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| Ethan Zuckerman: How to escape the internet hellscape | 11 Jun 2025 | 00:42:27 | |
How do you resist the ‘enshittification’ of the internet? This week, Prospect tech columnist Ethan Zuckerman joins Ellen and Alona to talk about artificial intelligence, social media and the state of the online world. Ethan, who teaches at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, shares how AI has shaped his students—and how his teaching has had to adapt. Ethan discusses the dystopian visions of billionaire tech bros. Will AI achieve superintelligence? Is it transforming our world for the worse? But he also explains how to seek out better, more wholesome corners of the internet, and why his students give him hope. To read Ethan’s column, head to our website at prospectmagazine.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| The Trump-Musk feud | 06 Jun 2025 | 00:15:04 | |
The world’s richest man and the world’s most powerful man have had a very public fall out—but what does it mean for American government? In a short, bonus episode, Ellen and Alona speak with Jill Abramson, former executive editor of the New York Times, about the long predicted clash. Jill explains the implications for US space policy, and reviews how the US media has covered Musk since he first campaigned alongside Trump last October. For more on US politics from Prospect, visit our website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Slavoj Žižek: ‘Elon Musk lives like a communist’ | 16 Apr 2025 | 00:41:14 | |
This week on the Prospect Podcast, philosopher and public intellectual Slavoj Žižek joins Ellen and Alona. Slavoj discusses fatherhood and Netflix’s Adolescence, as awareness grows around young male radicalisation via the “manosphere”. He also talks about feminism and his criticisms of #MeToo. Plus, with the release of his latest book, in which he argues that the left has hit its “zero point”, is there any hope for its recovery? He draws a through line from the left-wingers of 1968 to the politics and personality of Elon Musk—and gives his analysis on Starmer’s Labour as a "moderate, centre-right party" wrestling with the populist right. Slavoj suggests: does the left need a Trump figure? Slavoj’s latest book, Zero Point, is out now (Bloomsbury, £9.99 paperback) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Is Britain run by an out of touch elite? | 25 Oct 2023 | 01:06:38 | |
Matthew Goodwin and David Aaronovitch debate whether Britain is run by an out of touch elite. Matthew Goodwin thinks that there's a new elite of radically progressive, morally righteous graduates who are dominating Britain's major institutions and imposing on the British public costly policies of hyper globalization and mass migration. David Aaronovitch thinks this as an absurd conspiracy theory that is only serving as a cover for a far-right political agenda. Who's right? Let’s join the debate with David, Matthew and Jo Coburn, who kindly moderated the event last week.
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| Israel, Gaza and the laws of war | 20 Oct 2023 | 00:22:56 | |
How do we begin to understand the events in both Israel and Gaza from a legal perspective? In this episode of the Rule of Law podcast—produced in association with Matrix Chambers—human rights barrister Richard Hermer discusses the laws of war with Andrew Clapham, a professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. Please note, this podcast was recorded on Sunday 16th October. Prospect brings rigorously fact-checked analysis, ideas and perspectives to the big topics the world is grappling with. Special offer: buy a digital subscription for only £3 for three months access (then £49 annually). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Biodiversity on the brink? | 18 Oct 2023 | 00:27:57 | |
Investigative journalist Nicola Cutcher explains why nature is, surprisingly, struggling inside many of the UK’s national parks. So, can the Bannau Brycheiniog national park in Wales, formerly known as the Brecon Beacons, revive it, and bring wildlife back from the brink? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Sam Freedman: Reflections from the Labour party conference | 11 Oct 2023 | 00:20:32 | |
Sam Freedman talks to Ellen Halliday about his first visit to a Labour party conference in several years. In Liverpool he finds a very professional and prepared party aiming to be in power after the next election. Prospect brings rigorously fact-checked analysis, ideas and perspectives to the big topics the world is grappling with. Special offer: Buy a digital subscription – only £3 for three months' access (then £49 annually). Click HERE to subscribe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Andrew Bailey: Please, don’t call me Mr Governor! | 04 Oct 2023 | 00:32:19 | |
Lionel Barber has an exclusive conversation with Andrew Bailey, governor of the Bank of England. In a rare interview Bailey sheds light on a difficult period for the bank: covid, the end of the furlough scheme and the brief period where Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng were in charge of the country. Looking ahead, he says there will be more shocks to come. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Lizzie Porter: Syria's forgotten | 27 Sep 2023 | 00:31:20 | |
After more than a decade of devastation in Syria, the country has slipped off the international news agenda. And Arab nations are embracing Bashar al-Assad once again. Lizzie Porter, an award-winning journalist and senior correspondent for Iraq Oil Report joins Ellen Halliday on the podcast to discuss what this means for the Syrian people. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Barry Eichengreen: Is the end of globalisation near? | 20 Sep 2023 | 00:27:09 | |
Donald Trump, Brexit, Covid-19: for a little while it seemed like nothing could stop the march of globalisation. But as tussels between the US and China come more sharply to the fore, will it finally have met its match? Barry Eichengreen, economist and professor at the University of California, Berkeley, joins Alan Rusbridger to discuss whether free trade and global markets can endure in the face of growing geopolitical rivalries. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Matthew d’Ancona: How centrism became a bad joke | 12 Sep 2023 | 00:29:14 | |
For Prospect’s October cover story, author, journalist and contributing editor Matthew d’Ancona asked why political centrism died and what it would take to revive it. He joins Alan Rusbridger on the podcast to outline how a new radical centrist movement could defeat the populists. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Elena Gordon: My son, Putin’s prisoner | 05 Sep 2023 | 00:24:17 | |
Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian opposition politician and British national, has been sentenced to 25 years in a maximum-security Russian penal colony. Talking to Ellen Halliday, his mother Elena Gordon reflects on his early life and his commitment to Russian democracy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Paul Wallace: The wrong kind of inflation | 29 Aug 2023 | 00:24:15 | |
With interests rates rising and inflation falling, is the economy heading in the right direction? Or are we teetering on the brink of recession? And how will the current economic turbulence shape our politics before the next general election? Paul Wallace, freelance journalist and former European economics editor at The Economist, joins Prospect's managing editor Alex Dean to explain the context behind the headlines. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Prospect Lives: Why I pray for Putin | 10 Apr 2025 | 00:29:16 | |
This month on Prospect Lives: Vitali Vitaliev hits 60 and gets slammed with funeral ads, while Sarah Collins finds unexpected wisdom at the nail salon. Alice Garnett wonders how to plan for the future on a burning planet, while Alice Goodman wrestles with whether you can—or should—pray for someone like Putin. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Jane O'Grady: Were the Greek philosophers self-help gurus? | 22 Aug 2023 | 00:32:12 | |
Can the Stoics help solve the mental health crisis? Should we adopt an Epicurean approach to pleasure? On this week's podcast, writer and lecturer Jane O'Grady joins Prospect's Mindful life columnist Sarah Collins to discuss whether the ancient Greeks can teach us how live. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| David Loyn: Why the west is failing Afghanistan | 16 Aug 2023 | 00:27:53 | |
Two years on from the fall of Kabul, is the west's soft engagement with the Taliban working? David Loyn, an award-winning foreign correspondent who was with the Taliban when they took Kabul in 1996 and has visited Afghanistan ever since, explains to Prospect deputy editor Ellen Halliday why he thinks the UK government should change its approach. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Can AI think? | 08 Aug 2023 | 00:30:49 | |
In this week’s episode, managing editor Alex Dean speaks to science writer Philip Ball on artificial intelligence: what it is, how it works and how it might even change our perception of what it means to have a mind. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Bill Keller: The Americanisation of British prisons | 01 Aug 2023 | 00:22:53 | |
Is the British criminal justice system heading towards the same level of dysfunction as its US counterpart? Former executive editor of the New York Times, Bill Keller, reports back to Alan Rusbridger, after visiting prisons across the UK for a feature in the latest issue of Prospect. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Matthew d'Ancona: Oppenheimer and nuclear culture | 26 Jul 2023 | 00:47:57 | |
Christopher Nolan's new film inspires Prospect's arts and books editor Peter Hoskin and contributing editor Matthew d'Ancona to consider how the atomic bomb has impacted our culture. They discuss 'Oppenheimer' and the other books, films and video games that have grappled with the events of August 1945. If you enjoyed this podcast, listen to our Prospect Lives podcast here: https://podfollow.com/prospect-lives/view Music Credit: "JUMBO" from the album "MUSIC FOR THE LEFT-HANDED" by Mick Bass & Tot Taylor
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| Kate Raworth and Sam Fankhauser: Is green growth the future? | 19 Jul 2023 | 00:37:47 | |
For the latest issue of Prospect, we asked Sam Fankhauser, professor of climate change economics at the University of Oxford, and Kate Raworth, author of ‘Doughnut Economics’, how to build an economy that supports rather than damages nature and the climate.This episode of the Prospect Podcast—hosted by deputy editor Ellen Halliday—is an audio extract from their conversation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Stella Assange: Why my husband Julian must be freed | 12 Jul 2023 | 00:49:35 | |
Lawyer and human rights defender Stella Assange joins Alan Rusbridger to discuss the US government's attempts to extradite her husband Julian, his imprisonment in HMP Belmarsh, her recent meeting with the Pope and the threat to journalism posed by secrecy laws. Music Credit: "JUMBO" from the album "MUSIC FOR THE LEFT-HANDED" by Mick Bass & Tot Taylor
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| The Rule of Law: How will AI affect justice? | 07 Jul 2023 | 00:42:11 | |
Barristers Richard Hermer QC and Zoe McCallum from Matrix Chambers are joined by Dr Tim Lillicrap, research director at Google DeepMind to discuss artificial Intelligence and the future of justice. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| The first wave of Covid literature | 04 Jul 2023 | 00:41:07 | |
The novels inspired by the pandemic have, so far, been very inward-looking. But the form is already mutating. Critic and editor Lucy Scholes and author Daisy Hildyard join Prospect’s arts and books editor Peter Hoskin to discuss the first wave of Covid literature. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| What's going on with Russell Brand? | 28 Jun 2023 | 00:31:14 | |
How did the comedian, actor and political provocateur of the early 2010s become an influential voice among the alt right? Sarah Manavis—who profiled Russell Brand for the most recent issue of Prospect—joins Ellen Halliday to delve into his conspiratorial world. If you enjoyed this podcast, listen to our Prospect Lives podcast here: https://podfollow.com/prospect-lives/view Music Credit: "JUMBO" from the album "MUSIC FOR THE LEFT-HANDED" by Mick Bass & Tot Taylor
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| Philippe Sands on Trump and the age of impunity | 09 Apr 2025 | 00:48:28 | |
This week, writer and human rights lawyer Philippe Sands joins Ellen and Alona to discuss the ‘age of impunity'. Are international systems crumbling, or will they stand the test of time? Philippe reflects on the process of writing his most recent book 38 Londres Street, and the relationship between storytelling and the law. He also discusses representing Palestine at the ICJ and his thoughts on the utility of genocide as a legal term. And with the arrests and deportations in the US, Philippe discusses the state of human rights under Trump, and what might be next for the country. Philippe’s book ‘38 Londres Street: On Impunity, Pinochet in England and a Nazi in Patagonia’ is out now. To read more on this topic from our website, head to prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/international-law Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Ukraine's war of the words | 21 Jun 2023 | 00:24:27 | |
Throughout centuries of imperial and Soviet history, the Ukrainian language was denigrated as something “less” than Russian. After Putin’s invasion, that tide is rapidly turning. In this episode, writer and photojournalist Jen Stout reports on Ukraine's war of the words to Prospect deputy editor Ellen Halliday. If you enjoyed this podcast, listen to our Prospect Lives podcast here: https://podfollow.com/prospect-lives/view Music Credit: "JUMBO" from the album "MUSIC FOR THE LEFT-HANDED" by Mick Bass & Tot Taylor
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| David Aaronovitch: The future of Conservatism | 13 Jun 2023 | 00:33:10 | |
For Prospect's brand new cover story—out today—journalist and author David Aaronovitch reports back from the National Conservatism Conference to Prospect editor Alan Rusbridger. They discuss how the conference exposes a dark undercurrent to the modern right, and ask an important question: are these so-called patriots the future—or an embarrassing sideshow? If you enjoyed this podcast, listen to our Prospect Lives podcast here: https://podfollow.com/prospect-lives/view Music Credit: "JUMBO" from the album "MUSIC FOR THE LEFT-HANDED" by Mick Bass & Tot Taylor
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| Are Britain's seaside towns a refuge or a trap? | 07 Jun 2023 | 00:40:21 | |
Coastal towns are home to some of the highest levels of deprivation in Britain and our nostalgia for the seaside is holding them back, argues award-winning journalist and author Madeleine Bunting in her new book The Seaside: England's Love Affair. On the podcast, she joins Ross Mudie, a research analyst at The Centre for Progressive Policy, and assistant editor Sarah Collins to discuss Britain's complex relationship with its coast, and what the government should do to support the communities who live there. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Sarah Churchwell: Which books are shaping our world? | 31 May 2023 | 00:46:40 | |
The academic and cultural commentator Sarah Churchwell wrote a book on how Gone with the Wind—novel and film—has afflicted US politics. In a live recording of the Prospect Podcast, she talks to Prospect’s books and culture editor, Peter Hoskin, about the books, movies, albums and other cultural items before and since Gone with the Wind that have also changed the wider culture around them—in both good ways and bad. What works will come to define our times? If you enjoyed this podcast, listen to our Prospect Lives podcast here: https://podfollow.com/prospect-lives/view Music Credit: "JUMBO" from the album "MUSIC FOR THE LEFT-HANDED" by Mick Bass & Tot Taylor Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| The Prince vs The Press: How Harry is taking on the phone hackers | 23 May 2023 | 00:50:41 | |
For years, Britain’s most powerful newspapers spied on anyone they thought might lead them to a juicy story. No victim was ever so angry and so fabulously wealthy that they could afford to risk everything in fighting back. Until now. Freelance writer Tom Lamont joins Alan Rusbridger to tell the inside story of the bitter battle between Prince Harry and the newspapers that hounded him, and how the phone hackers of the past have switched sides to help him. If you enjoyed this podcast, listen to our Prospect Lives podcast here: https://podfollow.com/prospect-lives/view Music Credit: "JUMBO" from the album "MUSIC FOR THE LEFT-HANDED" by Mick Bass & Tot Taylor Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Crude justice: The Nigerians taking Shell to court | 17 May 2023 | 00:28:12 | |
After decades of environmental destruction in the Niger Delta, the fossil fuel giant Shell faces the prospect of a trial. Can legal action make amends, retrospectively, for the human and planetary consequences of pollution? Journalist and podcaster Mathilda Mallinson, Matthew Renshaw, a partner in the international department at Leigh Day, and Pedi Obani, associate professor at the University of Bradfordi, join Ellen Halliday on the podcast. Prospect Lives podcast: https://podfollow.com/prospect-lives Music Credit: "JUMBO" from the album "MUSIC FOR THE LEFT-HANDED" by Mick Bass & Tot Taylor Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Nina Menkes: How Hollywood taught us to objectify women | 09 May 2023 | 00:36:59 | |
In a new documentary film Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power, award-winning independent filmmaker Nina Menkes puts the male gaze in cinema under the microscope. She joins Prospect's arts and books editor Peter Hoskin on the podcast to discuss how Hollywood taught us to objectify women. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Alastair Campbell: Can we fix our politics? | 04 May 2023 | 00:51:39 | |
How did our politics become so polarised? Do governments listen to protest? And what should people who are angry about the state of the country do to change it? Journalist, author, co-host ofThe Rest is Politics podcast and former Downing Street director of communications Alastair Campbell joins Alan Rusbridger to discuss his new book But What Can I do? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Danny Dorling and Deborah Hargreaves: Have we reached peak inequality? | 26 Apr 2023 | 00:41:39 | |
Has Britain reached peak inequality and is it becoming more equal for the first time in a century? Danny Dorling, professor of Human Geography at the University of Oxford advances this radical argument in discussion with Deborah Hargreaves, former CEO of the High Pay Centre and Prospect's deputy editor Ellen Halliday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Pat Cullen and Rachel Sylvester: Will the NHS survive the strikes? | 17 Apr 2023 | 00:35:08 | |
What impact will the bank holiday nurses' strike have on patients? Will the government ever get round the negotiating table with junior doctors? And will this industrial action bring the already struggling NHS to its knees? Pat Cullen, general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing and Rachel Sylvester, columnist at The Times and chair of The Times Health Commission join assistant editor Sarah Collins on the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| David Olusoga: History is under attack from Trump | 02 Apr 2025 | 00:39:15 | |
Historian and broadcaster David Olusoga joins Ellen and Alona to discuss political attacks on American history, the challenges facing academia in the UK—and how future generations will view England’s colonial history. Our newsfeeds are dominated by towering figures like Trump and Elon Musk—but does the “great man” theory still hold? Is history really made by millions of ordinary people? How will historians look back at this moment? And with UK universities under pressure, he discusses why the humanities are still vital. Plus, Ellen and Alona discuss whether the clocks going forward is a “banger” or a “dud”. ‘A Journey through Time’ with David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell can be streamed here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Ann Pettifor and Nick Macpherson: Was austerity necessary? | 11 Apr 2023 | 00:48:29 | |
Former treasury chief Nick Macpherson and eminent Keynesian economist Ann Pettifor debate whether the coalition's cuts were necessary—and whether they worked. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Bad News: How Murdoch and Fox are wrecking US democracy | 05 Apr 2023 | 00:43:51 | |
After the 2020 election, Fox News gave airtime to an outright fiction: that Biden had stolen the presidency. As the company is sued over what it broadcast, legal documents reveal how far the Murdochs will go to keep America’s biggest channel on top. Journalist Matthew d'Ancona, who is a former editor of the Spectator, and Sarah Ellison, staff writer at the Washington Post join Alan Rusbridger to discuss Prospect's cover story. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| The Rule of law: Is Braverman's bill illegal? | 30 Mar 2023 | 00:23:22 | |
Richard Hermer KC speaks with Raza Husain KC and Sile Reynolds (Freedom from Torture) about the pressing Migration Bill—designed to deter refugees arriving into the UK on small boat—being pushed through UK Parliament. They discuss whether the bill can be overruled by the ECHR or the Refugee Convention. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Quinn Slobodian: Crack-up capitalism | 28 Mar 2023 | 00:45:14 | |
What does the big libertarian idea of "zones of exception" mean for the nation state? Award-winning author and professor of history Quinn Slobodian joins contributing editor Tom Clark to discuss his new book Crack-up Capitalism, Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Matthew Desmond and Tom Clark: Why we all profit from poverty | 22 Mar 2023 | 00:35:21 | |
What if the reason poverty persists in capitalist democracies like the US and Britain is because the rest of us benefit from it? What if the solution means facing up to the ways we all profit from the exploitation of low-income people? Pulitzer Prize winning author Matthew Desmond joins the podcast to discuss his radical new book Poverty, By America with Tom Clark, editor of new book Broke: Fixing Britain's poverty crisis and Sarah Collins, assistant editor at Prospect. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Alfie Stirling and Lara Spirit: The budget breakdown | 15 Mar 2023 | 00:32:05 | |
Alfie Stirling chief economist at the New Economics Foundation and Lara Spirit Red Box reporter at the Times join Alan Rusbridger discuss today's budget. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Ghaith Abdul-Ahad: Iraq, 20 years on | 09 Mar 2023 | 00:42:02 | |
20 years on from the US led invasion of Iraq, what is life like in Baghdad today? Award-winning Iraqi journalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad joins Alan Rusbridger to discuss his new book—which has been fourteen years in the making—A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| How to solve the immigration crisis | 01 Mar 2023 | 00:35:12 | |
With growing numbers of people crossing the channel in small boats and the backlog of asylum claims at record levels, immigration has become a key issue for a government whose approach to fixing the system has favoured rhetoric over results. For the cover story of our April issue, David Normington, former permanent secretary for the home office from 2006-2010, and May Bulman, investigations editor at Lighthouse Reports, discuss how the government could solve the immigration crisis. They join deputy editor Ellen Halliday on the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Tania Branigan and Isabel Hilton: How China rewrites history | 22 Feb 2023 | 00:36:42 | |
How do memories of the 1966-76 Cultural Revolution shape modern China? And why does Xi Jinping seek to control the ways people remember? Tania Branigan—a Guardian leader writer and author of Red Memory: Living, Remembering and Forgetting China’s Cultural Revolution—and Isabel Hilton, who is a contributing editor at Prospect and founder of China Dialogue, join Ellen Halliday to discuss China's relationship with its own history. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Jonathan Powell and Vladimir Milov: Can Ukraine negotiate with Russia? | 16 Feb 2023 | 00:37:45 | |
Most conflicts end through negotiation. But how can Putin be trusted given the horrors of his war in Ukraine? Jonathan Powell, who represented the UK government in forging the Good Friday Agreement, and Vladimir Milov, who was Russia’s Deputy Minister of Energy in 2002, join Ellen Halliday to discuss whether peace talks will ever be possible. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Killer dust: asbestos and corporate coverups | 26 Mar 2025 | 00:39:30 | |
Asbestos might seem like a problem of the past, but it is still killing thousands every year. In the March issue of Prospect, Charlotte wrote about how her father’s death from mesothelioma—a cancer caused by asbestos—led her into years of research, uncovering a shocking history of corporate negligence and government inaction. This week, Charlotte joins the Prospect podcast to share her findings. How long have we known asbestos is deadly? How have companies actively covered up the dangers? And why is asbestos still present in our homes, workplaces and schools, today? Charlotte discusses the latest push for justice—and whether those responsible will ever be held to account. Plus, Ellen and Alona weigh up school phone bans: “banger” or “dud”? To read Charlotte’s piece ‘Asbestos: a corporate coverup, a public health catastrophe’, head to prospectmagazine.co.uk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Greg Cook and Peter Kellner: Why the next election is Labour's to lose | 08 Feb 2023 | 00:41:46 | |
Is Labour on track to win the next general election? Does Keir Starmer have the right strategy? Seasoned political journalist and pollster Peter Kellner and former head of political strategy for the Labour party, Greg Cook, join Alan Rusbridger to discuss why the next election is Labour’s to lose. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Rosie Holt and Josh Berry: The state of British satire | 02 Feb 2023 | 00:35:39 | |
How can you satirise a government as farcical as the current one? If Labour wins the next election, how mockable will Keir Starmer be? Alan Rusbridger is joined by actor and comedian Rosie Holt—whose impersonation of a Tory MP set the internet on fire during the lockdowns—and comedian and producer Josh Berry, who in December 2019 created the fictional character of Rafe Hubris, an Eton-educated, implacably self-confident special advisor to Boris Johnson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Could a policy tweak stop people dying in poverty? | 25 Jan 2023 | 00:22:00 | |
Tens of thousands of working age people with terminal illnesses are dying in poverty in the UK, as the safety net fails to catch them in their final year of life. Could a relatively cheap and simple policy change solve this cruel problem? Helen Barnard, associate director at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Sam Royston, Director of Policy and Research at Marie Curie join assistant editor Sarah Collins on the podcast. If you enjoyed this podcast, why not have a listen to our Prospect Lives podcast? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||