Revolutionary Fog and Folly

Revolutionary Fog and Folly

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Nicholas Wright: When Ancient Brains Meet Modern War

Neuroscientist Nicholas Wright explains why big powers "lose" wars they dominate on the kill ratio—and why counterinsurgencies (Vietnam, Afghanistan, maybe Iraq) reliably punish the side with less at stake. His new book, Warhead: How the Brain Shapes War and War Shapes the Brain, ...  عرض المزيد

James Clyburn: "The World Would Much Rather See a Sermon Than Hear One."

Clyburn discusses The First Eight: A Personal History of the Pioneering Black Congressmen Who Shaped a Nation, explaining how Reconstruction-era Black lawmakers navigated power, compromise, and backlash—and why their choices still resonate. He reflects on faith as action, not rhe ...  عرض المزيد

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The World's Weirdest War
Today In History with The Retrospectors

A 335-year-long ‘war’ (in which not a single shot was fired) officially ended on 17th April, 1986, when the UK’s Dutch ambassador landed on the Isles of Scilly and declared an end to hostilities between the Netherlands and this tiny archipelago off the coast of Cornwall.  The ori ...  عرض المزيد

A house divided against itself: America simmers
The Intelligence from The Economist

Political assassinations. Troops on city streets. <a href="https://www.economist.com/united-states/2025/06/15/protests-against-a-regal-presidency-have-been-notably-peaceful?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.a ...

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Market Garden 80: Trapped (Part 4)
WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

Al Murray and James Holland dive deeper into the brutal fighting at Arnhem as the British forces face relentless German attacks. In this episode, they explore the desperate efforts of the British airborne, cut off from support and low on ammunition, trying to hold their ground am ...  عرض المزيد

A house divided against itself: America simmers
Economist Podcasts

Political assassinations. Troops on city streets. National protests. We examine the edgy mood inside America through the lens of past periods of intense, violent partisanship. Our correspondent sees two motives for the visit to Greenland by Emmanuel Macron, France’s president: on ...  عرض المزيد