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The Burning Archive140. How to mend Australia-China relationships: a conversation with Warwick PowellWarwick Powell and I had a wide-ranging conversation about Australia-China relationships, and how history has shaped the tensions in the relationship today. But history can also show us how Australia, Asia and America can learn to live together at peace with a multipolar world. Please enjoy this wonderful, inspiring conversation with Australia-China expert, Warwick Powell. Warwick Powell is an adjunct professor at the Queensland University of Technology, author, chairman of Smart Trade Networks, former adviser to former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, and a frequent commentator on geopolitics and Australia-Asia relationships. You can follow Warwick Powell on X (Twitter) at...2024-03-181h 18

The Burning Archive128. Napoleon: movies, myths and histories.Ridley Scott's movie Napoleon has sparked controversy? Is it great cinema yet terrible history? Jeff Rich gives his assessment of the movie, and points you to other classic movies about Napoleon made over the last 100 years. The podcast also shares some of the best recent history books on the intriguing character, myth and historical impact of Napoleon Bonaparte. Read more of Jeff Rich's writing on mindful world history and cultures from all around the world at jeffrich.substack.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeff-rich4/message 2023-12-0846 min

The Burning Archive113. Can we cope if everything changes all at once?Change is part of life and central to history. But has the pace of change accelerated over the last 50 years beyond our capacity to cope? Find out with Jeff Rich on the Burning Archive, who shares insights from historian, Felipe Fernandez-Armesto. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeff-rich4/message 2023-08-1146 min

The Burning Archive90. Tragedy, Ruin and Nationalism in UkraineThe Burning Archive is adopting a new, shorter format. Each week I offer you calm reflections on how to use history and the burning archive of world culture to make sense of the crisis we are all living through, and all doing our best to stay sane in. In this episode I share insights on: Major geopolitical event - The Tragedy of the War in Ukraine one year on, through the eyes of Stephen Walt's article in Foreign Policy magazine, "The Conversation About Ukraine Is Cracking Apart " A historical comparison - The periods of history in...2023-03-1027 min

The Burning Archive89. Is Democracy Losing the War in Ukraine?If the West is fighting a war for democracy versus autocracy in Ukraine, as Jo Biden says, and if, as many experts think, Russia is slowly winning the war in Ukraine, then does that mean democracy is losing the war in Ukraine? Has the USA gambled with Western Democracy by provoking a war in Ukraine? It has been a year since Russia invaded Ukraine, and the Burning Archive has been covering the Russia-Ukraine-NATO war ever since. In this special episode marking the anniversary, Jeff Rich discusses: his personal reaction to the war and the mainstream consensus...2023-02-2753 min

The Burning Archive88. 13 Ways of Looking at a Bureaucrat. How I wrote my upcoming book.What is life as a bureaucrat really like? The stories of bureaucrats in the arts, the media and politics are rarely written by bureaucrats. They are views of outsiders or the views of retired top bureaucrats who do not want to rock the boat. Bureaucrats don't write essays, not if they are minor government officials. They don't make podcasts... except on The Burning Archive. Listen to this insider's account of what life as a thinking and writing bureaucrat is really like. Join my FREE WEEKLY NEWSLETTER at jeffrich.substack.com Subscribe to my YouTube Channel @t...2023-02-2051 min

The Burning Archive87. How I, a very minor government official, wrote and published my poetry bookJoin me on a journey through the creative process of how I wrote and published my poetry book. How I, despite being a very, very minor government official, wrote and published my collected poems, and how these poems reflect on my personal experiences, cherished poets, and the meaning of history. How poetry and history belong together in the imagination. You will discover how this poet hidden within a government official drew inspiration from poetic traditions from around the world, and weaved together the threads of his own story with the broader stories of history. You will hear...2023-02-1344 min

The Burning Archive86. How I wrote and published my book, From the Burning Archive, while working full-timeHow did I transform from frustrated, very minor government official to independent author? I tell the story of how my recent book, From the Burning Archive: Essays and Fragments slowly took shape through notes, poems, a blog, a podcast then finally a polished, published collection of essays. I talk you through all the steps I took to write and to self-publish the book, and give you some insights into the themes and essays contained in the book. Is there any other podcast that mentions Maurice Blanchot, Jordan Peterson, John Berryman and Felipe Fernandez-Armesto in the one package? ...2023-02-0651 min

The Burning Archive85. How India is becoming the real leader of the free and fair world.India is emerging as one of the most important powers in the world, and is demanding change in the world order on behalf of the Global South. In 2023 India became the largest country by population in the world, surpassing China. It is now the third largest economy by PPP in the world. It has growing soft power, based on its ancient, rich and diverse cultures. It is the world's largest democracy, and was for many years the leader of the non-aligned movement. All that is missing is a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council. ...2023-01-3046 min

The Burning Archive84. STOP Thinking the War in Ukraine is the Start of World War 3 - Five Alternative Histories of the WarIs the Ukraine War the start of World War Three? Has World War 3 already begun. How do we make sense of the war in Ukraine in a big-picture historical perspective? There have been many news stories, many podcasts and many channels looking at the unfolding events in Ukraine from day to day. In this series, however, Jeff Rich steps back from the daily news cycle, and sets out common historical narratives about the war in Ukraine. In this podcast Jeff Rich sets out five alternative histories of the war, that reframing how the conflict is part of a...2023-01-2349 min

The Burning Archive83. STOP Thinking the War in Ukraine is the Start of World War 3 - even if Emmanuel Todd said it wasIs the Ukraine War the start of World War Three? Has World War 3 already begun. French historian and anthropologist Emmanuel Todd made headlines by saying World War Three has already begun. What did he mean and was he right? How do we make sense of the war in Ukraine in a big-picture historical perspective? There have been many news stories, many podcasts and many channels looking at the unfolding events in Ukraine from day to day. In this series, however, Jeff Rich steps back from the daily news cycle, and sets out common historical narratives ab...2023-01-2023 min

The Burning Archive82. Six Histories of the War in Ukraine in Search of Dialogue and DiplomacyHow do we make sense of the war in Ukraine in a big-picture historical perspective? There have been many news stories, many podcasts and many channels looking at the unfolding events in Ukraine from day to day. In this podcast, however, Jeff Rich steps back from the daily news cycle, and sets out six common historical narratives about the war in Ukraine. By seeing the truth and errors in all these narratives we are more likely to find our way back to the path of diplomacy and dialogue, and to live at peace with all the cultures...2023-01-1858 min

The Burning Archive81. The Ukraine Conflict - How to stay sane when different narratives of the war conflict.What will the Russia-Ukraine-NATO War be known as in the history books? How do we make sense of this event, and how do we avoid losing our heads by getting sucked into the contending narratives of the war. "If there is just one thing I would ask all listeners to do it is to reflect on the stories, the histories of this conflict in Ukraine that you are being told and you are telling yourself, and try to find the truth in at least one alternative history. Only that way can we find our way back to...2023-01-1634 min

The Burning Archive80. Who is winning the war in Ukraine - Ukraine, Russia or NATO?This podcast asks who is winning the war in Ukraine - Ruussia, NATO or Ukraine? It assesses four dimensions of the conflict - military war, economic war, information war and diplomatic struggle. How are these conflicts shaping the emerging multipolar world order? While there are many channels that cover the daily news and updates on the war in Ukraine, this video takes a step back and sets out a clear narrative of the war in Ukraine that involves Ukraine, Russia and NATO, principally the USA. The podcast is the second in a three-part series reviewing...2023-01-091h 00

The Burning Archive79. The War in Ukraine - the whole story to the end of 2022.How do we make sense of the events leading up to the war in Ukraine, and throughout the year of 2022? There have been many news stories, many podcasts and many channels looking at the unfolding events in Ukraine from day to day, In this podcast, however, Jeff Rich steps back from the daily news cycle, and sets out a clear narrative to the whole war, from its beginnings in the internal conflicts in Ukraine in 2014 to the latest missile attacks on Ukraine in l;ate December 2022. It is the first in a three-part series reviewing the war...2023-01-0258 min

The Burning Archive78. Kievan Rus and the origin stories of Russia, Ukraine and BelarusWhat are the origin stories of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus? They all make a claim on the legacy of Kievan Rus, the loose grouping of warring principalities and many ethnic groups that formed in the territory between Novgorod and Kiev between 900 and 1200. This story has often been told for nationalist myths, but its more complex and layered story - still relevant to the Russia-NATO-Ukraine War today - is that all political cultures are plural. Along the way you will also hear a fragment from the 'Lay of Igor's Campaign' - the epic Russian medieval poem whose sole surviving copy...2022-12-1954 min

The Burning Archive77. For the Horde? Russian History and the Mongol EmpireFor 250 years from the 1220's Russia and Ukraine were both controlled by the Mongol Empire, the successors to Genghis Khan, the Golden Horde. Traditionally, this period has been described by the term coined by nationalist historians, the Mongol or Tatar Yoke. But, in truth, this period did not subject Russia to a benighted warrior empire. It connected Russia to the greatest Eurasian power of the time. And it led to a creative, prosperous, civilised time of successful institution-building. The Mongol Yoke is now seen as the period of the Mongol Exchange - perhaps a precursor to the growing Eurasian...2022-12-1258 min

The Burning Archive76. Ivan the Terrible - Part TwoIvan the Terrible is a key figure in Russian history. To understand him you need to separate man and myth. To strip the myths away, you need to see Ivan not as an evil monster, but rather as an erratic Renaissance Eurasian prince. In this 9th episode in the ‘Black Legend of Russian History’ series, and part two of the extended podcast on Ivan IV, the Burning Archive discusses the puzzles of Ivan IV’s power, violence, mind, repentance, death and legacy. Full details of further reading on Ivan IV are at https://theburningarchive.com. I am a...2022-12-051h 09

The Burning Archive75. Ivan the Terrible - Part OneIvan the Terrible is a key figure in Russian history. To understand him you need to separate man and myth, and there are many myths because all we know about Ivan is based on very limited evidence. And to strip the myths away you need to see Ivan not as an evil monster, but rather as an erratic Renaissance Eurasian prince. In this 8th episode in the 'Black Legend of Russian History' series, the myths about Ivan are outlined, and then the stranger stories of his life are told. More details are available at theburningarchive.com 2022-11-281h 19

The Burning Archive74. Russia's First Civil War - The Time of Troubles and Two Murder MysteriesIn the early 1600's Russia suffered a traumatic civil war, political instability and social chaos. This period is known as the Time of Troubles. It left a mark on Russian political institutions and historical culture. But most of all it featured remarkable characters - the self-made Tsar, Boris Godunov; his sister, the first female ruler of Russia, Irina Godunova; and, most enigmatically of all, the claimant to the throne, known to history as False Dmitri. This story can only be fully understood, however, by investigating two murder mysteries, both involving the sons of Ivan the Terrible. In...2022-11-211h 03

The Burning Archive73. Peter the Great, Catherine the Great and the Russian EnlightenmentPeter the Great and Catherine the Great dominated Russia's 18th century. The remarkable transformations of Russian government, society, empire and culture that they led are symbolised in the astonishing statue of the Bronze Horseman in St Petersburg. The statue was a gift from Catherine II to Peter I, and it represents the power, energy and military prowess with which Peter transformed the Russian state. But it also represents the genius with which Catherine the Great presided over the Russian Enlightenment. As part of the continuing series of telling Russian History backwards and debunking the 'Black Legend of Russian History...2022-11-1455 min

The Burning Archive72. War and Peace and Conservatism in Russia's 19th Century - Part IIPart Two of this extended episode on Russian history in the global 19th century examines the debate between Westerners and Slavophiles, the divide between peasant serfs and urban commerical intelligentsia, and the complex relationship between empire and nations in the Russian empire. And we briefly examine the true history of Russia's defeat of Napoleon and liberation of Europe, that contains lessons for security in Europe today. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeff-rich4/message 2022-11-0859 min

The Burning Archive71. War and Peace and Conservatism in Russia's 19th Century - Part ITolstoy's War and Peace is a symbol, a reflection and an expression of a Russian Golden Age in the 19th century. Its story of the events of Russia's defeat of Napoleon's invasion of 1812 is well-known, and this great novel is one of many great cultural artefacts of an extraordinary cultural flowering of the Russian Empire. Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Pushkin, Tchaikovsky, Mendel and so many more. The real history of Russia in the nineteenth century is even more intriguing than Tolstoy's novel, and far richer than the autocratic black legend of Russian history. This two-episode discussion explains the big events from...2022-11-0752 min

The Burning Archive70. 2022 Nobel Prize WinnersThis episode of the Burning Archive reports on the results of all the 2022 Nobel Prize, but most of all on the wonderful choice to award the medal for Literature to Annie Ernaux. I read a short section from Annie Ernaux, The Years, and stay tuned to the end when you will hear briefly from Annie Ernaux herself reading from the same text in French. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeff-rich4/message 2022-11-0453 min

The Burning Archive69. Special Episode on 2022 Nobel Prizes for Literature and PeaceThe Burning Archive looks ahead to Nobel Prize week, and reviews predictions and the odds of who will win the 2022 Nobel Prize for Literature. I also take a brief look at the controversy behind the Nobel Peace Prize. Regular listeners, please note the Burning Archive will be taking a one month release break until early November when the podcast will review the 2022 Winners of the Nobel Prize, and will resume the series of podcasts on Russian history. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeff-rich4/message 2022-10-0134 min

The Burning Archive68. Russia in the American Century: 5 Revolutions, 4 Great WarsThe experience of the Russian world in the 20th century was extraordinary human drama. Imperial Russia, then the Soviet Union, and then the post-Soviet states of the Russian world defined the writing of history and the world shaking events of the twentieth century. Tragedy, comedy, horror and farce intertwined. Dignity, heroism, treachery, survival and humiliation coexisted. Russia's twentieth century made unforgettable history and exquisite art from five revolutions and four great wars. What did the twentieth century look like from the Russian world? That is the question for this Burning Archive. --- Send in a voice message: https...2022-09-241h 01

The Burning Archive67. Mikhail Gorbachev's Dark NightPart Two of this extended episode on Mikhail Gorbachev's significance in world history begins with one of Gorbachev's favourite old Soviet songs - Tyomnaya noch'/ Темная ночь/ Dark is the night (1942). It continues with a discussion of Gorbachev's legacy to the world with each of his key ideas - glasnost, perestroika and peace. The episode includes a section of the fateful press conference in 1991 when the USA recommitted to the Cold War and concludes with Gorbachev himself singing a beautiful old Soviet ballad. ### Dear Listeners - My apologies. THere was a glitch in my audio editing of this episode so there are...2022-09-171h 12

The Burning Archive66. Remembering Mikhail GorbachevMikhail Gorbachev was one of the most important and the most tragic figures of 20th century history. He has largely been presented in media obituaries as helping end the Cold War. In truth, he sued for peace and a world free of nuclear weapons, while liberating his society to pursue its own forms of democracy. But he was betrayed abroad by the USA, whose leaders were convinced they had ended history, and who engineered the collapse and looting of the Soviet world. That betrayal remains at the heart of the conflict in Ukraine and the difficult birth of a...2022-09-101h 21

The Burning Archive65. The Black Legend of Russian HistoryWe cannot hope to find peace with Russia unless we seek to understand Russian history in all its complexity, its highs and lows, its tragedies and its farces, its inspirations and its horrors. To understand that rich history, we need to confront the Black Legend of Russian History, which tells a story of a benighted people, cursed to poverty, despotism and the dark strivings of the Russian soul. What is the black legend of Russian history? That is the question on the Burning Archive. Vale Mikhail Gorbachev. Credits: - Mark B. Smith The...2022-08-3150 min

The Burning Archive64. A Field Guide to History for Decision-MakingHistory can be an aid to making good decisions - in government, in any walk of life, in your personal life. History is not only useful for leaders of governments and professors. It helps us all make sense of the events around us, and free us from false narratives and misleading comparisons that we all fall prey to from time to time. History can even be an antidote to doom-scrolling. Find out how on this episode of the Burning Archive. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeff-rich4/message 2022-08-1946 min

The Burning Archive63. What are the Lessons of History?The Burning Archive podcast explores how the past is not dead, the past is not even past. But if that is so, what are the uses and lessons of history? How can history be used for guidance in our lives, and to advise governments on the big decisions that shape our fates. A recent Australian book, Lessons from History: Leading Historians Tackle Australia's Greatest Challenges, eds, Holbrook, Megarrity and Lowe (NewSouth, 2022) explores this question. In this podcast Jeff Rich explores how the authors seek to cross the bridge between policy and history, and reflects upon how he has stood...2022-08-0853 min

The Burning Archive62. What is Australia's role in a Multipolar World?As the multipolar world takes shape and tensions over Taiwan rise, it is timely to ask, what should be Australia's role in the emerging multipolar world? Are we, as Hugh White suggests in his recent Quarterly Essay, sleepwalking to war with China? Have we given up on framing our own foreign and defence policy to service the will of that "indispensable nation", America. What will it take to develop a new vision of Australian foreign policy suited to history, geopolitics today, and our real place in the world, not in the Atlantic Alliance but on the coasts of Eurasia?2022-07-2954 min

The Burning Archive61. Will America Break?Three spectres are haunting America - the ghosts of the American Mind, the American State, and the American Empire. Faced with intertwined crises of culture, governing and international dominance, the 20th century's Uncle Sam has not aged well, and become the 21st century's Bad Granpa Joe. Will America break? That is the question on this episode of The Burning Archive. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeff-rich4/message 2022-07-2048 min

The Burning Archive60. Please, Don't Cancel Russia!When in early 2022 Russia decided to invade Ukraine, the Western world, especially the Anglo-American World, went kind of mad - with anger, fury, and some justified rage. But it also made a strange attempt not just to restore international peace, but to cancel a whole country, Russia, the great Russian cultures that stretch back 1000+ years. It went too far - and continues to go too far. So today on the Burning Archive, Jeff Rich asked what are the reasons not to cancel Russia. What are the gifts of Russia we can be grateful for? How can we put an...2022-07-0850 min

The Burning Archive59. Clash of Civilizations in Ukraine - What if Russia Wins?The Burning Archive revisits the predictions of Samuel Huntington Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order (1996) about Ukraine. Is it a "fault-line" state on the borders of a clash of civilizations between the West and Russia? Could Huntington's ideas have both caused and prevented the latest war in Ukraine? This episode also gives an update on the four vectors of the conflict between Russia and NATO - military, economic, diplomatic and cultural. It asks, what will happen to the West if Russia wins the war? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod...2022-06-2759 min

The Burning Archive58. Civilization and the Decline of the WestIn the fourth and final of the series on civilizations, the Burning Archive contrasts the doom of Oswald Spengler's 1918 classic, The Decline of the West to the over-confident American optimism of the 1991 game, Civilization. What is the story of the Rise of the West? Do civilizations have a life cycle, from cradle to grave? Is the West locked in a clash of civilizations with the Rest? Should we replace the story of the West with the story of Tamerlane's shadow? They are the questions for this episode of The Burning Archive. --- Send in a voice message: https...2022-06-201h 04

The Burning Archive57 Civilizations of Mud, Highlands, Seas and OceansThis episode is part three of an extended four part series Civilization - the game, the concept and the examples from across the globe. In this episode, I look at four environments and five matching civilizations. First, I look at Sumerian civilization (approx 3000-1500 BC) in the alluvial river valleys of Mesopotamia, the original "cradle" of civilization. Then, I travel to the highlands of MesoAmerica and the Andes to look at the Aztecs and the Incas (roughly 1200-1600 AD). Third, I look at seaboard civilizations and the remarkable trading empire of Sri Vijaya that prospered in Sumatra and the...2022-06-1557 min

The Burning Archive56. Civilizations in Ice, Grasslands and Tropical LowlandsIn part two of an extended four part series of eipisodes on the game Civilization, the Burning Archive examines three types of environment adapted by people for civilization - deserts of ice, uncultivable grasslands and tropical lowlands. These three environments were traditionally seen as hostile or incompatible with the kind of Civilization descended from the cradle of civilization, but are shown in Felipe Fernandez-Armesto Civilizations to have housed remarkable culture of the Saami, the Scythians and the City of Benin. For more details see www.theburningarchive.com Credit: Opening music of Civilization IV --- Send in...2022-06-1249 min

The Burning Archive55. Cradles and Concepts of CivilizationCivilization, the game, is soon to be released in its 7th edition. In this episode of The Burning Archive Jeff Rich responds to a listener question prompted by this game that puts the player in the shoes of all manner of leaders of civilizations. What is meant by the phrase 'cradle of civilization', and how is the concept of civilization relevant to today's multi-polar world facing climate-change? This is part one of a four-part show exploring Civilization and history, and recreating a Civ marathon on a podcast. Full details of the show at www.theburningarchive...2022-06-1055 min

The Burning Archive54. The Mafia, Blood Brotherhoods and Frail SocietiesIf you play Assassins Creed you might think the Mafia has its origins in similar medieval or early modern brotherhoods, who despite their dastardly deeds were true patriots and rebels at heart. That is also the story that Italian mafia organisations tell their own members. But is it true, or does the history of the mafia have more to do with Italian Risorgimento politics, prisons and the disruptions of the nineteenth century? And what does any of this have to do with a burning archive? Thanks to Isaac and Ella for the listener question that began this...2022-05-3056 min

The Burning Archive53. The Medici in Games and HistoryImmerse yourself in Renaissance Florence and with the aid of Assassin's Creed take a virtual historical tour through the remarkable lives and turbulent times of the Medici family. For full details of references from this episode see www.theburningarchive.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeff-rich4/message 2022-05-141h 20

The Burning Archive52. Professions and Guilds in Games and HistoryWhen we play computer games, especially role play games like World of Warcraft or Skyrim, it is no surprise we don’t do our day job. Noone wants to play a night elf project manager in WOW or a Nord uber contract driver in Skyrim. In games, we see a different pre-modern world of work - of artisans, craft skills and guilds. Was this world ever real, and what does this fantasy world of work tell us of our collective memory of work and collective organisation? Join Jeff Rich on this fascinating tour of the history of work, guilds an...2022-04-3056 min

The Burning Archive51. War and Peace and the Conflict in UkraineWar is terrible. War is troubling. War poses difficult questions for us all. This war in Ukraine, which is spreading globally through sanctions, bans, social media and slogans, presents those questions too. This episode of The Burning Archive responds to a listener question that just might help us get closer to peace, and that make us think of Tolstoy's War and Peace. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeff-rich4/message 2022-04-141h 02

The Burning Archive50. What thou lovest well - Ezra Pound, Cantos from a CageWhat do the listeners of The Burning Archive lovest well - history, poetry, culture, surprising twists and turns of the stories behind our everyday lives. This 5oth and first anniversary edition of The Burning Archive takes a closer look at the line from Ezra Pound's Canto LXXXI - "what thou lovest well will not be reft from thee" - what does it tell us about how we can treat the past as not even past. You can contact me on twitter at @ArchiveBurning or leave a voice message at Anchor/Spotify. Please like and subscribe...2022-04-1333 min

The Burning Archive49. When Winter Came and the Norse Myths were BornThe Norse myths - Thor, Odin, Freya, the Valkyries, Loki, Ragnorak and the World Tree, Yggdrassil - are so well known, they are almost hidden. We have made them so familiar in games, movies, children's stories - that their original power and strangeness is lost. This guide to Norse myths and the mental world of the Vikings recovers that strangeness with the help of two changes in perspective. 1. A fine book, Neil Price, The Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings (2020), and 2. the view form Lake Ilopango in El Salvador. What does El Salvador have to...2022-04-011h 13

The Burning Archive48. Penultimate Special Episode on Ukraine Conflict - History WarsIn this penultimate special episode on the Ukraine conflict, blooming into a World Crisis, the Burning Archive discusses Joe Biden's references to food shortages and regime change, and then zeroes in on the differing interpretations of history presented by leading figures ranging from Vladimir Putin, Dmitri Medvedev, distinguished historians, Dominic Lieven and Timothy Snyder, and Francis Fukuyama. There will be one more Burning Archive podcast on the Ukraine conflict that will focus on a brilliant listener question received this weekend, and then the discussion of geopolitics will move to a new channel, while the Burning Archive will focus on...2022-03-2745 min

Rich Dad Radio Show: In-Your-Face Advice on Investing, Personal Finance, & Starting a BusinessMORE Explosive Wealth Trends – Robert Kiyosaki, Kim Kiyosaki, Jeff Wang, and the Real Estate GuysRobert and Kim Kiyosaki are joined by an esteemed panel of experts including the Real Estate Guys, Russell Gray and Robert Helms, as well as Cryptocurrency expert, Jeff Wang for more on how investors use debt to create wealth and where we are headed with Crypto and why it’s important. Plus, don’t miss Robert’s pick for the best investment option! We encourage you to not miss out. Also, if you enjoyed this segment and haven’t seen the first part of Explosive Wealth Trends, you can find it now on YouTube. After viewing this event, take advantag...2022-03-2322 min

The Burning Archive47. Dragons and DragonslayersIs it possible to tell the history of dragons without also speaking of the epics of dragon slayers? In this episode of the Burning Archive, Jeff Rich returns to the questions posed by Isaac Rich in episode 32, This Archive is for the Players, and responds to the question on the history of dragons. Travelling all over the world and, in time, from 1500 BC to the final episode of Game of Thrones, this podcast explores how the magic and the power of dragons has appeared in many cultures - from the Rig Veda to The Song of Ice and Fire...2022-03-1951 min

The Burning Archive46. Ukraine Conflict - Who Miscalculated Most - Russia or USA?The latest Burning Archive podcast on the Ukraine Conflict provides a situation report as of 18 March 2022 when tens of thousands of citizens have been freed from Mariupol; American diplomacy picks fights with China, India and anyone else; cracks appear in the Great Media Wall; and the sanctions from hell backfire. And I ask - who has made the greatest miscalculation of all - could it be America, not Russia? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeff-rich4/message 2022-03-1843 min

Rich Dad Radio Show: In-Your-Face Advice on Investing, Personal Finance, & Starting a BusinessExplosive Wealth Trends – Robert Kiyosaki, Kim Kiyosaki, Jeff Wang, and the Real Estate GuysJoin Rich Dad Co-Founders, Robert and Kim Kiyosaki, along with their special guests the Real Estate Guys, Russell Gray and Robert Helms, as well as Cryptocurrency expert, Jeff Wang for an insightful discussion. They will talk Real Estate, wealth building strategies, how to use debt, and of course will discuss Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency. You don’t want to miss this! Also, if you enjoyed this segment, be watching for the next segment coming soon – “MORE” Explosive Wealth Trends. After viewing this event, take advantage of a special offer for YouTube viewers to help you get started as an investor: https...2022-03-1623 min

The Burning Archive45. Reframing the Ukraine Conflict - The Wars of the Anglo-American SuccessionThis series of podcasts is exploring the unfolding crisis of the conflict in Ukraine, security in Europe, the NATO v Russia war, and the emergence of the multipolar world. This episode (recorded on 12 March) looks at different names and mental models for the conflict - invasion, war of choice, Cold War II, incursion, special military operation and Cold War III. And it makes the case for thinking of this conflict as the first episode in the Wars of the Anglo-American Succession. Plus cameos from biolabs, Kamala Harris, MK Bhadrakhumar, the Saker and much much more. Full notes...2022-03-121h 12

The Burning Archive44. Geopolitics Upside Down - USA BioLabs Exposed in Ukraine CrisisThis series of podcasts is exploring the unfolding crisis of the war in Ukraine, security in Europe, and the NATO vs Russia War. This episode (recorded on 9 March, Melbourne time) explores the revelations that the USA has operated over 30 Biolabs in Ukraine, the American concerns about Russian control of those facilities and what records may reveal about compliance with bans on biological and chemical weapons, and the role of Victoria Nuland in domestic "democratic" Ukrainian politics. Stay sane all. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeff-rich4/message 2022-03-0930 min

The Burning Archive43. Geopolitics Upside Down - Ukraine Crisis - Diplomatic ChessboardThis series of podcasts is exploring the unfolding crisis of the war in Ukraine, security in Europe, and the NATO vs Russia War. This episode (recorded on 7 March, Melbourne time) explores the current situation with humanitarian corridors around main Ukrainian cities enabling evacuations, and also looks at the diplomatic positions of major players of China, India and the Gulf States. Is the world really unified against Russia? Geopolitics Upside Down will continue exploring the military, economic, information and diplomatic vectors of the emrging war for the multipolar world. Links to articles referred to in the show : ...2022-03-0731 min

The Burning Archive42. Games and Play as Windows to History and CultureWhen COVID hit, the numbers of people who played computer games exploded - not just among adolescents but across many age groups. People found out something about gaming - that, as Forbes magazine wrote, gaming has the “potential to unlock bonds of community, educate and inspire.” This episode responds to questions posed by Isaac Rich in episode 32 (This Archive is for the Players), and explores how games are windows to history, how they are a form of art, and an aspect of a fundamental experience, play. And just possibly, they preserve the hope that not even Sylvanas can kill. 2022-03-0553 min

The Burning ArchiveGeopolitics Upside Down - War in UkraineThis new series of podcasts will explore the unfolding crisis of security in Europe, precipitated by Russia's invasion of Ukraine and America/NATO's expansion eastward over 30 years. This first episode reports on the military situation on 3 March 2022, the economic war against Russia by waged by America and the European Union, and the exploding information and cultural war. This new twice-weekly podcast will explore the unfolding crisis of the emergence of a new multipolar world order. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeff-rich4/message 2022-03-0326 min

The Burning Archive40. Special Episode on Crisis in UkraineThis special episode on the crisis in Ukraine was recorded on 26 and 27 February. I discuss the background to the conflict in the failure to negotiate a fair peace to end the cold war, and the response to Russian proposals for a new security architecture in Europe. Events are unfolding quickly and a major information war is under way. Take care all and remember what thou lovest well will not be reft from thee. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeff-rich4/message 2022-02-2748 min

The Burning Archive39. Flowers of Empire Part IIBefore Britain ruled with waves, it was the empire of Spain that was known as the empire on which the sun never sets. For a century or so it even joined with Portugal to be the first and only empire of land and sea across multiple oceans that was built with pre-industrial resources. But it declined. When? How? Why? And should we remember these empires not by images of conquistadores and the Spanish Inquisition, but by walking through the Botanic Gardens of Madrid? In Part II of Flowers of Empire the Burning Archive takes a closer look at Portugal's...2022-02-2057 min

The Burning Archive38. Flowers of Empire - what happened to the empires of Spain and Portugal?Before Britain ruled with waves, it was the empire of Spain that was known as the empire on which the sun never sets. For a century or so it even joined with Portugal to be the first and only empire of land and sea across multiple oceans that was built with pre-industrial resources. But it declined. When? How? Why? And should we remember these empires not by images of conquistadores and the Spanish Inquisition, but by walking through the Botanic Gardens of Madrid? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeff-rich4/message 2022-02-191h 02

The Burning Archive37. Culture grows from beneath the ruinsIn the first episode recorded in 2022 Jeff Rich explores the big signs of cultural decay and renewal in 2021, and makes for predictions for the year ahead. And in a postscript comments on the major geo-political events of the summer, including the information war on Ukraine and the Xi-Putin Summit in Beijing that does not augur well for the declining American Empire. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeff-rich4/message 2022-02-0554 min

The Burning Archive36. Summer Edition - Social Fragmentation and the Great SeclusionIn this Summer Edition of The Burning Archive, Jeff Rich reviews the events of 2021 against the theme of social fragmentation. For so many people around the world, 2020 and 2021 have been the years of the Great Seclusion. How has the response to the pandemic fired social fragmentation and been fuelled by social isolation and loss of community? Can we chart a course to a more forgiving and tolerant Society of Islands in 2022? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeff-rich4/message 2022-01-2237 min

The Burning Archive35. Summer Edition - From Political Decay to Political DisorderIn this Summer Edition of The Burning Archive, Jeff Rich reviews the major events of 2021 against the theme of political decay. But should the The Burning Archive replace the idea of political decay with political disorder? 2021 has tested the limits of the (liberal) democratic political orders of many countries around the world. Experts and populists have clashed... we are still waiting on a verdict. It has been a bad year for two pillars of democratic political orders - science and the mass media. What trouble lies ahead for 2022? Is there a rough beast slouching toward Bethlehem? --- Send i...2022-01-1536 min

The Burning Archive34. Summer Edition - The Emergence of the Multipolar WorldIn this Summer Edition of The Burning Archive, Jeff Rich reviews the events of the year in geopolitics against the theme of imperial rivalry. With the retreat from Afghanistan and dramatic diplomatic clashes, 2021 has been a pivotal year in relationships between the Great States of United States of America, China, Russia, the European Union and India. What does 2022 hold? Wars in Ukraine, Taiwan or Iran? Or the emergence of a new Concert of the globe, premised on a multipolar world? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeff-rich4/message 2022-01-0839 min

The Burning Archive33. 2021 in ReviewIn this first Summer Edition of The Burning Archive Jeff Rich reflects on 12 surprises, discoveries or gifts that mattered most in 2021. Be prepared to be surprised as well-known and obscure stories from the year are retold. Ranging across empire, politics, society, culture, history and the writer/podcaster's life, this episode will entertain you, and show how the past is not dead - the past is not even past. Full references are at www.theburningarchive.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeff-rich4/message 2021-12-3159 min

The Burning Archive32. This Archive is For the PlayersCould computer games be the last best hope of culture vultures and history buffs? Should we turn to the dragon-slayers of Skyrim to save the treasures of the past from the dragon fire of the Burning Archive? Can we find solace in literature by reading the magical tomes of the floating city of Dalaran as it is imagined in that great total art work (Gesamtkunstwerk) of our times, World of Warcraft? In this playful episode of the Burning Archive, special guest and recent Monash University graduate, Isaac Rich poses six questions about history drawn from his scholarship of gaming...2021-12-171h 10

The Burning Archive31. Seven Basic Plots vs 1001 Nights of StoriesCan all the stories of the world be summarised as just seven basic plots, or even just the four narrative forms first defined by Aristotle? There is a long history of trying to make sense of the common patterns of stories, myths and legends. This episode of The Burning Archive examines tragedy and comedy, the story of the story of stories, the seven basic plots, and how even historians write their histories with these plots. But can the inventiveness of great storytellers really be limited to seven basic plots. Will Scheherazade outwit, outlast and outplay the critics? ...2021-12-101h 11

The Burning Archive30. Three Faiths. One Holy Land.Simon Sebag Montefiore writes: “Jerusalem, so loveable in many ways, so hate-filled in others, always bristling with the hallowed and the brash, the preposterously vulgar and the aesthetically exquisite, seems to live more intensely than anywhere else; everything stays the same yet nothing stays still. At dawn each day, the three shrines of the three faiths come to life in their own way.” But why - one Burning Archive listener, Josh, asks - do these three faiths all lay claim to the one Holy Land and the State of Israel? Full references and credits at www.theburningarchive.com 2021-12-0458 min

The Burning Archive29. The Crusades, Part IIThe Crusades featured a star-studded cast of characters - Holy Roman & Byzantine Emperors, Kings and Queens of France, Richard the Lionheart and Saladin, Peter the Hermit and Melisende of Jerusalem. But who was the most influential Crusader of them all? Full references and credits are at www.theburningarchive.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeff-rich4/message 2021-11-261h 08

The Burning Archive28. The Crusades, Part IIn 1095 Pope Urban II - whose real name was Odo of Chatillon - gave a rousing speech at Clermont in France. He promised forgiveness and pardon for all of the past sins of those who would fight to reclaim the holy land from Muslims and free the eastern churches. So began the crusades - the wars between Christendom and Islam for the Holy Lands in the Levant and by Western Christians against pagan and Orthodox communities in North and Eastern Europe for several centuries from 1096. What were the crusades and how did they give brith to modern European nations? W...2021-11-2058 min

Not Suitable For UtahBlood Not Thicker Than Blue ChipOn this Not Suitable For Utah podcast, Coach K has almost reached the finish line in an outstanding career, but has he now lived long enough to become the villain. Our obligation to Utah was not at all forced, as resident Jazz fan Shane Koenig brought the knowledge on his favorite team's start. We look ahead to Week 11 in the NFL, with good things to say about the Patriots quarterback--you'd rather we took it in that direction than to just let Jeff bitch about the Browns. It's fair to say we're skeptical, as always, on the College Football polls...2021-11-1855 min

The Burning Archive27. Silk Worms. Silk Trade. Silk Roads.How did the Byzantine Empire acquire the secrets of silk production from China, and what does it tell us about the history of silk, the diffusion of silk trade across the world, and the Silk Roads of Eurasia? Full details of material referred to in the episode are at www.theburningarchive.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeff-rich4/message 2021-11-1251 min

Not Suitable For UtahMutiny, Misogyny, and Messing With The Wrong GuyShane is back from Hawaii, and Jeff has been chomping on the bit to chop it up about Odell Beckham Jr.'s departure from the Cleveland Browns. Meanwhile in Kansas City, Patrick Mahomes doesn't look so invincible right now. We discuss the shame of Henry Ruggs III's DUI/homicide, and the character of Derek Carr to stare the status quo in the eye and going against the grain to love and support his teammate. We're in wait and see mode with the Robert Sarver situation in Phoenix. We check in on the landscape in college sports, and unintentionally work...2021-11-111h 20

The Burning Archive26. BeowulfIn October 1731 there was a fire in the Ashburnham House residence of the Keeper of the King’s libraries in Westminster, London. The fire threatened the one and only manuscript of the Old English poem, Beowulf. It was rescued by the librarian and others leaping from the window, clasping manuscripts. Singed but intact, Beowulf was literally saved from a Burning Archive. 200 years later in 1936 an English scholar of Beowulf sought to recover the poem and artistry of Beowulf from the dead hand of arid historical scholarship. That scholar was JRR Tolkien. One year later he began to write Lord of...2021-11-0554 min

The Burning Archive25. The Fall of Rome, Part IIDid the fall of Rome give birth to Europe, Christendom and Western civilisation? In episode 24 of The Burning Archive Jeff Rich discussed - What was the Roman Empire? What was it like before it fell? Why was it significant and still matters to us today. In this second part of the discussion of the Fall of Rome (episode 25) Jeff Rich discusses explanations of the fall of Rome, how historians cast the story of the fall of Rome, and the enduring legacy of Rome, including in the discipline of history, even in the image of the Burning Archive itself. 2021-10-3147 min

The Burning Archive24. The decline and fall of Rome, Part IDid the fall of Rome lead to the birth of Europe, Christendom and Western civilisation? This episode of The Burning Archive answers - What was the Roman Empire? What was it like before it fell? Why was it significant and still matters to us today. In Part I Jeff Rich sets out the story arc of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, and sets the scene for a more detailed discussion of why it fell and its legacy in Part II. Full references to the material in the show are provided at www.theburningarchive.com.2021-10-3059 min

The Burning Archive23. The eight hour working dayHow did the eight hour working day come into being, and is it still relevant to us today? In this episode the Burning Archive begins responding to the questions posed by Freya Rich in episode 22 A Canon of One's Own. In a mini-series of seven episodes Jeff Rich will talk about the topics Freya identified about history that she would like to know more about or feel we ought to know more about. This episode covers The working day before the industrial revolution The century when the eight hour day emerged in response to the industrial revolution and...2021-10-221h 02

Not Suitable For UtahWho We Don't Want to WinThe duo of Shane Koenig and Jeff Rich are back, and this time with quite a bit of time given to the Major League Baseball playoffs. It's anyone but the Astros, because we don't like cheaters. It's anyone else, but the Dodgers, because Jeff doesn't like the Dodgers. Whoa, does that mean we're rooting for the Red Sox? Of course not. Shane provides insight on the upcoming NBA season, including this year's draft class and the options an 18 or 19 year-old prospect has. Jeff prepares for life without Baker Mayfield, BYU tries to avoid a third straight loss, and Shane...2021-10-2157 min

The Burning Archive22. A Canon of One's OwnThis episode of The Burning Archive podcast features a special guest - young lawyer, Freya Rich, who speaks to the Burning Archive about the questions and topics from history and culture that her generation would like to know more about; what from the past is not past for her; and what might become A Canon of One's Own. Listen in for the seven fascinating and surprising topics identified by Freya and friends. Thanks to listener, Josh, for his listener audio question. Send your questions about history, culture and the Burning Archive to theburningarchive@gmail.com or ask me a...2021-10-1558 min

The Burning Archive21. Special Episode on 2021 Nobel Prize for LiteratureJoin the The Burning Archive Podcast for a special feature on the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature, and learn not only about the hushed excitement of the winner (sshh no spoilers), but the history of the prize, favourite winners, best losers, and most contentious scandals. Congratulations to Abdulrazak Gurnah, and thanks to nobelprize.org. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeff-rich4/message 2021-10-0758 min

The Burning Archive20. Six Asides about the PowerlessVaclav Havel was a Czech writer and dissident who later became, after the Velvet Revolution of 1989, the President of his country. This episode continues the The Burning Archive podcast's commemoration of his writing, ideas and the model of his way of living in truth remains meaningful to us today. This episode looks at the essays, "The Power of the Powerless" (1978), "Six Asides about Culture" (1984), and "Politics and Conscience" (1984), the memoir, To the Castle and Back, and Havel's work for a better world after leaving the Czech Presidency in 2003. Please share, subscribe and leave a positive review if...2021-10-0146 min

The Burning Archive19. Vaclav Havel's Letter to a Locked Down WorldVaclav Havel was a Czech writer and dissident who later became, after the Velvet Revolution of 1989, the President of his country. This episode of The Burning Archive podcast explores how his writing, ideas and the model of his way of living in truth remains meaningful to us today. This episode sets out the main events of Havel's life and the ideas of his political essay. It looks in depth at the "Letter to Gustav Husak" (1975), and its uncanny evocation of aspects of our lives today in a locked down world. More details on the material referred to...2021-09-2652 min

Not Suitable For UtahWe Have the AnglesAt least one of us didn't think there would be all that much Utah content that was relevant enough to speak of, and we're struggling to see a loss for BYU before their season finale at USC. The NBA is looking to cut down on offensive players manipulating fouls against the defenders, and quite frankly, that's fantastic. The Chiefs pick up their first loss and Jeff is almost as unhappy about it as Shane. From passing on the hardwood, to rushing the passer or throwing a pitch, it's all about the angles. In the era of MySpace, that was...2021-09-2458 min

The Burning Archive18. After Kabul, the Task Ahead for AustraliaThe fall of Kabul has raised questions for Australia about the reliability of its alliance with the United States of America. For Australians this capitulation evokes comparisons with another decisive imperial humiliation, the fall of Singapore in 1942. The conquest by Japan of the fortress of the British Empire in South East Asia in the weeks following the attack on Pearl Harbour, led the then Australian Prime Minister to turn decisively from the declining British Empire that could not longer secure Australia's defence to the rising American Empire. Will the fall of Kabul and the rise of Eurasia provoke the...2021-09-181h 20

The Burning Archive17. Letter to America: you are not the captain nowAmerica’s defeat in Afghanistan has provoked an imperial crisis. This imperial crisis is not just a geostrategic or diplomatic game. It is a crisis of the ideas driving the empire - American culture, society and politics - its core belief that it is the exceptional nation. In Kabul America unwittingly surrendered not only as occupier of Afghanistan, but its claim to be leader of the so-called free world. Will Afghanistan teach America to be humble again or at last? That is the question for today’s Burning Archive, when Jeff Rich discusses the American response to its humiliation in A...2021-09-101h 27

The Burning Archive16. Imperial Crisis in Afghanistan and the World Island, Part IIAmerica's capitulation in Afghanistan has provoked an humanitarian disaster, an imperial crisis, and a change in the balance of power between great states in Eurasia. The crisis is still unfolding but has revealed the growing connections and interests of the Eurasian states in a new world order, separate from Atlantic domination. This episode of The Burning Archive Podcast examines how Afghanistan's neighbours and the great states of Eurasia are responding to the situation, and how it shows the Silk Roads are rising again. Credits and material referred to during the show: International Crisis Group, With the...2021-09-051h 04

The Burning Archive15. Imperial Crisis in Afghanistan and the World Island, Part IAmerica's capitulation in Afghanistan has provoked an humanitarian disaster, an imperial crisis, and a change in the balance of power between great states in Eurasia. The crisis threatens not only American prestige in the world but some of the basic historical and strategic ideas undergirding American geostrategy for the last fifty years. The Burning Archive explains the persistence in America's disastrous Afghanistan adventure of the ideas of Halford Mackinder about the "World Island" of Eurasia and and of former USA National Security Adviser, Zbigniew Brzezinski about the imperatives for America to control Central and West Asia. Credits:2021-08-2558 min

The Burning Archive14. Afghanistan and the end of America's 43 Year WarIn this special episode, The Burning Archive makes some fast history, and reflects on the meaning of the capitulation of the American Empire in Afghanistan. There are eight quick takes - what do you think - let me know at @ArchiveBurning on twitter: the humanitarian crisis - is this Saigon 1974 or Partition of India and Pakistan in 1947? the end not of a 20 year war but a 43 year American-Afghan Wars the unwinding of America's geopolitical strategy and Zbigniew Brzezinski's shame Military and strategic failure of the American Empire The weakness of the leadership class in America How will the T...2021-08-1741 min

The Burning Archive13 Change everything but change itselfIn this episode of the Burning Archive, Jeff Rich completes his 12 part thematic history of our times. Historian Felipe Fernandez-Armesto writes about the impact of accelerating change on society over the last 50 years: “Under the surface of political and economic change lurks fear of instability in the most precious sources of identity.” He puts his finger on the change the Burning Archive has been describing as social fragmentation: Social Change + Identity Impacts + Technological Amplification + Cultural Viruses = profound uncertainty about who we are. In this episode, the Burning Archive asks: What happens to a society when we change everything, even chan...2021-08-141h 09

The Burning Archive12. Towards the Society of IslandsIn this episode of The Burning Archive, Jeff Rich continues his history of our times, and the theme of increasing social fragmentation. If there is more distance between the elites and ordinary people - the 1 % vs the 99 % - then that can lead to conflict, social breakdown, even revolution. But social fragmentation can also be destructive when it occurs among the top 10 % who really, really want to be in the top 1 percent of positions of high social status. What happens to a society when the elites turn on themselves? Conflict, though is not our only choice. We can reach across...2021-07-311h 03

The Burning Archive11. Social progress and social fragmentationIn this episode of The Burning Archive, Jeff Rich explores the fourth large theme of the history of our times, that is social fragmentation. Life is better in so many dramatic ways. We are richer, older, healthier, better educated. But something is not quite right.... We enjoy better societies, but worry that we have lost a sense of community. We seem beset by bitter polarization. Could it be that social progress is slowing, and its old rival, social fragmentation is going to overtake it in the marathon of history? Credits: * readings from Emmanuel Todd, Lineages o...2021-07-251h 25

The Burning Archive10. The Parallel Polis and the Power of the PowerlessWhen faced with cultural decay and ruined institutions, what is a podcaster to do? In this episode, Jeff Rich turns for hope to the traditions of the Eastern European dissidents of 1960-90 Eastern Europe. Two great Czech dissidents - Vaclav Benda and Vaclav Havel - spoke of the Parallel Polis (Benda), as an alternative culture to build in the face of grey uniformity, and living in truth as the Power of the Powerless (Havel). In these very diverse traditions of samizdat and living authentically - that celebrate everything from Tolkien to the Plastic People of the Universe - the...2021-07-121h 25

The Burning Archive9. The Red Guards are ComingCultural decay can breakdown and lead to cultural revolution. Some might celebrate cultural revolution, but in this episode Jeff Rich speaks of his own forebodings while watching the cultural ferment of today that we may be reliving a prequel to the Chinese Cultural Revolution. This episode tells the story of that ferment, chaos and frenzy of cultural destruction and loss. With stories of the Summer Palace in Beijing and the great film, Farewell My Concubine, this episode asks: are the Red Guards coming for us again? Credits: * The wonderful Kimiko Ishizaka and the Open Goldberg...2021-07-0458 min

The Burning Archive8. Cultural decay and the meaning of the Burning ArchiveCultural decay has been a theme of cultural pessimists for centuries, and in this episode Jeff Rich surveys prophets of cultural doom from Matthew Arnold, Max Weber, Stefan Zweig, and the more witty and balanced Felipe Fernandez-Armesto. Poetry makes an appearance too - with Arnold's "Dover Beach", Yeats' "Second Coming", Jeff Rich's own reading of "The Burning Archive", and lastly a special guest appearance of Ezra Pound reading from his Cantos. Trust me - it all makes sense in the end. Credits: * The wonderful Kimiko Ishizaka and the Open Goldberg project, for the public domain...2021-06-251h 03

The Burning Archive7. The ordinary virtues of governing wellIn episode 7 of The Burning Archive podcast, Jeff Rich discusses a possible antidote to political decay; building a strong culture rooted in the ordinary virtues of governing well. Based on traditions of virtue ethics scattered from Confucius (孔夫子;Kǒng Fūzǐ) and Aristotle, to Alasdair McIntyre and Michael Ignatieff these virtues can help us all curb political decay. And we ask, is culture - and simple virtues like humility, talking to strangers and the life of the mind - the best defence against republics in distress? Credits: * The wonderful Kimiko Ishizaka and the Open Goldberg project...2021-06-1555 min

The Burning Archive6. The true history of the bureaucracy gangIn episode 6 of The Burning Archive Podcast, we discuss the history of the bureaucracy in the UK, USA and Germany, and its relationship to political decay. And we ask, is the bureaucracy to blame for our republics in distress? Credits: * The wonderful Kimiko Ishizaka and the Open Goldberg project, for the public domain recording of the Aria from J.S.Bach's Goldberg Variations https://opengoldbergvariations.org/ * Francis Fukuyama Political Order and Political Decay - Volume 2 From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy Read more of my writing at theburningarchive...2021-06-041h 00

The Burning Archive5. Doom, Disaster and DecayIn episode 5 of The Burning Archive Podcast, Jeff Rich goes full-on pessimist to discuss Doom, disaster and decay. We take a quick tour of Niall Ferguson's Doom: the Politics of Catastrophe and Francis Fukuyama's ideas on political decay, and what they tell us about the responses of governments around the world to the pandemic. And the podcast asks what can we do to hold back the decline of governing institutions? Quick note - I uploaded a recording with amplified audio on 26/5/21. Sorry! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters...2021-05-2655 min

The Burning Archive4. Great State RisingIn episode 4 of the Burning Archive Podcast, Jeff Rich asks if America is an empire in decline, then is China the empire or Great State on the rise? And if so, does that mean we are condemned to war between China and America or is a peaceful multipolar world possible after the American empire crumbles? Read more at www.theburningarchive.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeff-rich4/message 2021-05-171h 06

The Burning Archive3. Empire in DeclineIf America is an empire in denial, could it also be an empire in decline? In this episode of The Burning Archive podcast, Jeff Rich discusses the stories we tell about the rise and fall of empires, how America is in decline, and what that means for the rest of the world. Could a new multipolar and culturally vibrant world emerge in the outer provinces of the American empire in ruins? Credits for this show go to John Keane (http://www.johnkeane.net/) Dominic Lieven and the Valdai Club (https://youtu.be/f5itYeF9GpI), and, as...2021-05-041h 00

The Burning Archive2. Empire in DenialIn this second episode of the Burning Archive podcast, Dr Jeff Rich talks about how the United States of America is an empire in denial, and how we can respond in our daily lives to the emperor high in heaven - at least those of us in the faraway provinces. Credits: * The wonderful Kimiko Ishizaka and the Open Goldberg project, for the public domain recording of the Aria from J.S.Bach's Goldberg Variations https://opengoldbergvariations.org/ * Daniel Immerwahr, How to Hide an Empire: a short history of the Greater United States (2019) - q...2021-04-2453 min

The Burning Archive1. Introducing a sense of historyThe Burning Archive is about all things history and culture, and shows how the past is not dead - the past is not even past (Credit: William Faulkner, Requiem for a Nun). In this first episode of The Burning Archive podcast, historian, writer and failed bureaucrat, Dr Jeff Rich, talks about why it is important to have a sense of history to live well in the present, and some of the big history trends shaping our lives today. You can read more from The Burning Archive at www.theburningarchive.com where Jeff Rich writes on h...2021-04-1431 min

Rich Dad Radio Show: In-Your-Face Advice on Investing, Personal Finance, & Starting a BusinessFIND OUT HOW BLOCKCHAIN IS CHANGING THE WORLD – Robert Kiyosaki, Jeff Wang, Joel Flint, Rob LeCountEveryone is talking about Blockchain but what does it all mean? How does it work? In this episode, Robert talks with Jeff Wang of RocketFuel, and Rob LeCount and Joel Flint of The Rich Dad Company. Find out how this new technology is revolutionizing so many of the industries that touch your life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 2018-04-1148 min