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Past Present Future
Past Present Future
David Runciman

Past Present Future is a bi-weekly History of Ideas podcast with David Runciman, host and creator of Talking Politics, exploring the history... more

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Episodes

The History of Revolutionary Ideas: The Rite of Spring w/Dominic Dromgoole

Our third Parisian revolution is another explosive night in the theatre, this time in the world of dance. David talks... more

17 Apr 2025 · 46 minutes
The History of Revolutionary Ideas: Ubu Roi w/Dominic Dromgoole

Today’s Parisian revolution is a theatrical performance that produced a riot. David talks to theatre director Dominic Dromgoole about Alfred... more

15 Apr 2025 · 46 minutes
The History of Revolutionary Ideas: Salon Des Refusés w/Dominic Dromgoole

Today’s episode is the first of three this week with the theatre director and writer Dominic Dromgoole, exploring revolutionary events... more

13 Apr 2025 · 42 minutes
The History of Revolutionary Ideas: Marx and the Paris Commune

Today the first of four episodes about Parisian revolutions. We start with the definitive nineteenth-century revolutionary and his definitive revolution:... more

10 Apr 2025 · 56 minutes
The History of Revolutionary Ideas: Free Speech

Today’s revolutionary idea is one with a long history, not all of it revolutionary: David talks to the historian Fara... more

06 Apr 2025 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
PPF Live Film Special: Network w/Helen Lewis

We take a brief break from revolutionary ideas for a special live episode of PPF recorded in front of an... more

03 Apr 2025 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
The History of Revolutionary Ideas: Darwin w/Adam Rutherford

David talks to geneticist and science writer Adam Rutherford about the book that fundamentally altered our understanding of just about... more

30 Mar 2025 · 54 minutes
The History of Revolutionary Ideas: The Taiping Revolution

Today’s revolutionary ideas come from China: David talks to historian Julia Lovell about the Taiping Revolution, another massive mid-19th-century upheaval... more

27 Mar 2025 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
The History of Revolutionary Ideas: 1848: The Radical Revolution w/Chris Clark

In our second of three episodes on the revolutions that swept through Europe in 1848 David and Chris Clark explore... more

23 Mar 2025 · 53 minutes
The History of Revolutionary Ideas: 1848: The Liberal Revolution w/Chris Clark

In the first of three episodes about the revolutions that swept through Europe in 1848 David is joined by historian... more

20 Mar 2025 · 56 minutes