Programme examining the ideas and forces which shape public policy in Britain and abroad, presented by distinguished writers, journalists and academics.
The low pay puzzle
March 25, 2024
29:01
How real is the existential threat from AI?
March 18, 2024
29:06
What would Isambard Kingdom Brunel have done?
March 11, 2024
28:59
Power Drive
March 4, 2024
28:37
How to cure the small town blues
Feb. 26, 2024
28:33
How to Dismantle a Democracy
Feb. 19, 2024
28:53
What is 'British culture'?
Feb. 12, 2024
28:38
Has the family had its day?
Feb. 5, 2024
28:51
What's the future of nudge?
Nov. 20, 2023
28:46
Can reading really improve your life?
Nov. 13, 2023
30:01
Can the UK afford a mental health crisis?
Nov. 6, 2023
28:17
France: a constitutional crisis in the making
Oct. 30, 2023
29:03
What on earth is the national interest?
Oct. 23, 2023
28:14
What makes a good school?
Oct. 16, 2023
29:22
How can we grow the UK economy?
Oct. 9, 2023
28:58
The Democratic Brain
Oct. 2, 2023
28:16
How far should reparative justice go?
Aug. 1, 2023
29:04
Is there a new elite?
July 17, 2023
28:40
Why are so many workers on strike?
July 10, 2023
Does work have to be miserable?
July 3, 2023
28:25
Do single people get a raw deal?
June 26, 2023
28:55
What’s changing about childbirth?
June 19, 2023
What are companies for?
June 12, 2023
27:30
Do Boycotts Work?
June 5, 2023
28:04
We know how to stop knife crime, so why don’t we do it?
May 29, 2023
27:50
Lessons from the vaccine task force
April 3, 2023
Can the Met police change?
March 27, 2023
29:05
Is Britain exceptional?
March 20, 2023
28:49
King Charles' Challenge
March 13, 2023
28:26
Does it matter who our MPs are?
March 6, 2023
28:42
The death of globalisation?
Feb. 27, 2023
27:51
From Brother to Other
Feb. 20, 2023
29:37
Has economic crisis put net-zero plans on the backburner?
Feb. 13, 2023
Blaenau Ffestiniog and the Foundational Economy
Feb. 6, 2023
28:19
Can we ever really tackle rising public spending?
Nov. 21, 2022
Why do we assume women care?
Nov. 14, 2022
28:56
Economic Growth - can we ever have enough?
Nov. 7, 2022
28:36
Is 'Political Blackness' gone for good?
Oct. 31, 2022
27:41
Can Effective Altruism really change the world?
Oct. 24, 2022
28:28
How Xi Jinping did it
Oct. 17, 2022
29:32
Is ethical surrogacy possible?
Oct. 10, 2022
28:09
What's the point of street protest?
Oct. 3, 2022
28:11
Addiction in the age of the metaverse
July 25, 2022
29:10
Is the UK the new sick man of Europe?
July 18, 2022
28:57
What is childcare for?
July 11, 2022
29:00
Beyond the cost of living crisis
July 4, 2022
Cashing in on the green rush
June 27, 2022
28:18
Germany and Russia: It's Complicated
June 20, 2022
29:08
The Advertising Trap
June 13, 2022
27:29
Can Nationalism be a Force for Good?
June 6, 2022
27:37
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