Past Present Future

A podcast by David Runciman

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201 Episodes

  1. History of Ideas 4: Virginia Woolf

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Published: 12/7/2023
  8. Democracy Q&A w/ Lea Ypi

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

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

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

    Published: 11/9/2023
  12. The Leviacene: Defining Our Times

    Published: 11/2/2023
  13. History of Ideas: Umberto Eco

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

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

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

    Published: 10/5/2023
  17. History of Ideas: David Foster Wallace

    Published: 9/28/2023
  18. Animal Farm and Other Allegories

    Published: 9/21/2023
  19. The Other 9/11: Chile & Allende

    Published: 9/14/2023
  20. The Handover

    Published: 9/7/2023

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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.