New Podcast: These Times
11 May 2023
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David Runciman and Catherine Carr · News
TALKING POLITICS
Coronavirus! Climate! Brexit! Trump! Politics has never been more unpredictable, more alarming or more interesting: Talking Politics is the podcast that tries to make sense of it all. Every week David Runciman and Helen Thompson talk to the most interesting people around about the ideas and events that shape our world: from history to economics, from philosophy to fiction. What does the future hold? Can democracy survive? How crazy will it get? This is the political conversation that matters. Talking Politics is brought to you in partnership with the London Review of Books, Europe's leading magazine of books and ideas.
Episodes
New Podcast: Where Are You Going?
24 Apr 2023
3m
AI processedCatherine Carr hosts a series of spontaneous encounters centered around the singular question, "Where are you going?" By approaching strangers in diverse global locations without prior research or preparation, the conversations transition from mundane logistics to profound personal narratives. These brief journeys reve...
New Podcast: Past Present Future
21 Apr 2023
2m
AI processedPast Present Future explores the history of influential ideas spanning politics, philosophy, science, and fiction. Through a series of deep-dive conversations and historical analyses, the program examines how specific works and thinkers shape our understanding of the modern world. Novelist Ian McEwan discusses a semina...
Finale
03 Mar 2022
39m
AI processedThe final episode of TALKING POLITICS marks the conclusion of a six-year project, reflecting on the evolving nature of political discourse from the 2014 Crimean crisis to the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The conversation highlights the limitations of using historical analogies—specifically the 1930s—to interpret contempor...
Helen Thompson/Disorder
24 Feb 2022
46m
The Meaning of Macron
17 Feb 2022
45m
The Meaning of Boris Johnson
10 Feb 2022
52m
Putin’s Next Move
03 Feb 2022
50m
The Next Big Thing
27 Jan 2022
42m
American Civil War?
20 Jan 2022
53m
Two Topics for 2022
06 Jan 2022
49m
Boris: The Ghost of Christmas Present
23 Dec 2021
49m
1848 and All That
16 Dec 2021
52m
Supply Chains, Inflation & the Metaverse
02 Dec 2021
56m
Where is China Heading?
18 Nov 2021
47m
Climate Ambition vs Energy Reality
04 Nov 2021
51m
Hilary Mantel
28 Oct 2021
53m
Free with Lea Ypi
21 Oct 2021
56m
German Lessons
07 Oct 2021
53m
Shutdown/Confronting Leviathan
23 Sep 2021
1h 4m
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