How Did the Americas Transform Renaissance England? With Lauren Working
The English Renaissance is often remembered as an age of Shakespeare, exploration and cultural flourishing. But it was also shaped by encounters with the Americas. From tobacco in London playhouses to...
23 Jun 36min
Who Really Blew Up the Nord Stream Pipeline? With Bojan Pancevski
In September 2022, a series of underwater explosions tore through the Nord Stream pipelines beneath the Baltic Sea. The destruction of this $20 billion pipeline severed a major artery of Russian gas s...
21 Jun 38min
Hotels with History | Waldorf Astoria, New York
This is an episode of Hotels with History, produced by Intelligence Squared on behalf of Perowne International. We’re in midtown Manhattan to kick off Series 2, at the very heart of New York society...
18 Jun 31min
Life and Death in the KGB, with The Rest is Classified’s Gordon Corera (Part Two)
As the main intelligence and security agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 to 1991, the KGB instilled fear across Russia and sought to sow discord abroad. This network of government spies was notori...
16 Jun 33min
Life and Death in the KGB, with The Rest is Classified’s Gordon Corera (Part One)
As the main intelligence and security agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 to 1991, the KGB instilled fear across Russia and sought to sow discord abroad. This network of government spies was notori...
14 Jun 35min
How Will a New Era of Drugs Shape Our World? With Kojo Koram
From cannabis legalisation in the United States to the rise of psychedelics as wellness and productivity tools, the global politics of drugs is being rapidly transformed. But who really benefits from ...
13 Jun 42min
The Age of Intelligence: Live in Partnership with IBM
In this episode, journalist Kamal Ahmed was joined by Jon Sopel, Dimple Ahluwalia and Matt Rowe to explore how cybersecurity has moved from a technical concern to a central force shaping economic grow...
11 Jun 59min
