In Conversation with Michael Morpurgo
Here is the interview with Michael Morpurgo in full.
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Here is the interview with Michael Morpurgo in full.
Produced by Charlotte Pardu
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In today’s episode, which was recorded in front of students, parents and teachers from three schools in Oxford, David talks to historian of America Adam Smith about whether the US might be drifting into another civil war. Are the circumstances of today in any way comparable to the 1860s? What are the faultlines in 2026 that might see America tear itself apart? If division doesn’t lead to widespread violence, how else might the federal government fail? What would it mean for the rest of us?
Out tomorrow on PPF+: a bonus episode in which David explores the myth of the 1945 general election. Why does this event still exert such a grip on the political imagination of Labour politicians? What do they get wrong about how it really happened and what it really meant? 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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Next Time: Political Conversions – Going Fascist
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Há cinquenta anos, o golpe militar da Argentina deflagrado em 24 de março de 1976 deu origem a uma das mais violentas ditaduras da América Latina. Neste episódio, o crítico literário Sérgio Alcides e o escritor Julián Fuks falam sobre as raízes do autoritarismo no país a partir do clássico Facundo, ou Civilização e Barbárie, de Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, que acaba de ser republicado pela editora Pinard em tradução de Alcides. De origem argentina, Fuks relembra a fuga dos pais para o Brasil e os convidados ainda contrastam o livro, o golpe e a extrema-direita do governo de Javier Milei. Leitura de trechos de Carlos Livieres.
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This week, an interview with the inspirational Michael Morpurgo; and David Horspool discusses the Second World War with Tim Bouverie, the winner of this year's Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize.
'The Line to Legend Land', with an introduction by Michael Morpurgo
'Black Beauty: A retelling', by Michael Morpurgo
'Allies at war: The politics of defeating Hitler', by Tim Bouverie
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Today’s episode was recorded last Wednesday in front of a live audience at Friends’ House in London, where David was joined by the BBC’s Lyse Doucet, historian Chris Clark and diplomat and writer Thant Myint-U to discuss the fate of democracy in the long run and in the short term. What does the current war mean for democracy in Iran, democracy in America and democracy in the wider world? If we are at the end of an era, what is it exactly that is coming to an end? Who gets to decide what might come next? Will it be less democracy, a different democracy or no democracy at all?
This event was jointly hosted with the London Review of Books. David’s 2016 article ‘Is This How Democracy Ends?’ is available to read on the LRB website https://bit.ly/416UDUz
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Next Time: Live Special – Another American Civil War?
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Na segunda e última parte do mergulho na crise planetária de saúde mental, seguimos em busca de respostas pra uma das grandes perguntas do nosso tempo: vivemos uma epidemia de sofrimento psíquico, ou de drogas psicoativas para combater esse sofrimento.
Neste episódio, além de trazer mais motivos para o excesso de medicalização, o foco se volta também para os fatores sociais, culturais, econômicos e ambientais que têm impactado nossa saúde mental.
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Entrevistados do episódio
Psiquiatra, psicoterapeuta e especialista em pesquisa clínica. Pesquisadora do Programa Transtornos do Espectro Obsessivo Compulsivo do Instituto de Psiquiatria do Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Autora de “O que os psiquiatras não te contam” (Fósforo Editora).
Maria Aparecida Affonso Moysés
Médica pediatra, professora da Faculdade de Ciências Médicas Unicamp, coordenadora do Laboratório de Estudos sobre Aprendizagem, Desenvolvimento e Direitos, da Unicamp, autora do livro A institucionalização invisível: crianças que não aprendem na escola. É militante do Despatologiza – Movimento pela Despatologização da Vida.
Doutora em Saúde Coletiva pelo Instituto de Medicina Social da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (IMS/UERJ). Gerente de Saúde Mental e Relações Institucionais no Instituto de Estudos para Políticas de Saúde (IEPS).
Ficha técnica
Edição: Matheus Marcolino.
Mixagem de som: Vitor Coroa.
Trilha sonora tema: Paulo Gama.
Locução adicional: Priscila Pastre.
Design das capas dos aplicativos e do site: Cláudia Furnari.
Direção, roteiro e apresentação: Tomás Chiaverini.
Today’s episode looks backwards and forwards from 1946 to explore the different ways the UK has imagined the US over time, as friend and as foe, as inspiration and as warning, as threat and as salvation. David and Robert examine how America has both illuminated and confused Britain’s view of itself for more than two hundred years, from Andrew Jackson to Donald Trump. Is there a common thread? Is there a version to be relied on? Or are we still making it up as we go along?
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Next Time: Live Special – Is This How Democracy Ends? with Lyse Doucet, Chris Clark and Thant Myint-U
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Neste episódio, o jornalista e escritor Carlos Marcelo fala sobre o jogo entre realidade e ficção na literatura e em seu romance O Escutador (Impressões de Minas), que acompanha um jovem autor recém-chegado à Belo Horizonte dos anos 50 — mas coloca a própria narrativa em dúvida com relatos de personagens históricos e elementos gráficos que revelam um livro dentro de outro. Na conversa, realizada durante A Feira do Livro 2025, ele ainda passeia por sua produção literária eclética, que vai da biografia de Renato Russo ao thriller policial, e conta bastidores do trabalho como editor do caderno Pensar, suplemento cultural do jornal Estado de Minas. Apoio: Lei Rouanet – Incentivo a Projetos Culturais Assine a Quatro Cinco Um por R$ 10/mês: https://bit.ly/Assine451 Seja um Ouvinte Entusiasta e apoie o 451 MHz: https://bit.ly/Assine451
This week, the extraordinary stories of two pioneering women: Francesca Wade on Rhoda Power, and Sarah Lonsdale on Clemence Dane.
'In the Storm: Caught in the chaos of the Russian revolution 1917-18', by Rhoda Power
'Clemence Dane and Good Housekeeping: Modernity and common reading', by Stella Deen
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Today’s episode sees the return of our occasional series with historian Robert Saunders looking at significant political anniversaries: this time it’s the 80th anniversary of Winston Churchill’s ‘Sinews of Peace’ speech given at Fulton, Missouri in March 1946. The speech is best known for introducing the idea of the ‘Iron Curtain’. What was Churchill trying to achieve? Why was his message so controversial in the United States? How did he help inaugurate the Cold War? And where was he right and where was he wrong about the ‘special relationship’?
Out now on PPF+: a bonus episode to accompany our recent series with Luke Kemp in which David and Luke talk about how individual experience shapes the way we imagine humanity’s fate and can motivate us to do something about it: the personal and the political. 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 next Thursday 19th March at the Regent Street Cinema in London for the first film in our new spring and summer season: Whit Stillman’s Metropolitan, followed by a live podcast recording with author and journalist James Marriott. Tickets for this and all our screenings are available now https://www.ppfideas.com/events
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Next Time: Two Twists and Turns of the Special Relationship
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Em 2017, a Organização Mundial da Saúde declarou que a depressão é a maior causa de invalidez no mundo Atualmente mais de um bilhão de pessoas sofrem de algum transtorno mental ao redor do planeta. Uma em cada oito pessoas. Ou 12,5% da população mundial. Essa prevalência é maior entre crianças e adolescentes e varia de acordo com o país. Os brasileiros, por exemplo, parecem sofrer mais com os males da mente do que a média global.
O estudo mais recente produzido em âmbito nacional, sintomaticamente, não foi produzido pelo ministério da saúde, mas pelo ministério da previdência social. Afinal, pessoas com transtorno mentais costumam faltar ao trabalho. São menos produtivas.
A pesquisa mostra que em 2024, houve quase meio milhão de afastamentos por motivos relacionados à mente, sendo que ansiedade e depressão são os principais problemas. Esse número representa um aumento de quase 70% em dez anos.
Em paralelo, a gente tem um aumento vertiginoso na prescrição de drogas psicoativas. Segundo uma pesquisa feita pelo instituto de estudos para políticas de saúde, o IEPS, usando dados do Sistema Único de Saúde, a prescrição de drogas para tratar saúde mental aumentou 50% em uma década.
Diante disso, esse episódio tenta responder a uma pergunta inquietante: estamos vivendo uma epidemia de depressão, ansiedade, déficit de atenção e outros transtornos mentais; ou uma epidemia de drogas psicoativas receitadas com base em diagnósticos relapsos e apressados?
Here is our full conversation with Francis Spufford, he joined us to talk about his new novel, Nonesuch.
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In the fourth and final conversation in this series David talks to Luke Kemp, author of Goliath’s Curse, about where we might be heading. Where does the greatest risk of global collapse lie? Who is ultimately responsible for our fate? What makes states and corporations the agents of doom? How can we humans fight back?
Out tomorrow on PPF+: a bonus episode to accompany this series in which David and Luke talk about how individual experience shapes the way we imagine humanity’s fate and can motivate us to do something about it: the personal and the political. 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 this Wednesday 11th March for a joint LRB/PPF event: The Slow Death of Democracy, with Lyse Doucet, Christopher Clark and Thant Myint-U. Lyse Doucet will be discussing what she saw when she was in Iran for the BBC last month and what the war means for the prospects of democracy there and everywhere else. Tickets are available now https://www.tickettailor.com/events/londonreviewofbooks/2062789
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
Luke Kemp’s Goliath’s Curse: The History and Future of Societal Collapse is available now https://bit.ly/4aFczds
Next Time: Now & Then with Robert Saunders – Churchill’s ‘Iron Curtain’ speech @80
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O que é permitido na guerra? Na semana em que o mundo vê apreensivo a escalada da nova ofensiva dos EUA e Israel contra o Irã, este episódio recebe o jornalista e escritor João Paulo Charleaux, que prepara o lançamento de As Regras da Guerra (Zahar). Na conversa, ele fala sobre o alastramento dos conflitos no Oriente Médio, de como e por que surgiram as chamadas leis de guerra e da distinção entre guerras ilegais e as consideradas justas. Charleaux ainda critica a influência do pensamento bélico na segurança pública do Brasil e discute como fortalecer as Forças Armadas do país de forma republicana e democrática no cenário de instabilidade geopolítica mundial. Apoio: Lei Rouanet – Incentivo a Projetos Culturais Assine a Quatro Cinco Um por R$ 10/mês: https://bit.ly/Assine451 Seja um Ouvinte Entusiasta e apoie o 451 MHz: https://bit.ly/Assine451
This week, Christy Edwall on the boon of being a bookworm; and Norma Clarke is impressed by a memoir of a childhood survived.
'Books: A manifesto, or, How to build a library', by Ian Patterson
'The gifts of reading for the next generation: Essays on nurturing a passion for reading', edited by Jennie Orchard
'Relearning to read: Adventures in not-knowing', by Ann Morgan
'Leaving Home: A memoir in full colour', by Mark Haddon
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In today’s episode David talks to Luke Kemp, author of Goliath’s Curse, about the prospects for societal collapse in the 21st century. Are we living in a global Goliath? Is there any escape in an age when personal data has become the primary lootable resource? Does interconnectedness mean we are more vulnerable to collapse than ever? And what can we learn from the fate of Somalia?
Join us on 11th March for a joint LRB/PPF event: The Slow Death of Democracy, with Lyse Doucet, Christopher Clark and Thant Myint-U. Tickets are available now https://www.tickettailor.com/events/londonreviewofbooks/2062789
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 our episodes and PPF+ bonus episodes on our website https://www.ppfideas.com
Luke Kemp’s Goliath’s Curse: The History and Future of Societal Collapse is available now https://bit.ly/4aFczds
Next Time: Societal Collapse – The Future
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