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Can we learn to disagree well? Professor Jennifer Hudson, vice-provost at University College London answers One Question

Professor Jennifer Hudson joins Sarah to explore the role of leadership in higher education, and the balance between academic achievement and shaping future leaders in a time of cultural shifts, innovation, and uncertainty.Post-pandemic, higher education is undergoing rapid change, juggling economic pressures with a growing demand to rethink what learning should look like in 2025.How do we balance curiosity and critical thinking with the ability to disagree well—against a backdrop of cancel culture, polarised media, and a divided society? How do we redefine success for a generation entering the workforce with new expectations? How do ensure democracy serves all future voters? These are big questions the education system at large is grappling with and this conversation lends itself to some provocative, honest answers. To find out more about Jennifer Hudson To learn more about UCL and their programme Disagreeing Well. To find our more about Sarah and One Question. Please subscribe, rate and review to answer One Question. To find out more about One Question, visit onequestion.live Follow us on Instagram Subscribe to our fortnightly letter 

What makes a leader worth following? Sam McAlister, former Newsnight Producer and Author of Scoops, answers One Question.

Can we live in a world of compromise instead of cancel culture? Sam McAlister is a former news night producer and the orchestrator behind one of the most famous royal interviews of our time. Since leaving the BBC, Sam has written Scoop, which later became a Netflix hit and featured Billie Piper and Gillian Anderson. Sam has since switched media for academic and is a fellow at the London School of Economics. Sam joined Sarah to explore what it means to lead today through the lens of public broadcast media, leadership of ourselves, from curiosity to resilience, and how we can model the type of leadership we want to see in the next generation. An honest, insightful, and amusing conversation on what it really means to lead today. To purchase your copy of Scoops Watch Scoop on Netflix To find out more about Sam McAlister To find out more about One Question To find out more about Sarah Parsonage Please subscribe, rate and review to answer One Question. To find out more about One Question, visit onequestion.live Follow us on Instagram Subscribe to our fortnightly letter 

"Leading or Following? Financial Times Columnist, Gillian Tett on the media's influence today.

In this week's episode, Gillian Tett, a Financial Times Columnist, joins Sarah to explore whether traditional media can still lead and influence. With the rise of AI-generated content, the challenge of misinformation, and the breakdown of trust in institutions, can traditional media still shape public discourse, influence decision-making, and hold power accountable?Gillian Tett writes a weekly column on Friday, covering a range of economic, financial, political and social issues. She also serves as Provost of King's College, Cambridge.Previously, she chaired the FT editorial board, co-founded Moral Money, the FT's sustainability newsletter, and was the former US managing editor of the FT.In the first of two episodes on the role of media today, Gillian takes an anthropological view of journalism, exploring ideology, fact over faith, the shift in authority in media and how we fight for fact over fiction and support credible journalism. An episode that might surprise some listeners, Gillian's thinking offers calm reassurance in a world of uncertainty. To find out more about Gillian Tett To read her latest column Please subscribe, rate and review to answer One Question. To find out more about One Question, visit onequestion.live Follow us on Instagram Subscribe to our fortnightly letter 

Where do you look for hope? Joe Mulhall, director of research at Hope not hate explores the leadership we need to leverage hope today.

Hope not hate is an antifascist organisation leveraging the power of hope in the face of hate. Dr Joe Mulhall joins Sarah to explore the kind of leadership we need to address deep ideological and political polarisation, the rise of far-right political party, Reform, the power of MAGA as a force for change, the expectations of a new government, the overwhelming importance of community and where we can all find hope. In an honest and uplifting conversation, Sarah and Joe explore why the UK has become so divisive over the last decade and beyond, the importance of perception versus reality in understanding the country's hearts and minds, and the opportunity we all have to effect change. In addition to his role at Hope not Hate, Joe is the author of numerous books on postwar fascism, including Drums in the Distance: Journeys into the Global Far Right and has written extensively for the Guardian. To find out more about Hope not hate To read their recent research on the rise of Reform Watch The Walk-in, an ITV drama featuring Stephen Graham on the infiltration of a far-right group. Please subscribe, rate and review to answer One Question. To find out more about One Question, visit onequestion.live Follow us on Instagram Subscribe to our fortnightly letter 

How do we fight the climate crisis today? Emma Howard-Boyd, CBE, Chair, Client Earth, answers One Question.

What type of leadership do we need to address the climate crisis? In this episode, Sarah welcomes Emma Howard-Boyd, Chair of Client Earth, Climate Resilience for All and the London Climate Resilience Review and a Global Ambassador for Race to Zero and Race to Resilience, to answer One Question. With devastating serendipity, this episode was recorded just as the wildfires took hold of LA, causing so much destruction. Sarah and Emma discuss whether we only change something if we feel it, the political weaponisation of the climate crisis, the need for an economic model of prevention, the importance of hope even at such times, and the need for action, big and small. There is no one-size-fits-all approach to addressing the climate crisis, but in the face of overwhelm and anxiety, Emma offers advice on steps to protect the earth and all that comes with it. Resources: London Climate Review > https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2024-07/The_London_Climate_Resillience_Review_July_2024_FA.pdfAvon Needs Trees > https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/06/from-farm-to-forest-the-volunteers-planting-100000-trees-in-somersetThree ideas to beat the heat > https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/25/climate/heat-insurance-cooling-app.htmlOne Question in Mental Health. > https://onequestion.live/whoisresponsibleforourmentalhealth/Please subscribe, rate and review to answer One Question. To find out more about One Question, visit onequestion.live Follow us on Instagram Subscribe to our fortnightly letter