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Investing in the Early Years: Can policy catch up with evidence?
Season 9 Episode 7
Almost a third of five-year-olds in Britain enter primary school without the essential language, communication, and literacy skills they need to thrive. Eleanor Ireland, our guest today, looks at the…
Published on 3 hours ago
Can language convict a criminal? with Tim Grant
Season 9 Episode 6
Professor Tim Grant is one of the world's most experienced forensic linguistic practitioners who specialises in the analysis of abusive and threatening communications.
He is an academic practitione…
Published on 1 week ago
Evidence for change: rethinking child poverty policy with Alex Beer
Season 9 Episode 5
Our guest today, Alex Beer, joins us at a critical time as the UK Government prepares to publish its child poverty strategy this autumn.
According to official numbers, there are 4.5 million childr…
Published on 2 weeks ago
Inoculating the mind: protecting against misinformation with Sander van der Linden
Season 9 Episode 4
Professor Sander van der Linden explores the impact of misinformation and how to prevent its spread within the general public. His work as Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Cambridg…
Published on 3 weeks ago
Our Love Affair with Travel with journalist Simon Calder
Season 9 Episode 3
Simon Calder is the man with the answers when it comes to any travel related questions. Having started as a travel journalist at the Independent newspaper in 1994, Simon has decades of knowledge and …
Published on 4 weeks ago
Saving the 86 bus and designing better cities for the old and young with Tine Buffell and Julia King
Season 9 Episode 2
How can cities be better designed for the older generation and girls? These are the tough questions tackled in this episode of The We Society with Professor Tine Buffel and Dr. Julia King, prominent …
Published on 1 month ago
Emergency planning is more about tea than being James Bond with Lucy Easthope
Season 9 Episode 1
Professor Lucy Easthope is a leading authority on recovering from disaster and she joins our host Will Hutton in the first episode of Season 9 of the We Society.
They discusses the long-term implica…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
The We Society Season 9 Trailer
Season 8 Episode 9
Join host Will Hutton for Season 9 of the We Society from next week to hear some of the best ideas to shape the way we live.
Launching October 1 with an interview with Lucy Easthope, an internationa…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Solving the Productivity Puzzle with Ed Balls, Anna Stansbury and Dan Turner
Season 8 Episode 8
In the final episode of Season 8 of the We Society, our host Will Hutton is joined by economist and former Labour politician Ed Balls, Dr. Anna Stansbury, a researcher in labour and macroeconomics fr…
Published on 4 months ago
The Social Life of Pain with Tom Shakespeare
Season 8 Episode 7
In the UK alone, around one in four adults are experiencing chronic pain. And nearly a quarter of the population live with some form of disability. Yet despite these numbers, pain and disability are …
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago