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 (341)
Fixing Democracy: What’s Wrong with Referendums?
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Now & Then with Robert Saunders: From Kinnock to Corbyn to Starmer
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Now & Then with Robert Saunders: Neil Kinnock vs Militant
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Fixing Democracy: How to Stop Election Rigging
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Fixing Democracy: Citizens’ Assemblies
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Fixing Democracy: Parliamentary Reform
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Fixing Democracy: Electoral Reform
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Indignity w/Lea Ypi
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Dignity and Indignity w/Lea Ypi
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PPF+: More of What You’ve Been Missing!
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Politics on Trial: Hitler vs Weimar
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Politics on Trial: Easter Rising 1916 w/Fintan O’Toole
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PPF+: A Taste of What You've Been Missing!
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Politics on Trial 100th Anniversary Special: Franz Kafka’s The Trial
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Politics on Trial: Dreyfus vs the Conspiracy Theory
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Politics on Trial: Oscar Wilde vs the Philistines
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Now & Then with Robert Saunders: Whatever Happened to Unemployment?
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Politics on Trial: Charles Parnell vs the English
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Politics on Trial: The Haymarket Eight vs the Police
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Politics on Trial: John Brown vs Slavery
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Politics on Trial: Aaron Burr vs the Constitution
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Politics on Trial: Louis XVI vs the People
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Politics on Trial: Warren Hastings vs the British Empire
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The History of Bad Ideas: Identity
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The History of Bad Ideas: Behaviourism
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The History of Bad Ideas: Polycrisis
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The History of Bad Ideas: Value-Free Tech
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The History of Bad Ideas: Monopoly
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The History of Bad Ideas: Meritocracy
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The History of Bad Ideas: Charisma
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The History of Bad Ideas: The Decisive Battle
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The History of Bad Ideas: Genius
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The History of Bad Ideas: Austerity
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Politics on Trial: Charles I vs Parliament
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Politics on Trial: Galileo vs the Inquisition
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50th Anniversary Special: The 1975 European Referendum w/Robert Saunders
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Politics on Trial: Mary Queen of Scots vs the Secret State
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Politics on Trial: Thomas More vs the King
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Politics on Trial: Joan of Arc vs the Church
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Politics on Trial: Socrates vs Democracy
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Politics on Trial: A History of Lawfare
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Ideas of Globalisation: What’s Gone Wrong? w/Dani Rodrik
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Ideas of Globalisation: The Crisis of the 1970s (and Trump!)
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Ideas of Globalisation: Central Banks vs the People (and Trump!)
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Ideas of Globalisation: Hoover and Smoot-Hawley (and Trump!)
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Ideas of Globalisation: Chamberlain and the Tariff Wars (and Trump!)
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Ideas of Globalisation: Trade, Race and Empire (and Trump!)
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The History of Revolutionary Ideas: Lenin and Trotsky
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PPF Live Special: Churchill – The Politician With Nine Lives w/Robert Saunders
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The History of Revolutionary Ideas: The Rite of Spring w/Dominic Dromgoole
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