167. Oil: The Making of the Modern World
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In 167. Oil: The Making of the Modern World, Helen Thompson and the hosts mention Disorder, Hard Times in the 21st Century by Helen Thompson and Shah of Shars by Richard Kapuscinski with timestamps, quotes, and episode context.
if you want to understand geopolitics of the past century, you've got to look at oil.
Sir Tom, Tom Holland, that was Richard Kapuscinski, the great... Polish travel writer, in his brilliant book, Shah of Shars, about Mohammad Reza Pahl…
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The host mentioned 'Disorder, Hard Times in the 21st Century' to highlight how the current geopolitical crises, parti…
The host mentions 'Shah of Shars' to illustrate the catastrophic impact of the oil boom on Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the…
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“Helen, your book just out this week, Disorder, Hard Times in the 21st Century, casts the current crisis in Ukraine as being part of a continuum that reaches back at least a century.”
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“Richard Kapuscinski, the great Polish travel writer, in his brilliant book, Shah of Shars, about Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran, had a pretty catastrophic encounter with oil.”
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The host mentioned 'Disorder, Hard Times in the 21st Century' to highlight how the current geopolitical crises, particularly the situation in Ukrai…
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