The Econoclasts

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October 23, 2024 These Times Live: The Most Important Election in Modern History
On 5 November, the American people will go to the polls in what may prove to be the most important election in modern history. From Ukraine to Taiwan, the world is watching with bated breath. Tom and Helen explore these topics in a special These Times live recording, and analyse how both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump could redefine the geopolitical fault lines shaping our world...
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1 hr 7 min
October 22, 2024 These Times - Wanted: Europe’s Missing Leader
With soaring deficits, immigration debates, and a flock of North Korean soldiers arriving in Ukraine to fight alongside Russia, the continent feels adrift. Tom and Helen explore who can really lead Europe out of crisis...
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1 hr 3 min
October 14, 2024 These Times - 100 Days of Starmer: The Ghosts of British Politics
With Keir Starmer's approval ratings at an all-time low and the Tory leadership race staggering to an exhaustive conclusion, Tom and Helen ask why Britain's two main political parties are so useless without any apparent political strategy. Does the ghost of Margaret Thatcher have anything to do with it?
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1 hr 5 min
October 07, 2024 These Times - Israel Prepares to Strike Iran
For our 100th episode, we remain in the Middle East. Israel has just relocated a battalion from Gaza to Lebanon. The anniversary of October 7th has heightened the already feverish tension in the region. Lebanon endures heavy assault, and Israel prepares its retaliation against Iran; Helen Thompson and Tom McTage delve into the developing crisis and explore why oil is so essential…

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59 min
September 30, 2024 These Times - Why Nasrallah’s Death Changes Everything
Hezbollah are in disarray. Their leadership is decapitated, and Israeli troops amass at the border. Iran has vowed revenge. In this week's episode, Tom and Helen explore what the assassination of Hassan Nasrallah means for the crisis in the Middle East...
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1 hr
September 26, 2024 These Times - Tom Tugendhat: The Outside Bet?
Tom chats with Tory leadership hopeful Tom Tugendhat about his personal and political philosophies and what is so egregious about Keir Starmer as PM...
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48 min
September 25, 2024 These Times - Labour's Crisis Conference?
In this special episode, These Times heads to Liverpool to delve into Starmer's reset of the Labour Party. Are Labour in crisis, or is Kier just getting started?
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45 min
September 23, 2024 These Times - Hezbollah & Israel: Lebanon Stares into the Abyss
After an astonishing week in the Middle East, Tom and Helen delve into the rapidly escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. Why has Netanyahu chosen to intensify Israel's attacks on Hezbollah, and what happens to Lebanon now?
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1 hr
September 19, 2024 These Times - Robert Jenrick: The Next Tory Leader?
Tom chats to Robert Jenrick, the supposed front-runner in the race to become the next leader of the Conservative Party, about his leadership credentials, Margaret Thatcher, and the issue of immigration...
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53 min
September 17, 2024 These Times - The Franco-German Crisis: Budgets and Borders Haunt Macron and Scholz
After former central bank president Mario Draghi reported that the EU has to invest 800 billion euros a year to compete with the US and China, Tom and Helen, turn to the crises in France and Germany and explore why politics has become so much harder for the two European powerhouses…
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1 hr 4 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…