LEGACY PRINT MEDIA HATE THEM! Local tech company discovers one weird trick to gain positive press coverage FAST!We sit down with journalist Alexander Fanta to talk Google's place in the media landscape, how their funding of local news or gran

S3E41: The Public Wants Tax Justice, So Why Are Labour Dragging Their Feet?

Apr 8th, 2021 57m 8s

This week we're all about Tax, and kicking off we speak to Paul Hebden of Tax Justice UK about their recent survey of attitudes to tax in the UK. The results may surprise you. Suitably sprung from all the tax talk, the gang go on to talk Tax

S3E40 Silenced No More in Silicon Valley (feat. Ifeoma Ozoma)

Mar 16th, 2021 43m 23s

This week the gang are catching up with Ifeoma Ozoma again, to discuss her efforts to introduce legislation in California to address the muzzling of workers who have been pushed out of organisations due to discrimination. Ifeoma previously spo

S3E39 Can Capitalism Address Environmental Crisis? (feat Adrienne Buller, Common Wealth)

Mar 1st, 2021 1h 2m

The gang are talking environmental crisis this week, centred around Rowan's interview with Adrienne Buller of Common Wealth. Her recent paper explored the problems with "ESG" finance, and the issue of relying on private finance more generally

S3E38 Health & Our Infosphere [ft. Jess Morley]

Jan 26th, 2021 1h 1m

People are FINALLY paying attention to the potential of health data - it just took a global pandemic to make it happen. It's kind of a no-brainer, when you dig into it, but governments apparently needed a push.Rowan interviewed Jess Morley, P

S3E37 Merry Christmas, Oh Wait, Actually, No Christmas

Dec 23rd, 2020 52m 53s

The gang return for the last one of the year, looking back across a year of pandemic, incompetence, and one more Brexit crisis. Ho Ho Ho.Rowan discusses how different countries across Europe and the world have responded to COVID, and how Bri

S3E36: Is Electoral Reform The Key? with Jon Narcross of the Electoral Reform Society

Nov 13th, 2020 56m 40s

This week it's an election double-header. First, Warren takes us through a Week In Bullshit on Trumpism: is the USA really so polarised? Will Trump supporters ever swing back to the centre? And how much is the media exaggerating the threat of t

EP35 Diversity in Economics, A Lack Of (feat. Fadekemi Abiru of The Black Economists Network)

Oct 30th, 2020 1h 5m

The gang return this week with a special episode devoted the issue of diversity in economics, specifically Black representation and the fields relative silence in the face of upheavals we've seen this summerRowan talks us through some of the

S3E34 The Keir Starmer Review Pod

Sep 25th, 2020 45m 45s

This week the boys are responding to a listener request, and reviewing Starmer's performance so far. Will he continue Corbynism? Is he Blair Mk.2? Is Labour guaranteed to win under his leadership? Or will he destroy Labour from the inside?

S3E33 Diversity Isn't A Buzzword; It's A Matter Of Public Health (feat. Ifeoma Ozoma)

Aug 10th, 2020 52m 29s

We've spoken about tech platforms failing to police their content several times before, but every so often we like to highlight successful examples. Back at the start of lockdown, we spoke about the amazing work being done at Pinterest to com

S3E32: "S**thole Countries" are dealing with C-19 surprisingly well... (W/ Michael Hobbes)

Jul 27th, 2020 48m 52s

We're joined by Michael Hobbes, podcasting brother and journalist for the Huffington Post, for a wide ranging episode centred on his recent article 'S**thole' Countries Have Handled The Coronavirus Better Than The United States. Covered: - Why

S3E31: The Not-So-Simple Search For Truth On Social Media

Jul 2nd, 2020 57m 6s

It's a social media double-header this week. First, Warren reports back from his adventures in Boomer-populated Facebook political discussion groups and the cesspool of hate he found within.After that we're joined by postdoc researcher of the

S3E30: We Watched Plandemic So You Don't Have To

May 31st, 2020 1h

Raj and Rowan have watched internet Coronavirus conspiracy theory movie "Plandemic" and we're here to tell you all about it. Join us on a journey through the Coronaverse, taking in HIV vaccines, Ebola, Bill Gates, and why we should be opening

S3E29: Two Pandemics - Examining the economics of Coronavirus

Apr 20th, 2020 43m 40s

The medical effects of the Coronavirus are already being felt around the world. But the economic effects might be more severe, and felt for long after the medical emergency is over. We take a dive into the effects of the lockdown on the economy

EP28 Are Political Parties Capable of Tackling Global Problems?

Mar 30th, 2020 49m 8s

This week we're looking at party politics. Why do so many people feel like parties no longer represent them? Can the current institutions keep up with the modern world, or do we need new ones?To help answer this we speak to Andrea Venzon and

S3E27: Coronavirus, Online Health Misinformation and the Antivax Movement

Feb 24th, 2020 48m 39s

This week is all about health, fake news, and the internet. With the Coronavirus in the headlines we look at how information about the virus has spread and how the Chinese government has reacted. Then it's on to the antivax movement. How has th

S3E26: Can Europe get social media campaigning right? Feat. Richard Seymour and Marco Ricorda

Feb 5th, 2020 1h 8m

It's an interview double header this week as we tackle the topic of social media and its regulation. First, part 2 of our interview with author Richard Seymour, this time focusing on the atomising and radicalising effect of social media and wha

S3E25: 24 Hour Sadcast/Optimismcast feat. Richard Seymour

Jan 6th, 2020 1h 2m

We take a deeper look into the election result with Richard Seymour, author and writer of "Why Labour Lost — And Why We Must Press On" for Jacobin. We discuss what happened, what we can do about it, and why sadness and mourning is a necessary s

S3E24: We Certainly Had An Election feat. Aline Muylaert

Dec 19th, 2019 51m 42s

It's been a depressing week at C&D headquarters. We review the general election: What happened? Why? Is Britain right wing now?We also discuss what politics looks like outside of election season, and hear from Aline Muylaert of CitizenLab abo

S3E23 The 2019 UK Election Manifesto Mixtape

Dec 10th, 2019 1h 3m

Here we go again.Another election, another chance to weigh up the pros and cons of the major UK parties and bemoan the electoral system for forcing millions of people to settle for their second or third choices.Join us for a (relatively) ev

S3E22 - The Nationalization Sensation - Elation or Indignation? (ft. Valentina Pavel)

Nov 26th, 2019 59m

We regret to inform you that Corbyn has officially nationalized Connected & Disaffected.Everybody is wondering who will be next. Trains? The internet? What's next - the health service!!?1We debunk some of the hysteria around these announcem

S3E21: Has Brexit Turned Us Into Tribal Voters? Feat. Samantha North

Nov 11th, 2019 44m 30s

It's general election time once again! Raj is back from the Peoples' Republic, and with Warren they sit down to talk through the strategies of the major parties so far. Many pundits have been complaining for the last two years that politics i

S3E20 Missing Profits & Tax Avoidance Worldwide (feat. Ludvig Wier)

Oct 18th, 2019 50m 10s

40% of multinational profits are shifted to tax havens each year.Despite the Panama Papers, despite the Occupy movement, despite rising inequality and our annual outrage over Amazon's zero tax burden, we STILL don't talk about tax avoidance n

S3E19 The "Brexit CHAOS" Narrative

Sep 23rd, 2019 45m 58s

This week it's Warren and Rowan returning to the subject C&D have successfully avoided for a while - Brexit. Warren reflects on sensationalist media coverage of Parliament undermining trust in parliamentary democracy, while Rowan contrasts wit

S3E18 McMindfulness - ft. Ron Purser

Sep 2nd, 2019 36m 19s

This week the gang are looking at the explosion of the Mindfulness Industry, and ask the question - is this simply individualising the stress of modern capitalist society, and seeking to neutralise us in the growing social and political problem