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The Great Essays: Q & A

The Great Essays: Q & A

FromPast Present Future


The Great Essays: Q & A

FromPast Present Future

ratings:
Length:
54 minutes
Released:
Sep 3, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this bonus episode David answers some of your questions about our series on the great political essays and essayists, from Montaigne to Joan Didion. Can great political thinkers also be committed members of political parties? Which of these writers would make a good prime minister? And where are the great essays being written today? With PPF producer Ben Walker posing the questions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Sep 3, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (78)

Past Present Future is a new weekly 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. Brought to you in partnership with the London Review of Books.New episodes every Thursday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.