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Past Present Future

David Runciman
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<p>Past Present Future is a new weekly 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.</p><br><p>Ideas from the past, questions about the present, shaping the future. Brought to you in partnership with the London Review of Books.</p><br><p>New episodes every Thursday.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Episodes
276
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Audience: 40K–100K / month
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Cadence: Active weekly
Reply rate: Under 2%

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What’s Wrong with Political Philosophy? Learning from Max Weber

Sun Feb 08 2026

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In the third part of our series David and Paul Sagar explore what the German writer and sociologist Max Weber can teach us about the pitfalls of political life and political philosophy. Why is doing politics so hard? Why is it so hard to know what to do for the best when all the options are bad ones? How can we still do our best when the only means at our disposal is violence? And where does all this leave the prospects for lasting political change? Next Time: Learning from Bernard Williams and Judith Shklar You can find out everything you need to know about this podcast – who we are, what we do, plus merch, events and full lists of our episodes and PPF+ bonus episodes on our website https://www.ppfideas.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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In the third part of our series David and Paul Sagar explore what the German writer and sociologist Max Weber can teach us about the pitfalls of political life and political philosophy. Why is doing politics so hard? Why is it so hard to know what to do for the best when all the options are bad ones? How can we still do our best when the only means at our disposal is violence? And where does all this leave the prospects for lasting political change? Next Time: Learning from Bernard Williams and Judith Shklar You can find out everything you need to know about this podcast – who we are, what we do, plus merch, events and full lists of our episodes and PPF+ bonus episodes on our website https://www.ppfideas.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Top 69.3% by pitch volume (Rank #34628 of 50,000)
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4.9
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Reviews
48
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Publish cadence
Several times per week
Active weekly
Episode count
276
Data updated
Feb 10, 2026
Social followers
8.5K

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HistoryPodcastsNewsPolitics
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United Kingdom
Language
English
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Several times per week
Latest episode date
Sun Feb 08 2026

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Frequently Asked Questions About Past Present Future

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What is Past Present Future about?

<p>Past Present Future is a new weekly 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.</p><br><p>Ideas from the past, questions about the present, shaping the future. Brought to you in partnership with the London Review of Books.</p><br><p>New episodes every Thursday.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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Several times per week

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