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The Great Political Films: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Season 10 Episode 126
In today’s episode David discusses Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), a great patriotic anti-war fil…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Great Political Films: Citizen Kane
Season 10 Episode 125
Orson Welles’s Citizen Kane (1941) is many people’s favourite film of all time, including Donald Trump’s. Why does Trump love it so? What does he get…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Great Political Films: Mr Smith Goes to Washington
Season 10 Episode 124
Today’s great political film is Frank Capra’s Mr Smith Goes to Washington (1939), a much-loved tale of the little guy taking on the corrupt establish…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Great Political Films: La Grande Illusion
Season 10 Episode 123
For the first episode in our new series David explores Jean Renoir’s La Grande Illusion (1937), a great anti-war film that is also a melancholy medit…
1 year, 2 months ago
Michael Lewis on Sam Bankman-Fried and Effective Altruism
Episode 122
David talks to author Michael Lewis about SBF and EA: about the man he got to know before, during and after his spectacular fall and about the philos…
1 year, 3 months ago
American Elections: 2024: Is Anyone Winning?
Season 3 Episode 121
David checks in with Gary Gerstle one more time before November to explore where things now stand with the US presidential election. In a conversatio…
1 year, 3 months ago
Thinking About Thinking Machines: Monk & Robot
Season 9 Episode 120
For episode four of our series on the history of thinking about thinking machines, David and Shannon discuss a very different sci-fi sensibility: Bec…
1 year, 3 months ago
Thinking About Thinking Machines: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Season 9 Episode 119
Today’s episode in our series on the history of thinking about thinking machines explores the novel that inspired Blade Runner: Philip K. Dick’s Do A…
1 year, 3 months ago
Thinking About Thinking Machines: Isaac Asimov’s ‘Franchise’
Season 9 Episode 118
In today’s episode in our series on the history of thinking about thinking machines, David and Shannon discuss Isaac Asimov’s 1955 short story ‘Franc…
1 year, 3 months ago
Thinking About Thinking Machines: Metropolis
Season 9 Episode 117
For the first episode in our new series on the history of thinking about thinking machines, David talks to philosopher Shannon Vallor about Fritz Lan…
1 year, 3 months ago