The History of Bad Ideas: Deliverism
Today’s episode is about a bad idea with a very recent history: David talks to political historian David Klemperer about the dangers of deliverism. When did the view that delivering for the voters is ...
15 Heinä 56min
The History of Bad Ideas: Narrative History
Today’s bad idea is a way of doing history: David talks to historian Alec Ryrie about the seductions and pitfalls of narrative history. Why do we need more Herodotus and less Thucydides? What makes so...
12 Heinä 56min
The History of Bad Ideas: Hysteria
For the first in a new set of episodes about bad ideas with interesting histories David talks to the writer and broadcaster Helen Lewis about hysteria, an ancient idea that became a very modern diagno...
8 Heinä 58min
Where Are We Going? The Future of the Future
In the second part of their conversation about what has happened to our ideas of the future David and Ivan Krastev explore where the future is going next. Why do our expectations of what comes after u...
5 Heinä 58min
Where Are We Going? The Idea of the Future
Today’s episode is the first of two with writer and political scientist Ivan Krastev exploring what has happened to our ideas of the future. When did thinking about the future become the way we define...
1 Heinä 1h 1min
Live Film Special: Never Let Me Go w/Adam Rutherford
Today’s episode was recorded in front of a live audience at the Regent Street Cinema in London: David talks to the geneticist and science writer Adam Rutherford about Mark Romanek’s 2010 film of Kazuo...
28 Kesä 56min
Now & Then with Robert Saunders: The Brexit Referendum 10 Years On
Today’s episode in our occasional series looking at significant political anniversaries explores the causes and consequences of the Brexit Referendum, which took place 10 years ago this week. David ta...
24 Kesä 1h 3min
Live Special: Jimmy Wales on the Lessons of Wikipedia
Today’s episode was recorded in front of a live audience at the Cheltenham Science Festival: David talks to Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales about what we can learn from the astonishing success of an enc...
21 Kesä 57min
