The finale of is now up on our website. We are very sad to end this chapter of our partnership with David Runciman, and , but we look forward to future collaborations.
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Over the years, David and Helen have covered subjects as diverse as meritocracy, Idaho survivalists and – with – the history of women in power:
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Some far-out ideas have been floated, most notably David’s suggestion that the voting age should be lowered to six; and a huge number of blockbuster guests have spoken on the show, including , Michael Lewis, and .
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In 2020, David and Catherine developed the wildly popular spin-off Talking Politics: History of Ideas, which surveyed the key texts of Western political theory through two series.
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Talking Politics has consistently redefined the potential of political podcasting, and its detangling of our messy world will be missed. The good news is that you can always find old episodes on our website (and theirs) with links to further reading:
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