The Third Man + Live Recording of Past Present Future Podcast with David Runciman, Misha Glenny
Carol Reed’s classic film noir, with a screenplay by Graham Greene, is set in post-war Vienna and unravels a complex web of false identities and fake loyalties, of corruption and betrayal. A vision of Europe’s future – haunted by Europe’s past.
Misha Glenny is a journalist and broadcaster who has written widely about Central European politics and history and about international crime networks. His books include McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld. In 2026 he became the new host of BBC Radio 4’s In Our Time.ThrillerPT1H45MPG2026-05-06