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Secrets of Statecraft is a bi-monthly podcast hosted by Andrew Roberts which explores the effect that the study of History has had on the careers and decision-making of public figures, and which will also ask leading historians about the influence that the study of History had on their biographical subjects. The title is taken from Winston Churchill’s reply on Coronation Day 1953 to a young American who had asked him for life-advice, to whom he said ‘Study History, study History, for therein lie all the secrets of statecraft.’
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Mitch Daniels is the former Director of the Office of Management and Budget under Ronald Reagan, the former Governor of Indiana, and the former President of Purdue University. He discusses his life, his influences, and his passion for hogs (of the Harley-Davidson variety).
Recorded on March 21, 2025.
Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
The former head of the British Army, Richard Dannatt, discusses an important war that is often forgotten.
Recorded on February 6, 2025.
Tuesday Feb 04, 2025
Tuesday Feb 04, 2025
America’s foremost presidential historian examines the motivations and careers of Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and George H. W. Bush.
Recorded on January 24, 2025.
Wednesday Jan 22, 2025
Wednesday Jan 22, 2025
The bravest of all the free speech campaigners, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, speaks out eloquently on tribalism, Islam, immigration, Trump, her conversion to Christianity, and what it’s like being married to a quite well-known historian.
Wednesday Jan 08, 2025
Wednesday Jan 08, 2025
Richard Langworth is the senior fellow at the Hillsdale Churchill Project at Hillsdale College, Michigan, and knows more about Winston Churchill than any person living (including me, annoyingly).
Friday Dec 06, 2024
Friday Dec 06, 2024
A global tour d'horizon with the former Marine Corps commander and Secretary of Defense General Jim Mattis.
Wednesday Nov 20, 2024
Wednesday Nov 20, 2024
The Polish foreign minister Radek Sikorski is characteristically blunt about his former friend Viktor Orban, the chances of nuclear war in Ukraine, and his enemy Vladimir Putin.
Recorded on October 26, 2024.
Wednesday Nov 06, 2024
Wednesday Nov 06, 2024
Professor John Bew’s knowledge as the biographer of Lord Castlereagh and Clement Attlee and the historian of Realpolitik was put to good use when he became the senior foreign policy advisor to no fewer than four British prime ministers.
Recorded on October 18, 2024.