Episodes 49
Avg. Duration 58m
Activity Dormant
Apple Rating 5.0 (1)
Since Mar 2018
Latest Episode Nov 2025

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17%
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Dr. Paul Monk on Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Nov 18, 2025 1h 16m

In this episode, Nick and Paul discuss the emergence of Artificial Intelligence and the critical question: What does it mean to be human in the age of AI? Nick and Paul discuss: Intelligence and the…

Dr. Paul Monk on Geopolitics, World Order, and Good Judgement

Nov 16, 2025 1h 35m

In this podcast, Nick Fabbri and Dr. Paul Monk discuss the fragility and instability of the global order following the collapse of the Soviet Union, and reflect on the nature of international…

Dr. Paul Monk on Poetry (Part 3): 'Love On The Road of Life', for Claudia

Nov 16, 2025 1h 16m

In this episode, Dr. Paul Monk features a selection of poems from his recent anthology, Love on the Road of Life. This collection is dedicated to his lifelong companion, Claudia Alvarez, and…

Dr. Paul Monk on Poetry (Part 2): Further Poems from 'Red Ochre For The Moon Goddess' and 'Wine On The Flames'

Nov 16, 2025 1h 5m

In this podcast, Nick Fabbri and Dr. Paul Monk discuss and recite a further selection of poems from Monk's recent collections dedicated to his muse, Rachael: Red Ochre For The Moon Goddess and Wine…

Dr. Paul Monk on the Nature of Autobiography and Memoir

Nov 11, 2025 2h 11m

In this podcast, Nick Fabbri and Dr. Paul Monk discuss the decision to write his three-volume autobiography and reflect on the nature, structure, and meaning of autobiography and memoir. Key…

Dr. Paul Monk on Poetry (Part 1): 'Red Ochre For The Moon Goddess' and 'Wine On The Flames'

Nov 11, 2025 1h 10m

In this podcast, Nick Fabbri and Dr. Paul Monk discuss and read from two major collections of love poetry written for Paul’s muse, Rachael: Red Ochre For The Moon Goddess and Wine On The Flames.…

Dr. Paul Monk on The Lord of The Rings

Nov 11, 2025 1h 55m

In this podcast, Nick Fabbri and Dr. Paul Monk discuss J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, reflecting on its profound personal and societal impact, and its depth as a work of fantasy. Key…

Navigating Djibouti’s Future: Youth Empowerment, Diplomacy, and Development with Haibado Abdoulkader Yacin

Oct 10, 2024 1h 11m

In this episode of the Oxford Policy Podcast, host Nick Fabbri sits down with Haibado Abdoulkader Yacin, a Mastercard Foundation AfOx Scholar and Master of Public Policy student at Oxford’s Blavatnik…

Gargi Sharma Goel on Economic Policy, India, and her Journey at Oxford

Aug 20, 2024 50m

In this episode, Nick Fabbri speaks with Gargi Sharma Goel about her life and career in New Delhi, India, her work in the Ministry of Finance and Indian Revenue Service, key economic and tax policy…

Tony Abbott on Service, Politics, Democracy, and Australia

Aug 16, 2024 53m

In this episode crossposted from the Oxford Policy Podcast, Nick Fabbri speaks with The Hon. Tony Abbott AC, Former Prime Minister of Australia. They discuss: The influence of the Jesuits, Oxford,…

Anushka Jadhav and Rafaela Viana on the 2024 Education World Forum and Education Policy

Jul 28, 2024 42m

In this episode, Nick Fabbri speaks with fellow MPP students Anushka Jadhav and Rafaela Viana about the 2024 Education World Forum, their personal education journeys in India and Brazil respectively,…

Lord Christopher Patten on Oxford and Higher Education, Hong Kong and China, and the Future of Conservatism

Jul 02, 2024 1h 11m

Lord Christopher Patten is the Chancellor of the University of Oxford, having served in the role since 2003. Lord Patten was the 28th and final British Governor of Hong Kong, who oversaw its handover…

Damien Shannon on Universities, Education, and Equity

Jul 02, 2024 1h 13m

Damien Shannon is a DPhil candidate in Economic and Social History at New College, Oxford. In this episode of the Oxford Policy Podcast, Nick and Damien speak about: Damien's experience in suing…

George Brandis on Liberalism, Australia, Security, and Geopolitics

Jul 02, 2024 1h 10m

In this episode of the Oxford Policy Podcast, Nick Fabbri speaks with George Brandis, former Australian Attorney-General and High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. They discuss George's time at…

Bob Carr on Politics, Foreign Affairs, Love, and Grief

Jul 02, 2024 1h 11m

In this episode of the Oxford Policy Podcast, Nick Fabbri speaks with Bob Carr, a former Australian Foreign Minister and long-serving Premier of New South Wales. They discuss politics and embarking…

Grace Fox on the Seminole Nation and Indigeneity, American History, and Finding Purpose and Happiness

Feb 25, 2024 1h

In this episode cross-posted from the Oxford Policy Podcast, Nick Fabbri speaks with Grace Fox, a student of the Master of Public Policy at Oxford University, about her personal story, the history of…

Lord Michael Heseltine on a Century of British Politics, Leadership, Foreign Affairs, and Gardening

Feb 25, 2024 54m

In this conversation cross-posted from the Oxford Policy Podcast, Nick Fabbri speaks with Lord Michael Heseltine, former UK Deputy Prime Minister and leading figure in the governments of Margaret…

Dr. Paul Monk on Democracy, the Classical World, Geopolitics, and Finding One’s Purpose

Dec 09, 2023 37m

In this episode cross-posted from the Oxford Policy Podcast, Nick Fabbri and Dr. Paul Monk discuss the crises facing the liberal democracies today, and the lessons that the Roman Republic and Greek…

Dr. Paul Monk on Poetry, Science, and the Classics

Sep 24, 2023 1h 42m

Originally published with transcript at: https://www.nickfabbri.com/bloom/paulmonkpoetryscienceandclassics In this podcast, Dr Paul Monk and Nick Fabbri discuss the relationship between poetry,…

Dr. Paul Monk: Reflections on the Defence of Australia

Sep 21, 2023 58m Transcript

Originally published with transcript at: https://www.nickfabbri.com/bloom/paulmonkdefenceofaustralia   In this podcast, Dr Paul Monk and Nick Fabbri discuss Sam Roggeveen’s new book The Echidna…

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