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Past Present Future podcast

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Past Present Future

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  David Runciman  

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 Incogni! Use code ppf at the link below and get 60% off annual plans: https://incogni.com/ppf

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 Incogni! Use code ppf at the link below and get 60% off annual plans: https://incogni.com/ppf

 

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#292

Political Conversions: Switching Sides in the 21st Century

In the final episode of this series David talks to political historian David Klemperer abo... more

05 Apr 2026

54 MINS

54:16

05 Apr 2026

#291

Political Conversions: From Trotskyism to Neoconservatism

In part three of our series about political conversions David talks to historian David Kle... more

01 Apr 2026

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:55

01 Apr 2026

#290

Political Conversions: Communism – The God That Failed

In today’s episode David talks to political historian David Klemperer about a group of wri... more

29 Mar 2026

56 MINS

56:28

29 Mar 2026

#289

Political Conversions: Going Fascist

Today’s episode is the first in a new series of conversations with political historian Dav... more

25 Mar 2026

1 HR 05 MINS

1:05:53

25 Mar 2026

#288

Live Special: Another American Civil War?

In today’s episode, which was recorded in front of students, parents and teachers from thr... more

22 Mar 2026

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:27

22 Mar 2026

#287

Live Special: Is This How Democracy Ends? w/Lyse Doucet, Chris Clark & Thant Myint-U

Today’s episode was recorded last Wednesday in front of a live audience at Friends’ House ... more

18 Mar 2026

1 HR 13 MINS

1:13:34

18 Mar 2026

#286

Where Are We Going? Societal Collapse – The Future

In the fourth and final conversation in this series David talks to Luke Kemp, author of Go... more

08 Mar 2026

1 HR 04 MINS

1:04:23

08 Mar 2026

#285

Where Are We Going? Societal Collapse – The Present Day

In today’s episode David talks to Luke Kemp, author of Goliath’s Curse, about the prospect... more

04 Mar 2026

1 HR 04 MINS

1:04:13

04 Mar 2026

#284

Where Are We Going? Societal Collapse – The Modern Age

In today’s episode David talks to Luke Kemp, author of Goliath’s Curse, about the strength... more

01 Mar 2026

1 HR 10 MINS

1:10:06

01 Mar 2026

#283

Where Are We Going? Societal Collapse – Origins

Today’s episode is the first in a series of conversations about what causes human societie... more

25 Feb 2026

1 HR 06 MINS

1:06:00

25 Feb 2026

#282

Where Are We Going? Nuclear War Part 3

Today’s episode is the third and final of David’s conversations with S. M. Amadae about nu... more

22 Feb 2026

55 MINS

55:29

22 Feb 2026

#281

Where Are We Going? Nuclear War Part 2

In today’s episode David talks to S. M. Amadae about what happened when the nuclear age tu... more

18 Feb 2026

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:02

18 Feb 2026