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Curation, by Culture3How quadratic funding can reinvent what it means to voteGitcoin has helped thousands of causes raise over $50 million since 2017. Their secret is a mathematical idea called quadratic voting, which allocates funding to causes based not just on how much they raises, but how many people support them. Partnered with the likes of UNICEF and Shell, in addition to almost 4,000 causes, the blockchain-based philanthrophy organisation has become a pioneer well beyond the blockchain ecosystem. Azeem Khan, Head of Impact at Gitcoin, tells Leo Nasskau how quadratic voting can transform philanthrophy, whether it really needs a blockchain, and how, ultimately, it could foster a regeneration of ou...2023-09-1941 min
Curation, by Culture3Rewiring Democracy with Saffron Huang: Can Society Control its Tech Destiny?At the height of Henry Ford’s influence, the American industrialist used the media, exhibitions, and became the world’s largest film distributor to mold the United States into a car-loving country. Influential figures shaped societies long before Ford, but as the latest generation of elites moves to shape today’s cutting-edge technologies, a new movement seeks to put everyday people back in the driving seat. A former researcher at Google's DeepMind AI team, Saffron Huang co-founded the Collective Intelligence Project in 2022 to direct technological development towards the collective good. With support from luminaries like former CEO of the...2023-08-2246 min
Curation, by Culture3Tina He explains why the Changemakers of the Future will build their Movement on blockchain.Tina He is exploring the frontiers of what she calls “the long tail of culture.” She's excited by how technology, narratives, and incentives can shape our future, and spoke to Leo Nasskau about how blockchain can empower the next generation of communities. A former product designer at Facebook, Tina is current co-founder and CEO of Station Labs, a web3 tool built to help community leaders grow their communities and achieve real change. They talk about why the world is heading towards an increasingly niche cultural landscape, the role of tokens in holding everything toget...2023-05-1648 min
Curation, by Culture3Bharat Krymo Explains how Blockchain and the Metaverse are Shifting the Cultural ParadigmBharat Krymo's work at the metaverse platform OnCyber and as an art collector has made him one of the most influential sources of true insight in web3. Bharat built his career in big tech, and instantly saw the opportunity of decentralised tools when he read the Bitcoin whitepaper in 2013. He’s since become a respected art collector, but always with an eye on broader trends in culture, technology, and where they meet in society. He tells Leo Nasskau about what motivates him in web3, why the narrative and the network is what matters for creators, an...2023-04-0444 min
Curation, by Culture3Traditional media is broken. Matt Medved wants to fix it with NFTs.A beloved DJ and even more successful editor, Matt Medved has led the cultural vanguard for decades. He entered the NFT space to elevate culture, much like he did at Billboard and SPIN in his pre-web3 life. The creator of Billboard Dance, he's now looking to turn his traditional media schooling upside down, as he tells Leo Nasskau his plan to reinvent it with NFTs. Inspired by the Bitcoin whitepaper in 2013, it was half a decade later that he found uses of blockchain in areas where he had a genuine interest. Fortunately, he'd held onto his coins.2023-03-2149 min
Curation, by Culture3Bored Ape Yacht Club is taking over the world and Josh Ong knows whyJosh Ong was one of the first people to realise that the Bored Ape Yacht Club represented more than a set of JPEGs. He's held onto his Ape since minting it, has played a key role himself in the community's success, and is known as 'the godfather' amongst the BAYC community. At the same, Josh is a thoughtful creative who has spent his life at the cutting edge of tech and communities. He speaks to Leo Nasskau about what made BAYC special, why communities need 'inclusive exclusivity' to thrive, and how he helped persuade Yuga Labs to...2023-01-1047 min
Curation, by Culture3Palm, Cool Cats, and Magic Leap: How Sian Morson is making web3 culture mainstream Sian Morson has spent her career championing community and championing diversity. But she’s also a technologist who has spent over a decade leveraging tech to have a cultural impact. Founded in 2010, her mobile design agency, Kollective, has built apps with millions of downloads. Now in web3, she’s helped Palm NFT Studio and Cool Cats turn groundbreaking technology into tools with genuine impact and community. With venture capitalist, Neal Stephenson’s Magic Leap, and her own media outlet, The BlkChain, on her CV, she speaks to Leo Nasskau about which technologies matter most, elevating diverse voices in web3, how to turn...2022-12-1345 min
Curation, by Culture3How UN ambassador Inna Modja is redefining activism with web3Inna started making music aged 14, but today, having left a record deal with Warner Bros. behind, the Malian singer is so much more than a musician. Also a photographer and filmmaker, it is beyond art where Inna has found her full calling. An activist in web3 and beyond, Inna has worked to promote awareness of the impact of climate change with the UN, founded her own climate initiative, Code Gree, and is Head of Philanthropy at World of Women, working to support women and girls from across the world. She speaks to Leo Nasskau about the power of storytelling...2022-11-2948 min
Curation, by Culture3Ana Maria Caballero explains why the future of literature lies in NFTs Poems sell for thousands of dollars these days. That's what NFTs have done for one of the world's oldest, most underappreciated art forms. Ana Maria Caballero has played a key role in bringing about the change. Traditionally a much smaller world than that of visual art or music, and less successful in the digital realm, poetry has found an enormous opportunity in web3, where poets can captivate audiences with visual aids and engaging delivery. Few have done more for NFT poetry than Ana Maria Caballero, who first made her name winning national awards in her...2022-11-1547 min
Curation, by Culture3How Chris Castig is building a better Discord with web3Chris Castig started his first company to teach people how to code. Incubated by Y Combinator, the legendary startup school behind Reddit and Airbnb, Chris' company was built on a single premise: what if you could learn anything in One Month? An educator at heart, he went on to become an Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School and an angel investor advising startups from product to strategy. Today he is the co-founder of Console, a chat platform which takes the best of Discord, the best of blockchain, and creates a tool that gives communities and individuals a...2022-11-0143 min
Curation, by Culture3Ben Mayor White talks adidas and why the future of branding is in web3"How far can we go?" On this episode, we dive into one of the iconic moments in NFT history with the man who made it happen, and explore what it means for the future of brands Not even a year has passed since Ben Mayor White guided adidas to an instant NFT, but in being the first global brand to launch a major web3 experience, and the first to do so in collaboration with web3-native brands like Bored Ape Yacht Club and PUNKS Comic, the Into The Metaverse drop will remain one of the most significant...2022-09-1636 min
Curation, by Culture3“I like that I can be a bit of a badass once in my life” — why Zain Verjee swapped CNN for NFTsZain Verjee began her career as the midnight love show DJ in Nairobi, and made it as a towering figure in journalism during 15 years at CNN. A regular feature on the world stage – she hosted Bloomberg's Qatar Economic Forum in Doha last June – the Kenyan journalist has embraced web3 and stands with one leg in NFT Twitter and the other amongst the most influential political and business leaders in the world. Growing up in Kenya, she is acutely aware of what blockchain can do for payments (even beyond existing non-web3 solutions like M-PESA), and as a jou...2022-08-0639 min
Curation, by Culture3How poet and actor Laurence Fuller is changing the way we tell stories An actor, poet, producer, and composer, Laurence Fuller is part of a community of artists carving out space for poetry in web3. A Heath Ledger scholar, Laurence was a rising star in Los Angeles before moving into web3, as an actor and in the art world. But his true passion is spoken word poetry, and NFTs have opened the door to new waves and new forms of creativity. Combining his own animation, compositions, and spoken word, Laurence reimagines existing poems and tells his own stories. The poet, highly active on Tezos as well as Ethereum...2022-07-0637 min
Curation, by Culture3Francien Krieg’s exploration of human transience, ageing, and the passage of life Francien Krieg asks the questions that nobody else asks through her portraits. "You know, you were born in this body and you will die in this body. But somehow I feel a lot of distance to it as well; this inside of the body. What is going on is so fascinating for me.” For years, Francien has painted stories. Stories that attempt to understand the obscure object that is the human body, that probe vulnerability and femininity, and that explore how we perceive the ageing process. Known for her melancholic life paintings of older women, Francien’s work...2022-07-0626 min
Curation, by Culture3“Community is a fundamental pillar of this new web3 world” — in conversation with Lord Truffington Truff to his friends, Lord Truffington is a trader turned collector, and he's on a mission to reinvent how collectors and creators find each other in the web3 space. An entrepreneur who jumped into the NFT space as a trader in early 2020, Truff has seen all sides of the NFT market. But as the bull market rumbled on late that year and the successful trades began to accumulate, he began to explore the world of art for its own sake. Truffington is now an influential collector, known for his weekly curation in his Truff’s Truffles newsletter, div...2022-07-0643 min
New Books in World AffairsGeoff Pigman, "Negotiating Our Economic Future: Trade, Technology, and Diplomacy" (McGill-Queen's UP, 2020)Tariffs and trade barriers are rising, and major diplomatic institutions that have long promoted liberal trade are coming under attack as impending trade wars threaten global trade and global value chains. At the root of this crisis, argues Geoffrey Pigman, is accelerating technological change. Negotiating Our Economic Future: Trade, Technology, and Diplomacy (McGill-Queen's UP, 2020) traces the impact of today's major technological transformations on global trade and the diplomacy that makes trade possible. Not only is global trade changing, in terms of what is traded and how, but diplomacy in the digital age is changing as well. Arguing that we must th...2022-05-091h 06
New Books in Diplomatic HistoryGeoff Pigman, "Negotiating Our Economic Future: Trade, Technology, and Diplomacy" (McGill-Queen's UP, 2020)Tariffs and trade barriers are rising, and major diplomatic institutions that have long promoted liberal trade are coming under attack as impending trade wars threaten global trade and global value chains. At the root of this crisis, argues Geoffrey Pigman, is accelerating technological change. Negotiating Our Economic Future: Trade, Technology, and Diplomacy (McGill-Queen's UP, 2020) traces the impact of today's major technological transformations on global trade and the diplomacy that makes trade possible. Not only is global trade changing, in terms of what is traded and how, but diplomacy in the digital age is changing as well. Arguing that we mu...2022-05-091h 06
New Books in EconomicsGeoff Pigman, "Negotiating Our Economic Future: Trade, Technology, and Diplomacy" (Agenda Publishing, 2020) Trade and diplomacy are instrumental to how the modern world works, but trade and diplomatic wars and broader tensions threaten global peace and prosperity. At the root of this crisis, argues Geoffrey Pigman, is accelerating technological change. Negotiating Our Economic Future: Trade, Technology, and Diplomacy (Agenda Publishing, 2020) traces the impact of today's major technological transformations on global trade and the diplomacy that makes trade possible.In this podcast, Geoff speaks to our host, Leo, about three big topics: how trade and diplomacy works, how technology is changing this, and how trade and diplomacy can help us mitigate today...2022-05-091h 06
The Young Fabians PodcastThe Spring StatementIn this episode, the Economy and Finance Network respond to the Chancellor's Spring Statement that was announced last month. In the face of rising energy bills, a cost of living crisis and families facing the worst financial damage since records began, does this mini-budget go far enough to address the damage and alleviate the squeeze that households are facing? Dom, Chris, Rosie and Leo from the Young Fabians Economy and Finance Network share their thoughts on the Spring Statement as well as what they felt was missing.Speakers:Dominic Shaw - @DomJAShawChris...2022-04-2335 minNew Books in World AffairsAndrew Adonis, "It's the Leader, Stupid: Changemakers in Modern Politics" (2021)Leaders dominate coverage of political history and election campaigns and there is hardly a historian or election analyst who doesn't attribute importance to leadership. But the argument of this book from Lord Andrew Adonis is different. In It's the Leader, Stupid: Changemakers in Modern Politics (2021), he argues that leaders are basically all that matter to the course of politics.
In this incisive group portrait of many of the foremost leaders of modern democratic states, from Churchill and Lincoln to Biden and Modi, Adonis analyses the fundamentals of political leadership in western politics. Dramatic and novel accounts of the battles between Gladst...2022-02-0748 min
New Books in Politics and PolemicsAndrew Adonis, "It's the Leader, Stupid: Changemakers in Modern Politics" (2021)Leaders dominate coverage of political history and election campaigns and there is hardly a historian or election analyst who doesn't attribute importance to leadership. But the argument of this book from Lord Andrew Adonis is different. In It's the Leader, Stupid: Changemakers in Modern Politics (2021), he argues that leaders are basically all that matter to the course of politics.In this incisive group portrait of many of the foremost leaders of modern democratic states, from Churchill and Lincoln to Biden and Modi, Adonis analyses the fundamentals of political leadership in western politics. Dramatic and novel accounts of the ba...2022-02-0748 min
Empowered BelongingThe Quest for a Divided Welfare State with John LapidusGenerous welfare states are losing their key characteristics, not least in Sweden, where privatisation of funding has proceeded privatization of provision, beginning in the 1990s. Supplementary exclusionary sources of welfare in healthcare, education, and social care, have proliferated throughout European welfare states under the neoliberal agenda that has dominated debate across the developed world. Rather than full privatisation, we see semi-private solutions, in which the citizen becomes the consumer, but remains subsidised by the state in their pursuit of private welfare, via tax breaks that benefit the richest in society most, rather than those with the greatest need. At the s...2021-12-1642 min
Empowered BelongingThe Quest for a Divided Welfare State with John LapidusGenerous welfare states are losing their key characteristics, not least in Sweden, where privatisation of funding has proceeded privatization of provision, beginning in the 1990s. Supplementary exclusionary sources of welfare in healthcare, education, and social care, have proliferated throughout European welfare states under the neoliberal agenda that has dominated debate across the developed world. Rather than full privatisation, we see semi-private solutions, in which the citizen becomes the consumer, but remains subsidised by the state in their pursuit of private welfare, via tax breaks that benefit the richest in society most, rather than those with the greatest need. At the s...2021-12-1642 minNew Books in EconomicsJohn Lapidus, "The Quest for a Divided Welfare State: Sweden in the Era of Privatization" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019)Generous welfare states are losing their key characteristics, not least in Sweden, where privatisation of funding has proceeded privatisation of provision, beginning in the 1990s. Supplementary exclusionary sources of welfare in healthcare, education, and social care, have proliferated throughout European welfare states under the neoliberal agenda that has dominated debate across the developed world. Rather than full privatisation, we see semi-private solutions, in which the citizen becomes the consumer, but remains subsidised by the state in their pursuit of private welfare, via tax breaks that benefit the richest in society most, rather than those with the greatest need. At the s...2021-12-1647 min
New Books in Public PolicyJohn Lapidus, "The Quest for a Divided Welfare State: Sweden in the Era of Privatization" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019)Generous welfare states are losing their key characteristics, not least in Sweden, where privatisation of funding has proceeded privatisation of provision, beginning in the 1990s. Supplementary exclusionary sources of welfare in healthcare, education, and social care, have proliferated throughout European welfare states under the neoliberal agenda that has dominated debate across the developed world. Rather than full privatisation, we see semi-private solutions, in which the citizen becomes the consumer, but remains subsidised by the state in their pursuit of private welfare, via tax breaks that benefit the richest in society most, rather than those with the greatest need. At the same...2021-12-1647 min
Empowered BelongingThe Future of Capitalism with Paul CollierDeep new rifts are tearing apart the fabric of Britain and other Western societies: thriving cities versus the provinces; the high-skilled elite versus the less educated. As these divides deepen, we have lost the sense of ethical, reciprocal obligations to others that were crucial to the rise of post-war prosperity — and are inherently aligned with how humans are meant to live: in a friendly, collaborative community. So far these rifts have been answered only by ideologies of populism and socialism, leading to the seismic upheavals of Trump, Brexit, and the return of the far-right across much of Europe.
S...2021-11-3055 min
Empowered BelongingThe Future of Capitalism with Paul CollierDeep new rifts are tearing apart the fabric of Britain and other Western societies: thriving cities versus the provinces; the high-skilled elite versus the less educated. As these divides deepen, we have lost the sense of ethical, reciprocal obligations to others that were crucial to the rise of post-war prosperity — and are inherently aligned with how humans are meant to live: in a friendly, collaborative community. So far these rifts have been answered only by ideologies of populism and socialism, leading to the seismic upheavals of Trump, Brexit, and the return of the far-right across much of Europe.2021-11-3055 min
New Books in FinancePaul Collier, "The Future of Capitalism: Facing the New Anxieties" (Harper, 2019)Deep new rifts are tearing apart the fabric of Britain and other Western societies: thriving cities versus the provinces; the high-skilled elite versus the less educated. As these divides deepen, we have lost the sense of ethical, reciprocal obligations to others that were crucial to the rise of post-war prosperity — and are inherently aligned with how humans are meant to live: in a friendly, collaborative community. So far these rifts have been answered only by ideologies of populism and socialism, leading to the seismic upheavals of Trump, Brexit, and the return of the far-right across much of Europe.Si...2021-11-3059 minNew Books in Politics and PolemicsPaul Collier, "The Future of Capitalism: Facing the New Anxieties" (Harper, 2019)Deep new rifts are tearing apart the fabric of Britain and other Western societies: thriving cities versus the provinces; the high-skilled elite versus the less educated. As these divides deepen, we have lost the sense of ethical, reciprocal obligations to others that were crucial to the rise of post-war prosperity — and are inherently aligned with how humans are meant to live: in a friendly, collaborative community. So far these rifts have been answered only by ideologies of populism and socialism, leading to the seismic upheavals of Trump, Brexit, and the return of the far-right across much of Europe.Si...2021-11-3059 min
New Books in Big IdeasPaul Collier, "The Future of Capitalism: Facing the New Anxieties" (Harper, 2019)Deep new rifts are tearing apart the fabric of Britain and other Western societies: thriving cities versus the provinces; the high-skilled elite versus the less educated. As these divides deepen, we have lost the sense of ethical, reciprocal obligations to others that were crucial to the rise of post-war prosperity — and are inherently aligned with how humans are meant to live: in a friendly, collaborative community. So far these rifts have been answered only by ideologies of populism and socialism, leading to the seismic upheavals of Trump, Brexit, and the return of the far-right across much of Europe.Si...2021-11-3058 minNew Books in EconomicsPaul Collier, "The Future of Capitalism: Facing the New Anxieties" (Harper, 2019)Deep new rifts are tearing apart the fabric of Britain and other Western societies: thriving cities versus the provinces; the high-skilled elite versus the less educated. As these divides deepen, we have lost the sense of ethical, reciprocal obligations to others that were crucial to the rise of post-war prosperity — and are inherently aligned with how humans are meant to live: in a friendly, collaborative community. So far these rifts have been answered only by ideologies of populism and socialism, leading to the seismic upheavals of Trump, Brexit, and the return of the far-right across much of Europe.Si...2021-11-3059 min
Empowered BelongingRacism in British society and higher education (Oxford PPE Society)"For the listeners out there, this is a call to action.If you are going to a university and there are things that you see around you that are not happening in the way that you think they should be happening, ask those questions.Ask those questions. Because if we don't ask those questions, the status quo will remain, and that's for sure."The murder of George Floyd on May 25th 2020 prompted a global reckoning as individuals and organisations looked inwards and outwards to understand their impact in sustaining racism...2020-09-2956 min
Empowered BelongingRacism in British society and higher education (Oxford PPE Society)"For the listeners out there, this is a call to action.
If you are going to a university and there are things that you see around you that are not happening in the way that you think they should be happening, ask those questions.
Ask those questions. Because if we don't ask those questions, the status quo will remain, and that's for sure."
The murder of George Floyd on May 25th 2020 prompted a global reckoning as individuals and organisations looked inwards and outwards to understand their impact in sustaining racism in their societies...2020-09-2956 min
Empowered BelongingInequality, Class, and Social Mobility with Dr Faiza Shaheen (Oxford PPE Society)"One of the ways in which right wing ideas have been able to have such a strong grip is by lowering our expectations, and I really did feel that on the doorstep."This week we are joined by Faiza Shaheen, the Director of the Centre for Labour and Social Studies. She has been the Director since 2016, prior to which she worked as a senior researcher at the New Economics Foundation and as head of inequality and sustainable development at Save the Children UK.In 2019, she ran as a candidate in the...2020-05-2956 min
Empowered BelongingInequality, Class, and Social Mobility with Dr Faiza Shaheen (Oxford PPE Society)"One of the ways in which right wing ideas have been able to have such a strong grip is by lowering our expectations, and I really did feel that on the doorstep."
This week we are joined by Faiza Shaheen, the Director of the Centre for Labour and Social Studies. She has been the Director since 2016, prior to which she worked as a senior researcher at the New Economics Foundation and as head of inequality and sustainable development at Save the Children UK.
In 2019, she ran as a candidate in the general election for Chingford...2020-05-2956 min
Empowered BelongingEthics and evolution with Dr Pat Churchland (Oxford PPE Society w/ Cosmic Skeptic)Pat is one of the founders of neurophilosophy, which examines the relationship between neuroscience and philosophy.According to her, "to understand the mind, we must understand the brain," and she applies findings from neuroscience to common philosophical questions about knowledge, free will, consciousness, and ethics. This video discusses the origins of our moral intuition and how the moral teachings of evolution can be justified. We also discuss implications for wider topics including free will. It is an intriguing and entertaining that raises questions as it answers others. Pat's website, possibly the best of a...2020-05-2254 min
Empowered BelongingEthics and evolution with Dr Pat Churchland (Oxford PPE Society w/ Cosmic Skeptic)Pat is one of the founders of neurophilosophy, which examines the relationship between neuroscience and philosophy.
According to her, "to understand the mind, we must understand the brain," and she applies findings from neuroscience to common philosophical questions about knowledge, free will, consciousness, and ethics. This video discusses the origins of our moral intuition and how the moral teachings of evolution can be justified. We also discuss implications for wider topics including free will. It is an intriguing and entertaining that raises questions as it answers others.
Pat's website, possibly the best of any professional p...2020-05-2254 min
Empowered BelongingHow the Labour Party moves forward, with Jess Phillips MP"I think that people have every right to protest, but freedom of speech is not there to defend the right to harm people with your words. People often mistake the idea of free speech as being 'you can say anything', but you can't."
This week I spoke to Jess Phillips, the Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding, from her constituency office in Birmingham Yardley. She has been the MP for the constituency from 2015 and previously worked in Britain's second city for Women's Aid, where she managed refuges for victims of domestic abuse. She was a vocal...2020-05-1546 min
Empowered BelongingHow the Labour Party moves forward, with Jess Phillips MP"I think that people have every right to protest, but freedom of speech is not there to defend the right to harm people with your words. People often mistake the idea of free speech as being 'you can say anything', but you can't."This week I spoke to Jess Phillips, the Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding, from her constituency office in Birmingham Yardley. She has been the MP for the constituency from 2015 and previously worked in Britain's second city for Women's Aid, where she managed refuges for victims of domestic abuse. She was...2020-05-1546 min
Empowered BelongingBritish nationalism, Brexit, and democracy with Bronwen Maddox"As the Prime Minister has said to a lot of the people working with him, what can I do for the people who voted for me. So what has happened is massively unhelpful."
Bronwen Maddox is the Director of the Institute for Government and we were delighted to sit down with her for the fifth episode of our podcast series.
The fate of Brexit, the integrity of our democracy, and the rise of nationalism are three key developments in Britain today. In this 31 minute episode, we explore the causes of nationalism across the United Kingdom...2020-05-0131 min
Empowered BelongingBritish nationalism, Brexit, and democracy with Bronwen Maddox"As the Prime Minister has said to a lot of the people working with him, what can I do for the people who voted for me. So what has happened is massively unhelpful."Bronwen Maddox is the Director of the Institute for Government and we were delighted to sit down with her for the fifth episode of our podcast series.The fate of Brexit, the integrity of our democracy, and the rise of nationalism are three key developments in Britain today. In this 31 minute episode, we explore the causes of nationalism across the...2020-05-0131 min
Empowered BelongingChallenges to the Western World with Sir Peter Westmacott (Oxford PPE Society)"In a way, Trump's election was a fluke because after all he only won by 76,000 votes in just three states, and lost the popular vote by 3 million."
Sir Peter Westmacott is a former British ambassador who has served in the United States, France, and Turkey. In this 40-minute listen, we explore the development of US politics and how the Republican Party became the "party of Trump", the 'Special Relationship' between the UK and the US, and on whether Joe Biden is the man to to make Donald Trump a one-term president.
We also discuss his...2020-04-2440 min
Empowered BelongingChallenges to the Western World with Sir Peter Westmacott (Oxford PPE Society)"In a way, Trump's election was a fluke because after all he only won by 76,000 votes in just three states, and lost the popular vote by 3 million."Sir Peter Westmacott is a former British ambassador who has served in the United States, France, and Turkey. In this 40-minute listen, we explore the development of US politics and how the Republican Party became the "party of Trump", the 'Special Relationship' between the UK and the US, and on whether Joe Biden is the man to to make Donald Trump a one-term president....2020-04-2440 min
Empowered BelongingLabour in Government with Andrew Adonis (Oxford PPE Society)"Labour also has to be very careful about two things with the electorate: are my taxes gonna go sky high and whether it's going to be strong enough on national security.
To be absolutely blunt, Jeremy Corbyn didn't pass that test."
In this 40-minute podcast, I talk with Andrew Adonis about his regrets over Brexit and university tuition fees, as well as the case for HS2 and expanding Heathrow. We discuss what Keir Starmer needs to do to become Prime Minster, and touched on the current state of government at Westminster, as well as the...2020-04-1040 min
Empowered BelongingLabour in Government with Andrew Adonis (Oxford PPE Society)"Labour also has to be very careful about two things with the electorate: are my taxes gonna go sky high and whether it's going to be strong enough on national security.To be absolutely blunt, Jeremy Corbyn didn't pass that test."In this 40-minute podcast, I talk with Andrew Adonis about his regrets over Brexit and university tuition fees, as well as the case for HS2 and expanding Heathrow. We discuss what Keir Starmer needs to do to become Prime Minster, and touched on the current state of government at Westminster, as well...2020-04-1040 min
Empowered BelongingRadical uncertainty and reform with Prof John Kay (Oxford PPE Society)"If you have managed to reduce risk, then uncertainty is something you can welcome."
This week I spoke to Professor John Kay in a wide ranging discussion around his recent books Other People's Money, advocating drastic reform of the financial sector, and Radical Uncertainty, offering a radically new approach to uncertainty.
Other People’s Money plots the route to financial reform and argues why we should take it. It is a fascinating topic which has far reaching implications, which we explore later on. Meanwhile, Radical Uncertainty was published in March 2020. Co-authored with former governor of th...2020-04-0333 min
Empowered BelongingRadical uncertainty and reform with Prof John Kay (Oxford PPE Society)"If you have managed to reduce risk, then uncertainty is something you can welcome."This week I spoke to Professor John Kay in a wide ranging discussion around his recent books Other People's Money, advocating drastic reform of the financial sector, and Radical Uncertainty, offering a radically new approach to uncertainty.Other People’s Money plots the route to financial reform and argues why we should take it. It is a fascinating topic which has far reaching implications, which we explore later on. Meanwhile, Radical Uncertainty was published in March 2020. Co-authored with former go...2020-04-0333 min