Reasons to be Cheerful with Ed Miliband & Geoff Lloyd
News:Politics
Hello! We got out of Geoff's loft and onto Parliament Square to join the many thousands of young people worldwide protesting about climate change and we also talk about what could be a big part of the answer: A Green New Deal (GND). We explain what it is and how it seeks to put economic and social justice at the heart of the fight against climate change with Ann Pettifor, one of the originators of the idea more than ten years ago and Zack Exley, US Co-Founder of Justice Democrats that supported Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez who has put the GND on the map in the US,
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Comedian Olga Koch is rebranding cooperation tax, applying the impartiality of football referees to combat fake news and incentivising voting with prizes.
176 and a half. BONUS EPISODE - THE MEN WHO STARE AT OATS: Encouraging middle-aged men to adopt a more climate-friendly, plant-based diet.
176. WHO BUILDS WINDMILLS OFF THE SEA SHORE: lessons from Denmark on offshore wind
175. LIVE LONG AND PROSPER: learning from the world’s longevity hotspots
174. ACCOUNT(ABILITY) SUSPENDED: who governs online speech?
173. TIME CONTROL: a flexible working future
172. BLOWIN’ IN THE WIND: Dale Vince on green energy, vegan football & sky diamonds
171. THE REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL 2020 CHART SHOW
170. WE WISH YOU A-M-A* CHRISTMAS (*Ask Me Anything with Ed and Geoff)
169. WESTMINSTER DOESN’T KNOW BEST: time to give power away
168. BEYOND THE LEAN MEAN GOVERNING MACHINE: reimagining the state
167. YOU’VE BEEN FRAMED: shaping the political conversation
166. TO B(CORP) OR NOT TO B: a different way of doing business
165. SHAKE IT LIKE A POLARISED PICTURE: bridging political divides
164. DUMP DONALD, SAVE THE WORLD: the road to COP26
163. DATA, MINE: taking back control from Big Tech
162. HOW MOVEMENTS CHANGE THE WORLD
161. SWEET STREAMS AREN’T MADE OF THIS: what about the musicians?
160. SQUAD SAVE AMERICA: from Ilhan Omar to the Sunrise Movement
159. CTRL ALT-LABOUR: organising in the modern workplace
158. THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL: the dark side of meritocracy
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