The beginning of the pandemic in two thousand and sorry, times stopped having any meaning. Did you get to a point ever of just thinking, oh god, what have i started doing? I spent two weeks pretty much in that headspace. What changed, i think, and made me realize that i could continue was that quite a number of he things that happened, including in that very first monthof the pandemic,. when it hit western countries seemed to reinforce some of the stories that i was telling.
Helen Thompson is Professor of Political Economy at the University of Cambridge, a columnist for The New Statesman, and has been a regular contributor to the Talking Politics podcast. Her new book, Disorder: Hard Times in the 21st Century, looks at decades of geopolitical history that have fed into our current moment: one of war and conflict, nations competing for dwindling natural resources, and the climate emergency casting a long shadow. She joins journalist and author Andrew Mueller to discuss how we got here.
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