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The global politics podcast at the end of the End of History. Weekly episodes on the crises of our times.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Also, random, but this guy from Dragon Age was all about enchantment: buff.ly/hdBiVOO
October 31, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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October 30, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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8. Chronicle of Georgia, Tbilisi (1987)
Zurab Tsereteli’s brutalist Stonehenge: massive basalt pillars engraved with saints & Soviet heroes.
Zurab Tsereteli’s brutalist Stonehenge: massive basalt pillars engraved with saints & Soviet heroes.
October 30, 2025 at 1:05 PM
8. Chronicle of Georgia, Tbilisi (1987)
Zurab Tsereteli’s brutalist Stonehenge: massive basalt pillars engraved with saints & Soviet heroes.
Zurab Tsereteli’s brutalist Stonehenge: massive basalt pillars engraved with saints & Soviet heroes.
7. Wat Phra Dhammakaya, Bangkok (1970)
A golden UFO-temple of 300,000 Buddha statues in the Khlong Luang district, in the Pathum Thani province north of Bangkok, Thailand.
A golden UFO-temple of 300,000 Buddha statues in the Khlong Luang district, in the Pathum Thani province north of Bangkok, Thailand.
October 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
7. Wat Phra Dhammakaya, Bangkok (1970)
A golden UFO-temple of 300,000 Buddha statues in the Khlong Luang district, in the Pathum Thani province north of Bangkok, Thailand.
A golden UFO-temple of 300,000 Buddha statues in the Khlong Luang district, in the Pathum Thani province north of Bangkok, Thailand.
6. Batu Caves, Kuala Lumpur — (2018 refit)
272 rainbow steps lead to a limestone sanctuary of Hindu temples. Two million pilgrims climb them yearly for Thaipusam.
272 rainbow steps lead to a limestone sanctuary of Hindu temples. Two million pilgrims climb them yearly for Thaipusam.
October 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
6. Batu Caves, Kuala Lumpur — (2018 refit)
272 rainbow steps lead to a limestone sanctuary of Hindu temples. Two million pilgrims climb them yearly for Thaipusam.
272 rainbow steps lead to a limestone sanctuary of Hindu temples. Two million pilgrims climb them yearly for Thaipusam.
5. Basilica of Notre-Dame de la Paix, Côte d’Ivoire (1985–89)
A West-African St Peter’s. Commissioned by President Houphouët-Boigny; its marble dome nearly doubled Côte d’Ivoire’s debt.
A West-African St Peter’s. Commissioned by President Houphouët-Boigny; its marble dome nearly doubled Côte d’Ivoire’s debt.
October 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
5. Basilica of Notre-Dame de la Paix, Côte d’Ivoire (1985–89)
A West-African St Peter’s. Commissioned by President Houphouët-Boigny; its marble dome nearly doubled Côte d’Ivoire’s debt.
A West-African St Peter’s. Commissioned by President Houphouët-Boigny; its marble dome nearly doubled Côte d’Ivoire’s debt.
4. Great Mosque of Touba, Senegal (1963)
Spiritual heart of the Mouride Brotherhood. Built by disciples with French colonial engineers. Every year millions gather for the Grand Magal pilgrimage.
Spiritual heart of the Mouride Brotherhood. Built by disciples with French colonial engineers. Every year millions gather for the Grand Magal pilgrimage.
October 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
4. Great Mosque of Touba, Senegal (1963)
Spiritual heart of the Mouride Brotherhood. Built by disciples with French colonial engineers. Every year millions gather for the Grand Magal pilgrimage.
Spiritual heart of the Mouride Brotherhood. Built by disciples with French colonial engineers. Every year millions gather for the Grand Magal pilgrimage.
3. Mount Rushmore, South Dakota (1927-41)
Four US presidents carved in granite. Tourist trap or America’s marble self-portrait? 450,000 tons of rock removed. The sculptor Gutzon Borglum also worked on the pro-Confederate Stone Mountain project in Georgia.
Four US presidents carved in granite. Tourist trap or America’s marble self-portrait? 450,000 tons of rock removed. The sculptor Gutzon Borglum also worked on the pro-Confederate Stone Mountain project in Georgia.
October 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
3. Mount Rushmore, South Dakota (1927-41)
Four US presidents carved in granite. Tourist trap or America’s marble self-portrait? 450,000 tons of rock removed. The sculptor Gutzon Borglum also worked on the pro-Confederate Stone Mountain project in Georgia.
Four US presidents carved in granite. Tourist trap or America’s marble self-portrait? 450,000 tons of rock removed. The sculptor Gutzon Borglum also worked on the pro-Confederate Stone Mountain project in Georgia.
2. The Weissenhofsiedlung, Stuttgart (1927)
A model village for modernity. Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, Gropius & others built this sleek “white city” of flat roofs and light. Bauhaus ideals, made concrete.
A model village for modernity. Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, Gropius & others built this sleek “white city” of flat roofs and light. Bauhaus ideals, made concrete.
October 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
2. The Weissenhofsiedlung, Stuttgart (1927)
A model village for modernity. Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, Gropius & others built this sleek “white city” of flat roofs and light. Bauhaus ideals, made concrete.
A model village for modernity. Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, Gropius & others built this sleek “white city” of flat roofs and light. Bauhaus ideals, made concrete.
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October 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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