Downstream: Europe’s Ancient Myths, Current Crises & Future Possibilities w/ Roderick Beaton

As the American empire teeters, China gains dominance, and war spreads across Eastern Europe and West Asia, questions arise as to Europe’s place in this rapidly changing world order. On Downstream this week, Ash Sarkar speaks to Roderick Beaton, former Koraes Professor of History at King’s College London, about his latest book Europe: A New History. How did the boundaries between Europe and Asia come to be drawn in the first place? How were immigration and borders managed by the ancients in Greece and Rome? How do the stories we tell about our collective history in Europe shape contemporary political thought? And in an age of mass migration, who gets to be European today – and why? Help us build people-powered media:

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Downstream: Europe’s Ancient Myths, Current Crises & Future Possibilities w/ Roderick Beaton is an episode from Novara Audio: Radio for a Different Politics by Novara Media.

This episode is 1:18:32 long.

This episode was published on Apr 20, 2026.

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