Reasons Revisited

Hap-py New Year! We welcome our first guest of the Chatteroo-era, and what a guest: This year's BBC Reith Lecturer, Professor Ben Ansell - political scientist and former teaching assistant to Ed Milib...

1 Jan 202454min

A chatty accompaniment as your potatoes roast and your sprouts boil. We wish you a cheerful Christmas! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

25 Dec 202330min

Chatteroo, roo, roo! Push pineapple, shake the tree!More Cop reflections, plus encouragment for Ed's paleontology ambition Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

18 Dec 202339min

Hey you, the Chatteroo crew!Show what you do, make a break, make a move.Ed's back from COP28 and is bursting to talk about a phasedown of unabated fossil fuels, paleontology, and Taylor Swift. Plus Ge...

11 Dec 202328min

We're live from COP28. Well, Ed is - Geoff wasn't invited. He's asked for a souvenir from the COP shop.Dive in for Ed's news from Dubai, he's *very* excited about the ENAP Emissions Report.Plus, sayin...

4 Dec 202326min

In the Chatteroo stew this week: Ed reflects on the Autumn Statement and budgets he has known and (sometimes) loved, and Geoff gets the wrong end of the stick - or drumstick - about an American tradit...

27 Nov 202328min

All aboard the Chatterooga Choo-Choo for:* The return of David Cameron* Fika and Swedish Work Culture: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/nov/08/fika-four-week-holidays-and-zero-overtime-sw...

20 Nov 202333min

For our last episode of Reasons to be Cheerful in its current form, Hannah Ritchie from Our World In Data tells us why things are more cheerful than we might think when it comes to the long-term trend...

13 Nov 202352min