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Past Present Future

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The History of Bad Ideas: Overdiagnosis artwork

The History of Bad Ideas: Overdiagnosis

Past Present Future

59:23Aug 12, 2026
The History of Bad Ideas: Short-Form Video artwork

The History of Bad Ideas: Short-Form Video

Past Present Future

1:00:23Aug 9, 2026
The History of Bad Ideas: Decadence artwork

The History of Bad Ideas: Decadence

Past Present Future

56:41Aug 5, 2026
The History of Bad Ideas: The Romantic Hero artwork

The History of Bad Ideas: The Romantic Hero

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56:00Aug 2, 2026
The History of Bad Ideas: The Electoral College artwork

The History of Bad Ideas: The Electoral College

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56:58Jul 29, 2026
The History of Bad Ideas: Utilitarianism artwork

The History of Bad Ideas: Utilitarianism

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58:04Jul 26, 2026
The History of Bad Ideas: Political Leadership is What Counts artwork

The History of Bad Ideas: Political Leadership is What Counts

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58:30Jul 22, 2026
The History of Bad Ideas: Celebrity artwork

The History of Bad Ideas: Celebrity

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1:08:26Jul 19, 2026
The History of Bad Ideas: Deliverism artwork

The History of Bad Ideas: Deliverism

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56:57Jul 15, 2026
The History of Bad Ideas: Narrative History artwork

The History of Bad Ideas: Narrative History

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56:28Jul 12, 2026
The History of Bad Ideas: Hysteria artwork

The History of Bad Ideas: Hysteria

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58:44Jul 8, 2026
Where Are We Going? The Future of the Future artwork

Where Are We Going? The Future of the Future

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58:23Jul 5, 2026
Where Are We Going? The Idea of the Future artwork

Where Are We Going? The Idea of the Future

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1:01:22Jul 1, 2026
Live Film Special: Never Let Me Go w/Adam Rutherford artwork

Live Film Special: Never Let Me Go w/Adam Rutherford

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56:03Jun 28, 2026
Now & Then with Robert Saunders: The Brexit Referendum 10 Years On artwork

Now & Then with Robert Saunders: The Brexit Referendum 10 Years On

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1:03:53Jun 24, 2026
Live Special: Jimmy Wales on the Lessons of Wikipedia artwork

Live Special: Jimmy Wales on the Lessons of Wikipedia

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57:17Jun 21, 2026
The Great Political Fictions: HHhH artwork

The Great Political Fictions: HHhH

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58:14Jun 17, 2026
The Great Political Fictions: The Years artwork

The Great Political Fictions: The Years

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56:18Jun 14, 2026
The Great Political Fictions: The Human Factor artwork

The Great Political Fictions: The Human Factor

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1:00:20Jun 10, 2026
The Great Political Fictions: The Dispossessed artwork

The Great Political Fictions: The Dispossessed

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1:02:56Jun 7, 2026
The Great Political Fictions: The Golden Notebook Part 2 w/Catherine Taylor artwork

The Great Political Fictions: The Golden Notebook Part 2 w/Catherine Taylor

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1:01:02Jun 3, 2026
The Great Political Fictions: The Golden Notebook artwork

The Great Political Fictions: The Golden Notebook

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1:00:50May 31, 2026
The Great Political Fictions: Brave New World artwork

The Great Political Fictions: Brave New World

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1:05:35May 27, 2026
Live Film Special: Good Night, and Good Luck w/Helen Lewis artwork

Live Film Special: Good Night, and Good Luck w/Helen Lewis

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1:02:21May 24, 2026
The Starmer Crisis in Historical Perspective – Part 2: What’s Next? artwork

The Starmer Crisis in Historical Perspective – Part 2: What’s Next?

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1:03:46May 20, 2026
The Starmer Crisis in Historical Perspective – Part 1 artwork

The Starmer Crisis in Historical Perspective – Part 1

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1:13:25May 17, 2026
Where Are We Going? The Future Of Work artwork

Where Are We Going? The Future Of Work

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1:02:28May 13, 2026
Live Film Special: The Third Man w/Misha Glenny artwork

Live Film Special: The Third Man w/Misha Glenny

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56:54May 10, 2026
Now & Then with Robert Saunders: The General Strike @100 Part 2 artwork

Now & Then with Robert Saunders: The General Strike @100 Part 2

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1:01:47May 6, 2026
Now & Then with Robert Saunders: The General Strike @100 artwork

Now & Then with Robert Saunders: The General Strike @100

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59:49May 3, 2026
Live Film Special: South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut w/Beeban Kidron artwork

Live Film Special: South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut w/Beeban Kidron

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1:08:47Apr 29, 2026
Talking … Peter Mandelson and New Labour w/Helen Thompson artwork

Talking … Peter Mandelson and New Labour w/Helen Thompson

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56:53Apr 26, 2026
PPF+: A Taste Of What You’ve Been Missing (Taster 2) artwork

PPF+: A Taste Of What You’ve Been Missing (Taster 2)

Past Present Future

1:00:09Apr 24, 2026
PPF+: A Taste Of What You’ve Been Missing (Taster 1) artwork

PPF+: A Taste Of What You’ve Been Missing (Taster 1)

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54:38Apr 23, 2026
PPF+: A Taste Of What You’ve Been Missing (Taster 3) artwork

PPF+: A Taste Of What You’ve Been Missing (Taster 3)

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1:00:06Apr 22, 2026
Orwell’s War: Frozen In Time (1942-43) artwork

Orwell’s War: Frozen In Time (1942-43)

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57:07Apr 19, 2026
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

Past Present Future

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

Past Present Future

1:10:06Mar 1, 2026