Grief Totalitarianism

In the 1590s, Caravaggio was one of ‘the swaggering, violent young men who terrorised Romans’, Erin Maglaque wrote recently in the LRB, and he ‘made his name by painting this violent, chaotic world’. On this episode, Erin joins Thomas Jones to discuss the ways that Caravaggio rep ...  Show more

‘We must build our hard power because that is the currency of the age,’ Keir Starmer declared to the Munich Security Conference earlier this month. It’s a sentiment shared across Europe, where leaders have cited Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the rise of Chinese power and US insta ...  Show more

The UK has experienced an unprecedented week of constitutional upheaval with new national and political leadership. 

We discuss the death and mourning of Queen Elizabeth II, the arrival of King Charles III and what it all means for the new prime minister Liz Truss.& ...

As the world prepares for King Charles' upcoming Coronation, Sean & Maggi are taking a look at the current state of the royal family. From Prince Harry & Meghan Markle's slate of public projects -- which included a Netflix documentary and a sit-down interview with Oprah -- to the ...  Show more

This week, the ladies discuss the fallout and headlines post-Oprah interview, Gayle King's chat with the Sussexes, Pippa Middleton's baby news, Mother's Day in the U.K., a happy Prince Philip update, St. Patrick's Day and more. Grab a Guinness (or an Irish coffee) and tune in!--P ...  Show more

On Saturday, the United Kingdom will celebrate the coronation of King Charles III. In this special episode of Deep State Radio, host David Rothkopf is joined by Clive Priddle, Publisher of Public Affairs, to break down the coronation and why the British monarchy continues to thri ...  Show more