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 Fictions: Helen Lewis on To Kill A Mockingbird
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The Great Political Fictions: Lea Ypi on The Wild Duck
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The Great Political Poems
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American Elections: The Republican Convention
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The Great Political Fictions: Hamilton
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The Great Political Fictions: American Wife
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The Great Political Fictions: The Line of Beauty
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UK General Elections: 2024
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UK General Elections: 2019
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UK General Elections: 1997
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UK General Elections: 1979
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UK General Elections: 1945
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UK General Elections: 1906
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The Great Political Fictions: The Handmaid’s Tale
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The Great Political Fictions: Midnight’s Children
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The Great Political Fictions: Atlas Shrugged
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The Great Political Fictions: Mother Courage and Her Children
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The Great Political Fictions: The Time Machine
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The Great Political Fictions: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
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The Great Political Fictions: Phineas Redux
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The Great Political Fictions: Middlemarch (part 2)
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The Great Political Fictions: Middlemarch (part 1)
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The History of Bad Ideas: Mesmerism
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The History of Bad Ideas: The Death of the Author
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The History of Bad Ideas: Anti-Suffragettes
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The History of Bad Ideas: Taxonomy
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The History of Bad Ideas: Antisemitism
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The History of Bad Ideas: Facebook Friends
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The History of Bad Ideas: The Gold Standard
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The History of Bad Ideas: Eugenics
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The History of Freedom w/Lea Ypi: Liberation Movements
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The History of Freedom w/Lea Ypi: Existentialism and Psychoanalysis
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The History of Freedom w/Lea Ypi: Anarchism and Nihilism
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The History of Freedom w/Lea Ypi: What is the Free Market?
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The History of Freedom w/Lea Ypi: Kant, Enlightenment and Peace
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The History of Freedom w/ Lea Ypi: Machiavelli and Political Liberty
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The History of Freedom w/Lea Ypi: The Ancients - Socrates, Seneca & Jesus
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The History of Freedom w/Lea Ypi: Why Does It Matter?
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Introducing PPF+
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American Elections: 2008
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American Elections: 1980
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American Elections: 1936
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American Elections: 1912
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American Elections: 1896
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American Elections: 1860
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American Elections: 1828
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American Elections: 1800
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Q & A: Shakespeare, Gulliver and Trump
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The Great Political Fictions: Fathers and Sons
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The Great Political Fictions: Mary Stuart
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