Past Present Future
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 Wednesday and Sunday.Take back your personal data with Inco...
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Episodes (305)
The Great Political Films: Z
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The History of Bad Ideas: Televised Leadership Debates
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The History of Bad Ideas: Party Members Choosing Leaders
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The History of Bad Ideas: Steady State Theory
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The History of Bad Ideas: The End of History
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The History of Bad Ideas: Modernisation!
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The History of Bad Ideas: The Marketplace of Ideas
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The History of Bad Ideas: Nobel Prizes
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The History of Bad Ideas: The Silent Majority
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American Elections: 2024: The Meaning of Trump’s Triumph
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The Great Political Films: The Battle of Algiers
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The Great Political Films: Dr Strangelove & Fail Safe w/ Jill Lepore
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The Great Political Films: The Leopard w/ Lucia Rubinelli
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The Great Political Films: The Manchurian Candidate
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The Great Political Films: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
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The Great Political Films: Citizen Kane
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The Great Political Films: Mr Smith Goes to Washington
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The Great Political Films: La Grande Illusion
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Michael Lewis on Sam Bankman-Fried and Effective Altruism
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American Elections: 2024: Is Anyone Winning?
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Thinking About Thinking Machines: Monk & Robot
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Thinking About Thinking Machines: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
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Thinking About Thinking Machines: Isaac Asimov’s ‘Franchise’
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Thinking About Thinking Machines: Metropolis
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What if… Scotland Had Voted for Independence?
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What if… The Berlin Wall Hadn’t Fallen?
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What if… The 1919 Paris Peace Conference Had Actually Kept the Peace?
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What If… The Russian Revolution Hadn’t Been Bolshevik?
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What If… Franz Ferdinand Had Survived Sarajevo?
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Fifteen Fictions for Summer re-release: Hamilton
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Fifteen Fictions for Summer re-release: American Wife
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Fifteen Fictions for Summer re-release: The Line of Beauty
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Fifteen Fictions for Summer re-release: The Handmaid’s Tale
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Fifteen Fictions for Summer re-release: Midnight’s Children
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Fifteen Fictions for Summer re-release: Atlas Shrugged
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Fifteen Fictions for Summer re-release: Mother Courage & Her Children
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Fifteen Fictions for Summer re-release: The Time Machine
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Fifteen Fictions for Summer re-release: Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde
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Fifteen Fictions for Summer re-release: Phineas Redux
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Fifteen Fictions for Summer re-release: Middlemarch Part 2
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Fifteen Fictions for Summer re-release: Middlemarch Part 1
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Fifteen Fictions for Summer re-release: Fathers and Sons
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Fifteen Fictions for Summer re-release: Mary Stuart
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Fifteen Fictions for Summer re-release: Gulliver’s Travels
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Fifteen Fictions for Summer re-release: Coriolanus
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What If… The Vietnam War Had Ended in 1964?
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What If… Wallace not Truman Had Become US President in 1945?
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What If… The French Revolution Had Happened in China?
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What If… Science Counterfactuals w/ Adam Rutherford
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The Great Political Fictions: Tim Rice on Evita
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