Tristan Redman

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94 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 3 Jul

Tristan Redman’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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In Our Time · The Global Story - The soft power superpower, with Roman Mars · 3 Jul 2026 podcast

But how is it the United States had so much more success? voice-verified

So the Second World War is definitely a demonstration of US hard power. voice-verified

Is there a case that the US soft power extension around the world, though, was actually a greater result of the Second World War? voice-verified

Well, not everyone loves it. voice-verified

You speak with a historian, Daniel Imowar, and he says a thing to you which really... voice-verified

Made me sit up in my chair. voice-verified

He says, that little thing, the screw thread, is such a potent, hard to notice, but nevertheless deeply consequential symbol of the way in which the United States has remade the world, or the world has had to remake itself to accommodate the United States. voice-verified

I imagine it's annoying. voice-verified

What are the other examples of American design? voice-verified

I mean, you're so immersed in the world of design. voice-verified

What are the other examples that have stood out to you as well as The Screw? voice-verified

And it even goes on to change language because, for example, a stop sign in France is exactly the same as a stop sign in the United States. voice-verified

And stopper, S-T-O-P-P-E-R, has entered the French language to mean exactly that. voice-verified

And I'm sure there were people who fought rearguard actions against stopper ever entering the French dictionary, but it is there to stay now. voice-verified

Yeah. voice-verified

It's an amazing thing, that influence. voice-verified

I mean, we've arrived at a place now where the focus on soft power is maybe not quite what it was. voice-verified

Well, I mean, it's not just happening in the United States, though. voice-verified

It's happening all over the world where leaders are pulling back from engagement with other countries and focusing on inward concerns. voice-verified

I'm going to ask you a kind of journalistic two-part question. voice-verified

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