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Entries from July 2008

Privatizing war

July 16th, 2008 · No Comments

I recently interviewed Stephen Armstrong for Faber about his new book, War plc. You can hear the interview by clicking here .
The book takes the reader into the world of the private security companies, which have mushroomed in the last few years to the extent that the military effort in Afghanistan and Iraq would be […]

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Tags: history and politics · podcasts

What’s the big idea?

July 4th, 2008 · No Comments

In May I made a number of recordings for this year’s Bristol Festival of Ideas, a series of very popular events which brought some high-powered thinkers to the city to stimulate discussion on subjects as diverse as the legacy of ‘68 to why the human brain is not quite ‘fit for purpose’.
I’m editing my interviews […]

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Tags: history and politics · podcasts · religion and belief · science and philosophy · technology and communication