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The David McWilliams PodcastA Letter from Africa with Simon KuperThis week I'm in South Africa on a book and speaking tour and am chatting at the Franschoek Literary Festival, so we are all South Africa today. A country of contradictions, rich in resources, vibrant in culture, yet S.A. is held back by inequality, corruption, and the long shadow of apartheid. In this episode, we explore its uneasy present and remarkable past: from Mandela’s legacy to Elon Musk’s childhood, from empire and race to why Donald Trump has fixated on white Afrikaners. We travel through Cape Town and Johannesburg, unpacking it all with FT journalist Simon Kuper, and...2025-05-1351 min
Keen On AmericaEpisode 2510: Simon Kuper Celebrates the Death of the American DreamIt’s official. The American Dream is dead. And it’s been resurrected in Europe where, according to the FT columnist Simon Kuper, disillusioned Americans should relocate. Compared with the United States, Kuper argues, Europe offers the three key metrics of a 21st century good life: “four years more longevity, higher self-reported happiness and less than half the carbon emissions per person”. So where exactly to move? The Paris based Kuper believes that his city is the most beautiful in Europe. He’s also partial to Madrid, which offers Europe’s sunniest lifestyle. And even London, in spite of all its post...2025-04-2232 min
CURVA MUNDIALEpisode 111: Simon KuperThis episode is sponsored by House of Macadamias -- Click Here to get our specially curated box that also comes with the free snack bars and 15% offer for CURVA MUNDIAL listeners! Also, be sure to visit our merch store!In the Season 11 premier of CURVA MUNDIAL, famed economist, acclaimed author and podcast host Simon Kuper joins us to talk about his love of Dutch football, growing up in Netherlands and the big business of our favorite sport. 2025-04-1229 min
Luke FordSimon Kuper: 'Donald Trump is the first US president to voice a pessimistic worldview' (2-20-25)I love Simon Kuper's writing.
Simon Kuper writes in the FT: I’m belatedly warming up to historical pessimism. Even scientific progress has limited value. We now have vaccines against measles, but also a US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, who spreads doubt about vaccines.
As for tech, this century it has probably worsened our lives. We now average nearly seven hours a day online, alone, increasingly atomised, stripped of privacy, absorbing nonsense. And think of other technological “advances”. True, vaccines contained Covid-19, but the CIA concluded that the pandemic probably began with a Chinese lab leak. Processed foods fuelle...2025-02-2026 min
Keen On AmericaEpisode 2288: Simon Kuper on the chilling parallels between MAGA America and Apartheid South AfricaIs it entirely coincidental that some of the leading figures in the MAGA movement - including Peter Thiel, Elon Musk and David Sacks - all grew up in Apartheid South Africa? Not according to Simon Kuper who raised the alarm about “Musk, Thiel and the shadow of apartheid South Africa” in a bracing September Financial Times column. But this is a reactionary shadow, Kuper warns, not just haunting the United States but most of the world. Kuper’s faith in globalization, he acknowledges, seems to be in retreat everywhere. And 2025, he laments, is only going to deliver more depressing news f...2024-12-3044 min
Navigating the FrenchEp 83 - Navigating “Le Grand Paris” with Simon KuperParis may no longer be home to medieval fortification walls, but that doesn't stop locals talking about Paris intra and extra muros. The wall, in this case, is the périphérique ring road, which has long been a stopper between the city and its suburbs. But a great plan for expanding Paris – and its métro system – outside of these walls into le grand Paris is changing lives, and the very culture of Paris. To explore how and why, Emily is joined by Simon Kuper, a Financial Times journalist and author of Impossible City. https://bookshop.org/p/books/im...2024-12-0134 min
Pod Save the UKCan Starmer’s upbeat note drown out the donation scandal? w/ Zoë Grünewald and Simon KuperExclusive INCOGNI Deal ➼ go to https://incogni.com/podsavetheuk to get 60% off your annual plan!Keir Starmer gave his first Labour Conference speech as Prime Minister this week - but his message of “national renewal” was slightly spoiled by a backdrop of poor polling, infighting and their never ending “garm drama”. Journalist Zoë Grünewald joins Nish and Coco on the couch to search for the “light at the end of the tunnel” promised by the new government.Later, Simon Kuper, Financial Times journalist and author of Good Chaps: How corrupt politicians broke our law and institutions...2024-09-2659 min
Intelligence SquaredWhy Trust in Politicians is So Low, with Simon KuperThe writer Simon Kuper returns to the podcast to discuss the follow-up to his book Chums, which highlighted the narrow and highly privileged pathway that often funnels attendees of some the UK's top education establishments into the highest seats of power in government. His new book is Good Chaps, an exploration of the idea that most politicians who have followed a privileged route into power will be naturally predisposed to following the rules and doing the right thing. Kuper is known for his writing and columns in the Financial Times, where he comments on topics ranging from politics to...2024-08-1643 min
Turn Downtime Into Storytime With Full AudiobookImpossible City: Paris in the Twenty-First Century Audiobook by Simon KuperListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 735921
Title: Impossible City: Paris in the Twenty-First Century
Author: Simon Kuper
Narrator: Tim Frances
Format: Unabridged
Length: 06:38:09
Language: English
Release date: 06-04-24
Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA
Genres: History, Biography & Memoir, Europe, Essays & Travelogues
Summary:
An entertaining and openhearted tale of a naïf eventually getting to understand a complex, glittering, beautiful and often cruel society - at least a little.
When Simon Kuper left London for Paris in his early thirties, he wasn't planning to make a permanent move. Paris, however, had other
plans. Kuper has gr...2024-06-046h 38
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Title: Impossible City
Author: Simon Kuper
Narrator: Tim Frances
Format: mp3
Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
Release date: 06-04-24
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 18 ratings
Genres: Cultural & Regional
Publisher's Summary:
When Simon Kuper left London for Paris in his early thirties, he wasn't planning to make a permanent move. Paris, however, had other plans. Kuper has grown middle-aged there, eaten the croissants, seen his American wife through life-threatening cancer, taken his children to countless football matches on freezing Saturday mornings in the city's notorious banlieues, and in 2015 lived through two terrorist...2024-06-046h 38Unlock This Thought-Provoking Full Audiobook And Feel The Difference.Impossible City by Simon KuperPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/2820to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Impossible City
Author: Simon Kuper
Narrator: Tim Frances
Format: mp3
Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
Release date: 06-04-24
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 18 ratings
Genres: Cultural & Regional
Publisher's Summary:
When Simon Kuper left London for Paris in his early thirties, he wasn't planning to make a permanent move. Paris, however, had other plans. Kuper has grown middle-aged there, eaten the croissants, seen his American wife through life-threatening cancer, taken his children to countless football matches on freezing Saturday mornings in the city's notorious banlieues, and in 2015 lived through two terrorist...2024-06-046h 38
Discover the Best Audio Stories in Biography & MemoirImpossible City: Paris in the Twenty-First Century by Simon KuperPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/735921 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Impossible City: Paris in the Twenty-First Century Author: Simon Kuper Narrator: Tim Frances Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 38 minutes Release date: June 4, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: An entertaining and openhearted tale of a naïf eventually getting to understand a complex, glittering, beautiful and often cruel society - at least a little. When Simon Kuper left London for Paris in his early thirties, he wasn't planning to make a permanent move. Paris, however, had other plans. Kuper has grown middle-aged there, eaten the croissants, seen his American wife th...2024-06-0403 min
Download Latest Full Audiobooks in History, EuropeImpossible City: Paris in the Twenty-First Century by Simon KuperPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/735921to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Impossible City: Paris in the Twenty-First Century
Author: Simon Kuper
Narrator: Tim Frances
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 6 hours 38 minutes
Release date: June 4, 2024
Genres: Europe
Publisher's Summary:
An entertaining and openhearted tale of a naïf eventually getting to understand a complex, glittering, beautiful and often cruel society - at least a little. When Simon Kuper left London for Paris in his early thirties, he wasn't planning to make a permanent move. Paris, however, had other plans. Kuper has grown middle-aged there, eaten the croissants, seen his American wife through li...2024-06-046h 38
Download Latest Full Audiobooks in History, EuropeImpossible City: Paris in the Twenty-First Century by Simon KuperPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/735921 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Impossible City: Paris in the Twenty-First Century Author: Simon Kuper Narrator: Tim Frances Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 38 minutes Release date: June 4, 2024 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: An entertaining and openhearted tale of a naïf eventually getting to understand a complex, glittering, beautiful and often cruel society - at least a little. When Simon Kuper left London for Paris in his early thirties, he wasn't planning to make a permanent move. Paris, however, had other plans. Kuper has grown middle-aged there, eaten the croissants, seen his American wife th...2024-06-0403 min
Fodboldens pengemændBonusepisode: Interview med Simon KuperSom en lille bonusepisode af "Fodboldens pengemænd" kan du her høre et interview med Simon Kuper, en af de mest anerkendte fodboldskribenter og -forfattere. Han har i en ny podcastserie valgt at potrættere interessante fodboldpersonligheder, heriblandt dem, der køber og bestemmer over fodbolden. Altså temaer, der går igen i "Fodboldens pengemænd", hvorfor du nu kan høre en snak med Simon Kuper om fornyet fokus på fodboldens ledere, om fodboldpolitikernes ansvar og Saudi-Arabiens store fodboldsats. God fornøjelse. Interviewet foregår på engelsk. Vært: Nicklas Degn. Gæst: Simon Kuper (forfatter, jou...2024-05-3117 min
OTB FootballSlot is the Paisley to Shankly's Klopp | Ten Hag's United future | Simon Kuper | OTB FootballFootball writer Simon Kuper joined Joe Molloy to discuss how Arne Slot will fit in at Liverpool, his coaching record in the Netherlands, and Erik ten Hag's future at Manchester United. Football on OTB with William Hill. 2024-05-2924 min
The Bunker – News without the nonsenseCapital gains: How Paris is getting it rightParis is like Marmite – you either love it or you hate it. But it’s changing. Physically, through massive expansions in social housing and transport and a €40bn shot of investment, but also politically and psychologically. People are even smiling in the streets these days. Ros Taylor talks to Simon Kuper, Financial Times columnist and author of Impossible City: Paris in the Twenty-First Century, about how the French capital is transforming in the lead up to this year’s Olympics. • “One thing that globalisation does is it removes these weird localities – and in Paris, that locality was rudeness.” – Si...2024-04-1727 min
The StackSimon Kuper’s new book on Paris, food titles at Salone del Mobile and the return of ‘Saveur’We speak with author and journalist Simon Kuper on his new book about Paris, ‘Impossible City – Paris in the Twenty-First Century’. Plus: food titles are invited to a special event at Salone del Mobile, and the return of ‘Saveur’ magazine.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2024-04-1330 min
Les Matchs de ma Vie with Darren TulettSimon Kuper, écrivain et journaliste, raconte les 5 matchs de sa vie Football Against the Enemy, Soccernomics ou encore Barca (Sunday Times Football Book of the Year 2022), les publications marquantes de l'auteur Simon Kuper sont nombreuses. À l'occasion de la sortie de son nouveau livre, Impossible City - Paris in the 21st century, Simon Kuper a raconté à Darren Tulett les cinq matchs qui ont marqué sa vie :Match 1 : France 2-0 Pays-Bas, 18 novembre 1981, Qualifications à la Coupe du Monde 1982Match 2 : Arsenal 0-0 Oxford United, 20 septembre 1986, 1ʳᵉ division anglaiseMatch 3 : Pays-Bas 2-0 URSS, 25 juin 1988, Championnat d'Europe des Nations 1988Match 4 : Angleterre 2-2 Argentine, 30 juin 1998, Coupe du Monde 1998Match 5...2024-03-1941 min
Box State FootyBook State Footy Review (December 2023) - The Barcelona Complex by Simon Kuper
Thank you for tuning in to this episode of the Book State Footy Podcast. This episodes dives into the rise and fall of super-club FC Barcelona told through the span of decades by journalist and author of this book Simon Kuper.
2024-01-1623 min
Las entrevistas de AimarLas entrevistas de Aimar | Simon KuperAimar Bretos entrevista al periodista y escritor Simon Kuper. 2024-01-1009 min
The Connected Leadership PodcastHow To Become the British Prime Minister with Simon KuperIn this episode of Connected Leadership Podcast Gold, Andy Lopata explores the influence of Oxford University and the Oxford Union on the British political landscape with guest Simon Kuper, Financial Times columnist and author of Chums: How a Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over the UK. The conversation looks into the historical ties between British prime ministers and Oxford University, specifically the Oxford Union, emphasising the prevalence of individuals from similar backgrounds in political leadership. Simon Kuper, a contemporary of Boris Johnson, David Cameron, Michael Gove and others at Oxford in the 1980s, sheds light in his observations...2024-01-0155 min
The Author Archive PodcastSimon Kuper - Chums: How a Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over the UKThere is a thought that UK politics is still suffering from 'long Boris'. His attitudes and behaviour still cast a long shadow.
How did it all come to pass in the first place? How did Johnson and his coterie ever make it to the top of the pyramid?
In this detailed and depressing book FT journalist Simon Kuper traces the idea of Brexit back to toffs in the Oxford Union in the late 1980s.
As the UK government enters a death spiral in 2023 and the Conservative party fractures yet again the events covered in...2023-09-2825 min
Worker and ParasiteSoccernomics by Simon Kuper and Stefan SzymanskiIn this episode we discuss Soccernomics: Why European Men and American Women Win and Billionaire Owners Are Destined to Lose by Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski. Next time we'll discuss The Authenticity Hoax: How We Get Lost Finding Ourselves by Andrew Potter.
2022-11-211h 06
Café EuropaCafé Europa #S4E16: De macht van de bal - Simon Kuper (WK special)Annette en Mathieu hebben het vlak voor de start van het WK in Qatar over voetbal als politiek instrument en als Europese kwestie. Samen met Simon Kuper, journalist van de Financial Times en schrijver van verschillende voetbalboeken, kijken ze naar de maatschappelijke en politieke betekenis van Europa’s favoriete sport. Een aflevering over “de macht van de bal.” Tips in deze uitzending:- Schrijf je nu gratis in voor onze Eindejaarsshow in poppodium Paard op 19 december https://www.paard.nl/event/cafe-europa-eindejaarsshow/ - Simon raadt ‘A waiter in Paris’ van Edward Chisholm aan. https...2022-11-1157 min
Jimmy's Jobs of the FutureSimon Kuper: The Economics of the Football World CupThe economics of football are immense, intricate, and understood by few - with weekly wages in the hundreds of thousands, and player transfers in the hundreds of millions.One of those few is Simon Kuper, today’s guest and author of Soccernomics - the seminal book on how the money flows in football and one of my favourite books of all time. He is releasing an updated version of the book prior to the world cup in Qatar later this month - he came on Jimmy's Jobs to discuss why this will be such a tig...2022-11-0242 min
Get Top Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsChums: How a Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over the UK by Simon KuperPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/626029 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chums: How a Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over the UK Author: Simon Kuper Narrator: Mark Elstob Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 15 minutes Release date: October 20, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A damning look at the university clique-turned-Commons majority that will blow the doors of Westminster wide open and change the way you look at our democracy forever. Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, David Cameron, George Osborne, Theresa May, Dominic Cummings, Jacob Rees-Mogg: Whitehall is...2022-10-2003 min
The Connected Leadership Podcast'How to Become British Prime Minister' Simon KuperOn the day a new UK Prime Minister is announced Andy Lopata talks to Simon Kuper, Financial Times columnist and author of 'Chums: How a Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over the UK'. A contemporary of Boris Johnson, David Cameron, Michael Gove and others at Oxford in the 1980s, Simon explains the culture that existed especially in the Oxford Union. 12 of the 16 post war PMs (including today's winning candidate) were Oxford graduates. The Union Debating Society in the 80s was dominated by Tories and was a nursery for the House of Commons. The Eton and other private school...2022-09-0556 min
Jacobin RadioBehind the News: Ruling-Class 'Chums' w/ Simon KuperDoug speaks with Simon Kuper, Financial Times columnist and author of Chums, on the upper-class caste that’s been ruling Britain for a decade. Then, an interview with James Meadway, director of the Progressive Economy Forum, on the dispiriting economics of the leader of the Labour Party, the drab Kier Starmer.Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. Find the archive here: https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out in...2022-08-1053 min
FD DagkoersFD De week voorbij: "Wat Oxford je vertelt over de Britse politiek"In deze eerste aflevering van De week voorbij hoor je meer over muziekrechten, die zijn namelijk opeens hartstikke geliefd bij beleggers. Muziekjournalist Martin Kuiper komt langs om uit te leggen waarom die rocksterren juist nu hun muziek verkopen en wat dit zegt over de muziekindustrie. Daarna reizen we samen met Simon Kuper af naar Oxford. Hij schreef een boek over de invloed van de universiteit op de Britse politiek. We vinden het heel leuk om iets van je te horen. Elfanie zit op twitter @Elfanie en je kan ons ook altijd mailen op podcast@fd.nl. 2022-07-1622 min
FD De week voorbijWat Oxford je vertelt over de Britse politiekIn deze eerste aflevering van De week voorbij hoor je meer over muziekrechten, die zijn namelijk opeens hartstikke geliefd bij beleggers. Muziekjournalist Martin Kuiper komt langs om uit te leggen waarom die rocksterren juist nu hun muziek verkopen en wat dit zegt over de muziekindustrie. Daarna reizen we samen met Simon Kuper af naar Oxford. Hij schreef een boek over de invloed van de universiteit op de Britse politiek. We vinden het heel leuk om iets van je te horen. Elfanie zit op twitter @Elfanie en je kan ons ook altijd mailen op podcast@fd.nl. 2022-07-1622 min
FD DagkoersWat Oxford je vertelt over de Britse politiekIn deze eerste aflevering van De week voorbij hoor je meer over muziekrechten, die zijn namelijk opeens hartstikke geliefd bij beleggers. Muziekjournalist Martin Kuiper komt langs om uit te leggen waarom die rocksterren juist nu hun muziek verkopen en wat dit zegt over de muziekindustrie. Daarna reizen we samen met Simon Kuper af naar Oxford. Hij schreef een boek over de invloed van de universiteit op de Britse politiek. We vinden het heel leuk om iets van je te horen. Elfanie zit op twitter @Elfanie en je kan ons ook altijd mailen op podcast@fd.nl. 2022-07-1622 min
Insight with Political ToursChums – Boris Johnson & Co with Simon KuperRecorded 5 May 2022
It’s a small circle at the top of Britain’s political elite. Much of it traces its roots back to 1980’s Oxford. Simon Kuper’s new book explains how the rarefied and privileged atmosphere of this narrowest of talent pools - and the friendships and worldviews it created - shaped modern Britain. Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, David Cameron, George Osborne, Theresa May, Dominic Cummings, Daniel Hannan, Jacob Rees-Mogg: Whitehall is swarming with old Oxonians. They debated each other in tutorials, ran against each other in student elections, and attended the same balls and black-tie dinners...2022-07-1056 min
Current AffairsOxford and the Making of the British Ruling ClassFinancial Times journalist Simon Kuper's book Chums: How a Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over the UK argues that in order to understand how power works in the UK, you have to examine Oxford University, where most of its prime ministers are educated. The university has long functioned as the springboard to power for aspiring UK politicians, and Kuper takes us inside this insidious clubhouse, delivering a "searing critique of the British ruling class." Kuper argues that Brexit, far from being a "populist" revolt, would not have been possible without Oxford-educated Tory elites who were in search of...2022-07-0738 minIntelligence SquaredEton, Oxford, Westminster: The Formative Pipeline of Britain's Ruling Elite, with Simon KuperAcross Britain, it’s no secret that the people who make up the country's elected government have gone through the same familiar educational pipeline. Eton, Oxford, Westminster. Born into families of privilege, it’s unsurprising that these men, and it is largely men, have risen to the top in a country obsessed with social class. But while it’s clear how they got there, we should ask how does this affect the way that they run the country today? To help answer these questions and understand the tiny world of the uber elite, Simon Kuper, FT columnist and author of Chu...2022-07-0153 min
STATECRAFTCHUMS - how a tiny caste of Oxford Tories took over the UK - with Simon KuperSimon Kuper's new book examines the small group of mainly Eton, and definitely mostly Oxford, Tories took over the UK.Simon's book delves into the combination of public school, Oxford and especially the Oxford Union shaped this group and how they found their cause - Brexit. Which was, for them, about their right to rule.Simon's book is published by Profile Books (2022) and is a fascinating read.2022-05-2413 min
RevDem PodcastThe First Revolution Born in Oxford: Simon Kuper on the Tory Elite’s “Betrayal by Mistake”In conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Simon Kuper – author of the new book Chums: How a Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over the UK – discusses why Oxford University was so crucial to the formation of the current Tory elite; how this highly influential generational cohort of Tories may be placed into the long continuum of British history and what might make it rather distinct; and which ideas and concerns shaped their attitude and relationship to the European Union on the path to Brexit. The conversation also reflects on how Simon Kuper’s insider-outsider status has helped him paint t...2022-05-2213 min
De Jesse Frederik ShowWaar Boris Johnson heeft leren oreren en waarom een Europese voetbalsuperliga een wanplan isLuisteraars! Ditmaal een podcast met Simon Kuper, columnist bij de Financial Times, schrijver van schandalig veel boeken. Over eigenlijk van alles: de economie van voetbal, een Nederlandse dubbelspion voor de KGB, de Oxford-elite, FC Barcelona. Helaas moest Rutger op weg naar de studio rechtsomkeert maken: kind met koorts, doe je niks aan. Dus moest ik het alleen rooien. Jammer voor de structuur.We hebben het eerst over zijn nieuwe boek Chums. How a Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories took over the UK. Boris Johnson, Dominic Cummings, David Cameron, allemaal Britse hotemetoten die een opleiding hebben gedaan...2022-05-1349 min
The Presentations Japan Series289: Simon Kuper's Excellent Advice to PresentersI discovered the journalist Simon Kuper, when I started subscribing to the Financial Times newspaper (FT). I have a number of go to columnists in the FT and he is one of them. I like his intelligence, wit and writing style. He recently mentioned his experiences attending conferences after a long break. He outlined some advice for presenters thinking about addressing conference audiences, which I totally agree with. Let’s go through them. Bored Audiences. Simon made the observation that the audience is bored even before you start speaking. This can easily happen. If the preceding speaker...2022-05-0913 min
The Book ClubSimon Kuper: How a Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over the UKMy guest in this week's Book Club podcast is the writer Simon Kuper, whose new book – Chums: How a Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over the UK – argues that to understand the social and psychological dynamics of our present government, you need to understand the Oxford University of the 1980s, where so many of those now in power first met. He argues that the PM's love of winging it was nurtured in the tutorial culture of his Balliol days, that the dynamics of Tory leadership contests are throwbacks to the Oxford Union, and that Brexit – the grand project of this g...2022-05-0446 min
Chatter#251 - Simon Kuper - Chums: How a Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over the UKBoris Johnson, Michael Gove, David Cameron, George Osborne, Theresa May, Dominic Cummings, Daniel Hannan, Jacob Rees-Mogg: Whitehall is swarming with old Oxonians. They debated each other in tutorials, ran against each other in student elections, and attended the same balls and black-tie dinners.
They aren't just colleagues - they are peers, rivals, friends. And, when they walked out of the world of student debates onto the national stage, they brought their university politics with them.
Eleven of the fifteen postwar British prime ministers went to Oxford. In Chums, Simon Kuper traces how the rarefied and privileged atmosphere of this narrowest...2022-05-0154 min
Download Best Full-Length Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Animals & Nature[Spanish] - La complejidad del Barça by Simon KuperPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580610 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - La complejidad del Barça Author: Simon Kuper Narrator: Miguel Coll Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 20 minutes Release date: March 30, 2022 Genres: Animals & Nature Publisher's Summary: El Barça no es solo el club deportivo más popular del mundo, es simplemente una de las organizaciones más influyentes del planeta. Con casi 250 millones de seguidores en las redes sociales y 4 millones de visitantes en su estadio cada año, no es de extrañar que su lema sea 'Más que un club'. Pero no siempre fue así...2022-03-3005 min
Download Best Full-Length Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Animals & Nature[Spanish] - La complejidad del Barça by Simon KuperPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580610to listen full audiobooks.
Title: [Spanish] - La complejidad del Barça
Author: Simon Kuper
Narrator: Miguel Coll
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 13 hours 20 minutes
Release date: March 30, 2022
Genres: Animals & Nature
Publisher's Summary:
El Barça no es solo el club deportivo más popular del mundo, es simplemente una de las organizaciones más influyentes del planeta. Con casi 250 millones de seguidores en las redes sociales y 4 millones de visitantes en su estadio cada año, no es de extrañar que su lema sea 'Más que un club'. Pero no siempre fue así. En...2022-03-301h 20
Pb Living - A daily book reviewA Book Review - The Happy Traitor Spies, Lies and Exile in Russia: The Extraordinary Story of George Blake Simon Kuper'A deeply human read, wonderfully written, on the foibles of a fascinating, flawed, treacherous and sort of likeable character.' Philippe Sands Those people who were betrayed were not innocent people. They were no better nor worse than I am. It's all part of the intelligence world. If the man who turned me in came to my house today, I'd invite him to sit down and have a cup of tea. George Blake was the last remaining Cold War spy. As a Senior Officer in the British Intelligence Service who was double agent for the Soviet Union, h...2021-12-1504 min
RADIKAAL51. Simon Kuper on Football and Politics (and Barca) My guest today is Simon Kuper. Simon is a columnist with the Financial Times and an award-winning author on football, or if you will soccer. Among his many excellent books are Football against the Enemy, which won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year, Soccernomics (with Stefan Szymanski), and Ajax, the Dutch, the War: Football in Europe during the Second World War. His new book is Barca: The Inside Story of the World’s Greatest Football Club, published by Short Books in Europe and as The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making – and Unmaking – of the Wor...2021-11-2229 min
SpyCast“The Happy Traitor” – A Conversation on George Blake with Biographer Simon KuperHe was a Soviet agent who was “turned” by Karl Marx after reading Das Kapital – which led him to give up the important operations, a host of MI6 agents and a treasure trove of secret intelligence…George Blake was a courier in the Dutch resistance, an MI6 intelligence officer, a language student at Cambridge, a “Vice-Consul” in South Korea, a prisoner in North Korea, and a hero returning to Britain in 1953. He would escape from a British prison after getting caught and would live out the rest of his life as “The Happy Traitor” in Moscow before dying in 2020. W...2021-11-0953 min
Life and Art from FT WeekendWhy We Read: Books, Booker and COP26This weekend, we’re talking about books. The prestigious Booker Prize is about to announce its 2021 winner, and we hear what it’s like to be a judge—and read a book a day!—with two colleagues, Horatia Harrod and Jan Dalley. We explore how the literary world has changed, from boozy lunches to viral Twitter campaigns, with columnist Simon Kuper and agent Jonny Geller. And ahead of the UN climate summit, join us on a journey with Moral Money editor Simon Mundy, who just traveled to 26 countries to document the climate crisis for his new book.Links...2021-10-3031 min
THE LOWDOWNTHE LOWDOWN EPISODE #44 - INSIDE BARÇA w/ SIMON KUPERSimon Kuper is the author of “Barça - The inside story of the worlds greatest football club” and is one of the most respected authors in the football world. Recently I was honoured to sit down and speak with him about his new publication. We discussed the triumvirate of Cruyff, Guardiola and Messi, La Masía, the current day among many other topics of discussion. Listen to hear more about;- What is so unique about Barça?- The change Simon has personally witnessed at the Camp Nou over the years.- What...2021-10-0732 min
THE LOWDOWNTHE LOWDOWN EPISODE #44 - INSIDE BARÇA w/ SIMON KUPERSimon Kuper is the author of “Barça - The inside story of the worlds greatest football club” and is one of the most respected authors in the football world. Recently I was honoured to sit down and speak with him about his new publication. We discussed the triumvirate of Cruyff, Guardiola and Messi, La Masía, the current day among many other topics of discussion. Listen to hear more about;- What is so unique about Barça?- The change Simon has personally witnessed at the Camp Nou over the years.- What...2021-10-0732 min
Life Goals with Theo DelaneyLife Goals with Theo Delaney - Simon KuperTheo Delaney’s guest is the author and Financial Times columnist Simon Kuper whose new book ‘Barca - The Inside Story Of The World’s Greatest Football Club’ is the definitive tome on the Catalan institution. He makes a connoisseur’s selection of goals allowing him to ruminate on how Johan Cruyff invented modern football and how Dolly Parton reminds us of its importance. Scorers include Iniesta, Neeskens, Mbappé and Lineker.@KuperSimon@LifeGoalsTD @theodelaneyhttps://shortbooks.co.uk/book/barcahttps://www.theodelaney.com/life-goalshttps://www.11-29media.com/life-goals2021-10-0451 min
BJKS Podcast36. Book club: The Invention of Nature (Humboldt biography) by Andrea Wulf, part 5 & general discussionThis is the third and final episode of our discussion of Andrea Wulf's biography of Alexander von Humboldt, The Invention of Nature. In this episode, we will discuss part 5 and have a general discussion about the entire book. As always with the book club, in each episode we will talk about whatever happened, so there will be spoilers and it probably makes most sense if you have read as far as we have. For this series, I'm joined by Cody Kommers, former guest of the podcast (episode 4), fellow podcaster, and fellow PhD student in cognitive neuroscience. Cody ha...2021-09-241h 04
Upfront - A Women's Football PodcastBook Club: Barça – Simon KuperIf one club encapsulates both the sublime and the ridiculous in modern football, it's FC Barcelona. Kate and Jim chart this duality on today's episode of the Book Club, as renowned author Simon Kuper joins them to discuss his new book, 'Barça'!Simon charts their rise from a friendly regional club to a global behemoth, all on the back of an almost naive friendliness and goodwill within the Catalan community. They also discuss Simon's interviews with the likes of Johan Cruyff and Kylian Mbappé, assess Lionel Messi's legacy and wonder where the club goes next....2021-09-1357 minBJKS Podcast34. Book club: The Invention of Nature (Humboldt biography) by Andrea Wulf, parts 1 & 2This is the first episode of the third edition of the book club. This time, we're reading Andrea Wulf's biography of Alexander von Humboldt, The Invention of Nature. In this episode, we will discuss parts 1 and 2. As always with the book club, in each episode we will talk about whatever happened, so there will be spoilers and it probably makes most sense if you have read as far as we have. For this series, I'm joined by Cody Kommers, former guest of the podcast (episode 4), fellow podcaster, and fellow PhD student in cognitive neuroscience. Cody has a p...2021-09-101h 01
Cor PotcastVoetbalculturen (ft. Simon Kuper) | Cor Potcast | S03E08Na een heuse mediatour mochten ook wij een stukje proeven van een van de grootste Nederlandstalige (sport)journalisten: Simon Kuper. Vooral zijn optreden bij Studio Voetbal riep bij ons de nodige vragen op. Fockert bleek zijn vingers gebrand te hebben aan een bevriende podcast en helaas voor hem werd ook Vriends meegesleurd in dit verhaal.Met Simon voerden we een gesprek over zijn nieuwe boek FC Barcelona – Het Imperium, waarin vooral de bijzondere machtsverdeling binnen de club aan bod kwam. Spoiler: Messi bepaalt.Voor niets gaat de zon op, dus trokken we de kle...2021-09-1058 minCor PotcastVoetbalculturen (ft. Simon Kuper) | Cor Potcast | S03E08Na een heuse mediatour mochten ook wij een stukje proeven van een van de grootste Nederlandstalige (sport)journalisten: Simon Kuper. Vooral zijn optreden bij Studio Voetbal riep bij ons de nodige vragen op. Fockert bleek zijn vingers gebrand te hebben aan een bevriende podcast en helaas voor hem werd ook Vriends meegesleurd in dit verhaal.Met Simon voerden we een gesprek over zijn nieuwe boek FC Barcelona – Het Imperium, waarin vooral de bijzondere machtsverdeling binnen de club aan bod kwam. Spoiler: Messi bepaalt.Voor niets gaat de zon op, dus trokken we de kle...2021-09-1059 min
PaquetesLa futbolteca: Fútbol contra el enemigo de Simon Kuper - Episodio exclusivo para mecenasAgradece a este podcast tantas horas de entretenimiento y disfruta de episodios exclusivos como éste. ¡Apóyale en iVoox! Comenzamos un nuevo formato para los que estáis apoyando al canal en el que vamos a hablar de fútbol y de libros (y de un poco de turra también, no nos vamos a engañar).
Empezamos con un libro de 1993 que se llama "Fútbol contra el enemigo" en el que el periodista Simon Kuper cuenta su experiencia tras recorrer todo el mundo viendo cómo afectaba el fútbol tanto política como socialmente en diferentes rincones del planeta...2021-09-0709 minPaquetesLa futbolteca: Fútbol contra el enemigo de Simon Kuper - Episodio exclusivo para mecenasAgradece a este podcast tantas horas de entretenimiento y disfruta de episodios exclusivos como éste. ¡Apóyale en iVoox! Comenzamos un nuevo formato para los que estáis apoyando al canal en el que vamos a hablar de fútbol y de libros (y de un poco de turra también, no nos vamos a engañar).
Empezamos con un libro de 1993 que se llama "Fútbol contra el enemigo" en el que el periodista Simon Kuper cuenta su experiencia tras recorrer todo el mundo viendo cómo afectaba el fútbol tanto política como socialmente en diferentes rincones del planeta...2021-09-0709 min
Nooit Meer SlapenNooit Meer Slapen: Simon Kuper (journalist en schrijver)Simon Kuper schrijft over sport en geschiedenis. De Brit werd geboren in Oeganda, groeide op in Leiden en verhuisde op zijn zestiende naar Londen. Eerder schreef Kuper onder andere over de rol van voetbal tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog en over AFC Ajax in het bijzonder. Nu is er FC Barcelona, het imperium, een verslaglegging op basis van gesprekken met tientallen sprekers en trainers van de club, van Cruijff tot Neymar. Pieter van der Wielen spreekt met Simon Kuper.2021-09-071h 00BJKS Podcast33. Bryan Bruns: Applied sociology, 2x2 games, and how to transform tragedy into win-winBryan Bruns is an independent consultant sociologist, working mainly on water irrigation systems in southeast Asia. He also publishes academic papers about game theory. In this conversation, we talk about how he became a consultant sociologist, what that even means, how to learn foreign languages, his work on 2x2 games, how to transform a social dilemma into a win-win situation, and much more.BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith. New episodes every Friday. You can find the podcast on all podcasting platforms (e.g., Spotify, Apple...2021-09-032h 08
GradLife PodcastGradLife Game Changers Ep 4 - Simon KuperIn the fourth episode of our Game Changers series, Finn speaks with Simon Kuper. Simon is a well renowned author and journalist, perhaps best know for his pieces in the weekend Financial Times ranging on all topics from politics to books and football. His most recent book on FC Barcelona covers the rise and fall of what he see's as the world greatest football club. In this episode Finn discusses with Simon how he ended up writing football articles for the FT despite it being a newspaper that doesn’t cover sports. They then go onto discuss his new book, th...2021-08-3143 min
Qatar FIFA World Cup 2022Episode 15 | Simon Kuper | Barca, PSG, Messi, and the World Cup | August 2021GUQ Professor Danyel Reiche spoke to Simon Kuper, Financial Times columnist and bestselling author, about Kuper's new book "The Barcelona Complex," as well as the links between Qatar and FC Barcelona, and how Lionel Messi’s recent transfer from FC Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain can be related to the Qatar FIFA World Cup 2022.Simon Kuper(born in Kampala, Uganda in 1969) was educated at Oxford University and Harvard. He writes a weekly column for the Financial Times. He is British but lives with his wife and three children in Paris. His books include "Soccer Against the Enemy" (1994), "Ajax, Th...2021-08-2219 min
Fútbol with Grant WahlSimon Kuper on His New Book "The Barcelona Complex"Grant has a fascinating interview with the renowned author Simon Kuper about his new book The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making—and Unmaking—of the World's Greatest Soccer Club. The timing of the book release is impeccable, and Kuper explains the forces that have resulted in FC Barcelona getting more than $1 billion in debt and being forced to announce that Lionel Messi would be leaving the club. He also forecasts where Barça goes from here and explains how he received remarkable access to so many people at the club for his book.Music: https://www.y...2021-08-1935 min
Explore A Soul-Stirring Full Audiobook On Your Commute.The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making--and Unmaking--of the World's Greatest Soccer Club by Simon KuperPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/489216to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making--and Unmaking--of the World's Greatest Soccer Club
Author: Simon Kuper
Narrator: Steve West
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 12 hours 24 minutes
Release date: August 17, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2
Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2
Genres: Social Science
Publisher's Summary:
With rare and unrivaled access, bestselling coauthor of Soccernomics and longtime Financial Times journalist Simon Kuper tells the story of how FC Barcelona became the most successful club in the world—and how that era is now ending FC Barcelona is not just the wo...2021-08-1712h 24Listen to Latest Full Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, SportsThe Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making--and Unmaking--of the World's Greatest Soccer Club by Simon KuperPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/489216to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making--and Unmaking--of the World's Greatest Soccer Club
Author: Simon Kuper
Narrator: Steve West
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 12 hours 24 minutes
Release date: August 17, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2
Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2
Genres: Sports
Publisher's Summary:
With rare and unrivaled access, bestselling coauthor of Soccernomics and longtime Financial Times journalist Simon Kuper tells the story of how FC Barcelona became the most successful club in the world—and how that era is now ending FC Barcelona is not just the world’s hi...2021-08-1712h 24
Listen to Latest Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, SportsThe Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making--and Unmaking--of the World's Greatest Soccer Club by Simon KuperPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/489216 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making--and Unmaking--of the World's Greatest Soccer Club Author: Simon Kuper Narrator: Steve West Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 24 minutes Release date: August 17, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: With rare and unrivaled access, bestselling coauthor of Soccernomics and longtime Financial Times journalist Simon Kuper tells the story of how FC Barcelona became the most successful club in the world—and how that era is now ending FC Barcelona is not just the wo...2021-08-1710 min
Listen to Best Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Social ScienceThe Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making--and Unmaking--of the World's Greatest Soccer Club by Simon KuperPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/489216 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making--and Unmaking--of the World's Greatest Soccer Club Author: Simon Kuper Narrator: Steve West Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 24 minutes Release date: August 17, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Social Science Publisher's Summary: With rare and unrivaled access, bestselling coauthor of Soccernomics and longtime Financial Times journalist Simon Kuper tells the story of how FC Barcelona became the most successful club in the world—and how that era is now ending FC Barcelona is not just th...2021-08-1710 minListen to Best Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Social ScienceThe Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making--and Unmaking--of the World's Greatest Soccer Club by Simon KuperPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/489216to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making--and Unmaking--of the World's Greatest Soccer Club
Author: Simon Kuper
Narrator: Steve West
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 12 hours 24 minutes
Release date: August 17, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2
Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2
Genres: Social Science
Publisher's Summary:
With rare and unrivaled access, bestselling coauthor of Soccernomics and longtime Financial Times journalist Simon Kuper tells the story of how FC Barcelona became the most successful club in the world—and how that era is now ending FC Barcelona is not just the wo...2021-08-1712h 24
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Title: The Barcelona Complex
Author: Simon Kuper
Narrator: Steve West
Format: mp3
Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
Release date: 08-17-21
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 125 ratings
Genres: Sociology of Sports
Publisher's Summary:
FC Barcelona is not just the world’s highest grossing sports club, it is simply one of the most influential organizations on the planet. At last count, it had approximately 214 million social media followers, more than any other sports club except Real Madrid CF—and by one earlier measure, more than all 32 NFL teams combined. It has more in comm...2021-08-1712h 24
Barça: Siempre PositivoE47: Bonus! Simon Kuper interview, on his new book 'The Barcelona Complex'Send us a textRik and Sam were delighted to welcome author Simon Kuper to the podcast for a special interview. His new book, 'The Barcelona Complex' is out on August 17 and is a superb read about the rise and, sadly, fall, of the club over the past few decades. With great insight on Lionel Messi's power at Barca, the way the club works inside out and much more, settle in and listen to this chat ahead of the new La Liga season.Support the showFor bonus content, including additional p...2021-08-1331 min
Escape To: This Heart-Pounding Full Audiobook For Curious Minds.Barça by Simon KuperPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/59946to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Barça
Author: Simon Kuper
Narrator: Colin Mace
Format: mp3
Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
Release date: 08-12-21
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 16 ratings
Genres: Coaching
Publisher's Summary:
After 30 years of unprecedented access, this book takes the listener behind closed doors into the changing room, the training ground and the boardroom to reveal the real stories behind Barça's rise to global sports superpower - and its recent fall from grace. It includes interviews with the towering personalities responsible for transforming Barça including Johan Cruyff and Pep Guardiola. It...2021-08-1212h 20
Caught OffsideCaught Offside: Messi and Barcelona BONUS PODCAST with Simon KuperSimon Kuper has a brand new book out called "The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making - and Unmaking - of the World's Greatest Soccer Club. He joins us to detail Lionel Messi’s exit and how things reached this point. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-08-1134 minBJKS Podcast29. Anna Riedl: Cognitive science, effective altruism, and science communicationAnna Riedl is a cognitive scientist, currently finishing her MSc in cognitive science in Vienna. She is also founder of Effective Altruism Austria, and co-organiser of the Rationality Vienna Meetup. In this conversation, we talk about cognitive science, rationality, effective altruism, visualisation in science communication, and much more.BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith. New conversations every other Friday. You can find the podcast on all podcasting platforms (e.g., Spotify, Apple/Google Podcasts, etc.).Timestamps00:04: Studying as a firstgen07:35: Anna's MSc...2021-08-0650 min
Prem Rao : Stories from a Story Teller"Spies, Lies And Exile" by Simon Kuper: A book review.If you are interested in spy thrillers, you will like this true story of George Blake, the Soviet double agent during the days of the Cold War. He worked for the SIS, Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, more commonly known as MI 6, but at the same time spied for the Russians. " Spies, Lies, And Exile" by Simon Kuper is the life story of George Blake, who at one time, was considered the most effective of the Soviet double agents as he was the least suspected. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-07-1906 min
Prem Rao : Stories from a Story Teller"Spies, Lies And Exile" by Simon Kuper: A book review.If you are interested in spy thrillers, you will like this true story of George Blake, the Soviet double agent during the days of the Cold War. He worked for the SIS, Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, more commonly known as MI 6, but at the same time spied for the Russians.
" Spies, Lies, And Exile" by Simon Kuper is the life story of George Blake, who at one time, was considered the most effective of the Soviet double agents as he was the least suspected.
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pr...2021-07-1906 min
Café EuropaCafé Europa #S3E04 Voetbal & Politiek - Simon KuperWat zegt de rivaliteit tussen Oranje en het Duitse nationale voetbalelftal over de verhoudingen tussen beide landen? En wie is bepalender voor Europa - Macron of de Franse stervoetballer Mbappé? Annette en Mathieu werpen samen met Simon Kuper, journalist van The Financial Times, deze keer een blik op het voetbalveld om Europa beter te begrijpen. Want zoals Simon Kuper in zijn boek ‘Voetbal als Oorlog’ schrijft: “Voetbal biedt zo’n goede ingang om de wereld te begrijpen, dat het zonde is om er niks mee te doen.” En uiteraard aandacht voor de Duitse verkiezingscampagne met onze Wahlbeobach...2021-06-051h 10
European StraitsCosmopolitanism w/ Simon Kuper. Thumbs Up/Down for Last Week.The Agenda 👇Laetitia spoke with author and Financial Times columnist Simon Kuper about what cosmopolitanism means these days 🎧Thumbs up/down for last week, as well as recent news.All in all, this week’s a short one 😉My first memory of Simon Kuper is a column he wrote in November 2013 in The Financial Times about The great middle-class identity crisis. It made a deep impression on me, as we had just started The Family in Paris. The structural shifts impacting the middle class that Simon had written about were the very same I was...2021-06-0258 min
Dive Into a Story With the Power of Full AudiobookAnomaly Audiobook by Tonya KuperListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 545619
Title: Anomaly
Author: Tonya Kuper
Narrator: Alex Boyles, Erica Sullivan
Format: Unabridged
Length: 08:04:40
Language: English
Release date: 06-01-21
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Genres: Teen, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Romance
Summary:
Reality is only an illusion. Except for those who can control it
Worst. Birthday. Ever.
My first boyfriend dumped mehappy birthday, Josie!my dad is who knows where, I have some weird virus that makes me want to hurl, and now my ex is licking another girls tonsils. Oh, and Im officially the same age as my brother was when...2021-06-028h 04
Goede GesprekkenSpionage. Lex Bohlmeijer in gesprek met Simon KuperHij mag vandaag enigszins vergeten zijn, bij leven was George Blake een van de meest vermaarde of beruchte spionnen van zijn tijd. De vooraanstaande journalist Simon Kuper heeft zijn verhaal opgetekend in 'De vrolijke verrader, een KGB-spion uit Rotterdam'. Het is een onwaarschijnlijk verhaal, dat door Kuper verteld wordt met meesterschap en de nodige zakelijkheid. Blake leefde in een spectaculaire tijd en koos uiteindelijk uit volle overtuiging voor het communisme. Een gesprek over het leven met geheimen, journalistiek en de gelaagde realiteit.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2021-04-2458 min
Mens en boekAfl 09 (2021) - Adriaan van Dis - KliFi Simon Kuper - De vrolijke verrader Oliver Jeffers - Samen hierIn deze aflevering:
Adriaan van Dis - KliFi
In ‘KliFi’ van Adriaan van Dis zijn De Oranjes verjaagd, de republiek Nederland likt haar wonden na een orkaan en het volk schikt zich in een president die ontkennen tot kunst heeft verheven. Jákob Hemmelbahn, zoon van Hongaarse vluchtelingen, verbaast zich over de gelatenheid van zijn medeburgers. Geheel tegen zijn aard verzet hij zich en geeft hij een stem aan de slachtoffers van een lokale overstroming. ‘KliFi’ is een bitter vrolijke vertelling over uit de pas lopen, over onze neiging tot aanpassen en veinzen, en over last...2021-03-2821 min
Uncommon Decency20. Getting to Holland, with Rem Korteweg & Simon KuperIn The Origins of Political Order (2011), Fukuyama described the problem of creating modern political institutions as one of “getting to Denmark”. The country, in his own words at the time, was “a mythical place known for its stable, democratic, peaceful, prosperous and inclusive institutions”. A few miles south of Denmark lie the Netherlands, a country that last week renewed Mark Rutte’s mandate to lead a coalition, from a somewhat reshuffled Parliament this time. Our two guests this week highlight a gradual shift in the core of Dutch politics towards a blend of fiscal hawkishness, moderate Euroscepticism and even a less lib...2021-03-2454 min
Uncommon Decency20. Getting to Holland, with Rem Korteweg & Simon KuperIn The Origins of Political Order (2011), Fukuyama described the problem of creating modern political institutions as one of “getting to Denmark”. The country, in his own words at the time, was “a mythical place known for its stable, democratic, peaceful, prosperous and inclusive institutions”. A few miles south of Denmark lie the Netherlands, a country that last week renewed Mark Rutte’s mandate to lead a coalition, from a somewhat reshuffled Parliament this time. Our two guests this week highlight a gradual shift in the core of Dutch politics towards a blend of fiscal hawkishness, moderate Euroscepticism and even a less lib...2021-03-2454 min
Cold War ConversationsThe Happy Traitor - The Life of Soviet Spy George Blake (164)Acclaimed author and journalist Simon Kuper, has written The Happy Traitor, the story of British spy and Soviet Union double agent George Blake, the last major British traitor of the Cold War.In 1961, Blake was sentenced to forty-two years imprisonment – at the time, the longest sentence in modern British history. He had betrayed all the western spying operations that he knew about to the KGB. This included the names of hundreds of British agents working around the world. About forty of them are believed to have been executed. Blake is reckoned to have done as much damage to...2021-02-201h 02