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Oct 29th, 2019 32m 15s

On the 14th of June 2017, the fire that engulfed Grenfell Tower in North Kensington, West London claimed the lives of 72 people, making it one of the UK's worst modern disasters. Scrutiny over the events leading up to the fire and how the emerg

Why don't prisons work?

Oct 24th, 2019 52m 47s

In this episode, we ask whether prisons do the jobs they were originally created to do. Has there been an increasingly enlightened approach to balancing reform, care and punishment? What did this look like in past regimes, and where is our curr

Why isn't veganism the norm?

Aug 27th, 2019 36m 45s

2018 saw an explosion of interest in veganism and plant-based diets. Celebrity ambassadors and wellbeing gurus fell over themselves to extoll the virtues of living ethically, with high-street brands, restaurants and supermarkets diversifying th

What's behind the recent spike in homelessness?

Aug 23rd, 2019 37m 37s

With the charity Shelter recently estimating that around 320,000 people across Great Britain were homeless at the start of 2018, addressing the underlying causes is high on the agenda. A climate of social spending cuts, rising rents and insecur

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