Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchPPF+: A Taste Of What You’ve Been Missing (Taster 1)
Season 22 Episode 284
In today’s extra episode some more highlights from the PPF+ archive in a selection we first put out last summer: here are a few more excerpts we thin…
2 months ago
PPF+: A Taste Of What You’ve Been Missing (Taster 3)
Season 22 Episode 283
Today’s episode features some recent highlights from PPF+ where we have just released our 50th bonus episode. In this selection you’ll hear philosoph…
2 months ago
Orwell’s War: Frozen In Time (1942-43)
Season 21 Episode 282
Today’s episode in our series about how George Orwell tried – and failed – to make sense of WW2 looks at his response to the vast lurches of fortune …
2 months, 1 week ago
Orwell’s War: False Dawn (1940-41)
Season 21 Episode 281
Today’s episode in our new series about how George Orwell tried – and failed – to make sense of WW2 as it was happening looks at the events of 1940 a…
2 months, 1 week ago
Orwell’s War: The Nightmare (1938-39)
Season 21 Episode 280
Today’s episode is the first in a new series about how the greatest political writer of the 20th century tried – and failed – to make sense of the ce…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Live Film Special: Metropolitan w/James Marriott
Season 16 Episode 279
Today’s episode was recorded in front of a live audience at the Regent Street Cinema in London: David talks to author and journalist James Marriott a…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Political Conversions: Switching Sides in the 21st Century
Season 20 Episode 278
In the final episode of this series David talks to political historian David Klemperer about how political conversion works today. Is this a post-ide…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Political Conversions: From Trotskyism to Neoconservatism
Season 20 Episode 277
In part three of our series about political conversions David talks to historian David Klemperer about the people who left Trotskyism behind – and wh…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Political Conversions: Communism – The God That Failed
Season 20 Episode 276
In today’s episode David talks to political historian David Klemperer about a group of writers and other intellectuals who embraced and then renounce…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Political Conversions: Going Fascist
Season 20 Episode 275
Today’s episode is the first in a new series of conversations with political historian David Klemperer about what causes people to switch sides, ideo…
3 months ago