David Howell

Powerful Undercurrents

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At a time of great world turmoil and danger, a podcast series of truly profound conversations with twelve leading minds from across the world dares to reach far deeper than most into the philosophies, contradictions, errors and delusions of the age, and pulls together new strands of hope, amidst the current universal pessimism, gloom and general distrust of all by all. These are the trends which will have far more impact on our lives than any national government of any colour. · Are our democratic processes being fundamentally weakened by communications technology? Can our nation states hold t...

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David Howell

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E12: Joseph Nye 17.06.2024 26:43

Joseph Nye is a political scientist and former Dean of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

E11: Baroness Catherine Ashton 17.06.2024 43:53

Baroness Catherine Ashton is a British Labour politician who served as the High Representative of the Union of Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and First Vice President of the European Commission in the Barroso Commission from 2009 to 2014. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

E10: Bill Browder 17.06.2024 39:01

Bill Browder is an American-born English financier and political activist. He is the CEO and co-founder of Hermitage Capital Management, the investment advisor to the Hermitage Fund, which at a time was the largest foreign portfolio investor in Russia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

E9: James Vitali 17.06.2024 33:46

James Vitali is a Conservative Party councillor and head of Political Economy at the UK’s leading think tank, Policy Exchange. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

E8: Matthew Ridley 17.06.2024 39:40

Matthew Ridley is a British science writer, journalist and businessman. He is known for his writings on science, the environment, and economics, and has been a regular contributor to  The Times newspaper. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

E7: Jeremy Black 17.06.2024 45:56

Jeremy Black MBE is a British historian, writer, and former professor of history at the University of Exeter. He is a senior fellow at the Center for the Study of America and the West at the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

E6: Parag Khanna 17.06.2024 44:11

Parag Khanna is an Indian-American specialist in geopolitics and globalization. He is the managing partner of FutureMap, and former managing partner of Hybrid Reality as well as Co-Founder & CEO of Factotum. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

E5: Sir Ferdinand Mount 17.06.2024 47:52

Sir Ferdinand Mount is a British writer and political commentator who is a regular columnist for The Sunday Times.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

E4: Jesse Norman 17.06.2024 45:15

Jesse Norman is a British Conservative Party politician who, since 2010, has been MP for Hereford and South Herefordshire. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

E3: Lord Skidelsky 16.06.2024 49:32

Rt Hon The Lord Robert Skidelsky is a British economic historian and Member of the House of Lords. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

E2: Stephen Breyer 16.06.2024 48:03

Stephen Breyer is a lawyer and Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

E1: Baroness O'Neill 15.06.2024 32:43

Former president of the British Academy, Baroness Onora O’Neill is a British philosopher and a crossbench member of the House of Lords.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.