Pin the Blame on the Donkey Farmer
On this week’s full-length podcast: Keir Starmer, Donkey Farmer. Be a hero, or else: The Government frogmarches teachers to the frontline. Futurist Mark Stevenson joins us for some big ideas on how to...
20 Touko 202052min
Daily: HILARY BENN on the UK’s dash to No Deal
FROST/BARNIER: As Britain’s negotiators issue ultimatums out of thin air and the EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier pronounces the talks “very disappointing”, is there anything to save Britain from ...
19 Touko 202030min
Daily: The last picture show? COVID vs CINEMA
Hollywood bowled over: Coronavirus has thrown the entire movie industry into suspended animation. Are the studios strong enough to withstand this unprecedented shock? Will smaller movies become collat...
18 Touko 202026min
Daily: FABLES OF THE RECONSTRUCTION with economist Dr Garry Young
The Government’s emergency measures have saddled Britain with levels of debt unseen outside wartime – and a possible future of mass unemployment. How can we rebuild the economy for a post-COVID future...
15 Touko 202031min
DAILY: Into the Uncanny Valley with video games writer EDWARD STERN
As we disappear deeper into virtual worlds both for work and relaxation, what are the political dimensions of the technologies we depend on to connect? Videogame scriptwriter Edward Stern, who has wor...
14 Touko 202027min
“We shall fight them in the garden centres”
Are YOU staying alert? If not, WHY not? We look at the Government’s confusing (and possibly self-serving) re-do of its COVID advice. UCL Global Politics professor and presenter of the Power Corrupts p...
13 Touko 202057min
DAILY: After the end of the world, with historian ALWYN TURNER
Coronavirus has changed everything – and maybe inaugurated a strange new era of history that nobody anticipated. What can we learn from past existential crises, from the oil shock to the world financi...
12 Touko 202033min
Never mind the Bolsonaro: Could COVID push Brazil over the edge?
Meanwhile, in Brazil… Extreme populist President Jair Bolsonaro’s dismissive response to the Corona crisis makes even Trump’s look vaguely reasonable. Could the anti-lockdown sentiment he’s fomenting ...
11 Touko 202030min
