{"podcast":{"title":"Past Present Future","slug":"past-present-future-6300636","podcast_index_feed_id":6300636,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/ARML2708405200","website_url":"https://www.ppfideas.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/2f107d8e-a203-11ef-b85e-f7325ecdf2a3/image/dc212737e69c26e9c1ae344baf5c42e6.jpeg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"D&HR Media Ltd","episode_count":321,"summary":"Past Present Future is a bi-weekly History of Ideas podcast with David Runciman, host and creator of Talking Politics, exploring the history of ideas from politics to philosophy, culture to technology. David talks to historians, novelists, scientists and many others about where the most interesting ideas come from, what they mean, and why they matter. Ideas from the past, questions about the present, shaping the future. New episodes every Wednesday and Sunday.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-08T14:17:07.389567+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/past-present-future-6300636"},"episode":{"title":"Live Film Special: South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut w/Beeban Kidron","slug":"live-film-special-south-park-bigger-longer-uncut-w-beeban-kidron","published_at":"2026-04-29T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/past-present-future-6300636/live-film-special-south-park-bigger-longer-uncut-w-beeban-kidron","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/past-present-future-6300636","url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR3132880054.mp3?updated=1777394240","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR3132880054.mp3?updated=1777394240","summary":"Today’s episode was recorded in front of a live audience at the Regent Street Cinema in London: David talks to film director and campaigner Beeban Kidron about the 1999 film-length version of South Park. In among all the swearing and stupidity is a serious satire of censorship, moral panics and political manipulation. How did a film from the 20th century see so sharply what was coming in the 21st? And how does the satire look now in the age of big tech and social media madness? Plus philosopher Paul Sagar gives us his grand theory of South Park. 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: Now & Then with Robert Saunders – The General Strike @100 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Today’s episode was recorded in front of a live audience at the Regent Street Cinema in London: David talks to film director and campaigner Beeban Kidron…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4127,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/past-present-future-6300636/episodes/live-film-special-south-park-bigger-longer-uncut-w-beeban-kidron/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/past-present-future-6300636/live-film-special-south-park-bigger-longer-uncut-w-beeban-kidron.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}