The Book Club
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The Book Club: Simon Sebag Montefiore – The Cauldron
- Published
- August 25, 2026
- Duration
- 39:22
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Sep 13, 2026
Discusses daily, society, culture.
Summary
My guest on this week’s Book Club podcast is Simon Sebag Montefiore, the author of a number of fantastic books, including The Cauldron, which released this week. Simon and I talk about the making of the modern middle east, and how we forget some of the most fundamental groups who shaped this part of the world into the region that we know of today. Hosted …
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Show notes
My guest on this week’s Book Club podcast is Simon Sebag Montefiore, the author of a number of fantastic books, including The Cauldron, which released this week. Simon and I talk about the making of the modern middle east, and how we forget some of the most fundamental groups who shaped this part of the world into the region that we know of today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Themes
- daily
- society
- culture