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Past, present future is the History of Ideas podcast with me, David Rundsman, exploring ideas from

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matter.

We have series on the great political fictions, the great historical what-ifs, the history of bad ideas, and much more.

How ideas change and explain our world.

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Past, present, future.

On this season of Bad Watchdog, we unpack the project on government oversight's exclusive investigations

uncovering the abuse of people in the Department of Homeland Security's immigration detention.

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