Episodes
Sunday Sep 10, 2023
Community Housing w/ Tom Green
Sunday Sep 10, 2023
Sunday Sep 10, 2023
In this episode of the podcast Will is joined by Tom Green, Communications Officer for Seasalt Housing Co-op, Communications Officer for Brighton and Hove Land Trust and a Community Organiser with Acorn to discuss community housing, how it is defined, what student housing co operatives are, how we ensure new housing is built sustainably and how flexibility on housing design can help with the house building crisis.
Friday Aug 18, 2023
The New Snobbery w/ David Skelton
Friday Aug 18, 2023
Friday Aug 18, 2023
In this episode of the podcast Will is joined by David Skelton, author of Little Platoons, former head of research at Policy Exchange between 2011 and 2013 and founder of Renewal, a Conservative campaign group, to discuss his latest book The New Snobbery. They discuss how David came to write the book, the impact of Brexit on British politics, snobbery and the divisions between Westminster and the rest of the country and how the Conservatives won the 2015 General Election.
Friday Aug 18, 2023
This Is My Truth: Aneurin Bevan in Tribune w/ Nye Davies
Friday Aug 18, 2023
Friday Aug 18, 2023
In this episode of the podcast Will is joined by Nye Davies, a lecturer in politics at Cardiff University, to discuss a new collection of essays he has edited taken from Aneurin Bevan's extension contribution to Tribune. They discuss Bevan's style of writing, his approach to writing about international affairs, how Bevan thought Parliament worked and what drove Bevan's desire for improve housing.
Friday Aug 18, 2023
Rwanda and Kagame w/ Michela Wrong
Friday Aug 18, 2023
Friday Aug 18, 2023
In this episode of the podcast Will is joined by Michela Wrong, a renowned author and journalist, to discuss her recently published book Do Not Disturb: The Story of a Political Murder and an African Regime Gone Bad, about the murder of Patrick Karegeya and the regime of Rwandan President Paul Kagame. They also discuss the Rwandan Genocide and Kagame's rise to power and Britain's decision to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.
Thursday Jul 27, 2023
The Benefits System
Thursday Jul 27, 2023
Thursday Jul 27, 2023
CONTENT WARNING: This episode features reference to sexual offences which some listeners may find upsetting.
In this episode of the podcast Will speaks to Lauren Davison, a member of the Young Fabians Executive and Membership Secretary for Stoke South CLP and Oliver Probert Hill, Member of the LGBTQ+ Co-operators committee and LGBTQ+ rep for Young Labour Under 19s to discuss the benefits system, why people who receive benefits are often stigmatised by the media and politicians and the Labour Party's recent decision to keep the two child benefit cap.
Sunday Jul 23, 2023
Digital Identity and Public Services w/ Kirsty Innes
Sunday Jul 23, 2023
Sunday Jul 23, 2023
In this episode of the podcast Will speaks to Kirsty Innes, the Director of Public Services Policy at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, about a new paper she has co author for the TBI called The Great Enabler: Transforming the Future of Britain’s Public Services Through Digital Identity. They discuss how digital identity could change the benefits system and healthcare, the concerns some may have over its use, whether it could be used to tackle illegal migration and how a UK digital identity might interact with digital identity services around the world. You can read the full paper here: https://www.institute.global/insights/tech-and-digitalisation/great-enabler-transforming-future-of-britains-public-services-digital-identity
Monday Jul 03, 2023
Birmingham and the Forging of Modern Britain w/ Richard Vinen
Monday Jul 03, 2023
Monday Jul 03, 2023
In this episode of the podcast Will speaks to Richard Vinen, Professor of History at King's College, London, about his recently published book Second City: Birmingham and the Forging of Modern Britain. They discuss Birmingham's origins, the role of Birmingham in the career of Joseph Chamberlain, the emergence of the city as a leading industrial power and the political state of Birmingham and the West Midlands today.
Thursday Jun 01, 2023
Courting India w/ Nandini Das
Thursday Jun 01, 2023
Thursday Jun 01, 2023
In this episode of the podcast Will speaks to Nandini Das, a Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford and a Professor of Early Modern Literature and Culture at Oxford, to discuss her recently published book Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire. They discuss how the book came to be written, how England was seen at the Mughal Court, the differences in religious tolerance between the Mughal Court and that of James I, how the first English ambassador Thomas Roe came to bond with the Mughal Emperor Jahangir over alcohol and the lasting legacy of Roe's time in India.
Friday May 19, 2023
2023 Local Elections and Criminal Justice Policy w/ Lauren Davison
Friday May 19, 2023
Friday May 19, 2023
In this episode of the podcast Will is joined by Lauren Davison, the Young Fabian's Women and Equalities Officer and a former Labour Party candidate in the local elections to discuss how Labour did in Stoke where Lauren was standing, what the election campaign was like, how it will inform Labour's General Election campaign and how important social media was to the campaign. They also discuss criminal justice police, the policing of the Coronation and whether the Met Police can be trusted by the public again.
Saturday May 13, 2023
Politics, Comedy and Liv Struss w/ Nerine Skinner
Saturday May 13, 2023
Saturday May 13, 2023
In this episode of the podcast Will speaks to comedian Nerine Skinner about her comedy career, how she got started, how she started making videos online, when she started making parodies of Liz Truss and her future comedy ambitions and plans