Reasons to be Cheerful with Ed Miliband & Geoff Lloyd
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Hello! It's taken us 70+ episodes but we're diving into the question of drink--our country's (unhealthy) relationship with alcohol, which is costing billions of pounds a year and ruining lives. Angela McShane, alcohol historian at the Wellcome Trust, gives us a fascinating history lesson, then Jon Ashworth MP, Shadow Health Secretary, tells us his personal story of having an alcoholic parent (a problem that affects at least 200,000 children today) followed by Richard Piper CEO of Alcohol Change with the solutions--from minimum pricing to investing in alcohol services to the end of sober-shaming of non-drinkers by too many people...you know who you are. Bottom line: it's not about preaching but about a massive change in culture and policy.
BONUS: ED’S WRITTEN A BOOK! (exclusive audiobook extract)
193. THE CASE FOR BIG CHANGE: and building the coalitions to make it happen
192. TICKET TO RIDE: buses, Burnham and public control
191. PRESTONOMICS: taking back control of local economies
190. THE PREMONITION: a conversation with Michael Lewis
189. IT’S COMING HOME: could fan ownership save football?
188. THE DREAM NOT JUST THE NIGHTMARE: a vision for tackling the environmental crisis
187. RETHINKING INFRASTRUCTURE: the case for social investment
186. LEARNING FROM THE WORLD’S HAPPIEST COUNTRY: Reasons to be Finnish
185. WHAT'S THE GIG IDEA?: fair work in the platform economy
184. REASONS TO BE PLAYFUL: protecting children’s right to play
183 and a half. Michael Rosen on his recovery from Covid
183. MEETING THE JOE-MENT: could the Biden presidency be transformational?
182. OFFICE POLITICS: the future of the workplace
181. PARKS AND REC: green space for all
180. A NEW BEVERIDGE REPORT: remaking the welfare state
179 and a half. OUT OF THE ORDINARY: Marc Stears on the politics of everyday life
179. GENERATION RENTIER: fixing a broken economic model
178. YOU'RE NEVER TOO OLD: a lifelong learning revolution
177. PB OR NOT PB: participatory budgeting to give citizens control
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