These Times - The War for Ukraine: How History Came Roaring Back
In the wake of Putin's fast and loose interview with Tucker Carlson, Tom and Helen turn to the history of Ukrainian independence, and ask what it means for the future of Ukraine, Europe and NATO... Ho...
13 Feb 202458min
These Times - Biden Resumes America’s Forever War in Iraq
In the wake of recent US/UK led bombings of Iraq and Syria, Tom McTague and Helen Thompson ask why America continues to embroil itself in the Iraq quagmire, and whether further escalation lies on the ...
6 Feb 20241h 1min
These Times - Trump, the Borderlands, and a Global Crisis
In this week's episode, Tom and Helen turn to the current border crisis unfolding in Texas, and explore how a set of global and domestic crises, from the drug cartels in Mexico, to the situation in Uk...
30 Jan 202459min
These Times - Iran Lashes Out, with Ali Ansari
In this week's episode, Tom and Helen talk to Ali Ansari, director of Iranian Studies at St Andrews University, about the history of Iranian power - from the 1979 Islamic revolution, to the most recen...
23 Jan 20241h 2min
These Times - The War for Taiwan
With the new anti-Chinese President elected in Taiwan, Tom and Helen turn to the most important body of water in the world: the Western Pacific, and explore what's at stake there. Hosted on Acast. See...
16 Jan 202456min
These Times - The War for the Red Sea
This week, Helen and Tom explore the geopolitical history of the Red Sea, from the erection of the Suez Canal, to the waring Houthi Rebels patrolling the waters, and what it all tells us about where p...
9 Jan 202453min
These Times - New Year, New World
Tom McTague and HelenH Helen Thompson look back at the major events that took place in 2023, from Ukraine's stalled counter-offensive and the Israel Hamas War, and ask what they mean for the year ahea...
3 Jan 20241h 4min
These Times - Europe’s Lost World: The Radetzky March and The Leopard
For this Christmas Special, Tom and Helen discuss two of their all time favourite novels that share the same themes of empire, nationalism and loss - Joseph Roth's The Radetzky March (1932) and Giusep...
26 Dec 202351min
