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Past Present Future

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.

Episodes

The Anthropocene, a term increasingly used to describe a geological epoch defined by human impact, often functions as a moral indictment of humanity as an insatiable, self-destructive species. However, this characterization obscures the reality that environmental degradation is not a universal human phenomenon but is d...