Dan talks to the editor of the Times Literary Supplement, Stig Abell about what ideas and institutions govern Britain, and how they have developed.
Dan talks to Martin Slater about the history of national debts, how they powered nations and the changing function and timeframe of debt in the modern world.
Lewis Dartnell joined me on the podcast to talk about a theory that links the outcome of the US election to geology.
Dan talks to academic and Washington Post columnist Brian Klaas the decay of democracy and the slide into authoritarian nationalism.