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Can't attend writing conferences? Too far from workshops? Join the conversation with Back Porch Writer. The show for writers, about writers, and writing.
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"From the Middle" is a podcast hosted by Dillon Hubbell, Kendall Eilola, and Kory Hubbell. They're middle-class guys, living in the middle of America, in the middle chapters of their lives, with a point of view that's somewhere in the middle. FtM is a comedy, entertainment, and culture podcast with new episodes released every Wednesday! Want to reach out to the guys? E-mail fromthemiddle@protonmail.com, they’d love to hear from you!
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Engelsberg Ideas podcasts bring together leading writers, thinkers and historians to discuss the biggest issues facing the world today. You’ll find calm conversations and thought-provoking analysis.
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Decisions Now is a podcast presented by Evalueserve discussing how to generate decision-ready insights from artificial intelligence and data. In each episode, host Erin Pearson talks with experts, analysts, and business leaders across industries to bring you insights on diverse AI subjects. Subscribe today, and don’t miss an episode.
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From the Middle - Middle-aged Medical, Dark-horse Defeat, and Cordially-charged Contractors
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#270. The older you get, the more you talk about doctor visits. In the front half of this one we follow Kory into the office for a check-up and share our opinions on how things went. There’s a transcript somewhere that he agreed to which was generated by AI, so if that leaks, you can follow along there. Kendall wants someone to look at his foot, an…
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EI Weekly Listen — Kori Schake on US grand strategy
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The US must adopt a grand strategy of democratic expansion. Only then can global security be established. Read by Helen Lloyd. Image: American Second World War-era poster. Credit: Mouseion Archives / Alamy Stock PhotoAv Engelsberg Ideas Podcasts
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EI Talks... the search for a promised land with Rachel Cockerell
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EI's Alastair Benn speaks to Rachel Cockerell, author of Melting Point: Family, Memory and the Search for a Promised Land, a history of the quest for a Jewish homeland at the turn of the 19th century and beyond, weaving memoir, documentary, and literature. Engelsberg Ideas is funded by the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Bene…
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From the Middle - Selling Out, Substitution Obligations, and Senior Ongoings
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#269. Today in cooking tips by From the Middle, we discuss sauce thickening techniques as well as digesting salmon. We then get into our business advice. Sometimes you shouldn’t be afraid to just give stuff away. Then we share our expertise on the male aging process and how you can feel as young as we do. Maybe just take some time to smell the gras…
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EI Weekly Listen — Sergey Radchenko on the past, present and future of Sino-Russian relations
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The tumultuous relationship between Red China and the Soviet Union hints at an uncertain future for the Sino-Russian partnership. Read by Helen Lloyd. Image: Sino-Soviet propaganda poster. Credit: Album / Alamy Stock PhotoAv Engelsberg Ideas Podcasts
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EI Portraits — Agnès Poirier on Anna de Noailles, bright star of the Belle Époque
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Socialite and literary pioneer - Anna de Noailles was a bright star in the firmament of the Parisian Belle Époque. Read by Sebastian Brown. Image: De László's portrait of Anna de Noailles. Credit: Svintage Archive / Alamy Stock PhotoAv Engelsberg Ideas Podcasts
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From the Middle - Baseball Tradesie, Massage Envy, and Adult Mac ‘n Cheesy
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#268. A professional ball player bats for both teams, a professional comedian fields questions from Kory, and a professional (not THAT kind of “professional”) masseuse eases minds with her presence. All of that and some etiquette concerning cell phones in public cover the first half of this episode. On the back half we discuss an Australian reboot …
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EI Weekly Listen — Munira Mirza on how the British elite lost its way
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Stagnation at home and turmoil abroad demand a radical rethink of how – and why – Britain forges its future leaders. Read by Helen Lloyd. Image: The Treasury building in Whitehall, London. Credit: mauritius images GmbH / Alamy Stock PhotoAv Engelsberg Ideas Podcasts
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EI Talks... what the Romans found funny with Orlando Gibbs
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EI's Alastair Benn sits down with Orlando Gibbs to discuss what the Romans found funny, what we might find not so funny about ancient humour, and whether there is something universal about the comedic genre. READING LIST No Laughing Matter? What the Romans Found Funny | Antigone Plautus punching up: a different class of comedy | Engelsberg Ideas Ma…
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From the Middle - Martial Arts, Marathon Adventures, and Mandoline Awareness
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#267. Like any good podcast or media member, we do our fact checking after we’ve already said the thing. Sorry, Raygun. But still, thanks for the memories. Speaking of making memories, our kids are all back in school, and for some, it’s a milestone year! One littler (a young middler), is taking on the world of jiujitsu which sparks a conversation a…
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EI Weekly Listen — Ali Ansari on the secret to Cyrus the Great’s success
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Few ancient monarchs have enjoyed such a consistent positive reputation as Cyrus the Great. Perhaps it’s time to become reacquainted. Read by Helen Lloyd. Image: The Tomb of Cyrus, Iran. Photograph taken in 1898. Credit: Penta Springs Limited / Alamy Stock PhotoAv Engelsberg Ideas Podcasts
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EI Portraits — Andrew Wilton on Amanda McKittrick Ros, the Florence Foster Jenkins of the romantic novel
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Andrew Wilton profiles Amanda McKittrick Ros, a late Victorian novelist admired in her day but now largely forgotten. Read by Sebastian Brown. Image: A typical late Victorian scene. Credit: Dave Rheaume / Alamy Stock PhotoAv Engelsberg Ideas Podcasts
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From the Middle - Raygun, Return of the Jedi, and Reflecting on the Summer
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#266. Cue the John Williams! The Olympic Games are over and we all win, that is, unless you imitated a kangaroo in front of a panel of judges. Anyone who did that didn’t win. We have a bit of glitter-wizard updating followed by Kory’s recounting of his (not a) party including the event itself and some bonus bike riding and vintage Star Wars viewing…
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EI Weekly Listen — Lucy Ward on the invention of Catherine the Great
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Catherine II’s inoculation against smallpox was an extraordinary act of political self-creation. Read by Helen Lloyd. Image: A portrait of Catherine the Great (1729-1796) by Alexey Antropov. Credit: Pictorial Press Ltd / Alamy Stock PhotoAv Engelsberg Ideas Podcasts
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EI Talks... the atomic human with Neil D. Lawrence
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Neil D. Lawrence, inaugural DeepMind Professor of Machine Learning at the University of Cambridge and author of The Atomic Human: Understanding Ourselves in the Age of AI, joins the EI team to challenge received wisdom on our AI future. Engelsberg Ideas is funded by the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit. EI Talks... is …
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From the Middle - Houston Hotspots, Mistimed Myths, and Considerate Citizens
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#265. It’s time for our generation to influence the world with our vernacular, and we’re starting with “hotspotting.” It means what you think it means. And it comes into play on an otherwise delightful trip Kendall took with his soon-to-be ten-year-old to Houston, Texas. Then Kory tries his hand at influencing the youth with his imagination which i…
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EI Weekly Listen — Alexander Lee on why Machiavelli wrote The Prince
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If we want to understand the ‘meaning’ of The Prince, we should start with Machiavelli himself. Read by Helen Lloyd. Image: A statue of Niccolo Machiavelli in Florence, Italy. Credit: Goran Bogicevic / Alamy Stock PhotoAv Engelsberg Ideas Podcasts
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EI Portraits — Rana Mitter on Tsiang Tingfu, pre-revolutionary China’s last bridge with the West
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Rana Mitter profiles Tsiang Tingfu, the American-educated diplomat and historian, who sought Chinese national revival on cosmopolitan lines. Read by Sebastian Brown. Image: Tsiang Tingfu raises his arm to veto a proposal introduced by the Soviet Union to the UN. Credit: SuperStock / Alamy Stock Photo…
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From the Middle - Olympic Controversy, Ostensible Cornucopia, and Ominous Character-Reveals
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#264. The Olympics are on, but can we finally start talking about athletes!? Kory’s pool is illuminated, so can we talk about wiring diagrams!? And sure, the Mandela Effect is real, but can we talk about the Fruit of the Loom logo!? And talk about these things did we. Also something about peeing into golf clubs. Details inside. After the break, Dil…
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EI Weekly Listen — Francis J. Gavin on the terrible dilemmas of leadership in a thermonuclear world
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Nuclear weapons are likely to be around for a long time to come – and the predicaments they create for world leaders are unlikely to be easily solved. Read by Helen Lloyd. Image: President John F. Kennedy with Robert McNamara during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Credit: RBM Vintage Images / Alamy Stock Photo…
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EI Talks... Paris in the Belle Époque with Marie Kawthar Daouda
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Marie Kawthar Daouda, author and a lecturer in French language and literature at the University of Oxford, joins EI's Alastair Benn to discuss how Belle Époque-era Paris continues to fascinate, with its burgeoning commercial culture, everyday beauty and glittering department stores. Engelsberg Ideas is funded by the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson…
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From the Middle - Dillon’s Game Day, Kendall’s Beautiful Bat, and Kory’s Not-a-Party
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#263. Kendall’s first birthday gift was a home run, Dillon’s recent gaming experience is a touchdown, and Kory is punting on what a party is. Have you yet tried the long awaited NCAA College Football? You all know its a big deal for one host and we celebrate with Dillon as he discusses the overall feel, gameplay, bugs, and learning curve (or lack t…
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EI Weekly Listen — James Marriott on why human art matters in the age of AI
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A world of machine art would be an eerie one. Art connects us to one another. We cannot, and we should not, replace that connection with an uncanny simulacrum of it. Read by Helen Lloyd. Image: The Tribuna of the Uffizi by John Zoffany. Credit: PAINTING / Alamy Stock PhotoAv Engelsberg Ideas Podcasts
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EI Portraits — Lawrence Freedman on John McDonald, poker-playing popularizer of game theory
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Lawrence Freedman profiles the Fortune journalist and best-selling author who played a key role in shaping mid-20th century perceptions of strategy and the role of the corporation. Read by Sebastian Brown. Image: From left to right: Dorothy McDonald (wife of John, née Eisner), Leon Trotsky and John McDonald in Coyoacan, Mexico, in the 1930s. McDona…
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EI Talks... bringing history to the public with Alice Loxton
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The historian and broadcaster Alice Loxton joins the EI team to discuss her forthcoming book, Eighteen: A History of Britain in 18 Young Lives, and her fight to bring serious history to a wider public. Image: A jigsaw puzzle from the early nineteenth century, bearing representations of the Kings and Queens of England from William I to George IV. Cr…
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From the Middle - Random B-List Sightings, Rat Boy Summer, and Restaurant Booth Staples
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#262. Kory’s working on a project in Manhattan where a kid dropped a bomb in an elevator. We’re also seeing possibly-not-but-probably-so celebrities but we don’t know who they are. And in the confusing world of Gen Z, rat boys apparently are owning June through August. After needing to take a break to wrap our heads around that, we spend the back h…
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EI Weekly Listen — Katja Hoyer on East Germany's battle for technology
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East Germany’s quest to catch up with the technological innovations of the West prompted some remarkable successes, but also expanded the oppression of its mass surveillance apparatus. Read by Helen Lloyd. Image: The Trabant car being manufactured at the East German Sachsenring car plant. Credit: Classic Picture Library / Alamy Stock Photo…
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EI Talks... how advertising consumed the counterculture with Ian Leslie
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EI's Alastair Benn sits down with Ian Leslie, author of Conflicted: Why Arguments Are Tearing Us Apart and How They Can Bring Us Together, to discuss how the counterculture went mainstream. Image: An advert on the Nike store at Oxford Circus. Credit: Matthew Chattle / Alamy Stock PhotoAv Engelsberg Ideas Podcasts
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From the Middle - Furry Sightings, Football Snapshots, and Food Struggles
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#261. Kendall’s bright-eyed and bushy-tailed hanging out in a hotel lobby somewhere in Pittsburgh. Or maybe his voice is low as he looks around making sure no one is listening. Also, Independence Day is behind us and we recount our moments and memories of this year’s celebrations. Then we hear some of the less fluffy details of being in Pittsburgh.…
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EI Weekly Listen — Gudrun Persson on Russia’s forever war against Ukraine
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An often-overlooked fact about the current Russo-Ukrainian War is that over the centuries Russia has waged several wars to try to conquer Crimea and the Donbas area. Read by Helen Lloyd. Image: Ukrania quae et Terra Cosaccorum cum vicinis Walachiae, Moldoviae, by Johann Baptiste Homann (1664–1724), 1720. Credit: history_docu_photo / Alamy Stock Pho…
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EI Portraits — Catherine Ostler on Maria Antonia of Bavaria, Electress of many talents
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Catherine Ostler profiles Maria Antonia, Electress of Saxony, an artistic polymath who helped re-shape elite culture in the Enlightenment age. Read by Sebastian Brown. Image: An 18th-century portrait of Maria Antonia of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony, by Peter Jacob Horemans. Credit: Heritage Image Partnership Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo…
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EI Talks... Ronald Reagan's grand strategy with William Inboden
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EI's Angus Reilly discusses how Ronald Reagan put economic openness at the heart of the battle for ideas against Soviet Communism with William Inboden, author of The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan, the Cold War, and the World on the Brink. Image: Ronald Reagan at the Durenberger Republican convention Rally, 1982. Credit: World History Archive / Alamy St…
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From the Middle - BBQ Gab, Blizzard Guff, and Boarding Groups
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#260. Middler extraordinaire and fellow podcaster Jon Lathrop sits fourth chair as we head into Independence Day festivities. He’s a bbq master from Texas who co-hosts the show Grab’em in the Brisket and if his cookout skills don’t make your mouth water, his July 4th USA outfit will. This episode goes way beyond meat, however, as we discuss some of…
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EI Weekly Listen — Iskander Rehman on early modern information overload
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The sense of being overwhelmed and constantly distracted is nothing new. Historians and policymakers should look to the 17th century for guidance on how to grapple with information overload. Read by Helen Lloyd. Image: Rembrandt's 'Portrait of a Scholar', 1631. Credit: PRISMA ARCHIVO / Alamy Stock Photo…
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EI Talks... marketing Classical music with Richard Bratby
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EI's Alastair Benn discusses the condition of Classical music today with Richard Bratby, chief Classical music critic of The Spectator. Image: Music scores. Credit: Tim Gainey / Alamy Stock PhotoAv Engelsberg Ideas Podcasts
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From the Middle - BeauJo’s, Borrowers, and BRATS
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#259. Kory shares one more gangsta Hawaii story before we dive into a new-to-us pizza experience which can be found in Colorado. The “Rocky Mountain Pie” is your entree and dessert all in one package and it needs to move to the midwest. Speaking of Kory being away, we pull back the curtain on how Dillon and Kendall craft an episode in Kory’s absenc…
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EI Weekly Listen — Julian Jackson on De Gaulle’s world in motion
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Part statesman, part prophet, Charles de Gaulle knew instinctively that political success and failure are inevitably interlinked, and that history would be the ultimate judge of both. Read by Helen Lloyd. Image: The President of France Charles de Gaulle marches through the streets under the Arc de Triomphe in 1944. Credit: ZUMA Press, Inc. / Alamy …
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EI Talks... John Law and financial crises with Kwasi Kwarteng
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EI's Iain Martin is joined by Kwasi Kwarteng, historian and former Chancellor of the Exchequer, to discuss the turbulent life of the 18th-century financial speculator John Law, whose innovative ideas were credited with bringing Ancien Régime France to the brink of ruin. There are echoes of what happened when the Truss government tried its own finan…
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From the Middle - Garage Sales, Hawaiian Tales, and Car Fails
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#258. Dillon’s garage sale results are in! But what about the stuff that didn’t sell? Is it still out? What ever happened to the typewriter? Did we have good Father’s Days filled with sweet gifts and chewy ice? We dish out all the juicy details along with some discussion comparing today’s rubber-mulched playgrounds with the skin-burning reality of …
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EI Portraits — Laura Freeman on Helen Sutherland, brave cultivator of the beautiful
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Laura Freeman profiles Helen Sutherland, an isolated, austere, and fastidious heiress who dedicated herself to art. Read by Sebastian Brown. Image: Woman Playing a Piano, by Winifred Nicholson. Her work was championed by Helen Sutherland. Credit: Paul Quezada-Neiman / Alamy Stock PhotoAv Engelsberg Ideas Podcasts
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EI Weekly Listen — Josef Joffe on Germany, the engine that couldn't
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Celebrated as predestined shepherd in the glory days of Angela Merkel, Germany in the 2020s is an uncertain giant who has defied expectations, good or bad. Read by Leighton Pugh. Image: The top of the Reichstag Building. Credit: Artur Bogacki / Alamy Stock PhotoAv Engelsberg Ideas Podcasts
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EI Talks... women of the ancient world with Daisy Dunn
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The leading classicist Daisy Dunn joins EI's Paul Lay to discuss her new book, The Missing Thread: A New History of the Ancient World Through the Women Who Shaped It. Image: Nikolaos Gyzis, a 19th Century painter, depicts Sappho playing the lyre. Credit: Photo 12 / Alamy Stock PhotoAv Engelsberg Ideas Podcasts
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From the Middle - Honest Abe, Handwriting Aptitude, and Hawking Assets
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#257. We share some honest facts about Abraham Lincoln because we’re high-brow. We do things like write in cursive and pass on traditional table manners to our kids. We also enjoy playing with sticks and geek out over Alvin and the Chipmunks, so take that for what it’s worth. Long story short, we dive into what our kids are up to when school is out…
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EI Weekly Listen — Maurizio Viroli on how we can learn from history
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We cannot afford not to rediscover the fine art, nowadays almost forgotten, of learning from history. Read by Leighton Pugh. Image: 16th Century engraving by Theodoor Galle, titled The Printing of Books. Credit: The Granger Collection / Alamy Stock PhotoAv Engelsberg Ideas Podcasts
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EI Portraits — James Barr on George McGhee, American father to Britain’s Suez Crisis
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James Barr profiles the debonair and open-faced diplomat, George McGhee, whose shuttle diplomacy helped accelerate Britain's decline as a player in the Middle East. Read by Sebastian Brown. Image: President John F. Kennedy (left, in rocking chair) meets the newly-appointed US Ambassador to West Germany, George McGhee. Credit: Gibson Moss / Alamy St…
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From the Middle - All Things Summer
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#256. You can hear the summer time music in the air tonight! Phil Collins is now the king of summer music and Garth Brooks is wondering what happened to his reign. We talk about the season and the way media affects mood and how mood affects media. We also dive into the deep end of public pool nostalgia. Dillon plans his sabbatical for NCAA College …
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EI Weekly Listen — Philip Bobbitt on the decay and renewal of the US constitutional order
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A new constitutional order is coming. Read by Leighton Pugh. Image: The Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. Credit: Lane Erickson / Alamy Stock PhotoAv Engelsberg Ideas Podcasts
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EI Talks... the history of democracy with Erica Benner
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Erica Benner applies ancient wisdom to modern problems in her new book Adventures in Democracy: The Turbulent World of People Power. She shares her insights with EI's Deputy Editor, Alastair Benn. Image: Gathering of the Areopagus, a deliberative court that met in the open air in ancient Athens. Credit: North Wind Picture Archives / Alamy Stock Pho…
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From the Middle - First Fish, Hillbilly Hotdogs, and Dangerous Dental
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#255. We hope everyone had a good Memorial Day weekend! Some of us enjoyed our freedoms by yanking fish out of the water. It was good weekend for amateur fishergirls. Others clinched our cheeks while fighting the elements on two wheels at freeway speeds. Others clinched our wallets in the face of a tipping dilemma. What would you have done? Have yo…
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EI Weekly Listen — Lars Trägårdh on the origins of Swedish democracy
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‘Democracy’ is in Sweden built on a basis fundamentally different from the one associated with the development of liberal democracy in the West. Read by Leighton Pugh. Image: Midsummer Dance by Swedish artist Anders Zorn (1860-1920) painted in 1897. A classic of Swedish art history showing traditional folk dancing in the Dalarna countryside in the …
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