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TALKING POLITICS podcast

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TALKING POLITICS

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  David Runciman and Catherine Carr  

Coronavirus! Climate! Brexit! Trump! Politics has never been more unpredictable, more alarming or more interesting: Talking Politics is the podcast that tries to make sense of it all. Every week David Runciman and Helen Thompson talk to the most interesting people around about the ideas and events that shape our world: from history to economics, from philosophy to fiction. What does the future hold? Can democracy survive? How crazy will it get? This is the political conversation that matters. Talking Politics is brought to you in partnership with the London Review of Books, Europe's leading magazine of books and ideas.

Coronavirus! Climate! Brexit! Trump! Politics has never been more unpredictable, more alarming or more interesting: Talking Politics is the podcast that tries to make sense of it all. Every week David Runciman and Helen Thompson talk to the most interesting people around about the ideas and events that shape our world: from history to economics, from philosophy to fiction. What does the future hold? Can democracy survive? How crazy will it get? This is the political conversation that matters. Talking Politics is brought to you in partnership with the London Review of Books, Europe's leading magazine of books and ideas.

 

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#379

New Podcast: These Times

UnHerd political editor Tom McTague and Cambridge professor Helen Thompson team up to inve... more

11 May 2023

00 MINS

00:52

11 May 2023

#378

New Podcast: Where Are You Going?

Talking Politics producer Catherine Carr returns to her role as mic-wielder in ['Where Are... more

24 Apr 2023

03 MINS

03:39

24 Apr 2023

#377

New Podcast: Past Present Future

Past Present Future is a new weekly podcast with David Runciman, host of Talking Politics,... more

21 Apr 2023

02 MINS

02:18

21 Apr 2023

#376

Finale

David, Helen and Catherine get together for our final episode, to reflect on podcastingthr... more

03 Mar 2022

39 MINS

39:14

03 Mar 2022

#375

Helen Thompson/Disorder

For our penultimate episode, David talks to Helen about her new book Disorder: Hard Times ... more

24 Feb 2022

46 MINS

46:55

24 Feb 2022

#374

The Meaning of Macron

David talks to Shahin Vallee and Chris Bickerton about theupcoming French presidential ele... more

17 Feb 2022

45 MINS

45:27

17 Feb 2022

#373

The Meaning of Boris Johnson

David, Helen and Chris Brooke have one more go at making sense of the tangled webthat is B... more

10 Feb 2022

52 MINS

52:56

10 Feb 2022

#372

Putin’s Next Move

David and Helen talk to Shashank Joshi, Defence Editor of the Economist, about what Vladim... more

03 Feb 2022

50 MINS

50:39

03 Feb 2022

#371

The Next Big Thing

David talks to John Naughton about what’s coming next in the tech revolution and where it’... more

27 Jan 2022

42 MINS

42:33

27 Jan 2022

#370

American Civil War?

One year on from Joe Biden’s inauguration David and Helen talk with Gary Gerstle about wha... more

20 Jan 2022

53 MINS

53:39

20 Jan 2022

#369

Two Topics for 2022

To kick off the new year David and Helen are joined by historian Robert Saunders to talk a... more

06 Jan 2022

49 MINS

49:15

06 Jan 2022

#368

Boris: The Ghost of Christmas Present

David and Helen talk through what’s going on with the prime minister, the pandemic and the... more

23 Dec 2021

49 MINS

49:51

23 Dec 2021

#367

1848 and All That

David and Helen talk to historian Chris Clark about the 1848 revolutions and what they tea... more

16 Dec 2021

52 MINS

52:32

16 Dec 2021

#366

Supply Chains, Inflation & the Metaverse

In a special episode recordedlive at the Bristol Festival of Economics, David and Helen ta... more

02 Dec 2021

56 MINS

56:33

02 Dec 2021

#365

Where is China Heading?

Helen and David talk to Cindy Yu, host of the Chinese Whispers podcast, about the trajecto... more

18 Nov 2021

47 MINS

47:31

18 Nov 2021

#364

Climate Ambition vs Energy Reality

David and Helen talk to Jason Bordoff, Dean of the Columbia Climate Schooland former Speci... more

04 Nov 2021

51 MINS

51:55

04 Nov 2021

#363

Hilary Mantel

In a special episode recorded in front of a live audience, Helen and David talk to Hilary ... more

28 Oct 2021

53 MINS

53:36

28 Oct 2021

#362

Free with Lea Ypi

David talks with Lea Ypi about her astonishing new memoir Free: Coming of Age at the End o... more

21 Oct 2021

56 MINS

56:51

21 Oct 2021

#361

German Lessons

David and Helen are joined by Politico’s chief Europe correspondent Matthew Karnitschnig t... more

07 Oct 2021

53 MINS

53:37

07 Oct 2021