ANXIETY AND AGENCY: How to respond to eco-anxiety in the face of climate change
Hello! This week we're discussing the impacts of the climate crisis on our mental health, and how we can support ourselves and each other in response....
Reasons to be Cheerful with Ed Miliband and Geoff Lloyd
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A podcast about ideas. Former Labour Party leader Ed Miliband, and Sony Award-winning radio host Geoff Lloyd talk to smart thinkers from around the world.
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MAGISTRATES: the volunteers presiding over criminal courts
Hello! This week we’re looking at the role of Magistrates in our justice system. Little is widely known about the volunteer system which presides over...
MAGIC ROUNDABOUT: why we need the circular economy
Hello! This week we're looking at the circular economy, a system that could transform our lives and contribute mightily towards reducing carbon emissi...
JON RONSON :The author, journalist and documentary maker talks to Ed and Geoff about his new series ‘Things Fell Apart’
Hello! This week we’re joined by the wonderful Jon Ronson for a special episode. The acclaimed journalist, documentary maker and author, talks to Ed a...
DOT THE “I”S AND CROSS THE NFTs: the Wild West of crypto or an opportunity for change
Hello! This week we continue our foray into all things Web 3.0 by taking on NFTs, or Non-Fungible-Tokens. If you’re lost already then don’t worry, so ...
BACK TO NATURE: tackling the biodiversity and climate crises
Hello! This week we head for the peatlands, get in the sea, and go in search of UK's lost rainforests to explore ecosystems beyond the trees. Could re...
JACK FOR GOOD: Rewriting the script on disability with Jack Thorne
Happy New Year! To start 2022, Ed and Geoff talk to one of the UK’s most acclaimed and prolific scriptwriters, Jack Thorne (Help, Kiri, His Dark Mater...
THE REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL 2021 TOP TEN
Hello! Well, what a year 2021 has been... thank you for being with us throughout. Here are some of 2021's very best bits for your delectation. Best wi...
WE WISH YOU A-M-A* XMAS 2021 (*Ask Me Anything with Ed and Geoff)
As last year's Christmas AMA was such a huge success *there were no major repercussions*, we thought we'd do it again. Ed and Geoff answer (and avoid)...
FIRST THEY IGNORE YOU: Part Four - The fight for a minimum wage
In the fourth and final episode about how progressive victories were won, we're taking a look at the introduction of the national minimum wage. It fee...