The esteemed science writer and author of The Rational Optimist, Matt Ridley, gazes into the future of mankind. 

Recorded on September 16, 2024.

Iranian-born Shay Khatiri, senior fellow of the Yorktown Institute, explains the (warped) thinking of the Teheran regime.

The distinguished economist Paul Gregory recalls his time spent with Lee Harvey and Marina Oswald.

The great historian of Russian history compares and contrasts the three monsters of the Russian Revolution.

Nick True was until recently leader of the House of Lords and Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal. His Toryism hails from an earlier and better age, but still has modern relevance.

Lord Hannan draws on his 21 years as a member of the European Parliament for this scholarly and masterly overview of world affairs.

Con Coughlin, veteran war correspondent and Daily Telegraph foreign & defense editor, has written the biographies of Ayatollah Khomeini, Saddam Hussein and Bashir Al-Assad.  And he’s also gone drinking with Hunter S. Thompson …

Recorded on June 4, 2024.

President Nicolas Sarkozy on the weight of history on his shoulders when he ruled France from 2007 to 2012.

The history of Africa over the past seven millennia, and this time from an African perspective.

Dan Senor, host of the “Call Me Back” podcast, discusses the war in Gaza and where it might go from here.