The Econoclasts

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September 11, 2024 These Times - The Truth About Churchill and WWII: Rebuking Tucker Carlson and Darryl Cooper
After a controversial interview between Tucker Carlson and Darryl Cooper, in which Cooper claimed Churchill was, in fact, the villain of WWII, Tom talked to Churchill expert Andrew Roberts to explore the true political and personal history of Sir Winston Churchill from the British Empire to the beaches of Normandy.
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51 min
September 09, 2024 These Times - Ukraine's Trump Dread: Zelensky's Kursk Gambit and the US Election
Shashank Joshi joins Tom and Helen to discuss Ukraine's recent shock incursion into Russian soil and whether there are still conditions in Western democracies to provide military and economic support for Ukraine...and would a Trump presidency spell the end for Ukraine?
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55 min
September 02, 2024 These Times - Starmer’s European Project: Why Britain Keeps Gambling on Germany
After the AfD's dominant election victory in East Germany, Tom and Helen explore Keir Starmer's plans to reset relations with the EU, and whether his goals are realistic in a drastically changing geopolitical world...
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1 hr 2 min
August 12, 2024 These Times - The End of the European Project?
After The European elections in June, the French and British elections in early July, and a recent speech by Viktor Orban calling into question the entire future direction of the EU, Tom and Helen explore the fragmentation of the European project...
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53 min
August 06, 2024 These Times - When Israel Assassinates
After Israel's double assassination, first Fuad Shukr, Hezbollah military commander in Beirut, and then Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, Tom and Helen explore what the history of Israel's political assassinations reveals about the present dangers around a regional war in the Middle East...
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51 min
July 29, 2024 These Times - Israel Edges Towards War With Hezbollah
In this week's episode, Tom and Helen turn to the desperately volatile situation in the Middle East, where Israel stands on the Brink of war with Hezbollah following the attack on the Golan Heights on Saturday. Is the Israel-Hamas war moving towards a wider Middle East conflagration, and how does the politics of the American election impact everybody's choices?
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1 hr 3 min
July 22, 2024 These Times - Biden Quits: What next for the Democrats?
This week Tom and Helen discuss Joe Biden's withdrawal from the race to be the next U.S President and what this means for the Democratic Party.
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1 hr 1 min
July 15, 2024 These Times - The Shooting of Donald Trump: America and Violence
In this week's episode, Tom and Helen discuss the attempted assassination of Donald Trump and what this says about not only America, but violence in politics, where it comes from, and what we can learn from previous points in history.
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57 min
July 08, 2024 These Times - Republics in Danger: Election Crisis in France and America—and Lessons for Britain
In this week's episode, Tom and Helen turn to the three largest political stories in the world right now - the last-minute surge by France's left-wing coalition, the increasing pressure on Joe Biden to step down, and Starmer's first few days in government in the weeks to come...
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57 min
July 06, 2024 These Times - Labour's shallow victory, with Freddie Sayers
UnHerd's Freddie Sayers chats to These Times' Tom McTague about an extraordinary night in British politics - take a closer look at the numbers, and there's another story under the surface...
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39 min

About The Econoclasts

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The Econoclasts is a new podcast from UnHerd hosted by economist Yanis Varoufakis and journalist Wolfgang Munchau. While they don't always agree politically, they are united in one conviction: the…