Johnson on the couch: RAFAEL BEHR talks political psychology with Ian Dunt
What is an obsession with politics doing to our psychology – and vice versa? Which weird psychology drives the Johnson Government’s mix of belligerence and incompetence? The Guardian’s Rafael Behr tal...
1 Syys 202029min
Scrambled Breggxit: DANIEL ZEICHNER MP on the threat to Britain’s food
On top of COVID, a No Deal Brexit could push Britain’s already dire food poverty situation into crisis. And if we fall onto a Global Tariff for foodstuffs it will mean drastically limited kitchen stap...
28 Elo 202026min
Blue-Sky Drinking: The future of BEER with PETE BROWN
We were living in a golden age of craft beer… and then COVID hit. Will the pandemic tally wound Britain’s independent beer makers? Or are government ignorance and Big Brewing more of a threat to this ...
27 Elo 202023min
Fear and Trumping in North Carolina – Make America Great Again, Again
As Republicans gather (virtually) to anoint the Great Helmsman, how will Trump’s warnings of an American apocalypse play outside his radicalised base? UCL Global Politics professor Brian Klaas and The...
26 Elo 202053min
The Great Health Data Grab: How COVID privatised your information
The COVID pandemic has given unscrupulous data traffickers the opportunity they needed to hoover up vast quantities of private patient data, with Government connivance – and often with Government fund...
25 Elo 202027min
“Parliament is a breeding ground for bullying”: Tara Jane O’Reilly talks to Ian Dunt
Bullying and sexual harassment are a blight on Parliament – and Westminster has been slow to deal with it. Cofounder of Women in Westminster and campaigner on the winning Starmer and Sadiq Khan campai...
24 Elo 202020min
War On The Bullsh*t: How to spot when DATA is lying to you
Why do we believe lies just because there’s a graph attached? How can we develop a sixth sense to detect statistical disinformation? Data scientist and University of Washington professor Jevin D West,...
21 Elo 202029min
Superpower vs Futurepower: The coming CHINA-INDIA clash
What should we watch out for in the impending confrontation between India and China, the world’s largest democracy and the world’s largest autocratic superpower? And how does Pakistan fit in? Prof GUY...
20 Elo 202021min
