Past Present Future

A podcast by David Runciman

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158 Episodes

  1. Michael Lewis on Sam Bankman-Fried and Effective Altruism

    Published: 10/10/2024
  2. American Elections: 2024: Is Anyone Winning?

    Published: 6/10/2024
  3. Thinking About Thinking Machines: Monk & Robot

    Published: 3/10/2024
  4. Thinking About Thinking Machines: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

    Published: 29/09/2024
  5. Thinking About Thinking Machines: Isaac Asimov’s ‘Franchise’

    Published: 26/09/2024
  6. Thinking About Thinking Machines: Metropolis

    Published: 22/09/2024
  7. What if… Scotland Had Voted for Independence?

    Published: 19/09/2024
  8. What if… The Berlin Wall Hadn’t Fallen?

    Published: 15/09/2024
  9. What if… The 1919 Paris Peace Conference Had Actually Kept the Peace?

    Published: 12/09/2024
  10. What If… The Russian Revolution Hadn’t Been Bolshevik?

    Published: 8/09/2024
  11. What If… Franz Ferdinand Had Survived Sarajevo?

    Published: 5/09/2024
  12. Fifteen Fictions for Summer re-release: Hamilton

    Published: 1/09/2024
  13. Fifteen Fictions for Summer re-release: American Wife

    Published: 31/08/2024
  14. Fifteen Fictions for Summer re-release: The Line of Beauty

    Published: 30/08/2024
  15. Fifteen Fictions for Summer re-release: The Handmaid’s Tale

    Published: 29/08/2024
  16. Fifteen Fictions for Summer re-release: Midnight’s Children

    Published: 28/08/2024
  17. Fifteen Fictions for Summer re-release: Atlas Shrugged

    Published: 27/08/2024
  18. Fifteen Fictions for Summer re-release: Mother Courage & Her Children

    Published: 26/08/2024
  19. Fifteen Fictions for Summer re-release: The Time Machine

    Published: 25/08/2024
  20. Fifteen Fictions for Summer re-release: Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde

    Published: 24/08/2024

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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.

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