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| 27 Oct 2020 | Jacques Derrida's philosophy | 00:36:09 | |
Think Jacques Derrida was an inscrutable fraud? Peter Salmon, biographer and recent author of An Event, Perhaps, implores you to think again. Peter joins the Prospect Interview to talk about the life and work of the controversial, and unavoidable, philosopher, and unpicks some of the myths surrounding his philosophy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 15 Jun 2021 | The new Conservatives, with Rachel Sylvester | 00:25:40 | |
Ever since emerging in the late 17th century, the Tories have restlessly reinvented themselves, shamelessly shape-shifted and shown a Lazarus-like ability to rise from political death. David Cameron talked about a “big society” while Theresa May railed against “burning injustices.” So what—if anything—does the party under Boris Johnson believe in? Rachel Sylvester joins the Prospect Interview to talk about the latest reinvention of the Conservatives, why Boris Johnson may become a victim of his own success, and the PM’s journalist past. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 04 Apr 2019 | The art of translation, with Miranda France | 00:34:03 | |
What does it mean to translate a work of fiction—and can we really call one translation "better" than others? Writer Miranda France joins Prospect to discuss the strange art of literary translation. Plus: Alex Dean on whether we're heading for a general election and Sameer Rahim on why we need more mean reviews. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 08 Apr 2020 | Colum McCann on writing the Israel-Palestine conflict | 00:38:38 | |
Novelist Colum McCann joins the Prospect Interview this week to discuss his new bestseller, Apeirogon, a fictional story based on the real-life friendship between an Israeli and a Palestinian. He talks to our Arts and Books editor about how he went about researching the novel, learning from the Northern Ireland peace process, and why, in spite of everything, he still has hope. Colum McCann’s Apeirogon is published by Bloomsbury: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/apeirogon-9781526607874/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 10 Apr 2019 | The woman with a mission to help donor-conceived children find their biological fathers, with Stefanie Marsh | 00:34:28 | |
What happens when a child conceived using a donor sperm wants to meet their biological father? Wendy Kramer, the “donor detective”, runs the Donor Sibling Registry (DSR) which has 63,461 members and has so far connected 16,779 individuals around the world with their donor parents or half siblings. In our May issue, journalist Stefanie Marsh follows Kramer’s work, uncovering the tricky questions on anonymity and reconciling donor rights with the rights of children. She talks to us about the experience behind the story: “it’s one of the most moving bits of journalism I’ve had to investigate.” Plus: Alex Dean on Brexit’s constitutional crisis, and Sameer Rahim on whether literary fiction has met its “climate realism” moment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 18 Sep 2019 | Robert Shiller’s narrative economics | 00:29:25 | |
Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Shiller joins this week’s Prospect podcast to discuss what he calls “narrative economics”: the process of stories driving economic events. We often think our narratives – recessions, difficult jobs, bringing back jobs – come as a result of our economic realities. What if they also drove them? Robert Shiller’s Narrative Economics: How Stories Go Viral and Drive Major Economic Events is Out with Princeton University Press: https://press.princeton.edu/titles/14225.html Plus: Tom Clark and Sameer Rahim in today’s stagnated growth Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 20 Oct 2020 | Owen Jones on the future of the left | 00:45:18 | |
Journalist and author Owen Jones joins the Prospect Interview to talk about his new book, This Land. Editor Tom Clark talks to Owen about the highs and lows of Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour, what he really thinks of the line between campaigning and journalism, and whether it’s just doom and gloom for Britain’s left going forward. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 06 Oct 2020 | Can elitism restore democracy? | 00:32:40 | |
Writer and broadcaster Eliane Glaser joins the Prospect Interview to make a defense of what she deems “progressive elitism.” In the era of populism, the trust in institutions and experts has plummeted within the left and right alike. Eliane makes the case for excellence in these divided times—and tells us why restoring standards may in fact restore popular democracy. Elitism: A Progressive Defense is published by Biteback Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 10 Nov 2020 | Lessons from the pandemic, with Fareed Zakaria | 00:35:00 | |
Are we seeing a return to normality? CNN journalist and political commentator Fareed Zakaria joins the Prospect Interview to talk about Joe Biden’s victory, what will happen to populism, and how Covid-19 has changed both America and the world. He walks us through what America feels like after the election, and also lessons from his new book, Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 02 Oct 2019 | The Uninhabitable Earth, with David Wallace-Wells | 00:42:27 | |
In recent months, the climate change movement reach new heights with global strikes and large-scale marches. Journalist and author of The Uninhabitable Earth David Wallace-Wells joins the Prospect podcast and takes stock of where the global climate movement is today, and what change needs to happen to avoid the alarming futures we may face. Plus: Tom Clark and Steve Bloomfield on the climate change proposals unveiled party conferences Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 15 Sep 2020 | Celebrating London on film | 00:19:00 | |
Film director Sarah Gavron and writer Theresa Ikoko join this week’s Prospect Interview to discuss their new film, Rocks, a celebratory ode to teenage life in today’s London. Rocks follows the story of a teenage girl—nicknamed Rocks—and the fast friendships she develops at her school. The film was made under quite unusual circumstances: casting was done across schools in London, involving nearly 1500 students, before finding the film’s first-time actors, who then workshopped with the creative team for a year to finalise a script. Sarah and Theresa take us behind the making of Rocks, writing the lives of today’s teenagers, and what it’s like to release a film during a pandemic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 05 Aug 2020 | How can nations atone for their sins? | 00:34:09 | |
Why do some countries succeed in confronting their pasts, and others fail? Authors Ivan Krastev and Leonard Bernardo join the Prospect Interview this week to discuss a question on many people’s minds this summer: how do nations come to terms with the historical crimes they’ve committed? Ivan and Leonard write an essay on the (unsuccessful) Russian case in this month’s issue of Prospect, in which they trace the curious recent rehabilitation of Joseph Stalin in recent years. What does it take for a country to face up to its history—and what do they make about Britain’s ongoing debate on the statue of Winston Churchill? You can read Ivan and Leonard’s essay here: https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/how-can-nations-atone-for-their-sins-germany-russia-nazism-soviet-union Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 08 May 2019 | Remembering the women of Westminster, with Rachel Reeves | 00:42:15 | |
In the past 100 years, a total of 491 women have been elected to Parliament. We talk to Rachel Reeves, Labour MP for Leeds West about her new book, “Women of Westminster: The MPs Who Changed Politics”. How have women MPs changed the UK over the past century? Where do we go next? Plus: Tom Clark and Stephanie Boland on the challenges of being an MP Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 13 Apr 2021 | The literary afterlives of Philip Roth | 00:31:36 | |
The celebrated author Philip Roth was obsessed with chasing the exceptional in both his life and work. Author and critic Jon Day joins the Prospect Interview to discuss new biographies of the author of American Pastoral and Portnoy’s Complaint. He talks to arts and books editor Sameer Rahim about why Roth marks the end of the grand literary celebrity, and how his novels precipitated the rise of “cancel culture.” You can read Jon Day’s essay on Philip Roth here: https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/philip-roths-ruthless-intimacy-biography-review Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 09 Jun 2021 | Why Britain is condemned to be liberal | 00:32:50 | |
From Clement Attlee to Margaret Thatcher, several movers and shakers have entered government with plans to fundamentally change how the British economy is run. But have they ever truly succeeded? In this week’s podcast Tom Clark welcomes the Economist‘s Duncan Weldon, who argues that Britain’s “hands off” approach to the economy is so ingrained it’s influenced everyone, from the Treasury to trade unions. You can read Duncan’s essay here: https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/essays/condemned-to-be-liberal-why-britain-cant-easily-break-with-economic-laissez-faire Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 27 Jan 2020 | Grief in the age of the Internet | 00:41:04 | |
A WhatsApp group that got started on Twitter helped journalist Suchandrika Chakrabarti process personal grief that she had been carrying for decades. Adult orphans around the world have started a group chat in which members amongst themselves about loneliness, grief—and just about everything else. At a time when social media seems to be dominated by shouty voices, division and trolls, could this WhatsApp group pave a new way of relating to one another online? Suchandrika’s article can be found here: https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/science-and-technology/orphans-young-whatsapp-grief-death-parent And you can read Stephanie Boland’s article on Twitter here: https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/philosophy/why-we-cant-handle-online-criticism Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 05 Jun 2019 | Hay Festival special, with Steven Pinker, Elif Shafak and the Roundhouse Poetry Collective | 00:43:51 | |
Prospect’s editors went up to Hay-on-Wye last week for the annual Hay Festival of Literature & Arts. We joined Steven Pinker, Elif Shafak and poets from London’s Roundhouse Poetry Collective to talk about what they’re reading right now, and the biggest problems facing the world today. Plus: Sameer Rahim and Stephanie Boland on the literary festival circuit and how a writer’s job today often extends beyond writing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 31 Jul 2019 | Tony Blair’s foreign policy, with Steve Bloomfield | 00:28:23 | |
What does Tony Blair himself make of the Blair doctrine? When the former prime minister outlined his case for intervening in Kosovo in 1999 at the Chicago Economic Club, he unveiled a bold new internationalist doctrine—one that sought to meld liberal values with a strong interventionist arm. Twenty years on, deputy editor Steve Bloomfield met Tony Blair to discuss the contested legacy of the Blair doctrine. What, if anything, has the former prime minister learned from his adventures abroad, and should we expect Boris Johnson to dig liberal interventionism out from its grave? You can read Steve Bloomfield’s profile of Tony Blair and review of the Blair doctrine here: https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/tony-blair-second-thoughts-war-iraq-liberal-interventionism Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 29 Sep 2020 | Robert Macfarlane’s Underland | 00:29:00 | |
Writer Robert Macfarlane joins the Prospect Interview to discuss writing the Earth’s underworld in his new book, Underland: A Deep Time Journey. MacFarlane talks to our arts and books editor Sameer Rahim about exploring the deepest recesses of the world, the mysteries of the anthropocene, and why he’s rejecting the term “nature writer.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 21 Jul 2020 | South Korea in fiction | 00:27:35 | |
Frances Cha had been a journalist based in Seoul for several years, reporting on the culture and trends in South Korea’s megacity for CNN. Then, she decided to explore all she learned in fiction, writing her novel If I Had Your Face. Her debut explores the lives of four women living in Seoul, and takes a forensic look at the many challenges faced by millennials living in the ever-changing city today. She joins the Prospect Interview to talk about making the leap from reporting to fiction, uncovering a hidden side of South Korea, and why she hopes readers might take from her novel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 26 Jun 2019 | Understanding the ugly building, with Timothy Hyde | 00:25:16 | |
From London’s many skyscrapers to the wars over brutalism, many of us know what it’s like to either complain about an unsightly building. But these conversations hardly ever go beyond an initial judgment to consider what such ‘ugliness’ can tell us about ourselves. We talk to MIT architectural historian Timothy Hyde about his new book, Ugliness and Judgment On Architecture in the Public Eye. Our strong reactions to ugly buildings, he notes, can indeed tell us a lot about our own social worlds. Plus: Tom Clark and Stephanie Boland on the ideology of the modern building Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 11 May 2021 | What makes a good political leader? | 00:35:27 | |
In this special episode of the Prospect Interview, listen to audio from the magazine’s latest Editor’s Club call with Andrew Adonis on writing political biography, and what makes a good leader. Andrew Adonis joins editor Tom Clark to discuss his upcoming book on Tony Blair, the difference between campaigning and governing, and why extroverts make for good political leaders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 12 May 2020 | Rebuilding the world after Covid-19 | 00:47:18 | |
In this week’s special edition of the Prospect Interview, we share exclusive audio from our first ever webinar for subscribers, held last Friday. In it, our most recent contributors—Oxford historian Margaret MacMillan; professor of global economic governance Ngaire Woods, and Harvard economist Dani Rodrik share their thoughts on what a post-Covid world will look like. These distinguished academics wrote essays in the latest issue of Prospect, all addressing, from different angles, the big question: what sort of universe will emerge out of the pandemic? You can read their essays online here: https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/issues/288 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 11 Feb 2020 | Legal special: Judicial review in Boris Johnson’s Britain, with the Better Human podcast | 00:17:53 | |
Who will triumph in the battle for Britain's courts: Johnson or the judiciary? In the new issue of Prospect, our cover story goes behind the simmering politicisation of Britain’s judges in the era of Brexit, and we talk to senior judges and former Supreme Court justices on what they think will happen to the courts under Boris Johnson’s government. Judicial independence no more? Prospect has teamed up with the Better Human podcast, a show by human rights barrister Adam Wagner, to discuss the fate of judicial review in Britain. Prospect editor Tom Clark is joined by Adam, along with Martha Spurrier, director of Liberty, Tessa Gregory, Partner at Leigh Day, and Charlie Falconer, Labour peer and barrister who helped drive through the constitutional reform act under Tony Blair’s government. If you want to listen to the second half of the podcast – on the future of the Human Rights Act – you can visit the Better Human podcast here: https://anchor.fm/better-human Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 12 Jun 2019 | The art of scripture, with Karen Armstrong | 00:33:32 | |
The Ten Commandments is one of the most well-known pieces of scripture. It may also embody everything wrong with how we read these texts today. Karen Armstrong joins us to talk about her new book, The Art of Scripture, and why there should be more to read more creatively beyond literalism. You can read Reverend Lucy Winkett's review of The Art of Scripture here: https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/arts-and-books/in-scripture-we-find-not-just-religious-thought-and-theory-but-a-challenge-to-how-we-read Plus: Sameer Rahim and Tom Clark on our modern-day scriptures, and the function of the shibboleth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 04 Nov 2020 | US Election Special | 00:23:19 | |
Who will win? Author and commentator Diane Roberts joins the Prospect Interview and gives a quick summary of the race so far, including which states to look out for. Plus: what have four years of Trump done to public trust in institutions? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 23 Feb 2021 | Karachi Vice, with Samira Shackle | 00:27:51 | |
Journalist Samira Shackle joins the Prospect podcast to discuss life and death in modern Karachi. In her new book, Karachi Vice, Samira tells the story of the fast-changing place through the eyes of locals, including a journalist with a taste for risky scoops and an ambulance driver who sees tragedy daily. Samira joins arts and books editor Sameer Rahim, to talk about her own personal ties to Karachi, confronting British stereotypes of Pakistan, and where this compelling and fast-changing city goes next. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 22 Sep 2020 | Writing the Booker Prize-shortlisted Burnt Sugar | 00:25:38 | |
Avni Doshi’s Booker Prize-shortlisted debut novel, Burnt Sugar, follows an artist in Pune, India, whose mother suddenly gets diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. The revelation unravels difficult family histories, uncovering the secrets binding mother and daughter. Avni joins the Prospect Interview to discuss writing the novel—and why it took seven years—and what it’s been like living through the Booker Prize media blitz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 05 May 2020 | Slowing the world down, with Danny Dorling | 00:37:06 | |
As the world slows down, many of us are thinking—what comes next? Oxford geographer Danny Dorling joins the Prospect Interview to discuss what a world after growth might look like. His latest book, Slowdown: The end of the great acceleration–and why it’s good for the planet, the economy, and our lives was written long before Covid-19 forced much of the world to stop, but many of his reflections on what a post-growth society might look like feel ever more relevant today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 30 Jun 2021 | Poland’s authoritarian turn | 00:32:25 | |
Journalist Christian Davies joins the Prospect Interview to discuss Poland's authoritarian turn—and what it could mean for Europe as a whole. In the latest issue of Prospect, out now on newsstands and online, Christian writes an essay about the nostalgic nationalists of the ultra-conservative Law and Justice Party, which is tightening its grip on the country which—not long ago—the west viewed as the very model of a new liberal democracy. He warns this could eventually have one consequence no-one for esaw—a drift towards the orbit of Russia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 26 May 2021 | The life and mind of Edward Said | 00:31:20 | |
Sameer Rahim joins professor David Herman for a discussion on the life and work of the public intellectual Edward Said, who is the subject of a new biography, Places of Mind, by Timothy Brennan. Sameer, who wrote about the limitations of the thinker in our most recent issue of Prospect, joins David, a former student of Said’s, to discuss what Said got right, and wrong, about orientalism, his friendship with Salman Rushdie, and what Said would have made of the Israel – Palestine conflict today. You can read Sameer’s essay here: https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/arts-and-books/disorientated-the-confusions-of-edward-said Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 11 Jul 2019 | Mental health with Nathan Filer | 00:27:46 | |
What do we mean when we talk about schizophrenia—and how do we diagnose mental illness, anyway? Former nurse and now author Nathan Filer joins Prospect to talk about his new book, The Heartland: Finding and Losing Schizophrenia. Plus: Tom and Steph talk about the—sorry, "our"—NHS; and make their predictions for a Johnson cabinet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 27 Sep 2019 | Catherine Haddon and Adam Wagner on the Supreme Court | 00:28:58 | |
At the end of an extraordinary week for the British constitution, we've brought you an extraordinary podcast. The Institute for Government's Catherine Haddon and barrister Adam Wagner join the Prospect podcast to talk about this week's Supreme Court ruling and what that means for Brexit. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 01 Dec 2020 | Who killed soft Brexit? | 00:32:06 | |
When the nation headed to the polls for the EU referendum in 2016, the result was almost split down the middle. So how come the Brexit deal that's coming will not be the moderate one of a 48-52 nation, but a hard exit? Leading think tankers Anand Menon and Jill Rutter join the Prospect Interview to talk about the long four years since June 2016, and who is to really to blame for killing soft Brexit. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 11 Mar 2021 | Barbara Speed on 20 years of Wikipedia | 00:26:11 | |
Journalist Barbara Speed joins the Prospect podcast to talk about the changing fortunes of one of the internet's most-visited websites: Wikipedia. Depending on who you speak to, Wikipedia is either a misinformation free-for-all overseen by self-selecting pedants or, as Barbara has it in her latest article, “the last redoubt of the idealism of the early World Wide Web.” Barbara joins assistant editor Rebecca Liu to discuss the past and future of this seemingly contradictory corner of the internet—and whether or not, in this new age of “alternative facts,” it might just be our unlikely saviour. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 30 Mar 2021 | Is UK democracy under threat? | 00:28:04 | |
In his cover story for the new issue of Prospect, human rights lawyer Adam Wagner writes about the troubling ways in which laws have been passed over the last year, and how they pose a threat to Britain’s freedom. Lockdown has, of course, helped bring the Covid-19 under control—but what about cases such as the government’s crackdown on the Sarah Everard vigils and its detention of children? Adam talks to Tom Clark about the troubling attack on Britain’s human rights, the changing role of the police, and what the courts should do next. You can read Adam Wagner’s piece, “Taking liberties”, here: https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/essays/adam-wagner-covid-lockdown-law-democracy-essay Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 25 Sep 2019 | Susan Sontag’s life, with Lisa Appignanesi | 00:26:15 | |
Critic and novelist Susan Sontag commanded postwar American intellectual life, capturing many minds with her sharp insights on photography, cinema, philosophy, literature, and more. A new biography by Benjamin Moser maps the life of the leading public intellectual. But does it focus on the right things? Prize-winning writer Lisa Appignanesi OBE joins the Prospect podcast’s 100th episode to talk about the life and work of Susan Sontag—as well as her own experiences meeting the commanding intellectual. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 01 May 2019 | Forging a new political economy, with Paul Mason | 00:43:40 | |
It is said that we are living in an age of multiple crises—climate change, political upheaval, and mass disenfranchisement. Radical economist Paul Mason offers his diagnosis on our current situation, and why the 2008 financial crisis may not be the watershed moment we think it is. Paul’s new book, Clear Bright Future, comes out May 2. Plus: Alex Dean on the Huawei leak, and Sameer Rahim on photographer Don McCullin Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 31 Mar 2020 | Paul Krugman on zombie economics | 00:35:00 | |
Nobel prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman joins the Prospect podcast to talk about what he calls “zombie economics”: the right-wing free market economic orthodoxy that he believes persists past its sell-by date. He also reflects on America’s 2020 election, whether he misjudged Obama, and if he has faith in the future of economics. Paul Krugman’s Arguing with Zombies: Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future, is published by W. W. Norton: https://www.wwnorton.co.uk/books/9781324005018-arguing-with-zombies Articles discussed in the introduction: Paul Krugman on the coronavirus and climate change: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/28/opinion/coronavirus-trump-response.html David Runciman on Keynesians and the lockdown: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v42/n07/david-runciman/too-early-or-too-late Tom Clark on coronavirus’s market aftershocks: https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/locking-down-leaders-damned-whatever-they-do-coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic-quarantine-social-distancing-economy-recession Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 24 Apr 2019 | Living through digital afterlives, with Elaine Kasket | 00:36:11 | |
“Once upon a time, contracts dissolved once you were dead… but big tech companies are holding the same terms of the contract in tact with the deceased person.” How has Facebook revolutionised grief? Psychologist Elaine Kasket has been researching how online lives have reshaped the way we mourn, and all the uncharted questions it raises. Do you really want to remember your partner through a ‘likeness’ app in your smartphone? Who owns the data of ghosts? Elaine’s book, “All the Ghosts in the Machine” is available here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/All-Ghosts-Machine-Illusions-Immortality/dp/147214189X Plus: Alex Dean on the next Tory party leader, and Steve Bloomfield on podcasts and mental health Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 20 Jul 2021 | The England delusion | 00:26:44 | |
Throughout its history, England was regularly falling to foreign takeovers and perennially divided—it was a nation that never was. Author of The Shortest History of England James Hawes joins the Prospect Interview to discuss the chaotic, mixed history of England and the thorny question of English identity. James discusses English nationalism in the wake of the 2020 Euros, the enduring power of southern elites, and the great construct that is Great Britain. You can read James's essay here: https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/the-england-delusion-scotland-united-kingdom-history Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 05 May 2021 | Governing in the age of populism | 00:38:21 | |
Is it possible to govern well in the age of populism? That was the question our three guests took on when entering this year’s Bennett Prospect Public Policy essay contest—and they impressed the judges with their novel ideas. Winner Callum Watts and runners-up Nina Foster and Oliver Large join the Prospect Interview this week to discuss just what we mean when we talk about populism, how to make citizen’s assemblies work, and whether children should be given the right to vote. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 27 Jul 2021 | Amartya Sen on identity and globalisation | 00:40:56 | |
The Nobel prize-winning economist Amartya Sen joins the Prospect Interview to discuss economics, globalisation and identity in his new memoir Home in the World. Editor Tom Clark talks to Amartya about watching famous historians Hugh Trevor-Roper and Eric Hobsbawm go head to head at Cambridge, the turmoil in Narendra Modi’s India, and the future of neoliberalism. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 03 Aug 2021 | Ed Miliband on how to fix the world | 00:30:04 | |
Ed Miliband joins the Prospect Interview to discuss how to fix some of our most pressing policy issues, which he explores in his new book Go Big: How to Fix Our World. He joins editor Tom Clark to discuss Vienna’s social housing revolution, why the UK needs to embrace decentralisation, and why we shouldn’t count out the Labour Party for the next general election. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 12 Aug 2021 | Amia Srinivasan on porn and desire | 00:33:58 | |
On this week’s episode, writer, philosopher and Oxford don Amia Srinivasan joins us to talk about the ideas explored in her latest essay collection, The Right to Sex. From male entitlement to the politics of desire, Amia tells us why sex is a topic in need of a more philosophical interrogation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 18 Aug 2021 | Rebecca Wragg Sykes on the lives of the Neanderthals | 00:36:30 | |
On this week’s episode we speak to archaeologist and author of Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art, Rebecca Wragg Sykes. She joins managing editor Sameer Rahim to discuss the fascinating story of our closest cousins, the Neanderthals: how they might have lived, whether they had imagination—and just how much of our perceptions of them has changed in the 150 years since we first discovered their fossils. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 25 Aug 2021 | Andrew Adonis on Boris Johnson | 00:27:17 | |
On this week’s podcast we’re joined by Prospect’s own contributing editor, Andrew Adonis, who discusses the class clown who became one of our most dominant prime ministers, Boris Johnson. How did he get to where he is today? In explaining the “Johnson phenomenon,” Andrew argues that we have to look back at the school that made him as well as many other prime ministers: Eton College. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 02 Sep 2021 | Richard H Thaler on nudge and sludge | 00:28:25 | |
Bestselling author and renegade economist Richard H Thaler joins the Prospect Interview to talk about the book that made him famous, Nudge. So influential that the UK Cabinet office even created a dedicated Nudge Unit, the groundbreaking book–first published in 2008–is back in a final, revised edition. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 08 Sep 2021 | The world’s top thinkers 2021 | 00:25:07 | |
What does it mean to be a public intellectual in 2021? In this episode Tom Clark, Sameer Rahim and Philip Ball discuss the work of Prospect’s Top Thinker of 2021, Palestinian embryologist Jacob Hanna, as well other notable names including Priyamvada Gopal, Mahmood Mandani and Carlo Rovelli. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 15 Sep 2021 | Sebastian Payne on Ben Houchen | 00:33:42 | |
Who is Ben Houchen and how did he help the Tories topple the red wall? Sebastian Payne, Whitehall Editor at the Financial Times joins the podcast to discuss the Tees Valley mayor that Boris Johnson is reportedly "obsessed" with, as well as the wider themes in his new book Broken Heartlands. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 22 Sep 2021 | Did Medea really kill her children? | 00:33:07 | |
Charlotte Higgins, prize-winning author and the Guardian's chief culture writer, joins Sameer Rahim talk about her book, Greek Myths: A New Retelling. Their conversation tackles the big questions. Did the Greeks believe in their Gods? Does classics have a class problem? And did Medea really kill her children? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 29 Sep 2021 | Gillian Tett on how she predicted the financial crash | 00:28:05 | |
Gillian Tett, editor at large at the Financial Times and author of a new book Anthro-Vision, joins Tom Clark to explain how undercover anthropology helped her to predict the financial crash. Applying an anthropological lens to life has enabled Tett to spot the patterns that others miss, like the unexpected similarities shared by wedding rituals in Tajikistan and banking conferences in the US. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 06 Oct 2021 | Steve Richards on the prime ministers we never had | 00:32:08 | |
Seasoned political broadcaster Steve Richards joins Tom Clark to talk about the prime minsters that never were. From Roy Jenkins to Michael Heseltine, Richards charts the journeys of the pretenders that never made it to the top spot, arguing that for all the feverish speculation in the press, rivals to prime ministers rarely prevail. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 25 Aug 2020 | I was Saddam’s prisoner | 00:26:10 | |
In 1990, when he was just nine years old, Prospect’s Sameer Rahim joined his parents and sister on a holiday to Iraq. What was first a family trip quickly turned into an international diplomatic fiasco. As Saddam Hussein was then facing international condemnation for the Kuwait War, Sameer and his family were taken as so-called “human-shield hostages”: Britons kept within Iraq as bargaining chips. In a personal essay for the current issue of Prospect, Sameer remembers his time cooped up in a Baghdad hotel—and reflects on what the experience has taught him about the many sides of national identity. You can read Sameer’s essay, I was Saddam’s prisoner, here: https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/i-was-saddams-prisoner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 13 Oct 2021 | David Renton: The lawyer fighting the housing crisis from the frontline | 00:28:05 | |
Leading legal-aid lawyer David Renton joins the Prospect Interview to talk about the view from the frontline of the housing crisis. As a barrister in courtrooms both physical and virtual during the pandemic, while we hunkered down in our homes, David was fighting stop a panoply of clients from losing theirs. Arguing that our children need housing justice now, not money for a deposit, Renton has big and sometimes radical ideas about reforming housing policy in the UK and on ensuring that everyone has access to justice.
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| 20 Oct 2021 | Fiona Harvey on climate diplomacy and COP26 | 00:31:15 | |
Ahead of COP26 in Glasgow next month, we speak to environmental correspondent Fiona Harvey on what it will take to reach a crucial deal in the next step towards tackling the climate crisis. Having covered 14 of the last 16 COP summits, Fiona shares some of her key insights into climate diplomacy and how often success falls on the work of the host nation’s leadership. Which of course begs the question: is our current leader, Boris Johnson, up to the task? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 30 Nov 2021 | Could you beat a robot at chess? | 00:35:36 | |
Self-described futurist and bestselling author Martin Ford joins Tom Clark to talk about his new book Rule of the Robots and the good, the bad and the ugly about the artificial intelligence which will soon be deeply embedded in our lives. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 27 Oct 2021 | Could you beat a robot at chess? | 00:35:36 | |
Will robots rule the world? Will fully autonomous weapons destroy the planet? Will artificial intelligence take my job? Silicon valley entrepreneur and self-described futurist Martin Ford joins Tom Clark to answer the big questions about the technology that shapes not only our smartphones, but our politics, economies and lives. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 03 Nov 2021 | Andrew Roberts on redeeming mad King George | 00:29:24 | |
Was King George III really such a bad king? Leading historian Andrew Roberts doesn't think so. He joins Andrew Adonis and Tom Clark to discuss his new book George III, the Life and Reign of Britain's Most Misunderstood Monarch, to argue that King George was in fact a competent leader, despite his struggle with mental illness. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 10 Nov 2021 | Janine di Giovanni and the plight of Christians in the Middle East | 00:28:37 | |
This week managing editor Sameer Rahim is joined by war correspondent and author Janine di Giovanni to discuss the plight of Christianty in the Middle East. Christians have lived in the region for 2,000 years—but Giovanni thinks that modern war, religious persecution and economic uncertainty put their future under threat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 17 Nov 2021 | Helena Kennedy: Does the government respect the rule of law? | 00:41:26 | |
Leading human rights barrister, author and Labour member of the House of Lords, Helena Kennedy joins Tom Clark and Alex Dean to discuss a rather terrifying question — does the government respect the rule of law? In a wide-ranging conversation, the trio discuss judicial review, human rights and the perils of populism. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 24 Nov 2021 | Philip Ball on the long shadow of Covid-19 | 00:32:00 | |
A year on from the dark winter of 2020, do we have Covid-19 under control? And what will the virus means for politics, economics and global health, for decades to come? Tom Clark is joined by leading science writer Philip Ball to tackle that most prescient question: how will the pandemic shape the future? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 01 Dec 2021 | Brian Klaas: Does power corrupt or do the corrupt choose power? | 00:31:44 | |
When most people are decent, why do we get so many bad leaders, politicians and CEOs? Are despots made or born? After travelling the world and interviewing "the noblest to the dirtiest" leaders, renowned political scientist and podcaster Brian Klaas discusses his new book, Corruptible, with Tom Clark. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 08 Dec 2021 | Andrew Adonis: It's the leader stupid! | 00:34:31 | |
Is leadership all that matters in modern politics? Andrew Adonis thinks so. With his new collection of profiles of leaders from Gladstone to Modi, Lincoln to Blair and Churchill to Biden, Adonis draws on his own three decades of political experience to advance his controversial argument. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 16 Dec 2021 | Special Episode: Prospect Lives | 00:46:17 | |
What does life look like for an 89-year old actor or a psychiatrist who suffers with bipolar? What does it feel like to be asylum seeker, or an Anglican Priest, or a farmer? Prospect Lives is a brand new bonus podcast chronicling seven disparate experiences of life in modern Britain. Music credit Jumbo · Tot Taylor · Mick Bass Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 22 Dec 2021 | Jane Martinson: What's going on at the Daily Mail? | 00:37:01 | |
Who is Geordie Greig and why has he been toppled as editor of Britain's most influential newspaper? What does this reshuffle mean for Boris Johnson? Why should we care about the Kremlinesque machinations at the top of the Daily Mail? Former FT Correspondent and Majorie Deane professor of financial journalism, Jane Martinson discusses her in depth reportage, with Prospect editor, Alan Rusbridger. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 29 Dec 2021 | Prospect Team: What will surprise us in 2022? | 00:40:58 | |
The team discusses the good, the bad and the ugly in the year that's passed and gives tentative predictions for the year ahead, as well as celebrating the best of Prospect journalism from 2021. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 28 Apr 2020 | Behind the science of Covid-19 | 00:36:25 | |
Infectious disease expert Adam Kucharski didn’t know that the world was going to be overtaken by a virus when he wrote his new book, The Rules of Contagion: Why Things Spread – and Why They Stop. But today, the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine professor has a schedule filled with meetings about the progression of Covid-19—and how best to curb it. Arts and books editor Sameer Rahim talks to Adam about what it’s been like researching the disease, which countries have handled the outbreak best, and what to expect next. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 05 Jan 2022 | Fintan O'Toole: Does cancel culture really exist? | 00:32:00 | |
Is cancel culture the crisis of our times, or just the unsubstantiated grumble of professional provocateurs? How do we balance supporting freedom of speech with protecting people from hate and harm? Orwell Prize winning journalist and author Fintan O’Toole explores the agonising balancing act required to protect public discourse from both censorship and toxicity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 12 Jan 2022 | Sarah Boseley: Why won't Big Pharma share their vaccine patents? | 00:32:10 | |
Award winning journalist and former Guardian Health editor Sarah Boseley joins Alan Rusbridger to tackle a pressing question: why won’t Big Pharma share the patents for the coronavirus vaccines? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 20 Jan 2022 | Jonathan Rée on the philosopher who predicted Trump's rise | 00:22:06 | |
Who was Richard Rorty and did he believe that truth exists? Writer, historian and philosopher Jonathan Rée joins Sameer Rahim to discuss the American philosopher who—although he died in 2007— still exerts a powerful influence on modern debates about politics and the nature of truth-telling today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 26 Jan 2022 | Rachel Sylvester: Is it all over for Boris Johnson? | 00:26:00 | |
Is Boris Johnson a “Heineken” Prime Minister in a country that now has a hangover? Rachel Sylvester joins associate editor Sonia Sodha to tackle the question that's on everyone's mind: is it all over for Boris Johnson? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 03 Feb 2022 | Prospect Lives: Haircuts, burnout and belonging | 00:45:29 | |
Would Boris Johnson be a better prime minister if he had a different haircut? Do we take sport too seriously? Can drinking alcohol ever be good for us? Our family of seven writers—including actor and writer Sheila Hancock, asylum seeker Jason Thomas-Fournillier, and psychiatrist Rebecca Lawrence—ponder the big questions in this month's new episode of 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. | |||
| 09 Feb 2022 | Peter Hennessy: Boris Johnson vs The Constitution | 00:31:35 | |
Does the British constitution require that Boris Johnson goes? Famous for his “good chaps" theory of government, Britain’s most celebrated post-war historian, Peter Hennessy joins Tom Clark to provide a long view on this pressing question. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 17 Feb 2022 | Duncan Campbell: Are the police a spent force? | 00:40:29 | |
Drawing on over 40 years experience of crime reporting, expert journalist Duncan Campbell joins Alan Rusbridger to explore why the police are under attack from left, right and centre. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 25 Feb 2022 | Ethan Zuckerman: How to fix the algorithm | 00:34:03 | |
Does artificial intelligence entrench inequality? Are the algorithms that shape our lives sexist, racist and ableist? And should we be trying just to fix the computers, or also the society that trains them? Leading academic, podcaster and all-round internet expert Ethan Zuckerman joins Sarah Collins to address these questions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 02 Mar 2022 | Peter Ricketts: How to stop Putin | 00:25:30 | |
Former ambassador to NATO Peter Ricketts joins Alan Rusbridger to discuss Putin’s invasion of Ukraine—and what it means for Europe and the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 09 Mar 2022 | Megan Greene: The economics of Putin's war | 00:27:22 | |
Leading global economist and FT columnist Megan Greene joins Alan Rusbridger to discuss the impact that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will have on the global economy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 10 Mar 2022 | Prospect Lives: Hope, friendship and prejudice | 00:47:58 | |
What did farmer Tom Martin discover when he hopped across the pond to the US? What music does Sheila Hancock choose to cheer herself up? Why does Jason Thomas-Fournillier hope that his GP doesn't listen to this episode? Our family of seven writers—including psychiatrist Rebecca Lawrence, Gen Zer Serena Smith and former England cricket captain Michael Brearley—update us on their adventures big and small on the Prospect Lives podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 16 Mar 2022 | Helen Thompson: Russia and a fragile west | 00:40:29 | |
Faced with Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, the west initially summoned a new spirit of resolve. But—we ask former Talking Politics star Helen Thompson—could looming crunches over energy, economics and relations with China soon see the old alliance unravel? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 23 Mar 2022 | Sameer Rahim: The secrets of Stonehenge | 00:26:28 | |
Is Stonehenge a giant's ring conjured by Merlin? Or a temple for Druid priests? Or a prehistoric spa? Prospect's managing editor Sameer Rahim joins Sarah Collins to discuss the many interpretations of this iconic monument over the centuries—and the secrets revealed by a new exhibition at the British Museum. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 29 Mar 2022 | Ruth Deyermond: Why Putin has already lost | 00:36:45 | |
Ruth Deyermond, senior lecturer at the Department of War Studies at King's College London and the military analyst on Prospect’s Ukraine panel joins Sameer Rahim to explain why she thinks Putin has already lost the war in Ukraine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 05 Apr 2022 | Andrew Simms: How to save a burning planet | 00:25:25 | |
Many of us made rapid changes to our behaviour during the pandemic, so why—when facing a crisis as existential as climate change—are we dragging our heels? Economist, author and activist Andrew Simms joins Alan Rusbridger to discuss how fast transitions could save the planet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 13 Apr 2022 | Prospect Lives: Grief, joy and Easter | 00:40:06 | |
This month, actor and writer Sheila Hancock recovers from “a fall”, while sports journalist Emma John grieves the loss of her mother. Jason Thomas-Fournillier, an expert experience in the asylum system, looks back on the highs and lows of life in Trinidad, while Anglican Priest Alice Goodman prepares her Easter Sermon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 12 Apr 2022 | Voices from Ukraine | 00:34:59 | |
In this special episode of the podcast recorded during our recent Prospect Talks event, we hear from Ukrainians affected by the war from both inside and outside the country. Guests include Olesya Khromeychuk, a writer and historian who is the director of the Ukrainian Institute in London; Sevgil Musaieva, a Ukrainian journalist from Crimea who is editor-in-chief of the independent online newspaper Ukrayinska Pravda; and Andrii Zhupanyn, a Ukrainian MP who has been doing some remarkable work bringing much-needed aid into the country. Music was performed on the night by Ukrainian composer and violinist, Natalia Tsupryk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 19 Apr 2022 | Samuel Moyn: How to stop a new Cold War | 00:30:29 | |
Putin's grotesque invasion of Ukraine should not lead us to rehabilitate old, failed ideas about the international order, argues Samuel Moyn in his provocative cover story for Prospect. He joins editor Alan Rusbridger on the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 26 Apr 2022 | George Robertson: What I learnt from negotiating with Putin | 00:33:14 | |
How did Putin transform from a seemingly rational man to the tyrant who invaded Ukraine? Former Nato chief and secretary of state for defence from 1997-1999, George Robertson, joins the podcast to discuss his experience negotiating with Putin, as well as the war in Ukraine and the implications for global security. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 29 Apr 2022 | Special Episode: The Rules of War | 00:50:35 | |
NEW PODCAST: Leading barristers Richard Hermer, Murray Hunt, and Helen Mountfield from Matrix Chambers place the ethical issues of the day under their expert legal microscope. In this episode they are joined by international law expert professor Andrew Clapham to discuss Russia, Ukraine and the rules of war. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 03 May 2022 | Miranda France: Rethinking Picasso | 00:30:00 | |
How did the women in Picasso's life suffer for his art? Should we rethink our canonisation of the painter's works? Writer and translator Miranda France joins deputy editor Sameer Rahim on the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 06 May 2022 | Peter Kellner: What do the local election results mean? | 00:31:07 | |
In this special episode, former director of YouGov and leading political analyst Peter Kellner discusses the results of the local elections with Sonia Sodha. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 10 May 2022 | Paul Hayward: Cricket's class problem | 00:26:53 | |
Does cricket have a class problem? What do divisions in England's national summer sport reveal about our society? Former Telegraph chief sportswriter Paul Hayward joins Alan Rusbridger on the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 18 May 2022 | Can Europe keep the lights on without Russia? | 01:03:38 | |
For a recent Prospect event, Vicky Pryce, former joint head of the UK Government Economic Service, Andrew Simms, political economist and co-author of the Green New Deal and Myles Allen, Professor of Geosystem science at the University of Oxford, discussed European energy security and climate change. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 18 May 2022 | Prospect Lives: Pets, Pinter and learning to let go | 00:50:48 | |
This month, psychiatrist Rebecca Lawrence celebrates the soothing power of pets, while former England cricket captain Mike Brearley enjoys a play by Shomit Dutta about Beckett, Pinter and cricket. Both actor Sheila Hancock and Anglican priest Alice Goodman confront their fears about death, while Jason Thomas-Fournillier, an expert by experience in the asylum system, questions the morality of the government's recent Rwanda policy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 24 May 2022 | Ethan Zuckerman: Welcome to the splinternet | 00:25:28 | |
Can Russia really disconnect from the rest of the digital world? What is China's Great Firewall? Leading academic, podcaster and all-round internet expert Ethan Zuckerman joins Alan Rusbridger to discuss how countries are creating, censoring and controlling their own digital spaces. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 30 May 2022 | Priyamvada Gopal: The cult of Churchill | 00:28:39 | |
Was Winston Churchill racist? Should any historical figure be above criticism? And what does it really mean to judge someone by the standards of their time? Leading academic and author Priyamvada Gopal joins Alan Rusbridger to discuss a new book by Tariq Ali Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 07 Jun 2022 | John Goetz: Tracking down a torturer | 00:43:04 | |
What happened in Guantanamo? Investigative journalist John Goetz tells the story of former Guantanamo prisoner Mohamedou Ould Slahi and the man who tortured him, Mr X. In a discussion with Alan Rusbridger, Goetz explains how he and his colleague Bastian Berbner tracked down Mr X seventeen years later, and what it taught them about the war on terror. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 14 Jun 2022 | Tom Clark: The cost of leaving | 00:28:40 | |
Are we beginning to get a sense of the cost of Brexit? Former Prospect Editor Tom Clark joins Alan Rusbridger to discuss what we know so far about how leaving the EU has affected trade, services and business investment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 15 Jun 2022 | The rule of law: Roe v Wade | 00:46:44 | |
Is this the end for Roe v Wade? And what are the implications both for women's rights and for the role of the US Supreme Court? Helen Mountfield and Richard Hermer from Matrix Chambers are joined by Melissa Murray, a professor of constitutional law and one of the leading academics in the US on reproductive rights. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 22 Jun 2022 | Tilly Lawless and Jessica Abrahams: Sex work and society | 00:40:00 | |
To subscribe to the new Prospect Lives channel, click here: https://podfollow.com/prospect-lives Content note: This episode contains strong language and sexual references Does the criminalisation or liberalisation of the sex industry best protect the women who work in it? And what are the consequences of sex work for women as a whole? Sex worker and writer Tilly Lawless and journalist and editor Jessica Abrahams join Alan Rusbridger to discuss the essays they wrote for the most recent issue of the magazine. Lawless argues in defence of her clients at the suburban brothel in Australia where she works, while Abrahams reports from Bristol where a proposal for a ban on strip clubs has divided opinion amongst feminist campaigners and dancers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 28 Jun 2022 | Alex Dean: Stuffing the ballot box | 00:20:42 | |
Is the government trying to stuff the ballot box? Is the recently passed Elections Act a threat to democracy? Senior Editor and award-winning journalist Alex Dean joins the podcast to argue that the independence of the electoral commission is in jeopardy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||