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Past Present Future

Past Present Future

De: David Runciman
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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.Past Present Future Ciencia Política Ciencias Sociales Filosofía Mundial Política y Gobierno
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  • Politics on Trial: Easter Rising 1916 w/Fintan O’Toole

    Politics on Trial: Easter Rising 1916 w/Fintan O’Toole
    Aug 28 2025
    Today it’s the first of two episodes with journalist and historian Fintan O’Toole about the trials that followed the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland. What did the leaders of the rising hope to achieve, with or without German help? How and why did the British get it so wrong by court martialling the supposed ring leaders in secret? Were those trials anything more than kangaroo courts? And why are fourteen martyrs more potent than thousands of victims? Available from Saturday on PPF+: Part 2 of David’s conversation with Fintan O’Toole, where they explore the treason trial of Sir Roger Casement and the question of what makes a traitor. Plus, what part was played by George Bernard Shaw? To get this and all our bonus episodes plus ad-free listening sign up now to PPF+ https://www.ppfideas.com/join-ppf-plus Tickets are still available for the first screening in our autumn film season at the Regent Street Cinema in London on 5th September: Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope followed by a live recording of PPF with special guests Nicci Gerrard and Sean French, aka the best-selling husband-and-wife crime-writing duo Nicci French. Get your tickets here https://bit.ly/4fOp2xx Next Up: Hitler vs Weimar Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    59 m
  • PPF+: A Taste of What You've Been Missing!

    PPF+: A Taste of What You've Been Missing!
    Aug 24 2025
    Today’s episode is something a little bit different – it is nearly 18 months since we started PPF+ and there are now 34 bonus episodes waiting for you as soon as you sign up. It costs £5 per month or £50 per year and you will get two new bonus episodes every month along with ad-free listening, automatic sign-up to our newsletter and access to the whole archive. It’s easy and we would really value your support https://www.ppfideas.com/join-ppf-plus In this episode you’ll hear some PPF+ highlights: David talking to Helen Thompson about Apocalypse Now, David exploring Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, unpicking the relationship between The Futurist Manifesto and fascism, reflecting on Claude Lanzmann’s epic Holocaust documentary Shoah and in conversation with historian Chris Clark about 1848 and the future of liberal politics. All these episodes and many more are available as soon as you sign up. If you would like to gift a 6-month or 12-month PPF+ subscription to someone you know who is starting college or university or a new school or who you think might be interested in what we do for whatever reason, it’s also easy: sign them up here https://ppf.supportingcast.fm/gifts Next time in Politics on Trial: Fintan O’Toole on The Trials of the Easter Rising 1916. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    55 m
  • Politics on Trial 100th Anniversary Special: Franz Kafka’s The Trial

    Politics on Trial 100th Anniversary Special: Franz Kafka’s The Trial
    Aug 21 2025
    Today’s episode in Politics on Trial is about the most famous trial in literature and one that never actually takes place. David talks to writer and literary scholar Ian Ellison about Franz Kafka’s The Trial, first published in 1925. What is the meaning of a book about a legal process that never happens? How was it inspired by Kafka’s failed love life? Why has it given rise to so many different understandings of what makes our world Kafkaesque? And how did a work of fiction that is full of weird and wonderful ideas get associated with mindless bureaucracy? If you’d like to get tickets for the first screening in our autumn film season at the Regent Street Cinema in London on 5th September – Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope, followed by a live recording of PPF with the crime writers Nicci Gerard and Sean French – they are available now https://www.ppfideas.com/events Coming Next: a PPF+ Highlights Special Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    59 m
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