Past Present Future
By David Runciman
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Episodes: 85
very good
Jan 28, 2024
very good indepth discussions.
Ben
Nov 17, 2023
Very biased to the left.
Description
Past Present Future is a bi-weekly History of Ideas podcast with David Runciman, host and creator of Talking Politics, exploring the history of ideas from politics to philosophy, culture to technology. David talks to historians, novelists, scientists and many others about where the most interesting ideas come from, what they mean, and why they matter.
Ideas from the past, questions about the present, shaping the future. Brought to you in partnership with the London Review of Books.
New episodes every Thursday and Sunday.
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The Great Political Fictions: Phineas Redux
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May 30, 2024 |
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The Great Political Fictions: Middlemarch (part 2)
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May 26, 2024 |
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The Great Political Fictions: Middlemarch (part 1)
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May 23, 2024 |
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The History of Bad Ideas: Mesmerism
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May 19, 2024 |
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The History of Bad Ideas: The Death of the Author
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May 16, 2024 |
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The History of Bad Ideas: Anti-Suffragettes
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May 12, 2024 |
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The History of Bad Ideas: Taxonomy
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May 09, 2024 |
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The History of Bad Ideas: Antisemitism
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May 05, 2024 |
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The History of Bad Ideas: Facebook Friends
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May 02, 2024 |
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The History of Bad Ideas: The Gold Standard
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Apr 28, 2024 |
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The History of Bad Ideas: Eugenics
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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The History of Freedom w/Lea Ypi: Liberation Movements
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Apr 21, 2024 |
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The History of Freedom w/Lea Ypi: Existentialism and Psychoanalysis
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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The History of Freedom w/Lea Ypi: Anarchism and Nihilism
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Apr 14, 2024 |
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The History of Freedom w/Lea Ypi: What is the Free Market?
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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The History of Freedom w/Lea Ypi: Kant, Enlightenment and Peace
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Apr 07, 2024 |
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The History of Freedom w/ Lea Ypi: Machiavelli and Political Liberty
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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The History of Freedom w/Lea Ypi: The Ancients - Socrates, Seneca & Jesus
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Mar 31, 2024 |
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The History of Freedom w/Lea Ypi: Why Does It Matter?
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Introducing PPF+
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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American Elections: 2008
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Mar 24, 2024 |
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American Elections: 1980
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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American Elections: 1936
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Mar 17, 2024 |
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American Elections: 1912
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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American Elections: 1896
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Mar 10, 2024 |
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American Elections: 1860
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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American Elections: 1828
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Mar 03, 2024 |
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American Elections: 1800
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Q & A: Shakespeare, Gulliver and Trump
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Feb 25, 2024 |
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The Great Political Fictions: Fathers and Sons
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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The Great Political Fictions: Mary Stuart
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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The Great Political Fictions: Gulliver’s Travels
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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The Great Political Fictions: Coriolanus
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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The End of Enlightenment
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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Rory Stewart: What Does it Mean to be a 21st-Century Tory?
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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The End of the UK?
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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History of Ideas 12: Ta-Nehisi Coates
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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History of Ideas 11: Umberto Eco
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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History of Ideas 10: David Foster Wallace
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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History of Ideas 9: Joan Didion
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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History of Ideas 8: Susan Sontag
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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History of Ideas 7: James Baldwin
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Dec 31, 2023 |
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History of Ideas 6: Simone Weil
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Dec 30, 2023 |
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History of Ideas 5: George Orwell
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Dec 29, 2023 |
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History of Ideas 4: Virginia Woolf
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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History of Ideas 3: Thoreau
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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History of Ideas 2: Hume
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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History of Ideas 1: Montaigne
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Dec 25, 2023 |
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History of Ideas Q&A
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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The Art of the Essay
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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Something’s Got to Give
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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Democracy Q&A w/ Lea Ypi
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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History of Ideas: Ta-Nehisi Coates
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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Democracy vs Nationalism w/ Lea Ypi
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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Jill Lepore on Trump, Guns and the Red Mirage
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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The Leviacene: Defining Our Times
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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History of Ideas: Umberto Eco
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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Rethinking Democracy w/ Lea Ypi
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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Mary Beard on Caesar, Augustus & Zuckerberg
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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Zadie Smith on Dickens, Hypocrisy & Justice
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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History of Ideas: David Foster Wallace
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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Animal Farm and Other Allegories
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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The Other 9/11: Chile & Allende
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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The Handover
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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The Great Essays: Q & A
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Sep 03, 2023 |
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History of Ideas: Joan Didion
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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History of Ideas: Susan Sontag
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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History of Ideas: James Baldwin
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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History of Ideas: Simone Weil
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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History of Ideas: George Orwell
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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History of Ideas: Virginia Woolf
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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From Lincoln to Trump: What Happened to the Republican Party?
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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History of Ideas: Thoreau
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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Whose Space is it Anyway?
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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Why J.S. Mill Matters w/ Tara Westover
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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Are There Too Many People?
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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History of Ideas: Hume
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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Rawls, Capitalism & Justice
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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Live Special: The American Century w/ David Miliband
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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AI: Can the Machines Really Think?
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May 25, 2023 |
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History of Ideas: Montaigne
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May 18, 2023 |
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Living Behind the Iron Curtain
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May 11, 2023 |
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How Dallas Saw the Future
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May 04, 2023 |
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The Novel that Unravels Democracy
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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Introducing Past Present Future
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Apr 12, 2023 |