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Culture & Arts

How to get on Past Present Future

Hosted by David Runciman.

Should you pitch it?

Guest activity
Sometimes has guests
20% of recent episode titles look like interviews
Episode length
59 min
Median of recent episodes. That is the commitment you would be asking for.
Publishing
Weekly+
339 episodes · last 2026-09-09
Language
English
The feed says "en" without a region, so the country is unknown.
Where it's from
Not established
No .uk domain and no region in the feed language. Apple reports the storefront, not the show, so we do not guess.
Reach
89
Percentile among shows you could realistically get on. Not a download count.
Check whether they charge. Some shows sell guest slots rather than booking them, and rates in some fields run to thousands. Nothing in a podcast feed reliably says so, so we do not claim either way. Ask before you write the pitch.
Worth a pitch. This show publishes its own contact, sits outside the national chart, is independently published, and its recent episodes show it books guests.

How this show compares to other culture & arts podcasts

On every measure we hold, this show sits close to the middle of its category. That is not a criticism: an ordinary show with a real audience and a published contact is exactly what a first booking usually looks like.

Measured against every culture & arts podcast in the directory that has published in the last year.

This show Category average
Episodes featuring a guest 20% 16%
Episodes in the last 90 days 26 17
Typical episode length 59 min 54 min
Episodes published in total 339 302
Reach percentile 89 50

Reach is a percentile among shows you could realistically get booked on, built from chart history, longevity, activity and cadence. It is not a download figure. Nobody outside a show can see those.

What the show says about itself

Past Present Future is a bi-weekly History of Ideas 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. New episodes every Wednesday and Sunday.

Recent episodes

Straight from the feed. The quickest way to judge whether your angle fits.

  1. Now & Then with Robert Saunders: Gladstone vs Disraeli Part 2 (Burnham vs Badenoch)
  2. Now & Then with Robert Saunders: Gladstone vs Disraeli – The Bulgarian Horrors
  3. The Lives of the Philosophers: Jean-Paul Sartre
  4. The Lives of the Philosophers: J. L. Austin
  5. The Lives of the Philosophers: Camus
  6. The Lives of the Philosophers: Simone Weil

This show publishes a contact

We hold the address this show publishes in its own feed. Addresses and drafted pitches are part of a plan. Browsing stays free, and we never send on your behalf.

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Common questions

Does Past Present Future accept guests?

Sometimes has guests. Interviews appear alongside other formats. This is our reading of the show's recent episode titles, not a statement from the show itself.

How do I contact Past Present Future?

Yes. Past Present Future publishes a contact address in its own RSS feed, and it is the show's own inbox rather than a shared network desk. We hold it and release it to people on a plan. We never invent an address and never send a pitch on your behalf.

How often does Past Present Future publish?

It publishes at least once a week. There are 339 episodes in the feed. Episodes run about 59 minutes.

Is Past Present Future still active?

Yes. It has published within the last 90 days.

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