Past Present Future

A podcast by David Runciman

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151 Episodes

  1. The Great Political Fictions: Midnight’s Children

    Published: 6/16/2024
  2. The Great Political Fictions: Atlas Shrugged

    Published: 6/13/2024
  3. The Great Political Fictions: Mother Courage and Her Children

    Published: 6/9/2024
  4. The Great Political Fictions: The Time Machine

    Published: 6/6/2024
  5. The Great Political Fictions: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

    Published: 6/2/2024
  6. The Great Political Fictions: Phineas Redux

    Published: 5/30/2024
  7. The Great Political Fictions: Middlemarch (part 2)

    Published: 5/26/2024
  8. The Great Political Fictions: Middlemarch (part 1)

    Published: 5/23/2024
  9. The History of Bad Ideas: Mesmerism

    Published: 5/19/2024
  10. The History of Bad Ideas: The Death of the Author

    Published: 5/16/2024
  11. The History of Bad Ideas: Anti-Suffragettes

    Published: 5/12/2024
  12. The History of Bad Ideas: Taxonomy

    Published: 5/9/2024
  13. The History of Bad Ideas: Antisemitism

    Published: 5/5/2024
  14. The History of Bad Ideas: Facebook Friends

    Published: 5/2/2024
  15. The History of Bad Ideas: The Gold Standard

    Published: 4/28/2024
  16. The History of Bad Ideas: Eugenics

    Published: 4/25/2024
  17. The History of Freedom w/Lea Ypi: Liberation Movements

    Published: 4/21/2024
  18. The History of Freedom w/Lea Ypi: Existentialism and Psychoanalysis

    Published: 4/18/2024
  19. The History of Freedom w/Lea Ypi: Anarchism and Nihilism

    Published: 4/14/2024
  20. The History of Freedom w/Lea Ypi: What is the Free Market?

    Published: 4/11/2024

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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.