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BBC Radio 4

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newspolitics

Programme examining the ideas and forces which shape public policy in Britain and abroad, presented by distinguished writers, journalists and academics.

Episodes (389)

The low pay puzzle

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Mar 25, 202429:01pending

How real is the existential threat from AI?

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Mar 18, 202429:06pending

What would Isambard Kingdom Brunel have done?

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Mar 11, 202428:59pending

Power Drive

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Mar 4, 202428:37pending

How to cure the small town blues

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Feb 26, 202428:33pending

How to Dismantle a Democracy

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Feb 19, 202428:53pending

What is 'British culture'?

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Feb 12, 202428:38pending

Has the family had its day?

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Feb 5, 202428:51pending

What's the future of nudge?

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Nov 20, 202328:46pending

Can reading really improve your life?

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Nov 13, 202330:01pending

Can the UK afford a mental health crisis?

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Nov 6, 202328:17pending

France: a constitutional crisis in the making

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Oct 30, 202329:03pending

What on earth is the national interest?

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Oct 23, 202328:14pending

What makes a good school?

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Oct 16, 202329:22pending

How can we grow the UK economy?

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Oct 9, 202328:58pending

The Democratic Brain

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Oct 2, 202328:16pending

How far should reparative justice go?

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Aug 1, 202329:04pending

Is there a new elite?

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Jul 17, 202328:40pending

Why are so many workers on strike?

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Jul 10, 202328:17pending

Does work have to be miserable?

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Jul 3, 202328:25pending

Do single people get a raw deal?

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Jun 26, 202328:55pending

What’s changing about childbirth?

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Jun 19, 202329:06pending

What are companies for?

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Jun 12, 202327:30pending

Do Boycotts Work?

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Jun 5, 202328:04pending

We know how to stop knife crime, so why don’t we do it?

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May 29, 202327:50pending

Lessons from the vaccine task force

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Apr 3, 202329:04pending

Can the Met police change?

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Mar 27, 202329:05pending

Is Britain exceptional?

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Mar 20, 202328:49pending

King Charles' Challenge

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Mar 13, 202328:26pending

Does it matter who our MPs are?

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Mar 6, 202328:42pending

The death of globalisation?

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Feb 27, 202327:51pending

From Brother to Other

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Feb 20, 202329:37pending

Has economic crisis put net-zero plans on the backburner?

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Feb 13, 202328:37pending

Blaenau Ffestiniog and the Foundational Economy

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Feb 6, 202328:19pending

Can we ever really tackle rising public spending?

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Nov 21, 202228:59pending

Why do we assume women care?

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Nov 14, 202228:56pending

Economic Growth - can we ever have enough?

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Nov 7, 202228:36pending

Is 'Political Blackness' gone for good?

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Oct 31, 202227:41pending

Can Effective Altruism really change the world?

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Oct 24, 202228:28pending

How Xi Jinping did it

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Oct 17, 202229:32pending

Is ethical surrogacy possible?

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Oct 10, 202228:09pending

What's the point of street protest?

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Oct 3, 202228:11pending

Addiction in the age of the metaverse

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Jul 25, 202229:10pending

Is the UK the new sick man of Europe?

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Jul 18, 202228:57pending

What is childcare for?

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Jul 11, 202229:00pending

Beyond the cost of living crisis

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Jul 4, 202228:26pending

Cashing in on the green rush

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Jun 27, 202228:18pending

Germany and Russia: It's Complicated

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Jun 20, 202229:08pending

The Advertising Trap

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Jun 13, 202227:29pending

Can Nationalism be a Force for Good?

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Jun 6, 202227:37pending
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