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Illiberal democracy and racism in Central Europe
Transforming Society podcast - May 24, 2022 09:12 - 45 minutesIn this episode, Ivan Kalmar, author of ‘White But Not Quite’, explains illiberal democracy in Central Europe, as seen in the governance of Victor Orban in Hungary. What role does ‘whiteness’ play in illiberalism, and what are the dynamics of racism by and towards Central Europeans? How do the...
Radical social work then and now
Transforming Society podcast - April 21, 2022 12:32 - 58 minutesMarking ten years of the 'Critical and Radical Social Work' journal, Michael Lavalette, editor since its inception, tells the story of the emergence of the radical social work movement and the Social Work Action Network, and the role the journal has played in this. He talks about the way in wh...
Guilt, innocence and the illusion of truth
Transforming Society podcast - April 08, 2022 09:50 - 47 minutesIn this episode, Caroline Gorden and Christopher Birkbeck, authors of the new textbook 'Case Studies of Famous Trials and the Construction of Guilt and Innocence', speak with Jess Miles about the book. They discuss the social construction of guilt and innocence, people's morbid fascination wit...
Why racial justice will always need activists
Transforming Society podcast - March 28, 2022 11:55 - 41 minutesIn this episode, Nasar Meer, author of 'The Cruel Optimism of Racial Justice', part of our British Sociological Association 21st Century Standpoints Series, speaks with Rebecca Megson-Smith about his new book. They discuss issues around race and racial justice, and why we continue to see syste...
How business can engage with the global goals and start saving the planet
Transforming Society podcast - March 01, 2022 12:19 - 49 minutesGetting business on board is essential if we want to achieve the United Nations’ goal of building a better future for people and planet by 2030. In this episode Ian Thomson and Dom Bates, authors of 'Urgent Business: Five Myths Business Needs to Overcome to Save Itself and the Planet', discuss ...
How linking poverty and wealth will break the inequality cycle
Transforming Society podcast - February 11, 2022 10:19 - 24 minutesIn this episode, Stewart Lansley, author of ‘The Richer, The Poorer’, discusses why we need to talk about the links between poverty and wealth, the challenges of measuring poverty and the impact of living in an unequal society. Find out more about the book: https://policy.bristoluniversitypres...
What is policing for?
Transforming Society podcast - January 20, 2022 11:39 - 59 minutesIn this episode, Lambros Fatsis and Melayna Lamb talk about their new book ‘Policing the Pandemic: How Public Health Becomes Public Order’. They discuss how the pandemic has revealed the damaging relationship between public health and public order and explain why we need to explore our assumpt...
Publishing to address society's greatest social challenges
Transforming Society podcast - December 14, 2021 12:08 - 27 minutesIn this episode, Alison Shaw, Chief Executive of Bristol University Press, talks about 25 years of publishing with a purpose to mark the end of the Press' anniversary celebration year. Alison speaks to Jess Miles about the past, present and future of the press and its mission to address global...
How woke capitalism is sabotaging democracy
Transforming Society podcast - November 23, 2021 09:40 - 33 minutesIn this episode, Jess Miles speaks with Carl Rhodes, author of 'Woke Capitalism: How Corporate Morality is Sabotaging Democracy', about the dangerous consequences of businesses being ‘woke’. Carl reveals that, through woke capitalism, the people who benefit most from inequality are setting the...
How can you make your research matter?
Transforming Society podcast - November 03, 2021 10:51 - 30 minutesIn this episode, Rebecca Megson-Smith speaks with Tara Lamont, author of 'Making Research Matter: Steps to Impact for Health and Care Researchers', about why it's so hard to make research matter in today's world and how to try and overcome this difficulty. Find out more about the book: https:/...
What next for the welfare state?
Transforming Society podcast - October 14, 2021 11:19 - 23 minutesIn this episode of the Transforming Society podcast, Jess Miles speaks with Chris Pierson, author of 'The Next Welfare State?', about current policy, the mistakes of the past, and ways in which the welfare state should be transformed in order to ensure collective wellbeing. Find out more about...
Using your alumni status as a gateway to opportunity
Transforming Society podcast - September 30, 2021 08:36 - 39 minutesIn this episode, Rebecca Megson-Smith talks to Maria Gallo, author of 'The Alumni Way: Building Lifelong Value from Your University Investment'. They discuss the potential our alumni identities and networks offer and why we should move away from the student as consumer, graduate as financial d...
Racism, resilience and identity in a divided nation
Transforming Society podcast - September 21, 2021 08:25 - 44 minutes'This Separated Isle', edited by Paul Sng, is a new portrait photography book that shows how different people navigate the tensions of an increasingly divided British society. In this episode of the Transforming Society podcast, Jess Miles explores the issues raised in the book, including raci...
The many faces of disability
Transforming Society podcast - August 25, 2021 09:56 - 44 minutesIn this episode, Jess Miles speaks with Carol Rivas and Ikuko Tomomatsu, two of the guest editors of a special issue of 'Evidence & Policy': ‘The many faces of disability in evidence for policy and practice: embracing complexity’. They discuss the problems with current representations of disab...
Human gene-editing and what it means for social justice
Transforming Society podcast - August 16, 2021 08:59 - 36 minutesIn this episode, Rebecca Megson-Smith talks to Eben Kirksey, American anthropologist and Associate Professor at Alfred Deakin Institute in Melbourne, Australia. Rebecca and Eben discuss his latest book 'The Mutant Project: Inside the Global Race to Genetically Modify Humans', the work of Dr. J...
Teaching philosophy in prisons makes it more than just survival
Transforming Society podcast - July 27, 2021 09:19 - 48 minutesWith 11 million people in prisons across the world, a vitally important question is how do we move the prison experience from survival to growth? In this episode of the Transforming Society podcast, Jess Miles speaks with Kirstine Szifris, author of ‘Philosophy Behind Bars’, about whether phil...
Ann Oakley on how women are written out of history
Transforming Society podcast - July 06, 2021 08:13 - 50 minutesIn this episode of the Transforming Society podcast, Rebecca Megson-Smith talks to Ann Oakley, Professor and founder-director of the Social Science Research Unit at the UCL Institute of Education and best known for her work on sex and gender, housework, childbirth and feminist social science. ...
A justice system in crisis
Transforming Society podcast - June 22, 2021 08:18 - 39 minutesThe moment people fail to access justice is so often the moment that their lives take a turn for the worse, and cuts to legal aid over the decades have dramatically increased the instances of this happening. In this episode, Jess Miles speaks with Jon Robins and Daniel Newman, authors of 'Just...
Listening to sex workers will improve safety and policies
Transforming Society podcast - June 11, 2021 08:11 - 1 hourWith the ever-increasing exploitation of workers through precarious, low-paid and temporary jobs, many people now hold jobs in both the sex industries and non-sex work employment. In this episode of the Transforming Society podcast, Jess Miles speaks with Raven Bowen, author of 'Work, Money and...
Why do democracies fall apart?
Transforming Society podcast - May 28, 2021 09:27 - 29 minutesIn the current political landscape it appears that, after decades of progress, democracy is decaying and we’re seeing an authoritarian resurgence across the world. In this episode, Jess Miles speaks with Natasha Lindstaedt, author of 'Democratic Decay and Authoritarian Resurgence', about what h...
What the history of the women's movement can teach us now
Transforming Society podcast - May 26, 2021 08:12 - 37 minutesAcclaimed activist and scholar Gill Hague talks with Jess Miles about the inspiring and powerful story of the women’s liberation movement and the domestic violence movement in particular, as told in her book, 'History and Memories of the Domestic Violence Movement: We’ve Come Further Than You Th...
Understanding the politics of fear
Transforming Society podcast - May 21, 2021 09:38 - 49 minutesFear has played a significant role in our experience of the pandemic. So often ignored and downplayed, how should we be engaging with this emotion and thinking about it in the context of policy and politics? In this episode of the Transforming Society podcast, Jess Miles speaks with Matt Flind...
What have charities ever done for us?
Transforming Society podcast - April 12, 2021 14:27 - 40 minutesConversation around charities has become increasingly negative over recent decades. Stephen Cook and Tania Mason, authors of 'What Have Charities Ever Done for Us?', rebalance the debate by showing the breadth and depth of the contribution charities make. Find out more about the book on the Po...
COVID-19, Brexit and what they mean for devolution
Transforming Society podcast - April 01, 2021 11:21 - 38 minutesIn this episode of the Transforming Society podcast, brought to you by Bristol University Press and Policy Press, Jess Miles speaks to Janice Morphet about how we see the devolved governments differently because of the pandemic and how central government is using both COVID and Brexit to attempt...
Dr Pooch - Creator of the Get Well Johnny Books talks Holistic Health
Impact Goal Rush - March 25, 2021 07:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsAuthor of the Get Well Johnny Book series, Dr Pooch is a holistic health education expert. In this episode he talks about his journey writing and creating this series of kids education book for holistic health. The Get Well Johnny books are a perfect way to introduce holistic health to children...
Francesco Cara - Digital Innovation For Sustainability
Impact Goal Rush - March 18, 2021 08:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsFrancesco Cara is a serial entrepreneur and an academic. He teaches digital innovation in sustainability at the IED Milan, Institute of Design in Milan and he shares his observation of why innovation in sustainability is growing exponentially and how some of the technology is becoming mainstream...
Creating participatory ideology for social justice
Transforming Society podcast - March 15, 2021 12:04 - 34 minutesThe COVID-19 pandemic, Black Lives Matter movement and renewed action against climate change all highlight the increasing gulf between narrowly based dominant political ideologies and popular demands for social justice, global health, environmentalism and human rights. Jess Miles speaks to Pet...
Carl Pratt - Intimacy at scale or how to curate a highly engaged community
Impact Goal Rush - March 11, 2021 06:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsCarl Pratt is the founder of FuturePlanet.love a community of sustainability professionals, change makers, and entreprneuers. They run highly curated monthly community connect events and a brand new 10X Impact Climate event series. Connect with Carl at http://futureplanet.love/
Zenna Hopson - Chalk and talk teaching is not fit for how we learn and live anymore
Impact Goal Rush - March 04, 2021 07:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsZenna Hopson, host of Third Millennium Education podcast, is former Head of Ofsted and EY entrepreneur of the year. In this episode, Zenna share the 3 key problems of the current education system, what is working and what needs to really change.
Jasper Steinhausen - How a CEO can transform a business for a sustainable circular economy
Impact Goal Rush - February 25, 2021 09:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsJasper Steinhausen of Ouroborus.works talks about how CEOs and Exectutives are transforming their business for a sustainable circular economy.
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