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Past Present Future

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Orwell’s War: False Dawn (1940-41) artwork

Orwell’s War: False Dawn (1940-41)

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56:28Apr 15, 2026
Orwell’s War: The Nightmare (1938-39) artwork

Orwell’s War: The Nightmare (1938-39)

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1:01:44Apr 12, 2026
Live Film Special: Metropolitan w/James Marriott artwork

Live Film Special: Metropolitan w/James Marriott

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1:01:01Apr 8, 2026
Political Conversions: Switching Sides in the 21st Century artwork

Political Conversions: Switching Sides in the 21st Century

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54:16Apr 5, 2026
Political Conversions: From Trotskyism to Neoconservatism artwork

Political Conversions: From Trotskyism to Neoconservatism

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1:00:55Apr 1, 2026
Political Conversions: Communism – The God That Failed artwork

Political Conversions: Communism – The God That Failed

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56:28Mar 29, 2026
Political Conversions: Going Fascist artwork

Political Conversions: Going Fascist

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1:05:53Mar 25, 2026
Live Special: Another American Civil War? artwork

Live Special: Another American Civil War?

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1:00:27Mar 22, 2026
Live Special: Is This How Democracy Ends? w/Lyse Doucet, Chris Clark & Thant Myint-U artwork

Live Special: Is This How Democracy Ends? w/Lyse Doucet, Chris Clark & Thant Myint-U

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1:13:34Mar 18, 2026
Now & Then with Robert Saunders: The Twists and Turns of the Special Relationship artwork

Now & Then with Robert Saunders: The Twists and Turns of the Special Relationship

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1:02:41Mar 15, 2026
Now & Then with Robert Saunders: Churchill’s ‘Iron Curtain’ Speech @80 artwork

Now & Then with Robert Saunders: Churchill’s ‘Iron Curtain’ Speech @80

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1:05:08Mar 11, 2026
Where Are We Going? Societal Collapse – The Future artwork

Where Are We Going? Societal Collapse – The Future

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1:04:23Mar 8, 2026
Where Are We Going? Societal Collapse – The Present Day artwork

Where Are We Going? Societal Collapse – The Present Day

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1:04:13Mar 4, 2026
Where Are We Going? Societal Collapse – The Modern Age artwork

Where Are We Going? Societal Collapse – The Modern Age

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1:10:06Mar 1, 2026
Where Are We Going? Societal Collapse – Origins artwork

Where Are We Going? Societal Collapse – Origins

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1:06:00Feb 25, 2026
Where Are We Going? Nuclear War Part 3 artwork

Where Are We Going? Nuclear War Part 3

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55:29Feb 22, 2026
Where Are We Going? Nuclear War Part 2 artwork

Where Are We Going? Nuclear War Part 2

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1:02:02Feb 18, 2026
Where Are We Going? Nuclear War Part 1 artwork

Where Are We Going? Nuclear War Part 1

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59:13Feb 15, 2026
What’s Wrong with Political Philosophy? Learning from Bernard Williams and Judith Shklar artwork

What’s Wrong with Political Philosophy? Learning from Bernard Williams and Judith Shklar

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1:09:20Feb 11, 2026
What’s Wrong with Political Philosophy? Learning from Max Weber artwork

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

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1:04:18Feb 8, 2026
What’s Wrong with Political Philosophy? Learning from Adam Smith artwork

What’s Wrong with Political Philosophy? Learning from Adam Smith

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1:00:42Feb 4, 2026
What’s Wrong with Political Philosophy? Learning from Aristotle artwork

What’s Wrong with Political Philosophy? Learning from Aristotle

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1:12:37Feb 1, 2026
Talking Geopolitics with Helen Thompson: The Weirdness of American Power Part 2 artwork

Talking Geopolitics with Helen Thompson: The Weirdness of American Power Part 2

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58:38Jan 28, 2026
Talking Geopolitics with Helen Thompson: The Weirdness of American Power artwork

Talking Geopolitics with Helen Thompson: The Weirdness of American Power

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57:29Jan 25, 2026
Politics on Trial: The Trial and Execution of Saddam Hussein artwork

Politics on Trial: The Trial and Execution of Saddam Hussein

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57:57Jan 21, 2026
Politics on Trial: O. J. Simpson vs the Evidence artwork

Politics on Trial: O. J. Simpson vs the Evidence

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1:18:03Jan 18, 2026
Politics on Trial: The Gang of Four vs the New China artwork

Politics on Trial: The Gang of Four vs the New China

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1:01:00Jan 14, 2026
Politics on Trial: Muhammad Ali vs. the Draft artwork

Politics on Trial: Muhammad Ali vs. the Draft

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1:00:54Jan 11, 2026
Now & Then with Robert Saunders: Home Rule for Ireland! - The Kite artwork

Now & Then with Robert Saunders: Home Rule for Ireland! - The Kite

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57:08Jan 7, 2026
Films of Ideas extra: The Designated Mourner artwork

Films of Ideas extra: The Designated Mourner

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1:00:08Jan 4, 2026
Films of Ideas: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind w/Beeban Kidron artwork

Films of Ideas: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind w/Beeban Kidron

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1:04:22Dec 31, 2025
Films of Ideas: Wittgenstein w/Nikhil Krishnan artwork

Films of Ideas: Wittgenstein w/Nikhil Krishnan

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59:29Dec 28, 2025
Films of Ideas: Rosa Luxemburg w/Lea Ypi artwork

Films of Ideas: Rosa Luxemburg w/Lea Ypi

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1:01:55Dec 24, 2025
Films of Ideas: My Dinner with Andre w/Lee Hall artwork

Films of Ideas: My Dinner with Andre w/Lee Hall

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1:06:41Dec 21, 2025
Films of Ideas: Rope w/Nicci Gerrard & Sean French artwork

Films of Ideas: Rope w/Nicci Gerrard & Sean French

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59:17Dec 17, 2025
Politics on Trial: Nelson Mandela vs Apartheid artwork

Politics on Trial: Nelson Mandela vs Apartheid

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1:05:07Dec 14, 2025
Politics on Trial: Eichmann in Jerusalem artwork

Politics on Trial: Eichmann in Jerusalem

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1:05:06Dec 10, 2025
Politics on Trial: Lady Chatterley’s Lover artwork

Politics on Trial: Lady Chatterley’s Lover

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58:56Dec 7, 2025
Ian McEwan on the Present as Future Past artwork

Ian McEwan on the Present as Future Past

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1:00:44Dec 3, 2025
Now & Then with Robert Saunders: Thatcher@100 – Her Legacy artwork

Now & Then with Robert Saunders: Thatcher@100 – Her Legacy

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1:03:39Nov 30, 2025
Now & Then with Robert Saunders: Thatcher@100 – Her Life artwork

Now & Then with Robert Saunders: Thatcher@100 – Her Life

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1:09:28Nov 26, 2025
The Rise and Fall of Homo Sapiens artwork

The Rise and Fall of Homo Sapiens

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54:22Nov 23, 2025
Trump-like Leadership in German History w/Chris Clark: Part 2 – Chancellor, Tyrant, Emperor? artwork

Trump-like Leadership in German History w/Chris Clark: Part 2 – Chancellor, Tyrant, Emperor?

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58:54Nov 19, 2025
Trump-like Leadership in German History w/Chris Clark: Part 1 – Kaiser Wilhelm II? artwork

Trump-like Leadership in German History w/Chris Clark: Part 1 – Kaiser Wilhelm II?

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51:53Nov 16, 2025
Politics on Trial: France on Trial Part 2 – Vichy vs the Jews artwork

Politics on Trial: France on Trial Part 2 – Vichy vs the Jews

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51:50Nov 12, 2025
Politics on Trial: France on Trial – Pétain vs De Gaulle artwork

Politics on Trial: France on Trial – Pétain vs De Gaulle

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1:05:34Nov 9, 2025
Politics on Trial: The Moscow Show Trials artwork

Politics on Trial: The Moscow Show Trials

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55:01Nov 5, 2025
Politics on Trial: Darwin vs God / Darrow vs Bryan – the Scopes ‘Monkey’ Trial artwork

Politics on Trial: Darwin vs God / Darrow vs Bryan – the Scopes ‘Monkey’ Trial

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1:00:25Nov 2, 2025
Live Special: Who Rules the World? Trump, Tech and the Fight for the Future artwork

Live Special: Who Rules the World? Trump, Tech and the Fight for the Future

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57:15Oct 29, 2025
Fixing Democracy Q&A w/David Klemperer: Oligarchy, Ageing Populations and How to Make Things Worse artwork

Fixing Democracy Q&A w/David Klemperer: Oligarchy, Ageing Populations and How to Make Things Worse

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1:04:14Oct 26, 2025