210 Episodes

  1. The End of the UK?

    Published: 11/01/2024
  2. History of Ideas 12: Ta-Nehisi Coates

    Published: 05/01/2024
  3. History of Ideas 11: Umberto Eco

    Published: 04/01/2024
  4. History of Ideas 10: David Foster Wallace

    Published: 03/01/2024
  5. History of Ideas 9: Joan Didion

    Published: 02/01/2024
  6. History of Ideas 8: Susan Sontag

    Published: 01/01/2024
  7. History of Ideas 7: James Baldwin

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Published: 09/11/2023

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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.

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