The Lede

122 Episodes

1. AI Is Transforming Geopolitics — with Bruno Maçães and Faisal Al Yafai

   Published: 21/02/2025
2. Fakirs and Holy Men: Mysticism in America, Europe and the Middle East — with Raphael Cormack and Finbar Anderson

   Published: 14/02/2025
3. America’s Era of the Entrepreneur — with Erik Baker and Faisal Al Yafai

   Published: 7/02/2025
4. Alliances, Antagonism and Ambitions: Inside the BRICS Group — with Gustavo de Carvalho and Kwangu Liwewe

   Published: 31/01/2025
5. House and Home in Syria and in Exile — with Ammar Azzouz, Wendy Pearlman and Lydia Wilson

   Published: 24/01/2025
6. The Decline of the American Empire — with Robert Kaplan and Faisal Al Yafai

   Published: 17/01/2025
7. Looking Ahead in 2025 — with Kareem Shaheen, Lisa Goldman, Danny Postel and Faisal Al Yafai

   Published: 10/01/2025
8. How To End the Forever Wars — with Mary Kaldor and Lydia Wilson

   Published: 3/01/2025
9. Listen Again: Soccer’s Rising Stars of African Origin — with Ponga Liwewe, Segun Odegbami and Kwangu Liwewe

   Published: 27/12/2024
10. From Deadly Desserts to Hawaiian Pizza: Culinary Origin Stories and the 2024 Christmas Quiz — with Erin Brown, Ola Salem, Surbhi Gupta and Kareem Shaheen

    Published: 20/12/2024
11. The End of Assad and a New Era for Syria — with Kareem Shaheen, Rasha Elass and Faisal Al Yafai

    Published: 13/12/2024
12. Merkel and Memory in Modern Germany — with Katja Hoyer and Faisal Al Yafai

    Published: 6/12/2024
13. An Arresting Drama: Israel, the ICC and the International Order — with Itamar Mann, Kareem Shaheen and Kwangu Liwewe

    Published: 29/11/2024
14. The Islamic Influence on Europe’s Medieval Masterpieces — with Diana Darke and Lydia Wilson

    Published: 22/11/2024
15. The American Experiment From Outside and Within — with Hari Kunzru and Faisal Al Yafai

    Published: 15/11/2024
16. America’s Global Election: The Impact of Trump’s Win at Home and Abroad — with Danny Postel, Amie Ferris-Rotman, Kareem Shaheen and Faisal Al Yafai

    Published: 8/11/2024
17. Where America’s Election Will Be Won and Lost — with John Sides, Sheri Berman and Danny Postel

    Published: 1/11/2024
18. Gazans’ Choice - with Abeer Ayyoub and Kwangu Liwewe

    Published: 25/10/2024
19. How To Lose a Country: The Limits of Democracy — with Ece Temelkuran and Faisal Al Yafai

    Published: 18/10/2024
20. Survival and Statehood in Ukraine — with Yaroslav Trofimov and Faisal Al Yafai

    Published: 11/10/2024