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Season 12 Episode 184
David talks to historian Meg Jacobs about how the 1970s changed everything for America’s understanding of its place in the global economy. How did fi…
8 months ago
Ideas of Globalisation: Central Banks vs the People (and Trump!)
Season 12 Episode 183
Today David talks to political and economic theorist Leah Downey about the role that central banks in general – and the Federal Reserve in particular…
8 months ago
Ideas of Globalisation: Hoover and Smoot-Hawley (and Trump!)
Season 12 Episode 182
David talks to historian Gary Gerstle about the last time the Republican party got caught up in a tariffs disaster and how it changed American politi…
8 months, 1 week ago
Ideas of Globalisation: Chamberlain and the Tariff Wars (and Trump!)
Season 12 Episode 181
Today we explore the explosive fight over tariffs that took place in Britain in the first decade of the twentieth century. David talks to historian R…
8 months, 1 week ago
Ideas of Globalisation: Trade, Race and Empire (and Trump!)
Season 12 Episode 180
We start a new mini-series on the history of ideas of globalisation by exploring how arguments from 150 years ago foreshadow what’s happening with Tr…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
The History of Revolutionary Ideas: Lenin and Trotsky
Season 11 Episode 179
To conclude this part of our revolutionary ideas series, we explore the overlapping lives and thinking of two emblematic twentieth-century revolution…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
PPF Live Special: Churchill – The Politician With Nine Lives w/Robert Saunders
Episode 178
Today’s episode is the second of our two recent live recordings of PPF, this one in front of an audience at the Bath Curious Minds Festival. David ta…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
The History of Revolutionary Ideas: The Rite of Spring w/Dominic Dromgoole
Season 11 Episode 177
Our third Parisian revolution is another explosive night in the theatre, this time in the world of dance. David talks to Dominic Dromgoole about Stra…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
The History of Revolutionary Ideas: Ubu Roi w/Dominic Dromgoole
Season 11 Episode 176
Today’s Parisian revolution is a theatrical performance that produced a riot. David talks to theatre director Dominic Dromgoole about Alfred Jarry’s …
8 months, 4 weeks ago
The History of Revolutionary Ideas: Salon Des Refusés w/Dominic Dromgoole
Season 11 Episode 175
Today’s episode is the first of three this week with the theatre director and writer Dominic Dromgoole, exploring revolutionary events in the world o…
8 months, 4 weeks ago