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Past Present Future Podcast @ppfideas.bsky.social · 12h

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! In today’s episode for our series about living in ageing societies, David talks to historian and legal scholar @samuelmoyn.bsky.social about the problem of gerontocracy, aka the rule of the old. Do the young stand a chance any more? Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

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Past Present Future Podcast @ppfideas.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! Today in our series about longer human lives David talks to the doctor & writer @richardcoker.bsky.social about the meaning of the event that comes for us all in the end: death. Are we finding it harder to talk about and face up to mortality? Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

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Richard Coker @richardcoker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Such an wonderful opportunity to talk to David on his extraordinary podcast. @ppfideas.bsky.social Many thanks and grateful to be part of a fascinating series.

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Past Present Future Podcast @ppfideas.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! To start our new series about what it means to live in a world of ageing populations, David talks to geneticist @adamrutherford.bsky.social about the benefits and pitfalls of increasing longevity. Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

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Past Present Future Podcast @ppfideas.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Sign up to our newsletter today! All the nuggets to accompany our most recent eps, plus David Writes on P(doom) PR: are these ‘sycophantic muppets’ really going to wipe out humanity? Could the sycophancy in fact be their secret weapon? It’s fortnightly and free! 🔗 www.ppfideas.com/newsletters

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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Not my normal field but something I’ve been studying for a while - drugs, healthspan, lifespan and longevity. Always a pleasure speaking with David.

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Nick Garland @npjgarland.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

To mark Progressive Review's relaunch, we've put together a collection of the greatest hits from @ippr.org's various journals since 1994 - all free to read. Including Jürgen Habermas, Thomas Piketty, Helen Thompson, David Runciman, Will Davies & Jean Seaton. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...

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Reinventing the Left Since 1994: The Best of New Economy, Public Policy Research, Juncture and Progressive Review: IPPR Progressive Review

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Past Present Future Podcast @ppfideas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🚨 Check out the new courses we've just launched to accompany our Philosophers and Great Essays series! For anyone wanting to go deeper into some of what we cover. Completely free for anyone to use. And more to come. Do please spread the word! www.ppfideas.com/courses

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Past Present Future Podcast @ppfideas.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! Today is the final episode in our series about the relationship between 20th-century biography & philosophy. David talks to Nikhil Krishnan about the life & thought of Iris Murdoch, a deeply philosophical novelist & a fully committed philosopher. Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

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Ben Wood @cosmichope.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This is an absolutely fabulous discussion. Thanks @lyndseystonebri.bsky.social. One for you @lilyrchadwick.bsky.social.

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philipdes.bsky.social @philipdes.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Your discussion of Hannah Arendt is both entertaining and informative (to coin a phrase). The subject plus the erudition you both bring makes it a wonderful, enlightening listen. Great series. Thank you.

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Lyndsey Stonebridge @lyndseystonebri.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This was such - in the Arendtian sense - FUN.

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Past Present Future Podcast @ppfideas.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! In today’s episode about 20th century philosophy and biography David talks to the historian and literary critic @lyndseystonebri.bsky.social about the life and thought of Hannah Arendt. What did it all mean for the human condition? Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

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Past Present Future Podcast @ppfideas.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

What a lovely post, thanks Adam - and thanks for listening! 🎧

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Past Present Future Podcast @ppfideas.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! Today in our series about 20th-century philosophy & biography we explore the life & thought of Elizabeth Anscombe, a remarkable & remarkably uncompromising philosopher. David talks to Nikhil Krishnan about her fierce relationship with the truth. Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

This week on @ppfideas.bsky.social, we explore "Gladstone, Disraeli & the Bulgarian Horrors": the last great battle between the two towering politicians of the Victorian age. It's a story of empire, religion, mass protest & soaring oratory. Here's a quick taster...🧵 www.ppfideas.com/episodes/now...

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Melinda Haunton @melindahaunton.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This is more or less the emergency* historical podcast I was asking for a couple of months back when @robertsaunders.bsky.social first drew the comparison with Midlothian. Great stuff. *but judicious and with scholarship

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

"Remember that the sanctity of life in the hill villages of Afghanistan among the winter snows is as inviolable in the eye of Almighty God as can be your own". In part 2 of Gladstone v Disraeli on empire, we explore the great Midlothian Campaign & the 1880 election! www.ppfideas.com/episodes/now...

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Past Present Future Podcast @ppfideas.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! In the second part of David’s conversation with historian @robertsaunders.bsky.social about the impact of the Bulgarian crisis of 1876 on the course of British politics, they discuss how Gladstone used the controversy to plot his way back to power. Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

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Past Present Future Podcast @ppfideas.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! In our occasional series with @robertsaunders.bsky.social about significant political anniversaries, we remember the appearance of a pamphlet 150 years ago that changed the course of British politics. Was this the dawn of a new age of populism? Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

A new statue of British prime minister William Gladstone was unveiled in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria earlier this year. Find out why in this week's @ppfideas.bsky.social: a story of three empires, two great popular movements, the origins of "jingoism" & the last great battle between Gladstone & Disraeli

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The "Bulgarian Horrors" would bring Gladstone roaring out of retirement to renew his long struggle with Disraeli. It's an amazing story, in which war with Russia, the future of India, the safety of the British constitution and the souls of the British people were all at stake. Hope you enjoy it!

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Aidan McGlynn @aidanmcglynn.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Kate's biography 'Becoming Beauvoir' is still one of my favourite things I've read in the past 5 years or so, and so this will be well worth listening to (the book is available as an audiobook too)

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Past Present Future Podcast @ppfideas.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

BONUS EPISODE OUT NOW! In today’s PPF+ bonus David talks to philosopher & biographer @philosofemme.bsky.social about the life & thought of Simone de Beauvoir. How was Beauvoir shaped by her childhood & was she a reliable narrator of her own history? Join PPF+ now: www.ppfideas.com/join-ppf-plus

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Kate Kirkpatrick @philosofemme.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This was great fun—on Sartre’s childhood and philosophical influences, literature and philosophy, the obligations of intellectuals, the question ‘what is existentialism?’, and more.

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Past Present Future Podcast @ppfideas.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! In today’s episode exploring how 20th-century philosophy and biography intersect David talks to philosopher and biographer @philosofemme.bsky.social about Jean-Paul Sartre, a thinker whose life has been as closely scrutinised as his ideas. Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

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Jenny Skene @jennyskene.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Really enjoying these on a Sunday morning. It’s a bit like how listening to Radio 4 used to feel

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Past Present Future Podcast @ppfideas.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! David talks to philosopher and author Nikhil Krishnan about the life and times of a little known but highly influential 20th-century philosopher: J. L. Austin, who believed that the deepest truths lay in understanding how ordinary language worked. Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

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Past Present Future Podcast @ppfideas.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! In our series about how 20th-century philosophy & biography intersect, David talks to philosopher Alex Carter about the life of Albert Camus, novelist, playwright, journalist, celebrity and public intellectual. What makes him a philosopher as well? Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

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Past Present Future Podcast @ppfideas.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! The 2nd life in our series about 20th-century philosophers could not be more different from the 1st. David talks to philosopher Alex Carter about Simone Weil, who died at 34 and lived through much political & personal hardship, some self-inflicted. Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

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Tudorfp @tudorfp.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Conscious that many teachers are busy prepping for the long term ahead, great to hear the news today that @ppfideas.bsky.social are launching learning materials on this series on 20 September.

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Arvid Ågren @arvidagren.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Can’t wait for this series! PPF is one of the most exciting podcasts out there, and Nikhil Krishnan wrote my favourite book of the last few years.

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Guy Fletcher @guyfletcher.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

wake up babe, new Nikhil Krishnan just dropped. (As fantastic as ever).

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Past Present Future Podcast @ppfideas.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! Today we begin a new series exploring 20th-century philosophy through the lives of the people behind the ideas. First up David talks to philosopher Nikhil Krishnan about A.J. Ayer, the man who helped inspire the rise & fall of logical positivism. Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

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Past Present Future Podcast @ppfideas.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! In today’s episode David talks to forensic anthropologist Sue Black about what happens when forensic science and forensic expertise end up on trial in the courtroom. Can a jury distinguish between good science, bad science and junk science? Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

As always, LOVE do @ppfideas.bsky.social and this is one of those topics that requires unpacking carefully. Genealogy is not inherently a bad idea: it’s a great way to study history; when personal ancestry becomes identity, here our troubles begin.

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Past Present Future Podcast @ppfideas.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

BONUS EPISODE OUT NOW! In this PPF+ bonus episode David talks to geneticist and science writer @adamrutherford.bsky.social about the pitfalls of genealogy and why we need to be careful about over-interpreting the evidence regarding our ancestry. Join PPF+ now: www.ppfideas.com/join-ppf-plus

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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

This is going to be a controversial one, & there’re plenty of things in this episode that I instinctively disagreed w BUT - - Diagnosis is a changing social construct - I feel like we call lots of things that’re quite different by the same name now that we may call by different names in the future

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Past Present Future Podcast @ppfideas.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! Today a conversation with neurologist Suzanne O’Sullivan about the problems of living in an age of diagnosis, when all medical conditions need a label. What happens when the classification criteria for conditions get broader and broader? Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

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mattshenton.bsky.social @mattshenton.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I have never been interested in TikTok but now am intrigued by sexy fruit drama.

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Ben Wood @cosmichope.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

"The medium is the message" explains so much about the structure of Populism. Short-form video is creating a short-form politics. Populism is not about extended argument or analysis, but about grabbing our attention & stimulating strong emotions. Short-form is biased against rational deliberation.

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John Richmond @johnprichmond.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I love Runciman - thoughtful, intelligent writer, a Liberal unafraid to name the failures of neoliberalism www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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We don’t have a politics of what works so much as a politics of what older citizens won’t notice. All human beings...

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Past Present Future Podcast @ppfideas.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! Today’s bad idea is one with a very recent history but also a long backstory: David talks to author & journalist @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social about what happens when the written word gets supplanted by video and when videos get shorter and shorter. Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

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