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Now & Then with Robert Saunders: The General Strike @100
May 3, 2026
59m 49s
Live Film Special: South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut w/Beeban Kidron
Apr 29, 2026
1h 08m 47s
Talking … Peter Mandelson and New Labour w/Helen Thompson
Apr 26, 2026
56m 53s
PPF+: A Taste Of What You’ve Been Missing (Taster 2)
Apr 24, 2026
1h 00m 09s
PPF+: A Taste Of What You’ve Been Missing (Taster 1)
Apr 23, 2026
54m 38s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/3/26 | Now & Then with Robert Saunders: The General Strike @100✨ | general strikeBritish history+3 | Robert Saunders | Wikipedia | Cheltenham Science Festival | general strikeBritain+5 | — | 59m 49s | |
| 4/29/26 | Live Film Special: South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut w/Beeban Kidron✨ | film analysiscensorship+4 | Beeban Kidron | South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut | London | South Parkcensorship+6 | — | 1h 08m 47s | |
| 4/26/26 | Talking … Peter Mandelson and New Labour w/Helen Thompson✨ | New Labourpolitics+4 | Helen Thompson | New LabourPPF++1 | London | Peter MandelsonNew Labour+5 | — | 56m 53s | |
| 4/24/26 | PPF+: A Taste Of What You’ve Been Missing (Taster 2)✨ | politicsBrexit+5 | Robert SaundersShannon Vallor+1 | PPF+PPF Ideas+2 | South Africa | politiciansresignation+5 | — | 1h 00m 09s | |
| 4/23/26 | PPF+: A Taste Of What You’ve Been Missing (Taster 1)✨ | highlightshistory+4 | Helen ThompsonChris Clark | FrankensteinThe Futurist Manifesto+1 | liberal politics | PPF+highlights+5 | — | 54m 38s | |
| 4/22/26 | PPF+: A Taste Of What You’ve Been Missing (Taster 3)✨ | philosophyhistory+4 | Paul SagarHarrison Whittaker+2 | It’s A Wonderful LifeOrwell’s War | Hiroshima | bonus episodeHiroshima+3 | — | 1h 00m 06s | |
| 4/19/26 | Orwell’s War: Frozen In Time (1942-43)✨ | George OrwellWorld War II+4 | — | 1984 | — | OrwellWW2+5 | — | 57m 07s | |
| 4/15/26 | Orwell’s War: False Dawn (1940-41)✨ | George OrwellWorld War II+4 | Alec Ryrie | The Lion and the UnicornThe Age of Hitler | BritainFrance+1 | OrwellWorld War II+5 | — | 56m 28s | |
| 4/12/26 | Orwell’s War: The Nightmare (1938-39)✨ | George OrwellSecond World War+3 | Beeban Kidron | South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut | London | OrwellSecond World War+3 | — | 1h 01m 44s | |
| 4/8/26 | Live Film Special: Metropolitan w/James Marriott✨ | film analysisyouth culture+3 | James Marriott | MetropolitanSouth Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut | London | MetropolitanJames Marriott+3 | — | 1h 01m 01s | |
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| 4/5/26 | Political Conversions: Switching Sides in the 21st Century✨ | political conversionsocial media+3 | David Klemperer | South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut | London | political conversionsocial media+3 | — | 54m 16s | |
| 4/1/26 | Political Conversions: From Trotskyism to Neoconservatism✨ | political conversionsTrotskyism+3 | David Klemperer | South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut | AmericaBritain | Trotskyismneoconservatism+3 | — | 1h 00m 55s | |
| 3/29/26 | ![]() Political Conversions: Communism – The God That Failed | In today’s episode David talks to political historian David Klemperer about a group of writers and other intellectuals who embraced and then renounced Communism before and during the Second World War. Was the pull of Communism really comparable to the experience of religious conversion? Why did so many who took up the faith at the start of the 1930s become disillusioned with it by the end of the decade? How did they justify their renunciation and what did it cost them? Why were writers and intellectuals so vulnerable to changing their minds? You can find out everything you need to know about this podcast – who we are, what we do, plus merch, events and full lists of all episodes and PPF+ bonus episodes on our website https://www.ppfideas.com Next Time on Political Conversions: From Trotskyism to Neoconservatism Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 56m 28s | ||||||
| 3/25/26 | ![]() Political Conversions: Going Fascist | Today’s episode is the first in a new series of conversations with political historian David Klemperer about what causes people to switch sides, ideologies and worldviews – stories of political conversion. We begin with converts from socialism to fascism, looking in particular at the notorious case of Oswald Mosley. Why did he wind up in and then give up on the Labour Party? What made him ditch democratic politics for fascist violence? How does his political journey compare to other socialists turned fascists in continental Europe? Did he ever repent? Out now on PPF+: a bonus episode in which David explores the myth of the 1945 general election. Why does this event still exert such a grip on the political imagination of Labour politicians? What do they get wrong about how it really happened and what it really meant? To get this and all our bonus episodes plus ad-free listening sign up to PPF+ now https://www.ppfideas.com/join-ppf-plus You can find out everything you need to know about this podcast – who we are, what we do, plus merch, events and full lists of all episodes and PPF+ bonus episodes on our website https://www.ppfideas.com Next Time on Political Conversions: Communism – The God That Failed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 05m 53s | ||||||
| 3/22/26 | ![]() Live Special: Another American Civil War? | In today’s episode, which was recorded in front of students, parents and teachers from three schools in Oxford, David talks to historian of America Adam Smith about whether the US might be drifting into another civil war. Are the circumstances of today in any way comparable to the 1860s? What are the faultlines in 2026 that might see America tear itself apart? If division doesn’t lead to widespread violence, how else might the federal government fail? What would it mean for the rest of us? Out tomorrow on PPF+: a bonus episode in which David explores the myth of the 1945 general election. Why does this event still exert such a grip on the political imagination of Labour politicians? What do they get wrong about how it really happened and what it really meant? To get this and all our bonus episodes plus ad-free listening sign up to PPF+ now https://www.ppfideas.com/join-ppf-plus You can find out everything you need to know about this podcast – who we are, what we do, plus merch, events and full lists of all episodes and PPF+ bonus episodes on our website https://www.ppfideas.com Next Time: Political Conversions – Going Fascist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 00m 27s | ||||||
| 3/18/26 | ![]() Live Special: Is This How Democracy Ends? w/Lyse Doucet, Chris Clark & Thant Myint-U | Today’s episode was recorded last Wednesday in front of a live audience at Friends’ House in London, where David was joined by the BBC’s Lyse Doucet, historian Chris Clark and diplomat and writer Thant Myint-U to discuss the fate of democracy in the long run and in the short term. What does the current war mean for democracy in Iran, democracy in America and democracy in the wider world? If we are at the end of an era, what is it exactly that is coming to an end? Who gets to decide what might come next? Will it be less democracy, a different democracy or no democracy at all? This event was jointly hosted with the London Review of Books. David’s 2016 article ‘Is This How Democracy Ends?’ is available to read on the LRB website https://bit.ly/416UDUz You can find out everything you need to know about this podcast – who we are, what we do, plus merch, events and full lists of all episodes and PPF+ bonus episodes on our website https://www.ppfideas.com Next Time: Live Special – Another American Civil War? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 13m 34s | ||||||
| 3/15/26 | ![]() Now & Then with Robert Saunders: The Twists and Turns of the Special Relationship | Today’s episode looks backwards and forwards from 1946 to explore the different ways the UK has imagined the US over time, as friend and as foe, as inspiration and as warning, as threat and as salvation. David and Robert examine how America has both illuminated and confused Britain’s view of itself for more than two hundred years, from Andrew Jackson to Donald Trump. Is there a common thread? Is there a version to be relied on? Or are we still making it up as we go along? You can find out everything you need to know about this podcast – who we are, what we do, plus merch, events and full lists of all episodes and PPF+ bonus episodes on our website https://www.ppfideas.com Next Time: Live Special – Is This How Democracy Ends? with Lyse Doucet, Chris Clark and Thant Myint-U Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 02m 41s | ||||||
| 3/11/26 | ![]() Now & Then with Robert Saunders: Churchill’s ‘Iron Curtain’ Speech @80 | Today’s episode sees the return of our occasional series with historian Robert Saunders looking at significant political anniversaries: this time it’s the 80th anniversary of Winston Churchill’s ‘Sinews of Peace’ speech given at Fulton, Missouri in March 1946. The speech is best known for introducing the idea of the ‘Iron Curtain’. What was Churchill trying to achieve? Why was his message so controversial in the United States? How did he help inaugurate the Cold War? And where was he right and where was he wrong about the ‘special relationship’? Out now on PPF+: a bonus episode to accompany our recent series with Luke Kemp in which David and Luke talk about how individual experience shapes the way we imagine humanity’s fate and can motivate us to do something about it: the personal and the political. To get this and all our bonus episodes plus ad-free listening sign up to PPF+ now https://www.ppfideas.com/join-ppf-plus Join us next Thursday 19th March at the Regent Street Cinema in London for the first film in our new spring and summer season: Whit Stillman’s Metropolitan, followed by a live podcast recording with author and journalist James Marriott. Tickets for this and all our screenings are available now https://www.ppfideas.com/events You can find out everything you need to know about this podcast – who we are, what we do, plus merch, events and full lists of all episodes and PPF+ bonus episodes on our website https://www.ppfideas.com Next Time: Two Twists and Turns of the Special Relationship Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 05m 08s | ||||||
| 3/8/26 | ![]() Where Are We Going? Societal Collapse – The Future | In the fourth and final conversation in this series David talks to Luke Kemp, author of Goliath’s Curse, about where we might be heading. Where does the greatest risk of global collapse lie? Who is ultimately responsible for our fate? What makes states and corporations the agents of doom? How can we humans fight back? Out tomorrow on PPF+: a bonus episode to accompany this series in which David and Luke talk about how individual experience shapes the way we imagine humanity’s fate and can motivate us to do something about it: the personal and the political. To get this and all our bonus episodes plus ad-free listening sign up to PPF+ now https://www.ppfideas.com/join-ppf-plus Join us this Wednesday 11th March for a joint LRB/PPF event: The Slow Death of Democracy, with Lyse Doucet, Christopher Clark and Thant Myint-U. Lyse Doucet will be discussing what she saw when she was in Iran for the BBC last month and what the war means for the prospects of democracy there and everywhere else. Tickets are available now https://www.tickettailor.com/events/londonreviewofbooks/2062789 You can find out everything you need to know about this podcast – who we are, what we do, plus merch, events and full lists of all episodes and PPF+ bonus episodes on our website https://www.ppfideas.com Luke Kemp’s Goliath’s Curse: The History and Future of Societal Collapse is available now https://bit.ly/4aFczds Next Time: Now & Then with Robert Saunders – Churchill’s ‘Iron Curtain’ speech @80 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 04m 23s | ||||||
| 3/4/26 | ![]() Where Are We Going? Societal Collapse – The Present Day | In today’s episode David talks to Luke Kemp, author of Goliath’s Curse, about the prospects for societal collapse in the 21st century. Are we living in a global Goliath? Is there any escape in an age when personal data has become the primary lootable resource? Does interconnectedness mean we are more vulnerable to collapse than ever? And what can we learn from the fate of Somalia? Join us on 11th March for a joint LRB/PPF event: The Slow Death of Democracy, with Lyse Doucet, Christopher Clark and Thant Myint-U. Tickets are available now https://www.tickettailor.com/events/londonreviewofbooks/2062789 You can find out everything you need to know about this podcast – who we are, what we do, plus merch, events and full lists of our episodes and PPF+ bonus episodes on our website https://www.ppfideas.com Luke Kemp’s Goliath’s Curse: The History and Future of Societal Collapse is available now https://bit.ly/4aFczds Next Time: Societal Collapse – The Future Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 04m 13s | ||||||
| 3/1/26 | ![]() Where Are We Going? Societal Collapse – The Modern Age | In today’s episode David talks to Luke Kemp, author of Goliath’s Curse, about the strengths and weaknesses of modern states and modern structures of authority. Are modern states any different from the criminal enterprises of coercion that preceded them? Does democracy change the dynamic of societal collapse? What are the lootable resources of the modern age? And why are all states essentially empires? Tickets are on sale now for our new film season at the Regent Street Cinema in London – starting on 19th March with James Marriott talking to David about Whit Stillman’s Metropolitan. Details of all our film events are here https://www.ppfideas.com/events Join us on 11th March for a joint LRB/PPF event: The Slow Death of Democracy, with Lyse Doucet, Christopher Clark and Thant Myint-U. Tickets are available now https://www.tickettailor.com/events/londonreviewofbooks/2062789 You can find out everything you need to know about this podcast – who we are, what we do, plus merch, events and full lists of our episodes and PPF+ bonus episodes on our website https://www.ppfideas.com Luke Kemp’s Goliath’s Curse: The History and Future of Societal Collapse is available now https://bit.ly/4aFczds Next Time: Societal Collapse – The Present Day Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 10m 06s | ||||||
| 2/25/26 | ![]() Where Are We Going? Societal Collapse – Origins | Today’s episode is the first in a series of conversations about what causes human societies to fall apart and what might come next. David talks to Luke Kemp, author of Goliath’s Curse, about how we build our structures of authority and how they can fail. How were human societies organised before we had governments? What drove the creation of the first hierarchies of domination? Why did rising inequality so often lead to societal collapse? What does this teach us about the vulnerability of our own societies? Out now on PPF+: a bonus episode to accompany our recent exploration of the past, present and future of nuclear warfare in which David discusses John Hersey’s Hiroshima (1946), the definitive account of what it’s actually like to be on the receiving end of a nuclear attack. To get this and all our bonus episodes plus ad-free listening sign up to PPF+ https://www.ppfideas.com/join-ppf-plus Join us on 11th March for a joint LRB/PPF event: The Slow Death of Democracy, with Lyse Doucet, Christopher Clark and Thant Myint-U. Tickets are available now https://www.tickettailor.com/events/londonreviewofbooks/2062789 Tickets are on sale now for our new film season at the Regent Street Cinema in London – starting on 19th March with James Marriott talking to David about Whit Stillman’s Metropolitan. Details of all our film events are here https://www.ppfideas.com/events Sign up now for our free fortnightly newsletter and you'll receive our 50th edition straight to your inbox https://www.ppfideas.com/newsletters You can find out everything you need to know about this podcast – who we are, what we do, plus merch, events and full lists of our episodes and PPF+ bonus episodes on our website https://www.ppfideas.com Luke Kemp’s Goliath’s Curse: The History and Future of Societal Collapse is available now https://bit.ly/4aFczds Next Time: Societal Collapse – The Modern Age Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 06m 00s | ||||||
| 2/22/26 | ![]() Where Are We Going? Nuclear War Part 3 | Today’s episode is the third and final of David’s conversations with S. M. Amadae about nuclear weapons and nuclear war, this time looking to the future. What are the prospects for nuclear disarmament in the 21st century? How does the risk of nuclear war intersect with other existential risks, from climate change to AI? Is the world more dangerous than it has ever been? What are the grounds for hope we might still get out of this alive? Out tomorrow on PPF+: a bonus episode to accompany this series of conversations in which David explores John Hersey’s Hiroshima (1946), the definitive account of what it’s actually like to be on the receiving end of a nuclear attack. To get this and all our bonus episodes plus ad-free listening sign up to PPF+ now https://www.ppfideas.com/join-ppf-plus Tickets are on sale now for our new film season at the Regent Street Cinema in London – starting on 19th March with James Marriott talking to David about Whit Stillman’s Metropolitan. All the details are here https://www.ppfideas.com/events Join us on 11th March for a joint LRB/PPF event: The Slow Death of Democracy - with Lyse Doucet, Christopher Clark and Thant Myint-U. Tickets are available now https://www.tickettailor.com/events/londonreviewofbooks/2062789 You can find out everything you need to know about this podcast – who we are, what we do, plus merch, events and full lists of our episodes and PPF+ bonus episodes on our website https://www.ppfideas.com Next Time: Where Are We Going? Societal Collapse Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 55m 29s | ||||||
| 2/18/26 | ![]() Where Are We Going? Nuclear War Part 2 | In today’s episode David talks to S. M. Amadae about what happened when the nuclear age turned into an all-consuming arms race. What is the supposed logic and the terrifying illogic behind the idea of Mutually Assured Destruction? What is the difference between M.A.D. and N.U.T.S.? Do we really believe that our leaders would press the button? And how have we managed to survive to this point – rationality, luck or merely a stay of execution? Tickets are on sale now for our new film season at the Regent Street Cinema in London – starting on 19th March with James Marriott talking to David about Whit Stillman’s Metropolitan. All the details are here https://www.ppfideas.com/events Next Time: How Will the Nuclear Age End? You can find out everything you need to know about this podcast – who we are, what we do, plus merch, events and full lists of our episodes and PPF+ bonus episodes on our website https://www.ppfideas.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 02m 02s | ||||||
| 2/15/26 | ![]() Where Are We Going? Nuclear War Part 1 | For the first in a new series of conversations exploring the future that faces us all, David talks to S. M. Amadae about what nuclear weapons and the prospect of nuclear war have done to the human condition. Was 1945 the decisive watershed in the history of humanity? What made the possibility of nuclear conflict different from previous ideas of catastrophe? How did we reconcile ourselves to the horrifying consequences of what we had built? Out now on PPF+: a bonus episode to accompany our recent series What’s Wrong With Political Philosophy? in which David and Paul talk about how personal experience shapes our political and philosophical outlook – a conversation exploring luck, accidents, human frailty and human connection. To get this and all our bonus episodes plus ad-free listening sign up to PPF+ now https://www.ppfideas.com/join-ppf-plus Next Time: M.A.D. and N.U.T.S. You can find out everything you need to know about this podcast – who we are, what we do, plus merch, events and full lists of our episodes and PPF+ bonus episodes on our website https://www.ppfideas.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 59m 13s | ||||||
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