WARM HOMES FOR ALL: Tackling Britain's fuel poverty crisis
Hello! This week we’re talking about the crisis of fuel poverty as people are hit by rocketing energy bills.Torsten Bell from the Resolution Foundation sets the incoming energy bill rises in context, ...
21 Feb 202255min
ANXIETY AND AGENCY: How to respond to eco-anxiety in the face of climate change
Hello! This week we're discussing the impacts of the climate crisis on our mental health, and how we can support ourselves and each other in response. From the trauma of the effects of extreme weather...
14 Feb 202252min
MAGISTRATES: the volunteers presiding over criminal courts
Hello! This week we’re looking at the role of Magistrates in our justice system. Little is widely known about the volunteer system which presides over 90% of criminal cases, and as the government laun...
7 Feb 202255min
MAGIC ROUNDABOUT: why we need the circular economy
Hello! This week we're looking at the circular economy, a system that could transform our lives and contribute mightily towards reducing carbon emissions. In the UK, per person we produce the second h...
31 Jan 202254min
JON RONSON :The author, journalist and documentary maker talks to Ed and Geoff about his new series ‘Things Fell Apart’
Hello! This week we’re joined by the wonderful Jon Ronson for a special episode. The acclaimed journalist, documentary maker and author, talks to Ed and Geoff about his new podcast series ‘Things Fell...
24 Jan 202255min
DOT THE “I”S AND CROSS THE NFTs: the Wild West of crypto or an opportunity for change
Hello! This week we continue our foray into all things Web 3.0 by taking on NFTs, or Non-Fungible-Tokens. If you’re lost already then don’t worry, so were we, until we spoke to our enlightened guests ...
17 Jan 202249min
BACK TO NATURE: tackling the biodiversity and climate crises
Hello! This week we head for the peatlands, get in the sea, and go in search of UK's lost rainforests to explore ecosystems beyond the trees. Could restoring these habitats play a significant part in ...
10 Jan 202243min
JACK FOR GOOD: Rewriting the script on disability with Jack Thorne
Happy New Year! To start 2022, Ed and Geoff talk to one of the UK’s most acclaimed and prolific scriptwriters, Jack Thorne (Help, Kiri, His Dark Materials, The End of History, This Is England.) Jack i...
3 Jan 202247min
