The Econoclasts

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The Econoclasts episodes

April 08, 2024 These Times - The Return of ISIS
As the dust settles in Moscow, Tom and Helen ask from where did Isis come, and why are they still here...
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59 min
April 01, 2024 These Times - Paul Morland: The Power of Population
In this week's episode, Tom and Helen chat to demographer Paul Morland about the geopolitics and economics of demography, and why population matters...
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59 min
March 26, 2024 These Times - We Need to Talk About Turkey
In this week's episode, Tom and Helen turn to Turkey, the country at the crossroads of global geopolitics, and ask why it is so important to the future of the 21st Century...

Please join us at the UnHerd Club on 8th April for our first live event "War and Peace in the Middle East", where Tom and Helen are diving deeper into the geopolitics of the Middle-East... Don't miss it! Tickets below

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56 min
March 19, 2024 These Times - What’s the Matter with Western Europe?
After their extensive analysis into the economic binds of France and Germany, Tom and Helen explore why the geopolitical world has become so much harder for Western Europe to navigate over the last decade...
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1 hr 1 min
March 12, 2024 These Times - What's the Point of Emmanuel Macron?
This week, Tom and Helen turn to France's divisive leader, Emmanuel Macron, and explore whether there is any strategic substance behind the grand speeches, declarations and interventions....

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59 min
March 05, 2024 These Times - Britain's Lethal Economic Bind
In this week's episode Tom and Helen explore what has happened to the British economy over the past 20 years, and why is it becoming increasingly difficult for it to adjust to the new economic and geopolitical world....
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1 hr 2 min
February 27, 2024 These Times - Germany's Economic Reckoning
In this episode, Tom and Helen turn to Germany, and ask why it was last year's worst performing major economy, and what those difficulties reveal about the present economic and geopolitical world...
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57 min
February 20, 2024 These Times - Europe’s Reckoning with Ukraine
In this week's episode, Tom Mctague and Helen Thompson look back at Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014, and explore why it has been so difficult for the United States and the European Union to protect Ukraine's independence...
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1 hr 3 min
February 13, 2024 These Times - The War for Ukraine: How History Came Roaring Back
In the wake of Putin's fast and loose interview with Tucker Carlson, Tom and Helen turn to the history of Ukrainian independence, and ask what it means for the future of Ukraine, Europe and NATO...
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59 min
February 06, 2024 These Times - Biden Resumes America’s Forever War in Iraq
In the wake of recent US/UK led bombings of Iraq and Syria, Tom McTague and Helen Thompson ask why America continues to embroil itself in the Iraq quagmire, and whether further escalation lies on the horizon...
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1 hr 2 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…