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Back to SearchThe History of Bad Ideas: The Marketplace of Ideas
Season 5 Episode 134
Today’s bad idea is about how ideas get adopted, argued over and rejected: David talks to political philosopher Alan Finlayson about what’s wrong wit…
1 year, 1 month ago
The History of Bad Ideas: Nobel Prizes
Season 5 Episode 133
For our latest bad idea with an interesting history David talks to the geneticist and science writer Adam Rutherford about what’s wrong with Nobel Pr…
1 year, 1 month ago
The History of Bad Ideas: Nobel Prizes
Season 5 Episode 133
For our latest bad idea with an interesting history David talks to the geneticist and science writer Adam Rutherford about what’s wrong with Nobel Pr…
1 year, 1 month ago
The History of Bad Ideas: The Silent Majority
Season 5 Episode 132
To kick off our new series on the history of bad ideas David talks to historian Sophie Scott-Brown about the idea of ‘the silent majority’, beloved b…
1 year, 1 month ago
The History of Bad Ideas: The Silent Majority
Season 5 Episode 132
To kick off our new series on the history of bad ideas David talks to historian Sophie Scott-Brown about the idea of ‘the silent majority’, beloved b…
1 year, 1 month ago
American Elections: 2024: The Meaning of Trump’s Triumph
Season 3 Episode 131
For the final (extended) episode in our American Elections series David talks to Gary Gerstle about the historical significance of Donald Trump’s dec…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Great Political Films: The Battle of Algiers
Season 10 Episode 130
For the last episode in this season of great political films David explores Gillo Pontecorvo’s The Battle of Algiers (1966), which changed the face o…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Great Political Films: Dr Strangelove & Fail Safe w/ Jill Lepore
Season 10 Episode 129
This episode is about two great films on the same dark theme: David talks to American historian Jill Lepore about Stanley Kubrick’s Dr Strangelove an…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Great Political Films: The Leopard w/ Lucia Rubinelli
Season 10 Episode 128
For today’s great political film David discusses Luchino Visconti’s The Leopard (1963) with the Italian historian of ideas Lucia Rubinelli. How did a…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Great Political Films: The Manchurian Candidate
Season 10 Episode 127
Today’s great political film is John Frankenheimer’s masterpiece of Cold War paranoia The Manchurian Candidate (1962), which came out the week of the…
1 year, 2 months ago