Past Present Future
A podcast by David Runciman

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194 Episodes
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Democracy Q&A w/ Lea Ypi
Published: 30/11/2023 -
History of Ideas: Ta-Nehisi Coates
Published: 23/11/2023 -
Democracy vs Nationalism w/ Lea Ypi
Published: 16/11/2023 -
Jill Lepore on Trump, Guns and the Red Mirage
Published: 9/11/2023 -
The Leviacene: Defining Our Times
Published: 2/11/2023 -
History of Ideas: Umberto Eco
Published: 26/10/2023 -
Rethinking Democracy w/ Lea Ypi
Published: 19/10/2023 -
Mary Beard on Caesar, Augustus & Zuckerberg
Published: 12/10/2023 -
Zadie Smith on Dickens, Hypocrisy & Justice
Published: 5/10/2023 -
History of Ideas: David Foster Wallace
Published: 28/09/2023 -
Animal Farm and Other Allegories
Published: 21/09/2023 -
The Other 9/11: Chile & Allende
Published: 14/09/2023 -
The Handover
Published: 7/09/2023 -
The Great Essays: Q & A
Published: 3/09/2023 -
History of Ideas: Joan Didion
Published: 31/08/2023 -
History of Ideas: Susan Sontag
Published: 24/08/2023 -
History of Ideas: James Baldwin
Published: 17/08/2023 -
History of Ideas: Simone Weil
Published: 10/08/2023 -
History of Ideas: George Orwell
Published: 3/08/2023 -
History of Ideas: Virginia Woolf
Published: 27/07/2023
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.