165 - Afghanistan, from the perspective of people who are & have been there with Nelofer Pazira Fisk
Afghanistan is unraveling in front of our eyes, and while many stories are making headlines, few talk about what it currently feels like for the regular folks living there. We’re bringing you a unique...
26 Aug 202139min
164 - Russia after Putin with political dissident Mikhail Khodorkovsky
It's not always you get to chat to a man who survived 10 years in a Siberian Gulag, Mikhail Khodorkovsky is such a man, so this is a real treat. Who better to discuss Putin than the man Putin was so a...
24 Aug 202140min
163 - The Edge & Brian Cox go beyond the music
Today's episode is a unique blend of music, creativity & quantum physics between two masters of their respective fields. From Brian Cox's early brushings with music to tips on being a good ancestor - ...
19 Aug 202154min
162 - The politics of catastrophe with Niall Ferguson
We’re bringing you another conversation from the Dalkey Book Festival where we explore nationality, sports, history, the pandemic, and most importantly why the incentives to implement preventive measu...
17 Aug 202144min
161 - Sitting down with Bernie Sanders
This week we want to bring you a great conversation that I had with Bernie Sanders at the Dalkey Book Festival a few weeks ago. Senator Sanders touches on the current economic climate of politics in t...
12 Aug 202141min
160 - The economics of love (Best of)
It's August - We're taking a moment to go through our archives and surface a few "best of"' to keep you company on your summer holidays. This week we're revisiting one of our all-time favourites: the ...
10 Aug 202132min
159 - Dante and the economics of the 14th century
This week we dive back into Florence and Dante to explore how this extraordinary writer’s lessons and insights are still as relevant today as the day they were written Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p...
5 Aug 202144min
158 - Economics at a crossroad with Mark Blyth & Eric Lonergan
Eric & Mark walk us through the vacuums in politics and the different types of anger that has brought on the rise of populism globally and how they’ve used this anger to create a new economic framewor...
3 Aug 202145min
