This week, Damian Flanagan explores the complex history of the Japanese masterpiece The Tale of Genji; and Miranda France on the eventful life and enduring work of Miguel de Cervantes.
'The Tale of Genji', by Murasaki Shikibu
'El Verano de Cervantes', by Antonio Muñoz Molina
'El Cautivo', directed by Alejandro Amenábar
Produced by Charlotte Pardy
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Today’s episode in our occasional series about momentous political anniversaries with historian Robert Saunders looks at the life and legacy of Margaret Thatcher one hundred years on from her birth. What made Thatcher such a distinctive politician? What did she believe in before she became prime minister? How did her time is power alter her political outlook? And did she succumb to her own myth in the end?
Out now on PPF+: Part 2 of David’s conversation with Henry Gee about the rise and fall of Homo sapiens – how near are we to the end? To get this and all our bonus episodes plus ad-free listening sign up to PPF+ https://www.ppfideas.com/join-ppf-plus
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Next time: Thatcher@100 – Her Legacy
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Today’s episode explores some very big picture history: David talks to palaeontologist and science writer Henry Gee about the story of the human species from origin to peak to inevitable decline. When and how did Homo sapiens see off the competition from its rivals in the human and animal world? Why did that point mark the start of an inexorable drift towards extinction? In what ways are our strengths as a species also our fatal weaknesses? And how near are we to the end?
Part two of this conversation, which takes the story of human species from the hunter-gatherer period to the present and beyond to explore how long we have left, is available tomorrow on PPF+. To get this and all our bonus episodes plus ad-free listening sign up to PPF+ now https://www.ppfideas.com/join-ppf-plus
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Read more by David about depopulation and human extinction in the current issue of the London Review of Books https://bit.ly/43FEwiO
There are still a few tickets remaining for the next film in our autumn 'Films of Ideas' season at the Regent Street Cinema in London: join us on Friday 28th November for a screening of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind followed by a live recording of PPF with special guest Beeban Kidron https://bit.ly/4a78KyZ
Next time – Now & Then with Robert Saunders: Thatcher @100
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Nos 40 anos da retomada da democracia, como a literatura brasileira retrata a ditadura militar? Neste episódio, Ana Kiffer, Ana Cristina Braga Martes e Cadão Volpato, autores de livros com memórias desse período, falam sobre escrever o que foi sufocado na política, nas universidades, nas famílias e nas relações. Na conversa, os autores debatem temas que atravessam seus livros: desde a brutalidade daqueles anos e o impacto nas famílias à subversão criativa. A conversa, mediada pelo jornalista Eugênio Bucci, aconteceu em 19 de junho, durante A Feira do Livro 2025.
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This week, TLS contributors select their favourites from 2025; plus an interview with CD Rose, winner of this year’s Goldsmiths Prize.
‘We Live Here Now’, by CD Rose
Produced by Charlotte Pardy
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Part two of David’s conversation with historian Chris Clark asks whether the best historical insights into Trump-like leadership come from comparison with kings or commoners, democrats or dictators. Does Trump’s leadership style share much if anything with an epoch-making politician like Bismarck? Should Trump’s public persona be understood as standing outside the norm of presidential politics or as quintessentially American? And what can we learn from a close reading of his magnum opus, The Art of the Deal?
Next time: The Rise and Fall of Homo sapiens
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Today’s episode is the first of a two-part conversation with historian Chris Clark exploring how German history might help us understand Trump-like leadership, but not through looking at the Nazi period. Instead, David and Chris explore the character and leadership style of Kaiser Wilhelm II, a monarch with many Trumpian qualities. Was Wilhelm a populist or an elitist? Did he know what he was doing and what he was saying? Or was he out of his depth? Plus, how did his maverick and mercurial behaviour impact on those around him trying to run the country - and how did it help lead his country to ruin?
Next time on Trump-like leadership in German History: Chancellor, Tyrant, Emperor?
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Como pensar a vida em comum num planeta devastado por desigualdades, racismo e colapso ambiental? O filósofo camaronês Achille Mbembe propõe uma resposta em A Comunidade Terrestre, seu livro mais recente. Partindo de perspectivas africanas e de uma crítica ao universalismo eurocêntrico, Mbembe imagina uma nova consciência planetária. Nesta conversa, a jornalista, professora e doutora em Comunicação Rosane Borges, especialista em Mbembe, reflete sobre os caminhos apontados pelo filósofo para questões urgentes do nosso tempo. Este episódio faz parte do especial da Quatro Cinco Um sobre autores do Atlântico negro francófono e tem o apoio da Embaixada da França.
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This week, how well does Alan Hollinghurst's novel The Line of Beauty translate to the stage? And Toby Lichtig interviews the newest winner of the Booker Prize, David Szalay.
'The Line of Beauty', by Jack Holden, based on the novel by Alan Hollinghurst, Almeida Theatre, London, until November 29
'Flesh', by David Szalay
Produced by Charlotte Pardy
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Today’s episode is the second part of David’s conversation with historian Julian Jackson about the case of Marshal Pétain and the crimes of the Vichy regime. Did Pétain really play a ‘double game’ in which he tried to deceive the Nazis? How then to explain the vicious antisemitism of the Vichy regime? Why did the fate of France’s Jews not get more attention at Pétain’s trial? And how does the case of Pétain and the question of Vichy still resonate in French politics today?
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Next Time: Chris Clark on Trump-like leaders from German history (and it’s not the one you think!)
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Longe das favelas, fora do alcance da polícia que mata pelas costas, existe uma classe especial de traficantes. Os transportadores de drogas. Geralmente são jovens, ricos que entram no crime pela aventura, fazem milhões e raramente são pegos.
Um levantamento do Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (Ipea), realizado em 2023, apontou o perfil dos réus processados por tráfico de drogas no Brasil. A maioria dos acusados tem no máximo 30 anos , cursou somente até o ensino fundamental e é composta por pessoas não brancas. Um terço das abordagens que levou essas pessoas a serem acusadas foi motivado por um “comportamento suspeito” notado durante o patrulhamento da polícia.
Esse “perfil” do traficante brasileiro foi perpetuado por novelas, imprensa, e, em especial, operações policiais – que valem-se desse imaginário do traficante para a promoção de massacres e assassinatos sem direito a julgamento nas periferias.
Mas, muito longe das favelas e do ambiente da “guerra às drogas”, estão criminosos que movimentam quilos de cocaína e enormes quantias em dinheiro. No livro Nobres traficantes (Zahar), o jornalista Bruno Abbud conta como jovens ricos entram para o tráfico em busca de adrenalina, e como eles recebem um tratamento muito diferente da polícia e do judiciário – mesmo quando são pegos.
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Nobres traficantes: Histórias da elite no crime (link para compra)
Entrevistado do episódio
Jornalista e escritor, autor de Nobres traficantes: Histórias da elite no crime (Zahar).
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Produção e edição: Matheus Marcolino.
Leitura adicional: Priscila Pastre
Mixagem de som: Vitor Coroa.
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Today’s episode is the first of two on the extraordinary treason trial of Marshal Pétain in the summer of 1945 that ended up putting wartime France in the dock. David talks to historian of modern France Julian Jackson about how Pétain found himself so quickly charged with treason and who was judging him. What was the essence of Pétain’s crime? Conspiracy? Surrender? Collaboration? Complicity in genocide? And what on earth was his defence?
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Available now on PPF+: our second episode on the Moscow Show Trials in which David and Edward Acton discuss the 1938 trial of Nikolai Bukharin, the most celebrated defendant of them all, whose case inspired some of the world’s great political literature. To get this and all our bonus episodes plus ad-free listening sign up to PPF+ today https://www.ppfideas.com/join-ppf-plus
Next time in Politics on Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain Part 2
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Neste episódio, Hélio de Seixas Guimarães fala sobre as incríveis transformações nas leituras da obra de Machado de Assis (1839-1908): de escritor considerado alheio às questões nacionais a grande intérprete da sociedade brasileira. Organizador das reedições dos 26 livros de Machado publicadas pela Todavia, o professor da USP fala das interpretações que mudaram a visão sobre Dom Casmurro e das que ainda tentam compreender como o Rio de Janeiro luso-afro-brasileiro da época ressoa na obra machadiana. A conversa com a jornalista e editora Yasmin Santos aconteceu em 21 de junho, data de aniversário do escritor, durante A Feira do Livro 2025.
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