How many episodes does Past Present Future have?

Past Present Future has 292 episodes.

What topics does Past Present Future cover?

Past Present Future covers topics including: history, news, politics, society, culture, philosophy.

Past Present Future

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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 Wednesday and Sunday.Take back your personal data with Inco...

Notable Guests

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Episodes (292)

Political Conversions: From Trotskyism to Neoconservatism

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Political Conversions: Communism – The God That Failed

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Political Conversions: Going Fascist

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Notable Guests

Episodes (292)

Political Conversions: From Trotskyism to Neoconservatism

Political Conversions: Communism – The God That Failed

Political Conversions: Going Fascist

Live Special: Another American Civil War?

Live Special: Is This How Democracy Ends? w/Lyse Doucet, Chris Clark & Thant Myi...

Now & Then with Robert Saunders: The Twists and Turns of the Special Relationshi...

Now & Then with Robert Saunders: Churchill’s ‘Iron Curtain’ Speech @80

Where Are We Going? Societal Collapse – The Future

Where Are We Going? Societal Collapse – The Present Day

Where Are We Going? Societal Collapse – The Modern Age

Where Are We Going? Societal Collapse – Origins

Where Are We Going? Nuclear War Part 3

Where Are We Going? Nuclear War Part 2

Where Are We Going? Nuclear War Part 1

What’s Wrong with Political Philosophy? Learning from Bernard Williams and Judit...

What’s Wrong with Political Philosophy? Learning from Max Weber

What’s Wrong with Political Philosophy? Learning from Adam Smith

What’s Wrong with Political Philosophy? Learning from Aristotle

Talking Geopolitics with Helen Thompson: The Weirdness of American Power Part 2

Talking Geopolitics with Helen Thompson: The Weirdness of American Power

Politics on Trial: The Trial and Execution of Saddam Hussein

Politics on Trial: O. J. Simpson vs the Evidence

Politics on Trial: The Gang of Four vs the New China

Politics on Trial: Muhammad Ali vs. the Draft

Now & Then with Robert Saunders: Home Rule for Ireland! - The Kite

Films of Ideas extra: The Designated Mourner

Films of Ideas: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind w/Beeban Kidron

Films of Ideas: Wittgenstein w/Nikhil Krishnan

Films of Ideas: Rosa Luxemburg w/Lea Ypi

Films of Ideas: My Dinner with Andre w/Lee Hall

Films of Ideas: Rope w/Nicci Gerrard & Sean French

Politics on Trial: Nelson Mandela vs Apartheid

Politics on Trial: Eichmann in Jerusalem

Politics on Trial: Lady Chatterley’s Lover

Ian McEwan on the Present as Future Past

Now & Then with Robert Saunders: Thatcher@100 – Her Legacy

Now & Then with Robert Saunders: Thatcher@100 – Her Life

The Rise and Fall of Homo Sapiens

Trump-like Leadership in German History w/Chris Clark: Part 2 – Chancellor, Tyra...

Trump-like Leadership in German History w/Chris Clark: Part 1 – Kaiser Wilhelm I...

Politics on Trial: France on Trial Part 2 – Vichy vs the Jews

Politics on Trial: France on Trial – Pétain vs De Gaulle

Politics on Trial: The Moscow Show Trials

Politics on Trial: Darwin vs God / Darrow vs Bryan – the Scopes ‘Monkey’ Trial

Live Special: Who Rules the World? Trump, Tech and the Fight for the Future

Fixing Democracy Q&A w/David Klemperer: Oligarchy, Ageing Populations and How to...

Fixing Democracy: Confronting the Strongmen

Fixing Democracy: TikTok, Disinformation and Distraction

Live Special: Prime Minister Farage?

Fixing Democracy: Better Rhetoric