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Mentioned in 9 episodes
Nation of Strangers
Rebuilding Home in the 21st Century
Book • 2026
Nation of Strangers is a politically attuned and deeply personal series of letters from one stranger to another, exploring the evolving concept of home amid global displacement, rising fascism, and climate crisis.
Temelkuran reflects on the growing number of refugees, exiles, and the politically and economically homeless, offering a poetic yet precise meditation on alienation and belonging.
The book challenges traditional notions of home and citizenship, proposing a new understanding of community and solidarity in an increasingly fragmented world.
It follows Temelkuran's previous acclaimed works on political commentary and exile.
Temelkuran reflects on the growing number of refugees, exiles, and the politically and economically homeless, offering a poetic yet precise meditation on alienation and belonging.
The book challenges traditional notions of home and citizenship, proposing a new understanding of community and solidarity in an increasingly fragmented world.
It follows Temelkuran's previous acclaimed works on political commentary and exile.
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Mentioned in 9 episodes
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and discussed by the guest as her new book exploring belonging, exile and democratic decline.


Krishnan Guru-Murthy

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Ece Temelkuran: democracies don’t collapse overnight
Mentioned by Maithili Rao as a bracing and moving book exploring exile, migration, and the search for belonging.

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Fascism, Exile, and Redefining Home in the 21st Century, with Ece Temelkuran
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as the guest's new book exploring exile, homelessness, and the human condition after losing one's country.


Christiane Amanpour

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'Nation of Strangers'
Hosted and introduced by the episode hosts to discuss the guest's new book and its themes of unhomed people, survival wisdom, and building solidarity.

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Nation of Strangers
Recommended by Sander Pleij for its beautifully written reflections on exile, homesickness, populism, and rebuilding human connection across Europe.

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Where do France's protesters go from here?
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beim Hinweis, dass das Buch das Thema Exil nach dem Verlust von Demokratie behandelt.

Christa Zöchling

#295 History. Die Epstein-Files: Elitendämmerung
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as a book written because of the insistence on the word exile.


Ece Temelkuran

How To Lose Your Country, with Ece Temelkuran (Part One)
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when describing a book read at a launch that discusses 'unhoming' and the politics of displacement.


Dan Burgess

Episode 114: Dan Burgess | Rambling in the Ghostwoods
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Tom Sutcliffe

Ece Temulkuran

Breakage and repair
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when referencing recent guests who wrote about loneliness and social fragmentation.

Andrew Keen

Get the F*** Out of Your House: Yotam Marom on How to Raise the Volume on the Politics of Powerlessness



