Reasons to be Cheerful with Ed Miliband & Geoff Lloyd
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Hello! Aqua once sang "life in plastic, it's fantastic", sure... for Barbie Girl it may be but, for our natural world and ourselves, plastic is an enormous and increasingly understood problem. Catherine Conway, Founder of Unpackaged, and Julian Kirby, Campaigner at Friends of the Earth, join us to bring us hope and practical steps we can take to help put an end to all the waste and damage being done
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Comedian Rich Wilson challenges the Geoffocracy with his Richocracy full of electricity free days, big foam hands for pedestrian safety, hanging out with old people, and a novel (and very literal) way of dealing with nuisance everyday sexism
105. SWEET CHILD(CARE) OF MINE: investing in universal provision
104. MISSING MILLIONS: time for automatic voter registration
103. THE HOUSE ALWAYS WINS: addressing the gambling crisis
102. EMPIRE STATE OF MIND: overhauling the history we teach
101. (NET) ZERO TO HERO: tackling the climate emergency
100. LIVE AT ABBEY ROAD: fixing music education
99. WRITTEN IN THE STARS: the argument for a codified constitution
98. SMELLS LIKE COMMUNITY SPIRIT: bridging the intergenerational divide
97. TREEDISTRIBUTION: shrubtastic reasons to plant
96. TIL DEBT DO US PART: the case for personal debt write-off
Cheerful Book Club: The Three Dimensions of Freedom by Billy Bragg
95. SCHOOL’S OUT: time for LGBT-inclusive education
94. A QUESTION OF SPORT: the fight for gender equality
93. ELECTRIC DREAMS: the end of the petrol and diesel vehicle
Cheerful Book Club: Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
92. BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER: the case for social ownership
91. WHO’S AFRAID OF GDP?: shifting to a wellbeing economy
Cheerful Book Club: How to Fail by Elizabeth Day
90. THIS LAND IS OUR LAND
89. DOING RIGHT BY OLDER PEOPLE: free personal care for all
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