243 Episodes

  1. History of Ideas 6: Simone Weil

    Published: 12/30/2023
  2. History of Ideas 5: George Orwell

    Published: 12/29/2023
  3. History of Ideas 4: Virginia Woolf

    Published: 12/28/2023
  4. History of Ideas 3: Thoreau

    Published: 12/27/2023
  5. History of Ideas 2: Hume

    Published: 12/26/2023
  6. History of Ideas 1: Montaigne

    Published: 12/25/2023
  7. History of Ideas Q&A

    Published: 12/21/2023
  8. The Art of the Essay

    Published: 12/14/2023
  9. Something’s Got to Give

    Published: 12/7/2023
  10. Democracy Q&A w/ Lea Ypi

    Published: 11/30/2023
  11. History of Ideas: Ta-Nehisi Coates

    Published: 11/23/2023
  12. Democracy vs Nationalism w/ Lea Ypi

    Published: 11/16/2023
  13. Jill Lepore on Trump, Guns and the Red Mirage

    Published: 11/9/2023
  14. The Leviacene: Defining Our Times

    Published: 11/2/2023
  15. History of Ideas: Umberto Eco

    Published: 10/26/2023
  16. Rethinking Democracy w/ Lea Ypi

    Published: 10/19/2023
  17. Mary Beard on Caesar, Augustus & Zuckerberg

    Published: 10/12/2023
  18. Zadie Smith on Dickens, Hypocrisy & Justice

    Published: 10/5/2023
  19. History of Ideas: David Foster Wallace

    Published: 9/28/2023
  20. Animal Farm and Other Allegories

    Published: 9/21/2023

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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.