# Philip Cunliffe: The National Interest Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/take-me-home-7058908/philip-cunliffe-the-national-interest Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/take-me-home-7058908/philip-cunliffe-the-national-interest.md Podcast: [Take Me Home](https://stenobird.com/podcast/take-me-home-7058908) Published: 2025-07-20T10:17:05+00:00 Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sebastian-moore5/episodes/Philip-Cunliffe-The-National-Interest-e35pc7g Audio file: https://anchor.fm/s/fc598a88/podcast/play/105737904/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-6-20%2F404217158-44100-2-f2d262f896687.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/take-me-home-7058908/episodes/philip-cunliffe-the-national-interest Duration seconds: 3540 ## Resource Hilary and Sebastian are joined by Philip Cunliffe to discuss his new book, The National Interest: Politics After Globalization. The conversation explored his central argument that applying the test of national interest to every political issue could reshape the country’s future. Should we intervene in wars and famines abroad? What defines our nation in the first place? Get in touch: sdp.org.uk, hilary.salt@sdp.org.uk, sebastian.moore@sdp.org.uk Recommendations: The National Interest: Politics After Globalization - Philip Cunliffe https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=the-national-interest-politics-after-globalization--9781509561100 ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/take-me-home-7058908/episodes/philip-cunliffe-the-national-interest/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/take-me-home-7058908/philip-cunliffe-the-national-interest.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.