Past Present Future

A podcast by David Runciman

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164 Episodes

  1. History of Ideas 7: James Baldwin

    Published: 31/12/2023
  2. History of Ideas 6: Simone Weil

    Published: 30/12/2023
  3. History of Ideas 5: George Orwell

    Published: 29/12/2023
  4. History of Ideas 4: Virginia Woolf

    Published: 28/12/2023
  5. History of Ideas 3: Thoreau

    Published: 27/12/2023
  6. History of Ideas 2: Hume

    Published: 26/12/2023
  7. History of Ideas 1: Montaigne

    Published: 25/12/2023
  8. History of Ideas Q&A

    Published: 21/12/2023
  9. The Art of the Essay

    Published: 14/12/2023
  10. Something’s Got to Give

    Published: 07/12/2023
  11. Democracy Q&A w/ Lea Ypi

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

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

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

    Published: 09/11/2023
  15. The Leviacene: Defining Our Times

    Published: 02/11/2023
  16. History of Ideas: Umberto Eco

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

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

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

    Published: 05/10/2023
  20. History of Ideas: David Foster Wallace

    Published: 28/09/2023

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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. Brought to you in partnership with the London Review of Books. New episodes every Thursday and Sunday.

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