 Touko 202435min

Georgia: on the frontlines of the global fight between freedom and authoritarianism

Georgia: on the frontlines of the global fight between freedom and authoritarianism

I had the chance to speak to Marika Mikiashvili of the Droa liberal internationalist party in Georgia about the background to the current protests in her country, Russia's history of interference and ...

19 Touko 20241h 10min

A critical friend: Helene von Bismarck on Britain and the World

A critical friend: Helene von Bismarck on Britain and the World

It was my huge pleasure to speak to German historian of Britain Helene von Bismarck. You can find her on Twitter and Bluesky and also on her website https://www.helenevonbismarck.com/ Check out our Bo...

9 Touko 20241h 11min

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