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Episode 218
Today’s episode is the first in a three-part conversation with philosopher and writer Lea Ypi about the idea of dignity and its role in the history of ideas and in the story of our lives. What is the…
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PPF+: More of What You’ve Been Missing!
Episode 217
In today’s episode some more highlights from the PPF+ archive of 35 bonus episodes and counting: here are a few more excerpts we think you might enjoy.
In this episode you’ll hear David talking about…
Published on 5 days, 1 hour ago
Politics on Trial: Hitler vs Weimar
Season 13 Episode 216
Today’s epic political trial is the one that should have been the end of Adolf Hitler but ended up being the making of him: his treason trial in 1924 for the so-called Beer Hall Putsch. How close did…
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Politics on Trial: Easter Rising 1916 w/Fintan O’Toole
Season 13 Episode 215
Today it’s the first of two episodes with journalist and historian Fintan O’Toole about the trials that followed the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland. What did the leaders of the rising hope to achieve,…
Published on 1 week, 4 days ago
PPF+: A Taste of What You've Been Missing!
Episode 214
Today’s episode is something a little bit different – it is nearly 18 months since we started PPF+ and there are now 34 bonus episodes waiting for you as soon as you sign up. It costs £5 per month or…
Published on 2 weeks, 1 day ago
Politics on Trial 100th Anniversary Special: Franz Kafka’s The Trial
Season 13 Episode 213
Today’s episode in Politics on Trial is about the most famous trial in literature and one that never actually takes place. David talks to writer and literary scholar Ian Ellison about Franz Kafka’s T…
Published on 2 weeks, 4 days ago
Politics on Trial: Dreyfus vs the Conspiracy Theory
Season 13 Episode 212
Today in Politics on Trial David tells the tale of the Dreyfus Affair that split France down the middle at the turn of the last century and revealed the grip of a whole host of conspiracy theories. A…
Published on 3 weeks, 1 day ago
Politics on Trial: Oscar Wilde vs the Philistines
Season 13 Episode 211
Today’s episode in Politics on Trial is about three trials that took place over two months in the late spring of 1895 that brought about the destruction of Oscar Wilde. Why did Wilde trigger his own …
Published on 3 weeks, 4 days ago
Now & Then with Robert Saunders: Whatever Happened to Unemployment?
Season 14 Episode 210
Today’s episode is the first in a new strand with the historian Robert Saunders looking at significant political anniversaries and their meaning for today. Summer 2025 is 70 years since the UK record…
Published on 4 weeks, 1 day ago
Politics on Trial: Charles Parnell vs the English
Season 13 Episode 209
For today’s episode in Politics on Trial it’s two trials for the price of one, which between them changed the course of British and Irish history. In 1889 the leading Irish politician Charles Parnell…
Published on 1 month ago