{"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":"Talking … Peter Mandelson and New Labour w/Helen Thompson","slug":"talking-peter-mandelson-and-new-labour-w-helen-thompson","published_at":"2026-04-26T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/past-present-future-6300636/talking-peter-mandelson-and-new-labour-w-helen-thompson","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/past-present-future-6300636","url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR2949304754.mp3?updated=1777057033","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR2949304754.mp3?updated=1777057033","summary":"In today’s episode David and Helen Thompson explore the tortured relationship between Peter Mandelson and the New Labour project that he helped to create and now seems finally to have destroyed. How has the whole history of New Labour been shaped by its origin in ideas of betrayal? Why did Tony Blair and Gordon Brown both end up depending on Mandelson while despairing of each other? What held their relationships together and what caused them to fall apart? Out tomorrow on PPF+: the second part of this conversation in which David and Helen bring the story up to the present: how does the drama ultimately end? 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 on Wednesday 6th May at the Regent Street Cinema in London for the third film in our new season: a screening of The Third Man followed by a live podcast recording with writer and broadcaster Misha Glenny. Tickets available now https://bit.ly/3O5rSEY 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: South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut w/Beeban Kidron Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"In today’s episode David and Helen Thompson explore the tortured relationship between Peter Mandelson and the New Labour project that he helped to create…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3413,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/past-present-future-6300636/episodes/talking-peter-mandelson-and-new-labour-w-helen-thompson/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/talking-peter-mandelson-and-new-labour-w-helen-thompson.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}