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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, 3 months 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, 5 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 7 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, 7 months ago
The We Society Season 5 trailer
Season 4 Episode 9
Join host Will Hutton for Season 5 of the We Society from March to hear more ideas that shape the world we live.
In this podcast series, you will hea…
2 years, 8 months ago
Levelling up isn't a pick n mix with Andy Haldane
Season 4 Episode 8
For the final episode of Season 4, we have one of the chief architects of Britain's Levelling Up agenda: Andy Haldane. A fellow of the Academy of Soc…
2 years, 11 months ago