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Back to SearchThe History of Revolutionary Ideas: Magna Carta
Season 11 Episode 154
Today’s episode in our history of revolutionary ideas is about a medieval document that is sometimes thought to contain a ground-breaking promise of …
1 year, 4 months ago
The History of Revolutionary Ideas: Islam
Season 11 Episode 153
Today’s episode in our history of revolutionary ideas explores the world-altering impact of Islam from the seventh century onwards. David talks to th…
1 year, 5 months ago
The History of Revolutionary Ideas: Christianity w/Tom Holland
Season 11 Episode 152
Today’s episode in our series on revolutionary ideas is a conversation covering two millennia with the historian Tom Holland exploring the never-endi…
1 year, 5 months ago
The History of Revolutionary Ideas: Socrates w/Agnes Callard
Season 11 Episode 151
To begin our history of revolutionary ideas in earnest, David talks to the philosopher Agnes Callard about Socrates, the philosopher who changed – an…
1 year, 5 months ago
The History of Revolutionary Ideas: What Makes a Revolutionary Idea?
Season 11 Episode 150
To kick off our new series on revolutionary ideas past, present and future David talks to two regular PPF contributors – the philosopher Lea Ypi and …
1 year, 5 months ago
The Great Political Films: The Zone of Interest
Season 10 Episode 149
The final episode in our great political films series explores Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest (2023), his haunting take on the home life of t…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Great Political Films: Zero Dark Thirty
Season 10 Episode 148
The penultimate episode in our great political films series explores Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty (2012), her controversial take on the War on …
1 year, 5 months ago
The Great Political Films: The Social Network
Season 10 Episode 147
The second David Fincher film in our series (after Fight Club) is The Social Network (2010), the Aaron Sorkin-scripted take on how Mark Zuckerberg cr…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Great Political Films: There Will Be Blood
Season 10 Episode 146
Our great political films series reaches the twenty-first century with Paul Thomas Anderson’s unforgettable There Will Be Blood (2007), starring Dani…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Great Political Films: Fight Club w/ Helen Lewis
Season 10 Episode 145
David talks to writer and journalist Helen Lewis about David Fincher’s Fight Club (1999), the film that launched a thousand memes. Does this tale of …
1 year, 6 months ago