Politics at the Edge - from the University of East Anglia Podcast
1) How Safe is the World Right Now?
Is the world safer, or a more dangerous place since the Russian invasion of Ukraine? Clare Precey and Prof Alan Finlayson ask Dr Suzanne Doyle, Dr Ra Mason and Alex Burov.
2) Post-truth Politics
Are we living in a post-truth world? Are we entering, as Barack Obama claims, a crisis of epistemology? Separating truth from the misinformation and disinformation that permeates the internet is no si...Show More
3) Violence Against Women: What needs to Change?
Incidents of violence against women increased during the pandemic, with the high profile case of Sarah Everard leading many to protest on the streets. But most violence against women is carried out by...Show More
4) The Future of Work in a Post-Pandemic World
The pandemic is an opportunity to completely rethink the way we think about work. Listen to the latest UEA Politics podcast with Clare Precey, Prof Alan Finlayson, Dr Alex Williams and Dr Andrea Calef...Show More
5) Black Lives Matter - Why the Protests went Global
Why did the #BLM movement capture the imagination in 2020? What was it about the death of George Floyd that led to protests in more than 4,000 towns and cities worldwide? And what can we learn from ou...Show More
6) Hamilton, Jefferson & Election 2020
What has the musical Hamilton got to do with the US Presidential election 2020? Clare Precey and Alan Finlayson are joined by Emma Long and Michael Frazer who sings a tune from his own self-written hi...Show More
7) Did the lockdown come too late?
The UK's death rate from Covid-19 is currently the second highest in the world, and the largest in Europe*, so what went wrong? Ian Harvey - Emeritus Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at UEA...Show More
8) Politics and the Media with Iain Dale
A special episode hosted by LBC presenter and UEA alumnus Iain Dale interviewing two former Norfolk MP's Norman Lamb and Keith Simpson on the interplay between politics and the media now, and in the p...Show More
9) What kind of chaos do you want?
The UK was supposed to leave the EU on 31 October 2019 but instead we’ve got a General Election on 12th December. So where are we with Brexit now and how could it be affected by the General Election? ...Show More
10) Climate Change: Crisis or Opportunity?
Protesters like Greta Thunberg and the Extinction Rebellion group have changed the debate around climate change in the last year but how much impact can they have to really change public policy? As th...Show More