The Long View Podcast
Jonathan Freedland presents the series in which stories from the past are compared with current events.
Episodes to download
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Women in Intelligence and Cybersecurity
Tue 14 May 2019
Jonathan Freedland looks at women's roles in intelligence now and during WWII.
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Julian Assange and Robert Ferguson
Tue 7 May 2019
Jonathan Freedland compares Julian Assange to a pamphleteer and fugitive of the 1680s.
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Gender in women's sport
Tue 30 Apr 2019
Jonathan Freedland takes the long view of the gender debate in women's sport.
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Brexit and European Diplomacy
Tue 23 Apr 2019
Jonathan Freedland compares Brexit with tensions between Offa and Charlemagne in the 790s.
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Elon Musk's Hyperloop and Brunel's Atmospheric Traction Rail
Tue 29 Jan 2019
Jonathan Freedland compares inventions by inventors Elon Musk and Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
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The Long View of would-be reforming leaders
Tue 15 Jan 2019
Jonathan Freedland compares a Saudi prince with a medieval pope.
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Prime Ministers and Divided Parties
Tue 8 Jan 2019
Jonathan Freedland compares Theresa May's woes now with those of Arthur Balfour in 1903-06
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Russian Expulsions
Tue 24 Apr 2018
Jonathan Freedland and guests take the Long View on the expulsion of Russian diplomats.
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Driverless Cars and the Railways of 1830
Tue 17 Apr 2018
Jonathan Freedland compares safety on the railways in the 1830s to driverless cars today.
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Facebook revelations and the Reformation
Tue 10 Apr 2018
The Facebook Cambridge Analytica data and the Catholic church in pre-Reformation Europe.
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Trump and Hamilton on American Trade
Tue 3 Apr 2018
Jonathan Freedland on Donald Trump's trade plans and Alexander Hamilton's financial plan.
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Catalonia and Cornwall
Tue 12 Dec 2017
Jonathan Freedland compares the Catalonia crisis with a moment in Cornish history.
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The rise of Uber and the plight of London's watermen
Tue 5 Dec 2017
Jonathan Freedland compares the plight of black cab drivers with that of 18thC watermen.
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Russian meddling in the American democratic process
Tue 28 Nov 2017
Jonathan Freedland compares attempts to interfere in elections.
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Weakened Prime Ministers
Tue 21 Nov 2017
Jonathan Freedland compares Theresa May's weakened premiership with Lord Rosebery in 1894.
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03/08/2017
Thu 3 Aug 2017
Jonathan Freedland takes the long, unshaven view of the recent fashion for beard-wearing.
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Cyber-attacks and the Great Siege of Dover Castle
Thu 27 Jul 2017
Jonathan Freedland compares cyber-attacks today with the Siege of Dover Castle in 1216.
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Grenfell Tower and Watson Street fire tragedies
Thu 20 Jul 2017
Jonathan Freedland takes the Long View of landmark fire tragedies.
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13/07/2017
Thu 13 Jul 2017
Grass-roots politics with the Conservative Primrose League in the 1880s and Momentum today
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Brexit and an Elizabethan Age of Trade
Tue 28 Mar 2017
Jonathan Freedland hears how Elizabeth I and Theresa May look beyond Europe for trade.
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The Long View of Targeted Fake News
Tue 21 Mar 2017
Jonathan Freedland on targeted fake news and the murder myth of a boy in Medieval Norwich.
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Donald Trump's border wall and the 1840s Great Hedge of India
Tue 14 Mar 2017
Jonathan Freedland on Donald Trump's border wall and the 1840s Great Hedge of India.
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The EU Referendum and the English Reformation
Mon 1 Aug 2016
Jonathan Freedland examines the result of the EU referendum through the prism of the past.
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Pioneering Women
Mon 25 Jul 2016
Jonathan Freedland focuses on Hillary Clinton and pioneering political women from history.
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Celebrity Football Managers
Mon 18 Jul 2016
Jonathan Freedland takes the Long View of celebrity football managers.
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Donald Trump and the Politics of Celebrity
Tue 19 Jan 2016
Jonathan Freedland examines the rise of Donald Trump through the prism of the past.
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Online Dating and the Lonely Hearts Ad
Tue 12 Jan 2016
Jonathan Freedland takes the Long View of online dating through a social network from 1898
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Slave Labour and Consumer Power
Tue 29 Dec 2015
Jonathan Freedland examines current debates about ethical shopping and production.
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John Thurloe, Cromwell's postmaster, and the interception of mail
Tue 22 Dec 2015
Today's debates about online privacy have 17th-century precedents. With Jonathan Freedland
