Episode 60: Essential Voices: Migrant Workers on Living Through the Pandemic
This week, we talk migration and essential work. Migration has been a dividing line in politics in recent years. But the fact remains that society would not function without the contributions of peopl...
5 Mars 202119min
Episode 59: Beyond the Bubble Ageing, Solidarity and Covid-19
The pandemic has exposed many unresolved challenges for older members of society – social care, the digital divide, loneliness - sparking a conversation about ageing societies that is often deferred. ...
11 Feb 202114min
Episode 58: The Foundational Economy for a Good Life
What kind of economy do we want?The Covid-19 pandemic has shown that some economic sectors are more important than others for meeting our basic needs and making a “good life” possible. Alexandra Stric...
18 Jan 202116min
Episode 57: Three Responses to the Crisis
Since the pandemic began, different countries have taken different approaches to the Covid19 crisis.In the last episode of this year, sociologist Jean De Munck maps the different government responses ...
30 Dec 202021min
Episode 56: Global Green Politics in a Time of Crisis
In this episode, Peter Newell asks: Has the time arrived for a global green politics?As the debate continues over ideas and visions about what the post-pandemic world could and should look like, it is...
20 Nov 202016min
How the Pandemic Has Hit Plastics Recycling
Some said the pandemic had one upside: a chance for the environment to recover. However, such assumptions may be severely misguided.In this episode, Camille Nedelec debunks this myth and explores the ...
31 Okt 202017min
Another State Is Possible: Greening the Levers of Power
This week, we're all about important questions!- How can people believe that the “climate fight” will be won if, at the national level, climate action is only paid lip service?- What kind of state is ...
12 Okt 202012min
The Green Surge in the French Locals Explained
This week, we're going to France. On June 28, the Greens of Europe Ecologie-Les Verts (EELV) confirmed their role as change makers in French politics as the #GreenWave swept through the country in the...
21 Sep 202014min
