Past Present Future

A podcast by David Runciman

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159 Episodes

  1. Fifteen Fictions for Summer re-release: Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde

    Published: 24/08/2024
  2. Fifteen Fictions for Summer re-release: Phineas Redux

    Published: 23/08/2024
  3. Fifteen Fictions for Summer re-release: Middlemarch Part 2

    Published: 22/08/2024
  4. Fifteen Fictions for Summer re-release: Middlemarch Part 1

    Published: 22/08/2024
  5. Fifteen Fictions for Summer re-release: Fathers and Sons

    Published: 21/08/2024
  6. Fifteen Fictions for Summer re-release: Mary Stuart

    Published: 20/08/2024
  7. Fifteen Fictions for Summer re-release: Gulliver’s Travels

    Published: 19/08/2024
  8. Fifteen Fictions for Summer re-release: Coriolanus

    Published: 18/08/2024
  9. What If… The Vietnam War Had Ended in 1964?

    Published: 18/08/2024
  10. What If… The Vietnam War Had Ended in 1964?

    Published: 18/08/2024
  11. What If… Wallace not Truman Had Become US President in 1945?

    Published: 15/08/2024
  12. What If… The French Revolution Had Happened in China?

    Published: 11/08/2024
  13. What If… Science Counterfactuals w/ Adam Rutherford

    Published: 8/08/2024
  14. The Great Political Fictions: Tim Rice on Evita

    Published: 4/08/2024
  15. The Great Political Fictions: Helen Lewis on To Kill A Mockingbird

    Published: 1/08/2024
  16. The Great Political Fictions: Lea Ypi on The Wild Duck

    Published: 28/07/2024
  17. The Great Political Poems

    Published: 25/07/2024
  18. American Elections: The Republican Convention

    Published: 21/07/2024
  19. The Great Political Fictions: Hamilton

    Published: 18/07/2024
  20. The Great Political Fictions: American Wife

    Published: 14/07/2024

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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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