Past Present Future
Hosted by David · David Runciman
4.9from 395 ratings
- 359
- Episodes
- 195
- Transcribed
- 395
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
About 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.
- Publisher
- David Runciman
- Category
- history · news · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 12 Apr 2023
- Latest episode
- 4 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
195 of 359 episodes have a transcript.
4 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Can Universities Survive? AI vs Higher Education
1 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Can Universities Survive? Politics and the International University w/Lea Ypi
28 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Can Universities Survive? The Great Expansion Part 2
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Can Universities Survive? AI vs Higher Education
Published 4 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And it's astonishing how universities have not been able to act quicker in the light of that. Why is that? Well, there's a few reasons. One is that some people – what's the old Upton Sinclair quote? It's very difficult to get somebody to believe something if their salary depends on not believing it. […]
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- Paul Sagar
- Lea Ypi
- Alan Finlayson
- William Whyte
- Duncan Bell
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 318 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 77 ratings
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- 98
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 99
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