EP23: Parag Khanna on migration, future movements and predicting the reasons why
Migration is a topic at the top of many different agendas but why are people moving and what can we learn from history to map out possible f...
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Best-selling author, rock star historian and world-renowned thinker Peter Frankopan introduces his new project: I’ve Been Thinking...with Peter Frankopan. Peter talks to experts, academics a...
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EP22: The environmental footprint of food choices with Sarah Briddle
When we choose what we eat it can have a huge impact on our environmental footprint. Author Sarah Briddle has written one of the books of th...
EP21: Refugees, remittance and the potential for ideological change with Pennsylvania State University's Professor Joseph Wright
Refugees and migrants take their path for many different reasons one of which is economic. How does the money they send back to their homes...
EP20: James Bond - the real world of MI6, espionage and the fact in the fiction
The 25th Bond film is in cinemas now and in this episode of I've Been Thinking with Peter Frankopan he digs into the real life world of espi...
EP19: The economics of kidnapping with Professor Anja Shortland
You've taken a hostage, but what are they worth? 97.5% of all hostages who are taken for ransom are returned but pricing is as important a f...
EP18: Alexei Navalny - A thorn in Putin's side, but is he Russia's great hope?
He's been the face of opposition politic in Russia for sometime but who is Alexei Navalny? What are his goals? What tools does he wield to a...
EP17: Supply Chains - Success, failings and a map for the future with Ross Kennedy
An extra episode of I've Been Thinking with Peter Frankopan in your podcast feed this week. In the media we see daily stories of projected f...
EP16: China Unbound: A New World Disorder with journalist and author Joanna Chiu
China Unbound: A New World Disorder, journalist Joanna Chiu takes her experience of over a decade examining China's expansion and puts pen t...
EP15: Private education with author of Sad Little Men, Richard Beard
What is private education? Who goes in and who comes out? Like Peter, Richard Beard experienced such an education and writes about its impac...
EP14: An Atlantic Slave War and competition within Africa with Professor Vincent Brown of Harvard
On this episode of I've Been Thinking Peter is in conversation with Vincent Brown, Professor of American History and Professor of African an...
EP13: The Taliban, their roots and other terrorist organisations operating in Afghanistan
Welcome to the second part of this deep look into Afghanistan. Peter speaks to Professor Sumit Ganguly who provides the history and backgrou...
EP12: How Afghanistan fell and why Pakistan may shape their neighbours future
This is a two part special of I've Been Thinking, digging deeper into the situation in Afghanistan. In this episode Peter is in conversation...
EP11: Pacific trade routes of the Americas after the arrival of Columbus with Mark Moyama & Fernando Artaga
The Pacific Ocean trade routes have fascinated many for a long time including economic historians Mark Koyama & Fernando Arteaga. Together w...
EP10: Afghanistan: The past, present, future and ramifications of what we see happening before us
This episode of I've Been Thinking with Peter Frankopan is a special one as we look at the developing situation in Afghanistan. Peter has sp...
EP9: Pandemic impact on elections and parallels between the Spanish-Flu & Covid-19 with Leticia Arroyo & Noel Maurer
Leticia Arroyo and Noel Maurer are New York based academics who have written a fascinating work on if and how pandemics shape elections foll...
EP8: Former Sky News Foreign Correspondent & best selling author Tim Marshall on border tensions, cultural reform & future hopes
Tim Marshall was Diplomatic Editor and foreign correspondent for Sky News but after three decades he chose to step away to focus on analysis...
EP7: The inner workings of Westminster with Jess Phillips MP
Birmingham Yardley MP Jess Phillips never intended being an active member of parliament despite being a member of the Labour Party. She is o...
EP6: Will Page on Economics at Spotify, artists controlling their product, and how Dolly Parton became a fan
Former Chief Economist at Spotify Will Page is Peter's guest on episode 6 of I've Been Thinking. Peter and Will discuss his book, Tarzan Eco...
EP5: Ai Weiwei on activism, art and the Chinese government
Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei left China in 2015 and has since lived in several countries including the UK and most recently Portuga...
EP4: Cricketing legend Michael Holding on race, taking a knee and the power of education
West Indian fast bowling legend Michael Holding speaks to Peter about how he came to write his most recent book Why We Kneel How We Rise, ed...