Past Present Future

A podcast by David Runciman

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194 Episodes

  1. Democracy Q&A w/ Lea Ypi

    Published: 11/30/2023
  2. History of Ideas: Ta-Nehisi Coates

    Published: 11/23/2023
  3. Democracy vs Nationalism w/ Lea Ypi

    Published: 11/16/2023
  4. Jill Lepore on Trump, Guns and the Red Mirage

    Published: 11/9/2023
  5. The Leviacene: Defining Our Times

    Published: 11/2/2023
  6. History of Ideas: Umberto Eco

    Published: 10/26/2023
  7. Rethinking Democracy w/ Lea Ypi

    Published: 10/19/2023
  8. Mary Beard on Caesar, Augustus & Zuckerberg

    Published: 10/12/2023
  9. Zadie Smith on Dickens, Hypocrisy & Justice

    Published: 10/5/2023
  10. History of Ideas: David Foster Wallace

    Published: 9/28/2023
  11. Animal Farm and Other Allegories

    Published: 9/21/2023
  12. The Other 9/11: Chile & Allende

    Published: 9/14/2023
  13. The Handover

    Published: 9/7/2023
  14. The Great Essays: Q & A

    Published: 9/3/2023
  15. History of Ideas: Joan Didion

    Published: 8/31/2023
  16. History of Ideas: Susan Sontag

    Published: 8/24/2023
  17. History of Ideas: James Baldwin

    Published: 8/17/2023
  18. History of Ideas: Simone Weil

    Published: 8/10/2023
  19. History of Ideas: George Orwell

    Published: 8/3/2023
  20. History of Ideas: Virginia Woolf

    Published: 7/27/2023

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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. New episodes every Thursday and Sunday.