Institute of Welsh Affairs
247 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsWales' leading independent think tank. We are a charity that acts as a catalyst to generate intelligent debate about Wales' future.
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July 2016: Ken Skates, Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure speech at Doing Business in Wales
July 19, 2016 09:53 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MBAn IWA event, in collaboration with Capital Law, #IWACapital event, Doing Business in Wales. Cabinet Secretary speech delivered a week after the Brexit vote, that reassures that 'Wales is still open for business'.
July 2016: A new Prime Minister and a challenge for Labour leader
July 11, 2016 16:03 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MBJess Blair is joined by Daran Hill, Nick Ramsay & Rhianon Passmore to discuss the latest turn of events in Westminster.
June 2016: The IWA Podcast: Wales backs Brexit
June 24, 2016 11:28 - 21 minutes - 20.7 MBJess Blair is joined by Daran Hill, Owen Hathway & Andrew RT Davies to discuss the results of the EU Referendum.
May 2016: IWA Podcast: The new Welsh Cabinet
May 20, 2016 11:03 - 15 minutes - 14.7 MBJess Blair is joined by Daran Hill, Julia McWatt & Owen Hathway to discuss the new Welsh Cabinet.
May 2016: IWA Podcast: The end of deadlock
May 18, 2016 13:53 - 11 minutes - 11.2 MBJess Blair is joined by Aaron Hill, Josh Miles and Daran Hill to discuss the end of deadlock and Carwyn Jones' re-election as First Minister.
May 2016: IWA Podcast: Shock tie in vote for Welsh First Minister
May 11, 2016 14:42 - 11 minutes - 11.8 MBJess Blair, Daran Hill and Siobhan McClelland discuss the shock tie between Leanne Wood and Carwyn Jones on the vote for First Minister of Wales.
May 2016: IWA Podcast: The Results
May 06, 2016 13:52 - 19 minutes - 19.1 MBJess Blair, Daran Hill, Owen Hathway & Jac Larner discuss the results of the Welsh Assembly Election in the latest IWA Podcast.
May 2016: IWA Podcast: The fight for second place
May 04, 2016 17:29 - 10 minutes - 9.4 MBJess Blair is joined by Daran Hill, Professor Roger Scully and Liz Silversmith to discuss the latest poll for the Assembly elections, released just hours before Wales votes.
April 2016: IWA Podcast: The leaders' debates
April 28, 2016 16:02 - 14 minutes - 13.8 MBDaran Hill, Owen Hathaway, Ian Lewis and Jess Blair discuss the winners and losers from the recent debates, ahead of next week's assembly elections.
April 2016: IWA Podcast: Manifesto review
April 21, 2016 11:02 - 11 minutes - 11.1 MBThis week's IWA Podcast looks at the big issues following the publication of the party manifestos ahead of May's election. Jess Blair is joined by Daran Hill, MD of Positif, and Rhodri Evans of FSB Wales.
April 2016: The IWA Podcast: New poll suggests second place for Plaid.
April 12, 2016 05:45 - 14 minutes - 14.3 MBThe findings of the latest Wales Barometer Poll are discussed in the second election special from the #IWAPodcast. Jess Blair is joined by Daran Hill, Gareth Hughes and Professor Roger Scully.
April 2016: The IWA Podcast: Assembly recall & Wales' fiscal deficit
April 04, 2016 10:18 - 13 minutes - 13.6 MBIn the first election special of the IWA Podcast Jess Blair is joined by MD of Positif Daran Hill, and Golwg's Assembly Correspondent Gareth Hughes, to discuss the big issues in Welsh politics. Today's podcast looks at the debate over the steel crisis and a new report showing Wales' £15bn deficit. These weekly podcasts will run up to the Assembly elections on May 5th.
March 2016: Stuart Fox makes the case for compulsory voting
March 30, 2016 10:01 - 8 minutes - 8.14 MBThe #IWADebate in partnership with Cardiff University asked the question 'Would compulsory voting give the unheard a voice?' Here Dr Stuart Fox from Cardiff University's WISERD makes the case that compulsory voting would increase participation and better represent the parts of society let down by politics.
March 2016: Katie Ghose argues against Compulsory Voting
March 30, 2016 09:56 - 7 minutes - 7.51 MBThe #IWADebate in partnership with Cardiff University asked the question 'Would compulsory voting give the unheard a voice?' Katie Ghose, Chief Executive of the Electoral Reform Society, argues that alternative methods of electoral reform would offer a much more positive vision of democracy than compulsory voting.
February 2016: IWA Podcast: Confronting the last taboo - death and old age in theatre
February 15, 2016 11:20 - 14 minutes - 12.9 MBPlaywright Kaite O'Reilly talks to the IWA's Dylan Moore about her new play 'Cosy', the invisibility of the aged and new ways we might approach conversations about death.
November 2015: Lee Waters interviews James Purnell, BBC Director of Strategy.
November 12, 2015 16:49 - 27 minutes - 26.8 MBIWA Director Lee Waters interviews James Purnell, BBC Director of Strategy, at the Cardiff Media Summit 2015. They discuss issues around Welsh English language TV provision and the representation of Wales on the BBC.
September 2015: Kirsty Williams on Let's talk cancer's findings
September 24, 2015 14:06 - 3 minutes - 4.01 MBLeader of the Welsh Liberal Democracts, Kirsty Williams AM, gives her response to the IWA's Let's talk cancer report.
September 2015: Ruth Taylor on her experiences of cancer care in Wales
September 24, 2015 13:33 - 6 minutes - 6.28 MBRuth Taylor, a current cancer patient, tells of her experience of cancer care in Wales at the launch of the new IWA report 'Let's talk cancer'. #IWACancer
June 2015: IWA Podcast - Good Food for All
June 24, 2015 13:24 - 4 minutes - 4.69 MBProf Kevin Morgan discusses his IWA Senedd Paper
June 2015: IWA Podcast - What about England
June 05, 2015 12:35 - 3 minutes - 3.3 MBFormer Labour Cabinet Minister John Denham discusses the movement towards greater devolution in England
April 2015: Lessons from Silicon Valley
April 15, 2015 12:27 - 4 minutes - 2.73 MBIWA Director, Lee Waters, asks Berkeley Prof AnnaLee Saxenian what Wales can learn from Silicon Valley at the The Learned Society of Wales / Bangor University International Symposium on Economic policies for peripheral countries at Portmeirion in Gwynedd
April 2015: Should Wales reinvent the WDA?
April 14, 2015 15:18 - 3 minutes - 2.34 MBIWA Director, Lee Waters, asks Harvard Professor Ricardo Hausman at The Learned Society of Wales / Bangor University International Symposium on Economic policies for peripheral countries at Portmeirion in Gwynedd
April 2015: Can devolution help the Welsh economy grow?
April 14, 2015 10:08 - 3 minutes - 2.27 MBIWA Director, Lee Waters, asks Cambridge Professor Ron Martin at The Learned Society of Wales / Bangor University International Symposium on Economic policies for peripheral countries at Portmeirion in Gwynedd
April 2015: Should Wales prioritise developing our Cities?
April 14, 2015 09:23 - 2 minutes - 1.9 MBIWA Director, Lee Waters, asks LSE Professor Steve Gibbons at The Learned Society of Wales / Bangor University International Symposium on Economic policies for peripheral countries at Portmeirion in Gwynedd
March 2015: Borrowing in a time of austerity
March 27, 2015 11:10 - 6 minutes - 5.64 MBCouncillor Rhiannon Passmore asks Eluned Parrott AM and IWA Economy Chair, Gerald Holtham, whether politicians should be borrowing money for economic projects in a time of austerity.
March 2015: Do the Welsh Government need to take risks on the Welsh economy?
March 26, 2015 15:48 - 2 minutes - 2.3 MBThe IWA's recent report, An economic strategy for Wales?, calls for increased ambition and risk from the Welsh Government in order to boost the economic from its current mediocrity. Here, Professor David Blackaby argues against this approach.
March 2015: Louise Harris on education and how it can help the Welsh economy
March 25, 2015 16:16 - 10 minutes - 9.1 MBLouise Harris, CEO of the Big Learning Company and Chair of the IWA Education Group, discusses how we can improve the education system as a way of bettering the Welsh economy.
March 2015: Elizabeth Haywood on the Welsh language and the economy
March 25, 2015 16:10 - 2 minutes - 2.01 MBElizabeth Haywood discusses the Welsh language and how language needs to be taught in closer alignment with the economy at our IWA annual Economy Conference.
March 2015: Money for nothing? Or a share of the business?
March 24, 2015 19:06 - 3 minutes - 3.66 MBAdmiral CEO, Henry Engelhardt and Simon Gibson, Chief Executive, Wesley Clover Corporation discuss whether the Welsh Government should insist on a share of companies they back or simply give them a grant. The discussion took place at the IWA's annual Welsh Economy conference on March 23 2015 in the Wales Millennium Centre
March 2015: Is the Welsh economy being ignored by Westminster
March 24, 2015 14:00 - 5 minutes - 6.17 MBAdmiral CEO, Henry Engelhardt; Former Bank of England MPC member Marian Bell and Simon Gibson, Chief Executive, Wesley Clover Corporation discuss the prospects of the Welsh Economy at the IWA conference on March 23 2015 in the Wales Millennium Centre
March 2015: Simon Gibson on the Welsh economy
March 24, 2015 13:35 - 9 minutes - 8.57 MBWesley Clover Chief Executive Simon Gibson sets out his critique of the Welsh economy at the IWA's annual Economy Conference on March 23rd at Cardiff's Wales Millennium Centre. He drew on his experience ReNewport task force which set out to develop an economic regeneration strategy for Newport city
March 2015: IWA Economy Podcast
March 23, 2015 12:10 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MBGerald Holtham and IWA Director Lee Waters discuss the think-tank's report, An Economic Strategy for Wales?
March 2015: Has devolution worked?
March 19, 2015 15:31 - 1 minute - 711 KBAfter 16 years, is devolution working? We asked people around Cardiff what they thought. Has devolution made a positive or a negative impact on your life? Let us know here: http://iwaconvention.co.uk/what-is-wales-for/has-devolution-worked-1
March 2015: What are the barriers to progress in Wales?
March 18, 2015 17:04 - 1 minute - 1.64 MBNia Thomas asks voters in north Wales what they think the barriers are to Wales achieving its potential.
March 2015: Have we had enough devolution?
March 18, 2015 17:01 - 1 minute - 1.59 MBAs part of the IWA's Constitutional Convention, Nia Thomas asks voters in north Wales whether we've had enough devolution, too much, or whether we need more. Let us know what you think at iwaconvention.co.uk
March 2015: What would be the impact of an EU in/out referendum with Lee Waters and David Jones
March 11, 2015 16:19 - 7 minutes - 6.62 MBDavid Jones, entrepreneur and member of the Welsh Government ICT sector panel, joins Lee Waters to discuss the potential impacts of an EU in/out referendum on the UK. Join the debate on twitter at #IWAconvention or at IWAconvention.co.uk
March 2015: What would the implications of leaving the EU be for the UK?
March 11, 2015 15:43 - 55 seconds - 764 KBWe asked people around Cardiff Bay for their views on what the implications for the UK would be if we left the EU. Here's what they said. Do you agree? #IWAConvention
March 2015: Should the UK stay in the EU?
March 11, 2015 15:41 - 1 minute - 950 KBWe asked people around Cardiff Bay for their views on Europe and whether the UK should stay in the EU? Here's what they said. Do you agree? #IWAConvention
March 2015: Is a Federal arrangement viable for the UK? With David Melding AM
March 09, 2015 17:04 - 4 minutes - 4.32 MBDavid Melding AM joins Jess Blair to discuss why he thinks the UK needs a federal model.
March 2015: The future of the UK with Mick Antoniw AM
March 09, 2015 16:59 - 4 minutes - 4.11 MBMick Antoniw AM joins Jess Blair to discuss the future of the UK, and whether federalism is the only way forward.
March 2015: What's next for England? The IWA Podcast with Richard Wyn Jones
March 04, 2015 13:40 - 7 minutes - 6.32 MBThe dust has settled from the Scottish referendum, and new plans have been published by the UK Government for Scotland and for Wales. But what's next for England? Professor Richard Wyn Jones joins Jess Blair to discuss.
February 2015: IWA Convention: Steve Brooks says new powers over elections in Wales are good news
February 27, 2015 15:03 - 3 minutes - 3.23 MBSteve Brooks, Director of ERS Cymru, joins Jess Blair as they discuss the new powers offered to Wales over elections and the National Assembly for Wales.
February 2015: IWA Convention: Daran Hill on the new powers for Wales announced by the UK Government
February 27, 2015 14:44 - 3 minutes - 3.03 MBDaran Hill, MD of Positif, joins the IWA's Jess Blair to discuss announcements over further powers for Wales made by the UK Government. Let us know if you agree with Daran that the announcement is impressive by visiting iwaconvention.co.uk or tweeting #IWAConvention
February 2015: IWA Convention: Leanne Wood on new powers for Wales
February 27, 2015 14:23 - 4 minutes - 3.64 MBLeanne Wood, leader of Plaid Cymru, joins the IWA's Jess Blair to discuss the new powers for Wales announced by the UK Government. Let us know what you think on iwaconvention.co.uk or #IWAConvention
February 2015: Do you agree with the bedroom tax?
February 20, 2015 11:02 - 1 minute - 2.46 MBThe UK Government have introduced a 'spare room subsidy' which cuts benefits for people with a spare room. We asked people around Cardiff Bay whether they agree with this bedroom tax. Here's what they said. #IWAConvention
February 2015: How can we make the welfare system better?
February 20, 2015 10:57 - 1 minute - 1.89 MBWe asked people around Cardiff Bay for their views on how we can make the welfare system better. Here's what they said. Do you agree? #IWAConvention
February 2015: How can our Cities power Wales?
February 18, 2015 17:58 - 1 minute - 1.02 MBRoger Lewis, Chair of Cardiff Capital Region, outlines how Wales' capital City can boost the Welsh economy
February 2015: Why are we so nervous about welfare devolution in Wales?
February 16, 2015 15:13 - 5 minutes - 3.85 MBMichelle Reid and Linda Whittaker join the IWA's Jess Blair to discuss why the debate around welfare devolution in Wales makes people so nervous.
February 2015: Could Wales be a leader in green technology?
February 06, 2015 12:07 - 2 minutes - 2.01 MBMedia Wales Business Editor Sion Barry shares his ideas to improve the Welsh economy as part of the IWA's Constitutional Convention - You can take part in the debate on Twitter #IWAConvention
February 2015: One idea to improve the Welsh economy
February 05, 2015 13:17 - 2 minutes - 2.38 MBMedia Wales Business Editor Sion Barry shares his one idea to improve the Welsh economy as part of the IWA's Constitutional Convention - You can take part in the debate on Twitter #IWAConvention