215 Episodes

  1. History of Ideas: Virginia Woolf

    Published: 7/27/2023

  2. From Lincoln to Trump: What Happened to the Republican Party?

    Published: 7/20/2023

  3. History of Ideas: Thoreau

    Published: 7/13/2023

  4. Whose Space is it Anyway?

    Published: 7/6/2023

  5. Why J.S. Mill Matters w/ Tara Westover

    Published: 6/29/2023

  6. Are There Too Many People?

    Published: 6/22/2023

  7. History of Ideas: Hume

    Published: 6/15/2023

  8. Rawls, Capitalism & Justice

    Published: 6/8/2023

  9. Live Special: The American Century w/ David Miliband

    Published: 6/1/2023

  10. AI: Can the Machines Really Think?

    Published: 5/25/2023

  11. History of Ideas: Montaigne

    Published: 5/18/2023

  12. Living Behind the Iron Curtain

    Published: 5/11/2023

  13. How Dallas Saw the Future

    Published: 5/4/2023

  14. The Novel that Unravels Democracy

    Published: 4/27/2023

  15. Introducing Past Present Future

    Published: 4/12/2023

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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 Thursday and Sunday.