Tim Marshall

And we have some books that I'll mention that really help.

I just feel like it fits them to be citizens of the world, right? All this knowledge I have is not just for his own sake, but is to help inform me and help me understand why, like, geopolitics, which is, I mean, as Tim Marshall would say, everything about where you live and what your country is is all about geography.

And it's still, like, since I read his book, The Prisoners of Geography, which we recommend for this level, As one of their pictorial geography books, I have understood like every current event in such a different way from those.

I mean, literally his subtitle is 10 maps that just explain everything about our world.

This might be one to hold back to form six.

Just, you know, here we are thinking forward of what what the world is going to be.

But by Tim Marshall, they do have some language in them.

Right.

So is there an audiobook that you've particularly enjoyed?

Recently, yes, but it was non-fiction and it was Tim Marshall's The Prisoners of Geography.

And what I loved about it is he's got a sort of quite sardonic delivery, but he's talking about quite harsh things, but it sort of helps to bounce it along.

Like it's an insane, something that's happening in the world, which is just considered madness.

It's only 11 minutes long.

And the third one I have is Tim Marshall's Prisoners of Geography.

I know we don't want to talk about geopolitics, but this gives you...

A very good lens as to how the geography of our landscapes all across the world and the history behind it actually shapes so much of what is even happening in today's context.

And I try to introduce this to any business leader, any political leader, and even my children to get informed about how the way the world works today.

So these three things.

Intelligence Squared, Bloomberg Originals, Quest for Infinite Energy, as well as Tim Marshall's Prisoners of Geography.

Fantastic.

Tim, with the Israeli elections this week, I've been thinking about how October 7th, the devastation in Gaza, the war in Iran, and so many more seismic events would not have happened if Israel wasn't where it was.

And the shocking thing is that that was not inevitable.

Other locations in Africa, in America, even Australia, they were explored.

And there are expulsions.

So Jews are expelled from Spain and England in the medieval period.

And then, Tim...

In the 1500s, in the Republic of Venice, we have the word ghetto emerging.

I've been to the island, yep.

But, you know, you kind of get used to getting knocked back.

And it, I'd had another idea for a football book as well, which was more of a kind of Tim Marshall approach to football, kind of looking at the geopolitics and the kind of community and social aspects of football.

So I pitched these two ideas to Kevin, and Kevin being Kevin came up to me and said, I love the guidebook, but I want you to write it as if Tim Marshall's written it.

So I want you to include all the geopolitical stuff.

And as soon as he said it, it was one of those...

And It's interesting to see how things have changed in a few short years since it's been out.

But that's The Future of Geography by Tim Marshall.

If you're interested in any of the things that I've been talking about, this takes it to a completely different level.

But if we're looking at just more general books on finance.

And that's why I started my master's with you guys.

I read this book, Divided, by Tim Marshall.

I'm sure all of you have read at least one of his books.

And I just, I loved it.

So I It's really good to think about who we are interested in now.

Is there any authors that you have read recently that would kind of inspired you to look more into geopolitics?

And Well, one, I wouldn't say he's recent, but like one that I always refer back to that you've already mentioned Meredith is Tim Marshall.

And I think he was a BBC journalist, I believe, or he was a student of reporting for BBC.

My guest is the preeminent guide to geopolitics with the accent on geo.

Welcome, Tim Marshall.

How are you?

Well, just between us, I'm cowed by your lovely introduction, and in no way will live up to it, but we'll try.

I mean, like, to an extent, Boulders was also a result of that phenomenon, and, like, it was...

It's not, it's playing in the same sort of bit of the field as Tim Marshall's Prisoners of Geography.

Okay.

Where it's like going like, here is a bit of geography and a bit of politics and some jokes and sort of explaining the world.

Hello, you're watching History Uncensored with me, Bianca.

We are bringing you a bonus episode to celebrate the one and only Tim Marshall joining History Uncensored as a co-host.

Tim Marshall is looking swanky, like a, like an incomplete barcode.

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Today, we're gonna be getting into the history of Saudi Arabia and Yemen, which is timely, Tim, because it's all kicking off.