{"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":"The Great Political Fictions: The Years","slug":"the-great-political-fictions-the-years","published_at":"2026-06-14T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/past-present-future-6300636/the-great-political-fictions-the-years","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/past-present-future-6300636","url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR1367671468.mp3","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR1367671468.mp3","summary":"The penultimate great political fiction in this series is not strictly a fiction: it’s Annie Ernaux’s retelling of her own life in The Years (2008), thereby recapturing the story of France in the second half of the twentieth century. How can one woman’s story stand in for all the others? What does this book tell us about the passing of political time? Why do the years 1968 and 1981 mark the end of idealism? What comes next? Join us on Friday 19th June at the Regent Street Cinema in London for the final film in our current season: a screening of Never Let Me Go followed by a live podcast recording with geneticist and science writer Adam Rutherford. Tickets available now https://bit.ly/4x641XC 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 including PPF+ bonus episodes on our website https://www.ppfideas.com Next Time in Great Political Fictions: HHhH Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"The penultimate great political fiction in this series is not strictly a fiction: it’s Annie Ernaux’s retelling of her own life in The Years (2008), there…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3378,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/past-present-future-6300636/episodes/the-great-political-fictions-the-years/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/the-great-political-fictions-the-years.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}