Episode summary: Mona Eltahawy is a feminist author and award-winning commentator and public speaker. Her work has been published in The Guardian, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and other publications around the world. She is frequent commentor on current affairs on the BBC, CNN, Al Jazeer...

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Episode summary: David talks to historian Linda Colley about her new global history of written constitutions: the paper documents that made and remade the modern world. From Corsica to Pitcairn, from Mexico to Japan, it’s an amazing story of war and peace, violence, imagination and fear. Recorded as...

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Episode summary: Popular Netflix documentary Seaspiracy has sparked a lot of debate recently, including some controversy over some of the claims the documentary makes and the numbers behind them. One of the most striking is that: “if current fishing trends continue we will see virtually empty oceans...

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Episode summary: MIGRANTS IN LONDON: how has London been shaped by the history of immigration? Laurie Taylor talks to Panikos Panayi, Professor of European History at De Montfort University, & author of a new study which examines the contribution of immigrants to London’s economic success and status...

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Episode summary: Your host escapes the island, and returns to New York. Plus writer Tim Kreider on Vaccine side effects.

Episode summary: Giancarlo Granda, AKA “The Pool Boy” reveals the predatory nature of the Falwells. Exclusive audio reveals another side, and another character in the middle of this story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode summary: We are hard at work on the bonus episode about decolonising coffee history.But…in the meantime, here’s an episode from a sister podcast we think you’ll enjoy.You can listen to more episodes from Adventures in Coffee here: https://bit.ly/300V4jS

Episode summary: How shared objectives can flip risks into value creation.

Episode summary: In August 1934, Ann Cooper Hewitt was having lunch with her mother when she suddenly felt pain in her abdomen. When she went to the doctor, he told her she would have to have her appendix removed. He never examined her abdomen. She later told papers that when she woke up from surger...

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Episode summary: We talk to the historians Robert Tombs and Robert Saunders about the history of England and the future of the Union. Is the size and complexity of England the real problem in holding the UK together? What can England’s past teach us about the present state of British politics? Does...

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