Ultra-Processed People
“It’s really not our fault that we struggle with our health, we have to look to the system around us and hold them accountable.”In our fast-paced world, convenience is king where food is concerned and...
27 Huhti 202337min
Living on the edge - health inequalities and rising costs
EPISODE DESCRIPTION“The way to get economic growth in a sustainable way is to improve the income of the bottom 60% of the population.”How does the cost-of-living crisis affect the health of the public...
20 Maalis 202340min
Fat Chance: how the body positivity movement can be used to influence societal change
“The ways in which we talk about our bodies, the metaphors we use to understand our bodies in the world around us radically shape our health and the way we approach health.” What is meant by the obesi...
23 Syys 202241min
The power of conversation: redefining the binary around social media and young people's mental health
“There’s much more room for nuance in the conversation than it feels like we have now.”Social media is a huge part of our lives, but growing fears are fuelling debate that it is bad for children and y...
18 Elo 202235min
Dignity, decency and dying
“Death is something that affects us all and by not talking about it we make it harder.” Death is not infinitely deferrable, yet the successes of traditional modern Western medicine in increasing life ...
20 Heinä 202240min
The Elephant in the Planning Room
“It is imperative that we learn to create homes that truly support and sustain us.” Interior and external environments affect our health and wellbeing in ways that we are only now beginning to truly u...
7 Kesä 202233min
Singing the praises of communities with Eric Whitacre and Daisy Fancourt
SummaryGrammy-award winning composer and conductor Eric Whitacre joins chair of the UK’s largest COVID-19 social study and UCL's Professor Daisy Fancourt to talk about the power of community. They exp...
20 Huhti 202234min
Mission-oriented Public Health
SummaryAuthor, chair of WHO Council on economics, and UCL Professor Mariana Mazzucato joins renegade economist, creator of the “Doughnut” model of social and planetary boundaries, and Oxford Senior As...
10 Maalis 202232min
