Past Present Future

A podcast by David Runciman

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150 Episodes

  1. What If… The Vietnam War Had Ended in 1964?

    Published: 8/18/2024
  2. What If… Wallace not Truman Had Become US President in 1945?

    Published: 8/15/2024
  3. What If… The French Revolution Had Happened in China?

    Published: 8/11/2024
  4. What If… Science Counterfactuals w/ Adam Rutherford

    Published: 8/8/2024
  5. The Great Political Fictions: Tim Rice on Evita

    Published: 8/4/2024
  6. The Great Political Fictions: Helen Lewis on To Kill A Mockingbird

    Published: 8/1/2024
  7. The Great Political Fictions: Lea Ypi on The Wild Duck

    Published: 7/28/2024
  8. The Great Political Poems

    Published: 7/25/2024
  9. American Elections: The Republican Convention

    Published: 7/21/2024
  10. The Great Political Fictions: Hamilton

    Published: 7/18/2024
  11. The Great Political Fictions: American Wife

    Published: 7/14/2024
  12. The Great Political Fictions: The Line of Beauty

    Published: 7/11/2024
  13. UK General Elections: 2024

    Published: 7/6/2024
  14. UK General Elections: 2019

    Published: 7/4/2024
  15. UK General Elections: 1997

    Published: 7/3/2024
  16. UK General Elections: 1979

    Published: 6/30/2024
  17. UK General Elections: 1945

    Published: 6/27/2024
  18. UK General Elections: 1906

    Published: 6/23/2024
  19. The Great Political Fictions: The Handmaid’s Tale

    Published: 6/20/2024
  20. The Great Political Fictions: Midnight’s Children

    Published: 6/16/2024

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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.