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What’s Wrong with Political Philosophy? Learning from Adam Smith
In the second episode in our short series about how the history of ideas can help with the deepest puzzles of politics, David talks to political theorist Paul Sagar about the eighteenth-century polymath Adam Smith. Normally thought of as the original champion of free-market economics, Smith was far more interested in history, human psychology and the problems inherent in all political systems. What does it mean to live in a commercial society? How should we understand the promise and pitfalls of equality? Where does human liberty come from? And why has the Adam Smith Institute made a mockery of his name?
Next time: Learning from Max Weber
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January Highlights: Conversations That Started 2026
As January draws to a close, we take a look back through some of the conversations we have had so far in 2026.
First, publisher Alessandro Gallenzi joined us to reveal how he turned literary detective and uncovered Dylan Thomas's youthful plagiarism, then Joanna Kavenna explains why she invented a game to write her new novel, Tristram Fane Saunders surveys the poetic landscape and Maria Scott talks us through her discovery of photographs of Jeanne Duval, muse and lover of Charles Baudelaire.
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What’s Wrong with Political Philosophy? Learning from Aristotle
Today it’s the first episode in a new series asking why contemporary political philosophy struggles to make sense of the deepest problems of politics and exploring how the history of ideas might help. David talks to political theorist Paul Sagar about why looking for justice might be the wrong place to start. Instead, Paul suggests we start with Aristotle, for whom the search for justice was the problem not the solution. So what should we do instead?
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O que querem os donos dos seus dados? - com Sérgio Amadeu
Como superar esse colonialismo digital e de dados? Existe um caminho para o Brasil garantir sua soberania digital? Essas são algumas das questões levantadas neste episódio do Pauta Pública, que conta com a participação de Sérgio Amadeu. Sociólogo e professor da UFABC, ele é referência no debate sobre tecnologia e sociedade. Amadeu já esteve à frente do Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia da Informação e do Comitê Gestor da Internet no Brasil, além de apresentar o podcast Tecnopolítica.
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#181 Miró da Muribeca, poeta andarilho — Wellington de Melo
Quem foi Miró da Muribeca? Neste episódio do 451 MHz, a colunista Bruna Beber recebe o escritor e biógrafo Wellington de Melo em um passeio pela vida e pelos versos do poeta pernambucano, morto em 2022. Autor de Estou Quase Pronto: Uma Biografia de Miró da Muribeca (Cepe), Melo conta como João Flávio Cordeiro da Silva se tornou o poeta performático que saiu do bairro da Muribeca, em Recife, e rodou o Brasil recitando poemas sobre a vida urbana e a exclusão social.
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Now You See Me
This week, Maria Scott on recently discovered photographs of Jeanne Duval, muse and lover of Charles Baudelaire; and Pratinav Anil weighs up the case for and against reparations.
'Reparations: Slavery and the tyranny of imaginary guilt', by Nigel Biggar
'The big payback: The case for reparations for slavery and how they would work', by Lenny Henry and Marcus Ryder
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Talking Geopolitics with Helen Thompson: The Weirdness of American Power Part 2
Today’s episode is the second part of David’s conversation with Helen Thompson about what makes living in a world dominated by the United States so strange. What has changed about American power in the twenty-first century? Is Trump a deviation from the norm or is he simply an extension of it? Why does Greenland matter? And what is at stake as the contest between the US and China ramps up to the next level?
Next Time: What’s Wrong with Political Philosophy?
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Talking Geopolitics with Helen Thompson: The Weirdness of American Power
The first of a two-part conversation in which David talks to Helen Thompson about how to understand the extraordinary and unlikely power of the United States, from its origins to its current incarnation. How strange would it once have seemed to live in a world dominated by a state from the Western hemisphere? When did the US overcome its natural disadvantages to achieve superpower potential? What does the rest of the world get wrong about how American power actually operates? And what might come next?
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Next Time: The Weirdness of American Power Part 2 – Trump and the Future
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Trump joga o tabuleiro do mundo pro ar - com Guilherme Casarões
Professor da Florida International University, nos Estados Unidos, e coordenador do Observatório da Extrema Direita, Casarões explica o que está por trás do “Corolário Trump”: a retomada da Doutrina Monroe, que determina que cabe aos Estados Unidos o controle dos recursos naturais, da infraestrutura e do fluxo de pessoas no que considera seu espaço natural de interesse: as Américas. Uma lógica que, segundo ele, aprofunda instabilidades, rompe regras do direito internacional e ameaça diretamente os países da região.
O Pauta Pública chega ao episódio número 200! Agradecemos a companhia dos ouvintes de longa data, e damos as boas-vindas aos que estão chegando agora! Se você gosta do nosso trabalho, compartilhe com os amigos e acompanhe as demais coberturas da Agência Pública em apublica.org
O curso “Lawfare – a influência dos EUA ontem e hoje”, com Natalia Viana, vai explicar como a lei pode deixar de ser instrumento de justiça para se tornar arma política. Saiba mais em apoie.apublica.org/curso
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#180 Cenas de São Paulo — Fabrício Corsaletti e Ricardo Terto
Dois cronistas da vida paulistana, os escritores Fabrício Corsaletti e Ricardo Terto conversam neste episódio sobre a relação da crônica com a rua e o cotidiano. Corsaletti, autor da coletânea Um Milhão de Ruas (Editora 34), conta como a escrita nasce das andanças pela cidade, enquanto Terto, de Brincadeira Sem Futuro (Todavia), fala como reinventa a infância na Zona Leste da capital. A conversa, gravada durante A Feira do Livro 2025, foi mediada pela escritora Luana Chnaiderman e transformada em podcast para celebrar São Paulo, que completa 472 anos em 25 de janeiro.
This Be The Verse
This week, Tristram Fane Saunders surveys the poetic landscape; and Toby Lichtig on a rediscovered slice of life in 1930s Berlin.
'A History of England in 25 Poems', by Catherine Clarke
'Rhyme and Reason: A short history of poetry and people (for people who don't usually read poetry)', by Mark Forsyth
'Endless Present: Selected articles, reviews and dispatches, 2010-23', by Rory Waterman
'The Privatisation of Poetry', by Andy Croft
'Beautiful Feelings of Sensitive People: Screen grabs of British poetry in the 21st century', by Andrew Duncan
'Berlin Shuffle', by Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz, translated by Philip Boehm
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Politics on Trial: The Trial and Execution of Saddam Hussein
For the final episode in this series David talks to historian and political scientist Glen Rangwala about the trial and execution of Saddam Hussein in 2006. What plans did the Americans have for Saddam before the Iraq war began? How was it decided what to charge him with once he had been captured? Did his trial exacerbate rather than overcome the sectarian divisions tearing Iraq apart? Was justice served?
Part 2 of this conversation, in which David and Glen discuss the circumstances of Saddam’s execution and the legacy of his fate for the politics of Iraq and the wider world, 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
Next time: Talking Geopolitics with Helen Thompson – The Weirdness of American Power
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Politics on Trial: O. J. Simpson vs the Evidence
For the penultimate episode in this series David examines the criminal trial of O. J. Simpson in 1995 to ask what it reveals about how power really works in America. How did the prosecution fail to grasp what was really happening in the courtroom? Did jury selection decide the outcome of the case before it had even begun? Why was the massive volume of evidence against Simpson something that worked in his favour? And how does the legacy of the Simpson trial help explain the arrival of Donald Trump in the White House?
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A ficção como reflexo da realidade - com Jeferson Tenório
Neste primeiro episódio, trazemos um dos maiores nomes da literatura brasileira contemporânea: Jeferson Tenório, vencedor do Prêmio Jabuti em 2021, com “O Avesso da Pele” (Companhia das Letras, 2020). Tenório fala sobre seu lançamento mais recente, “De Onde Eles Vêm” (Companhia das Letras, 2024), um romance sobre a universidade como espaço de hostilidade e desejo, e reflete sobre o papel da literatura em meio à crescente dificuldade de distinguir informação de invenção.
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Quem faz o Pauta:
● Apresentação e entrevista: Andrea Dip
● Roteiro, Edição e Mixagem Final: Ricardo Terto
● Produção: Stela Diogo
● ID Visual: Tayná Gonçalves
● Coordenação de podcast: Sofia Amaral
● Coordenação de Redes Sociais: Lorena Morgana
● Chamadas e teasers: Ethieny Karen
● Site: Guilherme Silva e Raphaela Ribeiro
● Trilha original composta por Pedro Vituri
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#179 Pé na crítica — José Falero
Quem define o que é literatura? Este episódio recebe o escritor gaúcho José Falero, uma voz dissonante no debate atual sobre a crítica literária, que tem movimentado o meio editorial brasileiro. Autor da coletânea de contos Vila Sapo e dos romances Os Supridores e Vera, todos pela Todavia, Falero colocou um pé na crítica ao publicar na revista Piauí um ensaio que parte da polêmica envolvendo o predomínio do conteúdo sobre a forma em obras contemporâneas, instaurada pela professora da USP Aurora Bernardini em entrevista à Folha de S.Paulo. Na conversa, ele aprofunda a discussão e aponta como a crítica pode aprimorar o trabalho dos autores.
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Mind Games
This week, Joanna Kavenna explains why she invented a game to write her new novel; how to survive life online; and a new poem.
'Seven', by Joanna Kavenna
'This Is for Everyone', by Tim Berners-Lee with Stephen Witt
'Enshittification: Why everything suddenly got worse and what to do about it', by Cory Doctorow
'How to Save the Internet: The threat to global connection in the age of AI and political conflict', by Nick Clegg
'The Future', by Jesse Nathan
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Politics on Trial: The Gang of Four vs the New China
In today’s episode David explores the trial that gripped China at the end of 1980: the case against the three men and one woman accused of being responsible for the worst excesses of the Cultural Revolution (1966-76). How did the court try to hold Mao’s followers responsible for the catastrophe while exculpating Mao himself? How did Mao’s widow Jiang Qing fight back? Who were the others in the dock and what were they doing there? And what made the trial emblematic of the new direction China was taking?
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Pauta Pública 2026: Diálogos para entender o que é real
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Politics on Trial: Muhammad Ali vs. the Draft
Today’s episode is about the epic battle between Muhammad Ali and the US government over its attempt to draft him during the Vietnam war and what happened when that fight reached the US Supreme Court. What were Ali’s grounds for claiming to be a conscientious objector? How did that argument cut across wider questions of race, religion and power? Why did the Supreme Court change its original decision against Ali to find unanimously in his favour? And who won and who lost as a result?
Out now on PPF+: Part two of David’s conversation with Robert Saunders about the fight over Irish Home Rule: how close did Britain get to an actual civil war in 1914 before another war intervened? To hear 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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