Podcast Episodes featuring Margaret MacMillan

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Amanpour: Jamie Metzl, Margaret MacMillan, Tom Perez and Cyrus Habib

Amanpour - April 17, 2020 11:05 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 475 ratings
As the world continues to grapple with the surge in coronavirus deaths and how best to protect their citizens and economy, Jamie Metzl, adviser for the World Health Organization and author of "Hacking Darwin", joins Christiane Amanpour. He reflects on President Donald Trump's announcement that he...

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Amanpour: Jim Mattis, John Redwood, Margaret MacMillan and Salman Rushdie

Amanpour - September 03, 2019 19:26 - 54 minutes ★★★★ - 475 ratings
Jim Mattis, the Former U.S. Defense Secretary, joins Christiane Amanpour in New York to discuss leadership, the Trump administration and his new book "Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead." John Redwood, the British Conservative MP, talks about British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suspending Parliam...

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Amanpour: Eduardo Bhatia, Margaret MacMillan, Sarah Lyall and Elliot Ackerman

Amanpour - July 25, 2019 18:54 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 475 ratings
Eduardo Bhatia, Puerto Rico's Senate minority leader, joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss the corruption and scandal that drove out Puerto Rico's Governor. Margaret MacMillan, historian and professor emeritus at Oxford University, and Sarah Lyall, journalist and Boris expert at The New York Time...

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Amanpour: Margaret MacMillan, John Manley, J.C. Chandor and Daniel Golden

Amanpour - March 21, 2019 20:38 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 475 ratings
Margaret MacMillan, Professor Emeritus of International History at Oxford University, joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss British Prime Minister Theresa May's request from the EU for an extension to Brexit. John Manly, the former Canadian Deputy Prime Minister talks about the political scandal e...

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Margaret MacMillan, historian

Desert Island Discs - February 24, 2019 12:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings
Professor Margaret MacMillan is a Canadian historian, author and broadcaster. In 2018 she delivered the Reith Lectures on BBC Radio 4, in which she examined the tangled history of war and society. She was born in Toronto in 1943, and her interest in history was kindled by the stories her pare...

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Margaret MacMillan

Private Passions - November 11, 2018 13:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★ - 24 ratings
Michael Berkeley’s guest on the centenary of Armistice Day is the historian Margaret MacMillan. In this year’s Reith Lectures, Margaret Macmillan delivered a powerful series of lectures exploring war and society, and our complex feelings towards those who fight. She is Emeritus Professor of Int...

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The Uses of History with Margaret Macmillan

Channel History Hit - December 19, 2017 12:34 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratings
Join Dan as he talks to the Warden of St Antony's College, oxford (and his aunt), professor Margaret Macmillan about the uses of history, and from where the love of it comes. For more exclusive interviews and documentaries, click here to sign up to HistoryHit.TV! Producer: Nathaniel Tapley Aud...

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The Uses of History with Margaret Macmillan

Dan Snow's History Hit - December 19, 2017 12:34 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.5K ratings
Join Dan as he talks to the Warden of St Antony's College, oxford (and his aunt), professor Margaret Macmillan about the uses of history, and from where the love of it comes. For more exclusive interviews and documentaries, click here to sign up to HistoryHit.TV! Producer: Nathaniel Tapley Aud...

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The Great War and Canada: An Interview with Margaret MacMillan

NACOcast: Classical music podcast with Sean Rice - October 21, 2014 20:46 - 31 minutes ★★★★ - 20 ratings
As a prelude to the NAC Orchestra's UK Tour -- a tour of commemoration and remembrance -- Nick speaks with renowned historian Margaret MacMillan about Canada and its role in the First World War. Prof MacMillan, is an historian and professor at the University of Oxford, where she is Warden of St...