Yesterday
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 notorious for the often brutal methods it used to keep enemies, loyalists and common peo ... Show More
35m 53s
Jun 11
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 growth, national security and public trust in an age of boundless intelligence. They ... Show More
59m 22s
Mar 2024
Slavoj Žižek: On Russia, Israel-Hamas, Oscars & Royals
He’s often called the most dangerous philosopher in the West…Locking horns with Dr Jordan Peterson and captivating crowds at sellout speeches. His best-selling books span everything from geopolitics to psychoanalysis and popular culture, all with a controversial Communist bent. N ... Show More
40m 31s
Mar 2022
The Philosophers: Resisting despair
Sean Illing talks with author and professor Robert Zaretsky about the French philosopher, novelist, and journalist Albert Camus (1913–1960). Though Camus might be best known for his novel The Stranger, Sean and Prof. Zaretsky explore the ideas contained in his philosophical essay ... Show More
54m 48s
Nov 2023
Yanis Varoufakis with Nihal Arthanayake
<p>This week on the Penguin Podcast, Nihal Arthanayake is joined by the former Finance Minister of Greece and co-founder of the international grassroots movement DM25 as well as a Professor of economics at the University of Athens, Yanis Varoufakis. His latest book, <em>Tech ... Show More
54m 47s
Jun 2024
Abū Ḥayyān al-Tawḥīdī and Abū ʿAlī Miskawayh, "The Philosopher Responds: An Intellectual Correspondence from the Tenth Century" (NYU Press, 2019/22)
Today I talked to James Montgomery, one of the translators of The Philosopher Responds: An Intellectual Correspondence from the Tenth Century, two volumes (NYU Press, 2019 and 2022). About the book:
Why is laughter contagious? Why do mountains exist? Why do we long for the past, ... Show More
1h 28m
Radical philosopher, polymath, film star, cult icon, and author of over 30 books, Slavoj Žižek is one of the most controversial and leading contemporary public intellectuals, simultaneously acclaimed as the ‘Elvis of cultural theory’ and denounced as ‘the most dangerous philosopher in the West’.
In this special lecture for Intelligence Squared from July 201 ... Show More
