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How to make housing fair with Vicky Spratt and Auriol Miller
Season 6 Episode 3
Housing is one of the most pressing problems this new Government must fix. Will Hutton is joined by Vicky Spratt, the inewspaper's housing correspond…
1 year, 11 months ago
Separating emotion from Brexit with Professor Sarah Hall
Season 6 Episode 2
Professor Sarah Hall’s job is to approach the emotive topic of Brexit with a cool head and focus only on the evidence.
She is the 1931 Chair in Geogr…
1 year, 11 months ago
Election 24 special with Will Hutton
Season 6 Episode 1
Host Will Hutton hears from four leading social scientists on how the new UK government should tackle the country's most pressing challenges.
In this …
2 years ago
A life of public service with Lord Chris Patten
Season 5 Episode 7
Lord Chris Patten is one of Britain’s big political beasts – not only as a commentator, thinker and writer, but he has had a formidable career where …
2 years, 2 months ago
Exposing the underbelly of Britain with Ella Cockbain
Season 5 Episode 6
Dr Ella Cockbain is not afraid to delve into topics that may make others uncomfortable, whether that's labour exploitation or child sexual abuse.
As …
2 years, 2 months ago
Protecting local councils with Andy Pike
Season 5 Episode 5
Professor Andy Pike has placed local authorities under his microscope for us, trying to figure out how to solve the crisis, as Sir Henry Daysh Chair …
2 years, 3 months ago
Is geography destiny? with Rosie McEachan
Season 5 Episode 4
Professor Rosie McEachan is leading one of the most exciting research projects in Britain - the Born In Bradford study.
It's one of the largest resear…
2 years, 3 months ago
We can't let our high streets fail with Ed Jones
Season 5 Episode 3
Dr Ed Jones is working to turn around Britain's ailing high streets. He is a financial economist at Bangor University who doesn’t consider himself a …
2 years, 3 months ago
How society disables us with Anna Lawson and Shani Dhanda
Season 5 Episode 2
Professor Anna Lawson and Dr Shani Dhanda believe that the Social Sciences can improve the world for disabled people.
Dr Shani Danda may be our first…
2 years, 3 months ago
Should governments care about wellbeing? with Professor Richard Layard
Season 5 Episode 1
Professor Lord Richard Layard is one of the first economists to look at happiness as a metric that Governments worldwide should strive to improve in …
2 years, 4 months ago