Bismarck, fallen eagles, Prussian dreams, and more
March 21, 2018
Prussian efficiency, right? That’s usually what people invoke when it comes to the popular conceptions of what is undoubtedly Germany’s most significant state.
read more Barry Strauss on Why the Death of Caesar Never Ended
March 15, 2018
Cornell's Barry Strauss, quite literally, wrote the book on the death of Caesar. We spoke with him about Roman politics and contemporary analogies for this week's podcast.
listen to this podcastWhy You Should Not Forgive Your Enemies
March 15, 2018
A meditation on the Idea of March.
read moreWhy The Renaissance Explains the Digital Age
March 7, 2018
Author Chris Kutarna believes that the key to understanding -- and flourishing -- in our chaotic modern era is to look back at the Renaissance, a period of tremendous upheaval but also an age in which tremendous human potential was unlocked. We spoke with Chris for this week's podcast.
listen to this podcastWhy You Still Don’t Really Understand the Internet
March 7, 2018
Andrew Blum explains the internet; Gene Hackman explains the security state; and a 19th-century Scotsman explains the modern world.
read moreBenn Steil on the Marshall Plan and the Modern World
February 27, 2018
The Marshall Plan may well have been the most significant and effective strategic decision made by the U.S. in the postwar era.
listen to this podcastXi Jinping, Mo Yan, Nixon in China, and More
February 27, 2018
Want to know what's going in the mind of Xi Jinping, the man about to become China's leader for life? Read on.
read moreYour Next Car Might Be Made of Wood. Here’s Why.
February 22, 2018
Two professors at the University of Maryland made a remarkable discovery about one of the oldest materials used by humans -- wood -- that has remarkable implications for the future.
listen to this podcastLithium, Thomas Bernhard, Paul Newman, and more
February 22, 2018
The future of power, a great Austrian novel, the history of the Met, and much more.
read moreWhy We Should Be Worried About South Korea
January 31, 2018
For this week's podcast, we spoke with Scott Snyder -- senior fellow for Korea studies at the Council on Foreign Relations -- on what the North Korea situation looks like from South Korea.
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