Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchBacklogs and Burnout: Will the NHS buckle?
Season 1 Episode 83
COVID is on the verge of overwhelming the NHS but Britain is at least vaccinating faster than almost any other country. Almost a year since the first…
5 years, 3 months ago
America’s Day of Chaos
Season 1 Episode 82
The insurrectionary riot in Washington DC has shocked the world. What does it tell us about the fragility of democracies who come up against leaders …
5 years, 4 months ago
IFG LIVE SPECIAL The Brexit deal: An IfG briefing
Season 1 Episode 81
A special cross-post from our IFG LIVE feed. The UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement was published on Christmas Eve, just a week before the transit…
5 years, 4 months ago
Outsourcing the Death Star: What fiction and fantasy can teach us about government
Season 1 Episode 80
We’ve all had quite enough reality for one year. In an IfG Christmas special, we ask what fictional and fantasy worlds can teach us about governing. …
5 years, 4 months ago
The Year The World Stood Still: 2020 In Review
Season 1 Episode 79
From Barnard Castle to Brussels, from Wuhan to the White House, it has been a year of unprecedented challenges, impossible choices, huge governmental…
5 years, 4 months ago
So Here It Is, Mini Christmas
Season 1 Episode 78
Can Boris Johnson get the country to stick to his plans for a Compact Christmas – or has he already blown the comms challenge? What has a year of loc…
5 years, 4 months ago
BONUS: What does a Biden presidency mean for the UK?
Season 1 Episode 77
This is an audio recording of an IfG Live Event. Joe Biden is set to become the 46th US president. How will he deal with Coronavirus and the economy?…
5 years, 4 months ago
Groundhog Deal
Season 1 Episode 76
As EU trade talks go down to the wire of Transition’s end on Dec 31, was Boris Johnson and Ursula van der Leyen’s dinner a deux really the failed las…
5 years, 4 months ago
Roll Out To Help Out
Season 1 Episode 75
The world’s first green light for a COVID vaccine is a clear boost of the Government. But how can they ensure the right people take it without fallin…
5 years, 5 months ago
INSIDE BRIEFING EXTRA: When Brexit and Covid collide
Season 1 Episode 74
In January, the government will be doing battle on two fronts: dealing with a likely disruptive end to the Brexit transition period as the UK faces a…
5 years, 5 months ago