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NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! In our 2nd ep about the American Revolution David talks to historian Eric Nelson about the ideas that shaped the US Constitution. Was the office of President a victory for the people who still wanted a king or for those who never wanted one again? Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

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NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! In our 2nd ep about the American Revolution David talks to historian Eric Nelson about the ideas that shaped the US Constitution. Was the office of President a victory for the people who still wanted a king or for those who never wanted one again? Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

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Delighted to be providing this service Jonathon!

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NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! Today it’s the first of two episodes about one of the most significant revolutions of all: the American Revolution. David talks to historian Eric Nelson about the ideas behind America’s Declaration of Independence in 1776. Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

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🚨 Standby for a mini-series of three coming up: 🎧 The Declaration of Independence 🎧 The American Constitution 🎧 Trump and the Constitution ❓👑 Why are some people in 2025 still saying that what America needs is a king? Starting tomorrow wherever you get your podcasts 🔗 www.ppfideas.com

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NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! Today’s episode is about a revolution that started 250 years ago and is still going on (in the form of the digital revolution): the Industrial Revolution. David talks to economic historian @alexislitvine.bsky.social about the idea of progress. Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

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NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! In the second of our episodes with historian Clare Jackson on the English revolutions of the 17th century we discuss the one that usually gets called ‘Glorious’: the revolution of 1688. Does the Glorious Revolution deserve its name? Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

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🚨 Newsletter #25 is out now! In which David looks to the ancient Romans to capture the latest week of Trump-induced global political mayhem. If you haven't yet tried it, do give our newsletter a go. We're rather proud of it!! You can sign up right here: it's fortnightly & free ⬇️ buff.ly/4h8KJIo

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This is so joyous, that a serious, and seriously entertaining podcast with academics talking about ideas can be so popular.

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Thanks W.I.B. We look forward to seeing you there - do come and say hi! 👋🏻

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🥂 Big day for our tiny team!! 🥂 Thank you all! 🙏🏻

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NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! Today’s ep is about the event that is sometimes - but not always - called the English Revolution: the Civil War of the 1640s and the short-lived republic that followed. David talks to historian Clare Jackson about the thinking that inspired it. Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

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A brilliant eye-opening discussion. Still chewing on this. Especially in terms of how the mythology of the Scientific Revolution is inextricable from the ideology of European/Western dominance and race hierarchy. Hard not to think about the Sillicon Valley bros and their worldview.

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NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! Today we have a revolution that took centuries to happen if it ever really happened at all: The Scientific Revolution. David talks to historian of science Simon Schaffer about what changed in human understanding in the age of Galileo & Newton. Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

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BONUS EPISODE OUT NOW! In today’s bonus episode David talks to historian Alec Ryrie about another key figure of the Reformation: Jean Calvin. Who was Calvin and what made Calvinism such a powerful theological and political movement? Join PPF+ here: buff.ly/4aoeJ0J

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NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! Our revolutionary thinker today is Martin Luther, the man who upended the religious, political and intellectual life of Europe. David talks to historian Alec Ryrie about how a German monk took on the Catholic Church and survived the experience. Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

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Last few tickets remaining for this one folks! ⬇️

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NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! Today’s episode is about a medieval movement that used the ancient past to rethink and reimagine the present and the future. David talks to historian Eric Nelson about humanism and its enormous impact on the history of ideas. Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

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🚨 Newsletter #24 is out now! In which David contemplates “The Last Labour Government?” Plus everything you need to accompany our History of Revolutionary Ideas so far! You can sign up right here: it's fortnightly & free! ⬇️ buff.ly/4h8KJIo

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NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! Today’s episode is about a medieval document that is sometimes thought to contain a ground-breaking promise of basic political rights. David talks to historian Nick Vincent about Magna Carta (1215) and what it did and didn’t actually say. Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

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🚨 A special screening of 'NETWORK' plus a live recording of PPF!! 🚨 🎬 Part of our Great Political Films Series 📆 7pm Tuesday 18 March 📍 Regent Street Cinema, London, UK 🌟 Special Guest Star, PPF regular @helenlewis.bsky.social 🎟️ More info & tickets here ⬇️ www.ppfideas.com/event-detail...

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🚨 Come see us record PPF live!! 🚨 PRIORITY BOOKING now open for PPF listeners. 📆 11am Saturday 29 March 📍 Komedia, Bath, UK (as part of the Curious Minds Festival) 🌟 Special Guest Star, PPF regular @robertsaunders.bsky.social 🎟️ More info & tickets here ⬇️

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‘What happens when Trump does get away with it? Traditional American political language has a word for what comes next. It’s called spoils.’ David Runciman on prospects for Trump’s second term, published online early: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! Today’s episode in our history of revolutionary ideas explores the world-altering impact of Islam from the 7th century. David talks to the Islamic scholar Tim Winter (Abdal Hakim Murad) about what changed – and what didn’t – with its arrival. Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

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NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! Today’s episode in our series on revolutionary ideas is a conversation covering two millennia with the historian @holland-tom.bsky.social exploring the never-ending upending of human understanding brought about by Christianity. Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

These are two really great episodes. The vision of political discussion David and @agcallard.bsky.social come to, feels like exactly what we need right now.

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