Reasons to be Cheerful with Ed Miliband & Geoff Lloyd
406 episodes - English - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsFormer Labour Party leader Ed Miliband and Sony Award-winning radio host Geoff Lloyd unearth big ideas that can change society for the better.
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85. OPERATION BLACK VOTE: the fight for democratic equality
May 05, 2019 23:00 - 58 minutes - 53.6 MBHello! Unfortunately, Geoff can’t be here this week so Ed’s got a special guest international guest to help him on the intro... In the episode we’re talking about a gaping democratic deficit in British politics: there are still too few black and minority ethnic MPs and councillors, and huge disparities in voter registration. We hear from Simon Woolley, founder and director of Operation Black Vote, who has been campaigning on BME political representation for more than two decades. Simon talks...
84. ON YOUR BIKE
April 28, 2019 23:52 - 56 minutes - 51.4 MBHello! What if we told you there was something that could improve people's health, make our cities nicer places to live AND save the planet? This week’s guests argue that cycling can do just that. We discuss the benefits of cycling and what needs to be done to encourage it with transport expert Dr Rachel Aldred and The Guardian’s Peter Walker (author of Bike Nation: How Cycling Can Save the World). And we hear from Manuel Calvo - designer of Seville’s ambitious cycle network, which has revol...
COME AND BE CHEERFUL IN LONDON WITH US
April 27, 2019 21:59 - 1 minute - 1.2 MBCome and see us at UnderbellyFest in London! Sunday 19th May, 3.30pm Sunday 23rd June, 3.30pm Book tickets here: http://www.underbellyfestival.com/whats-on/reasons-to-be-cheerful-with-ed-miliband-geoff-lloyd See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
83. PREDISTRIBUTION: what the hell does it mean?
April 21, 2019 23:00 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MBHello! Ed’s been going on about it for years, but we’ve finally agreed to do an episode on his favourite topic: predistribution. It’s all about reducing inequality in the first place, rather than relying on tax and benefits later down the line. We talk to inventor of the term Professor Jacob Hacker to work out what it means. Brazilian academic and politician Roberto Unger argues for predistribution to tackle inequality in the knowledge economy. Then Madeleine Gabriel and Isaac Stanley from N...
82. FULL ENGLISH: forging a progressive identity
April 14, 2019 23:00 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MBHello! Why are people reluctant to talk about the nation of England? And does this really matter? This week we’re getting stuck into the debate around English identity. John Denham, director of the Centre for English Identity and Politics and former Labour cabinet minister, discusses the importance of embracing Englishness and proposals for new political institutions. Journalist Sunny Hundal explains how to forge a progressive national identity and reclaim the flag from the far right. Then G...
81. HOPE NOT HATE: changing attitudes to immigration
April 07, 2019 23:00 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MBHello! With all eyes on Br***t, a surprising and encouraging trend has slipped under the radar over the past few years: polls indicate that attitudes to immigration are getting significantly more positive. This week we’re joined by Sunder Katwala from British Future and Rosie Carter from Hope Not Hate to work out what’s been going on. Sunder and Rosie discuss their recent national conation on immigration and the directions it points to for our approach to policy and how we conduct the debate...
80. REASONS TO BE BESIDE THE SEASIDE
March 31, 2019 23:00 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MBHello! Oh I do like to be beside the seaside, Oh I do....BUT, 11 million people live in coastal communities across the UK but for too long they’ve been getting a bad deal. This week we’re exploring the New Economic Foundation’s plans for a major coastal industrial strategy: the ‘Blue New Deal’. We’re joined by Fernanda Balata from the NEF to explain the proposals. Then Nick Taylor from Scarborough and Sam Scriven from the Jurassic Coast talk about how investing in coastal economies and the n...
79. HONEY I SHRUNK THE TECH GIANTS
March 25, 2019 00:00 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MBHello! Facebook, Amazon, Ed and Geoff… some empires are in the public interest, some not so much.... In this episode we explore an idea gaining traction in the US: using competition laws to break up the tech giants. From the Open Markets Institute, we’re joined by the ‘Captain America of anti-trust’ Barry Lynn and former anti-trust enforcer Sally Hubbard who explain the proposals. Then LSE law expert Niamh Dunne talks us through how it could all work in the UK. AND Comedian Fin Taylor drop...
78. (LIVING) WAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE
March 18, 2019 00:00 - 52 minutes - 72.6 MBHello! What can we do about the scandal of growing in-work poverty in the UK? This week we hear inspiring stories from campaigners both here and across the pond who have pushed employers to end low pay. Tyree Johnson from Fight for $15 talks about winning a $15 minimum wage in Illinois. The Living Wage Foundation’s Lola McEvoy tells us how we can get involved in the living wage campaign in our workplaces. And Ed’s ParkRun pal (and director of the Resolution Foundation) Torsten ‘Torstiekins’ ...
77. THE GREEN WOLF OF WALL STREET
March 11, 2019 00:00 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MBHello! Do you know where your pension is being invested? The divestment movement has a simple idea: persuade pension funds and others to get out of fossil fuels to meet the climate emergency. Its grown from a student campus campaign to one involving trillions of dollars worth of assets. We discuss divestment and shareholder engagement with Adam Matthews, Director of Ethics Engagement for the Church of England Pensions Board, Yossi Cadan, Global Senior Divestment Campaigner at 350.org and Cat...
76. THE BEVERAGE REPORT
March 04, 2019 00:00 - 55 minutes - 51 MBHello! It's taken us 70+ episodes but we're diving into the question of drink--our country's (unhealthy) relationship with alcohol, which is costing billions of pounds a year and ruining lives. Angela McShane, alcohol historian at the Wellcome Trust, gives us a fascinating history lesson, then Jon Ashworth MP, Shadow Health Secretary, tells us his personal story of having an alcoholic parent (a problem that affects at least 200,000 children today) followed by Richard Piper CEO of Alcohol Chan...
75. REASONS TO BE ICELANDIC: gender equality, 6 hour days and 'hidden people'
February 25, 2019 00:00 - 55 minutes - 50.5 MBHello! Heigh ho, heigh ho, it’s off to Iceland they go. Geoff and Ed went for a weekend and came back with tales aplenty to be cheerful about. World-leading gender equality six-hour working day experiments, punk rockers turned politicians and stories of trolls, elves and the ‘hidden people’. Hear the lessons we should learn from the Icelandic Prime Minister, Katrin Jakobsdottir, and many others in this special episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
74. THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT: pupil climate strikes and the green new deal
February 18, 2019 00:00 - 50 minutes - 46 MBHello! We got out of Geoff's loft and onto Parliament Square to join the many thousands of young people worldwide protesting about climate change and we also talk about what could be a big part of the answer: A Green New Deal (GND). We explain what it is and how it seeks to put economic and social justice at the heart of the fight against climate change with Ann Pettifor, one of the originators of the idea more than ten years ago and Zack Exley, US Co-Founder of Justice Democrats that suppor...
73. FOR RICHER, FOR SUPER RICHER: taxing the ultra-wealthy
February 11, 2019 00:00 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MBHello! What should we do about the gaping inequalities in our society and the top 1 percent? Can we get them to pay more tax and how? We hear from a member of the top .01% US entrepreneur Nick Hanauer who wants radical measures aimed at people like him and Rutger Bregman, author and historian, who went viral when he called out ‘Davos man’ a couple of weeks back. AND Comedian Rosie Jones wants everyone to have to experience 24 hours of being disabled, Segways for all and a roof on the count...
73. FOR RICHER, FOR SUPER RICHER: taxing the ultra-wealthy
February 11, 2019 00:00 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MBHello! What should we do about the gaping inequalities in our society and the top 1 percent? Can we get them to pay more tax and how? We hear from a member of the top .01% US entrepreneur Nick Hanauer who wants radical measures aimed at people like him and Rutger Bregman, author and historian, who went viral when he called out ‘Davos man’ a couple of weeks back. AND Comedian Rosie Jones wants everyone to have to experience 24 hours of being disabled, Segways for all and a roof on the count...
72. MORE IN COMMON: Overcoming political polarisation
February 04, 2019 00:00 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MBHello! This week we're looking into the chasm in our divided nation and wondering if there is a way to bridge the gap...if anyone can help it’s our guests. Jo Hiley who worked for Hope Not Hate helped bring together people from Brixton in London and Boston in Lincolnshire, divided by Brexit, but united by much else. Ciaran O'Connor & John Wood Jr from Better Angels in the United States tell us how they use methods from family therapy as their technique for getting political opponents to find...
72. MORE IN COMMON: Overcoming political polarisation
February 04, 2019 00:00 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MBHello! This week we're looking into the chasm in our divided nation and wondering if there is a way to bridge the gap...if anyone can help it’s our guests. Jo Hiley who worked for Hope Not Hate helped bring together people from Brixton in London and Boston in Lincolnshire, divided by Brexit, but united by much else. Ciaran O'Connor & John Wood Jr from Better Angels in the United States tell us how they use methods from family therapy as their technique for getting political opponents to find...
71. THE CASE FOR PRIVATE SCHOOL REFORM...AND HOW TO DO IT
January 28, 2019 00:00 - 55 minutes - 76.2 MBHello! Around 7% of the population is educated in private schools but they are disproportionately represented at top universities and in society's most coveted professions. What is the impact of private schools on our overall education system and our society and what, if anything could or should be done about it? David Kynaston, author of new book "Engines of Privilege: Britain’s Private School Problem" and Melissa Benn, author of 'Life Lessons' join us. Plus we hear from renowned educational...
71. THE CASE FOR PRIVATE SCHOOL REFORM...AND HOW TO DO IT
January 28, 2019 00:00 - 55 minutes - 76.2 MBHello! Around 7% of the population is educated in private schools but they are disproportionately represented at top universities and in society's most coveted professions. What is the impact of private schools on our overall education system and our society and what, if anything could or should be done about it? David Kynaston, author of new book "Engines of Privilege: Britain’s Private School Problem" and Melissa Benn, author of 'Life Lessons' join us. Plus we hear from renowned educationa...
70. 2019: A PUBLIC SPACE ODYSSEY: transforming communities
January 21, 2019 00:00 - 56 minutes - 51.7 MBHello! When Ed makes a promise, he makes a promise! It might take 6 years to deliver, but now we get to share the discussion with you. What does that all mean? Well, Ed met Architect Christophe Egret while on holiday and needed to finish the conversation they had about the transformative power of public space. He joins us, as does author and academic, Anna Minton, and CEO for the Project for Public Spaces in the US, Phil Myrick, to warn of the dangerous creep of pseudo-public space and what ...
69. A SOCIAL HOME REVOLUTION: the history and future of council housing
January 14, 2019 00:00 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MBHello! This week, with the release of the report from Shelter's cross-party commission (which included Ed) we're looking at the provision of social housing and the need for a transformation in how much we build and who it is for. Historian John Boughton, author of recent book Municipal Dreams, guides us from the past to the future, then we speak to members of the Commission, Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, former Conservative Chair, and Lord Jim O'Neill to tell us how the recommendations in the repor...
68. BORN TO (PARK) RUN: Geoff and Ed’s excellent adventure
January 07, 2019 00:00 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MBHello! We've made our New Year's resolutions, donned the trainers and tracksuits and joined the hundreds of thousands of people who do parkrun to find out what all the hype is about. Can we start our New Year as runners? The Finsbury Park parkrunners (Geoff's local) tell us what it's all about, and give us encouragement, then we're joined by Nick Pearson, Chief Executive of ParkRun who tells us about why the project is about more than running. Then Bella Mackie, author of new book Jog On sha...
68. BORN TO (PARK) RUN: Geoff and Ed’s excellent adventure
January 07, 2019 00:00 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MBHello! We've made our New Year's resolutions, donned the trainers and tracksuits and joined the hundreds of thousands of people who do parkrun to find out what all the hype is about. Can we start our New Year as runners? The Finsbury Park parkrunners (Geoff's local) tell us what it's all about, and give us encouragement, then we're joined by Nick Pearson, Chief Executive of ParkRun who tells us about why the project is about more than running. Then Bella Mackie, author of new book Jog On shar...
67. THE OFFICIAL REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL 2018 CHART SHOW
December 31, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 107 MBHello! Greetings pod pickers! You’re in for a treat this week. It’s our "Top 10" countdown of our favourite episodes this year. If you haven’t listened to them all or even if you have, here’s a way of getting the best bits in bite sized form—-Cheerful McNuggets. With special guest introducing the whole shebang, the legend that is Tony Blackburn! How can you resist.... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
66. CHRISTMAS CHEERFUL: Chatting 2018 and playing Class Struggle
December 24, 2018 00:28 - 51 minutes - 47.6 MBHello! We gathered around Geoff's kitchen table, joined by some IRL friends, a copy of the board game Class Struggle and some topics to find the cheerful from this year. Hear Josie Rourke, Artistic Director of the Donmar Warehouse and director of the new film, "Mary, Queen of Scots", Chris Addison, comedian, writer, actor and director and David Runciman, Professor of Politics at Cambridge and host of ‘Talking Politics’ podcast seek to provide a positive take on America, Democracy, Brexit, an...
66. CHRISTMAS CHEERFUL: Chatting 2018 and playing Class Struggle
December 24, 2018 00:28 - 52 minutes - 47.6 MBHello! We gathered around Geoff's kitchen table, joined by some IRL friends, a copy of the board game Class Struggle and some topics to find the cheerful from this year. Hear Josie Rourke, Artistic Director of the Donmar Warehouse and director of the new film, "Mary, Queen of Scots", Chris Addison, comedian, writer, actor and director and David Runciman, Professor of Politics at Cambridge and host of ‘Talking Politics’ podcast seek to provide a positive take on America, Democracy, Brexit, and...
65. COMPUTER SAYS YES: humanity and kindness in public services
December 17, 2018 00:00 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MBHello! Here at Cheerful towers we're talking about how we can enable the human touch to come to the fore in public services and policy and the barriers standing in the way of the people who work in them. Our guest Julia Unwin has been thinking about kindness in public policy, Professor Anthony Costello's new book The Social Edge is about the 'sympathy groups' that transform people's life chances & Dr Agnelo Fernandes talks about his amazing 'social prescribing' experiment in Croydon. AND C...
65. COMPUTER SAYS YES: humanity and kindness in public services
December 17, 2018 00:00 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MBHello! Here at Cheerful towers we're talking about how we can enable the human touch to come to the fore in public services and policy and the barriers standing in the way of the people who work in them. Our guest Julia Unwin has been thinking about kindness in public policy, Professor Anthony Costello's new book The Social Edge is about the 'sympathy groups' that transform people's life chances & Dr Agnelo Fernandes talks about his amazing 'social prescribing' experiment in Croydon. AND C...
64. SHARING AND CARING: the case for paternity leave
December 10, 2018 00:00 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MBHello! This week we're talking Dads and the time off they have to look after their kids. Turns out more, properly paid paternity leave is better for kids, good for dads, and a very effective tool to close the gender pay gap. Unfortunately Britain lags behind. We speak to Lars Arrhenius about how brilliant Sweden is and how it could be even better, Sam Smethers from the Fawcett Society about how Britain could do better and Sam White and Will McDonald, the UK’s most senior all-male job share ...
63. VALUING NEURODIVERSITY: how society needs to change
December 03, 2018 00:00 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MBHello! Today we speak to two autistic people about what the neurodiversity movement is and what it means to them. Penny Andrews and Georgia Harper join us to talk about their personal experience of living with autism, and how our society, employers and all of us can learn to value and benefit from neurodiversity. AND Comedian Jodie Mitchell would like to tech up the fight against men stealing women's ideas, old tinted glasses for those who believe the olden days were better and a ban on in...
62. LIFE OVER DEATH: the global campaign to end capital punishment
November 26, 2018 00:00 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MBHello! The death penalty still operates in many places around the world, although the good news is the number of countries using capital punishment is falling. Sevan Doraisamy, Executive Director of Human Rights Organisation SUARAM talks about the Malaysian government’s recent announcement that it intends to abolish capital punishment and Anna Yearley and Maya Foa from Reprieve talk to us about their campaigns to end the death penalty and how your voice can make a difference. AND Comedian...
61. YUVAL AIN’T SEEN NOTHING YET: a conversation on just about everything with Yuval Noah Harari
November 19, 2018 00:00 - 50 minutes - 68.9 MBHello! A special episode with author and all-around thinker extraordinaire and author of multi-million selling Homo Sapiens, Yuval Noah Harari. He popped by to talk to us about the ongoing war of technology vs humankind, fake news and more of the 21 lessons from the 21st Century —-his new book. This includes the virtues of 60-day uninterrupted meditation... But how would you do a weekly podcast? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
61. YUVAL AIN’T SEEN NOTHING YET: a conversation on just about everything with Yuval Noah Harari
November 19, 2018 00:00 - 50 minutes - 68.9 MBHello! A special episode with author and all-around thinker extraordinaire and author of multi-million selling Homo Sapiens, Yuval Noah Harari. He popped by to talk to us about the ongoing war of technology vs humankind, fake news and more of the 21 lessons from the 21st Century —-his new book. This includes the virtues of 60-day uninterrupted meditation... But how would you do a weekly podcast? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
60. GEOFF, GEOFF, GEOFF...OUT OUT OUT: the power of protest
November 12, 2018 00:00 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MBHello! It’s 50 years since 1968, next year it will be 200 since the Peterloo massacre, so we are discussing the power of political protest, when they work and what it all means for today. French journalist Agnes Poirier chronicles ‘68 and after for us and Guardian columnist John Harris and American author Sarah Jaffe join us to talk about the past, present and future of political protest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
60. GEOFF, GEOFF, GEOFF...OUT OUT OUT: the power of protest
November 12, 2018 00:00 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MBHello! It’s 50 years since 1968, next year it will be 200 since the Peterloo massacre, so we are discussing the power of political protest, when they work and what it all means for today. French journalist Agnes Poirier chronicles ‘68 and after for us and Guardian columnist John Harris and American author Sarah Jaffe join us to talk about the past, present and future of political protest. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
59. QE OR NOT QE?: printing money for a purpose
November 05, 2018 00:00 - 45 minutes - 63 MBHello! There is occasional bad quality audio on today’s episode for which apologies (tech gremlins). We hope it doesn’t spoil your enjoyment of the finer points of Quantitative Easing! II’s a term thrown around which for many of us falls somewhere between the "Offside Rule" and "Quantum Mechanics". But it’s really important we understand it because it is having big effects. Fran Boait and Josh Ryan-Collins get us up to speed with the basics and explain why it matters, and how we could be put...
58. PLASTIC, PLASTIC EVERYWHERE: what do we do?
October 29, 2018 00:00 - 53 minutes - 49 MBHello! Aqua once sang "life in plastic, it's fantastic", sure... for Barbie Girl it may be but, for our natural world and ourselves, plastic is an enormous and increasingly understood problem. Catherine Conway, Founder of Unpackaged, and Julian Kirby, Campaigner at Friends of the Earth, join us to bring us hope and practical steps we can take to help put an end to all the waste and damage being done AND Comedian Rich Wilson challenges the Geoffocracy with his Richocracy full of electricity...
57. THE OWNERSHIP SHIFT
October 21, 2018 23:00 - 56 minutes - 51.6 MBHello! Do you feel ignored or unrewarded by your firm? How about transferring a proportion of shares in large companies to the workers, as advocated by Labour? Could it make the difference and how does it compare to other ideas of employee ownership? Mat Lawrence and Christine Berry join us to talk us through the issues and thinking behind it. AND Comedian Hayley Ellis brings us her manifesto - drama free soap opera days, a ban on politicians dancing, snoopers headphones. Hosted on Acast...
56. LAST EDITION? how to ensure quality journalism in the digital age
October 14, 2018 23:00 - 51 minutes - 70.4 MBHello! The internet is great, Geoff can be in Salford, Ed can be at home, our guests can be as far away as a hotel room in Finland, and we can STILL get a new episode to you... but... has the internet proved to be the catalyst for the end of local journalism and the collapse of the national printed press too? Alan Rusbridger, Emily Bell, Megan Lucero & Dan Hinds bring us their thoughts on the end of the traditional gatekeepers and how we can finance good quality journalism, national and local...
55. LIVING FOR THE (THREE DAY) WEEKEND
October 07, 2018 23:00 - 54 minutes - 50 MBHello! How often do you get back to work after the weekend feeling like it wasn't long enough? Well, a company in New Zealand have been trialling the 4-day working week and finding that their staff are achieving as much as in 4 days as they were in 5. Andrew Barnes, Founder of Perpetual Guadian, the company undertaking the trial, and Kate Bell from the TUC join us to talk about how realistic it is that a 4-day working week could possibly allow a company to continue paying a full wage. AND ...
54. THE ABC OF AI: How can technology help humanity?
September 30, 2018 23:00 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MBHello! Artificial intelligence didn't write this description (yet), but it has begun to take over some tasks that humans were responsible for. Are the humans ready, are the computers safely still under our control, what happens when they're not? Max Tegmark, author of Life 3.0, and Duncan McCann from the New Economics Foundation joined us to talk about the AI revolution, when it is coming and whether it could be put to positive benefit for society. AND Comedian Amy Gledhill advocates for t...
53. PROSPERITY AND JUSTICE: Shaking up the economy for social change
September 23, 2018 23:00 - 55 minutes - 50.4 MBHello! When the IPPR commission on economic justice took on the economy, promising prosperity and justice, they did it properly. In this episode, we talk to Michael Jacobs, its director, and Sara Bryson, a commission member about the big ideas in the report, why they're so important, and how we make them work. AND Comedian Tania Edwards brings us her ideas, a referendum about whether we should have had a referendum in the first place, some tough talk about offence, maximum wealth, and pris...
52. THE QUIET RENEWABLES REVOLUTION
September 16, 2018 23:00 - 55 minutes - 51 MBHello! This week we’re looking into the sky, the sea and all around us for our energy and talking about the good news that we see in the revolution in costs and take up of renewables around the world. And we’’ll be asking our guests Jeremy Leggett from SolarCentury and Juliet Davenport from Good Energy what more we should be doing in the UK and globally. AND Comedian Sooz Kempner addresses dressage, compensatory crisps and dips for date rejections, start school term with the rest of the r...
51. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Not for the bin
September 09, 2018 23:00 - 58 minutes - 53.3 MBHello! Ed and Geoff are back in the same room after their summer holidays / "lads tour". This week we hear from Saasha Celestial-One and Lindsay Boswell about the disgusting situation of food waste the country has gotten in to, despite so many below the breadline going hungry. We look at the Foodshare and Olio programmes and what they're doing to roll us back to the era of making the most of everything we have and hopefully reduce the UK throwing one-third of all food away. AND Comedian Ph...
50. REVERSING THE CYCLE OF GANG VIOLENCE: Lessons from Scotland
September 02, 2018 23:00 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MBHello! The final of our "lads on tour" live shows. Here we talk to the Edinburgh Fringe audience about correcting the "recreational violence" cycle many young people get trapped in. Karyn McCluskey is our guest and has an extraordinary story of inspiration and success in tackling the issue. AND Comedian Luisa Omielan shares the heartbreaking story of her mothers sad death (donations welcome for Helena's Hospice foundation - https://www.helenashospicefoundation.org/) and still manages to gi...
50. REVERSING THE CYCLE OF GANG VIOLENCE: Lessons from Scotland
September 02, 2018 23:00 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MBHello! The final of our "lads on tour" live shows. Here we talk to the Edinburgh Fringe audience about correcting the "recreational violence" cycle many young people get trapped in. Karyn McCluskey is our guest and has an extraordinary story of inspiration and success in tackling the issue. AND Comedian Luisa Omielan shares the heartbreaking story of her mothers sad death (donations welcome for Helena's Hospice foundation - https://www.helenashospicefoundation.org/) and still manages to gi...
49. BIG DATA CAN IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH
August 26, 2018 23:00 - 45 minutes - 41.4 MBHello! Private companies are collecting a lot of information about each of us, but when it comes to our health and wellbeing, that might not be such a bad thing. Mass anonymous data may be the answer to curing many health issues, and provide insights to make sure the right support is on offer for local communities. Mhaari Aitken and Anna Schneider join us to talk us through their research and how it can be taken forward. AND Friend of the show Ayesha Hazarika pops by to reveal more anecdot...
49. BIG DATA CAN IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH
August 26, 2018 23:00 - 45 minutes - 41.4 MBHello! Private companies are collecting a lot of information about each of us, but when it comes to our health and wellbeing, that might not be such a bad thing. Mass anonymous data may be the answer to curing many health issues, and provide insights to make sure the right support is on offer for local communities. Mhaari Aitken and Anna Schneider join us to talk us through their research and how it can be taken forward. AND Friend of the show Ayesha Hazarika pops by to reveal more anecdot...
48. PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: remaking our welfare state
August 19, 2018 23:00 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MBHello! This week we ventured to Lunar festival and spoke to Hilary Cottam about the welfare state. Her new book Radical Help looks at a how the whole system could be re-designed to better support everyone in society. AND Comedian Bethany Black asks the Geoffocracy for a Pokestop, no more drinking on public transport and for men to require at least two women as chaperones if they're out past 9pm. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
47. IDEAS FOR THE ANTHROPOCENE: humankind respecting the Earth
August 12, 2018 23:00 - 51 minutes - 70.6 MBHello! We took a trip to Latitude festival. While there Professor Simon Lewis joined us on stage to talk about the book he's co-authored called The Human Planet: How We Created the Anthropocene. The Anthropocene is the new planetary age we're in which sees Earth being fundamentally altered by human activity. He tells us what we need to do now. AND Comedian Jen Brister joins us to pitch ending period poverty and introducing emoting classes for boys and we hear ideas from our audience. Hos...