Prof Richard Wilkinson talks about inequality, status anxiety & mental health with Wanda Wyporska of The Equality Trust. Richard discusses The Inner Level, his 2018 book that was co-written with our last guest Prof Kate Pickett. From bullying to climate change via his school days, Richard explains why inequality has psychological effects & changes the way we think & behave. Inequality Bites is produced by The Equality Trust www.equalitytrust.org.uk distributed by The Real Agenda Netw...
Nov 02, 2020•39 min•Season 12Ep. 2
Alex Evans, founder of the Collective Psychology Project & author of The Myth Gap, joins us to discuss the role psychology can play in building a new politics, overcoming social divisions, & helping us all through this difficult and uncertain time. This podcast is produced from Compassion in Politics , the think tank that works to bring more compassion into public life, for The Real Agenda Network , podcasts for progressive change. www.compassioninpolitics.com www.realagenda.org...
Oct 30, 2020•56 min•Season 8Ep. 13
In the first of this new podcast series Inequality Bites, Professor Kate Pickett, co-author of the seminal book The Spirit Level , talks to Wanda Wyporska of The Equality Trust about the book’s key findings more than a decade on. Kate and Wanda revisit the crucial link between inequality and health in the context of a pandemic that has proven that we’re not “all in this together”. Inequality Bites is produced by The Equality Trust and distributed by The Real Agenda Network...
Oct 19, 2020•28 min•Season 12Ep. 1
How could 18 million households could save on their tax bills? Today Andrew Dixon, a former Goldman Sachs executive & now founder of Fairer Share, a campaigning group proposing the Proportional Property Tax talks to Tom Burgess about replacing the outdated council tax & archaic stamp duty. Plus how an 87 year old vicar was posthumously awarded the Long Term achievement prize at the National Campaigner Awards & why the majority of voters in favour of rebalancing the tax system. www.re...
Oct 15, 2020•28 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Has Britain lost its way? Gavin Esler, writer, former BBC Newsnight presenter talks to Tom Burgess about how constitutional reform is essential. He gives an exclusive first look into his 2021 book “How Britain Ends” & how to avoid it! Plus in other news: who thinks Britain should be reset, how council tax & stamp duty could be abolished (yes please) & how the legacy of the late Rev Paul Nicolson continues with campaigns for compassion at the heart of politics www.realagenda.org...
Oct 08, 2020•29 min•Season 12Ep. 2
Catch Up: Compass talks to Sue Goss, author of Open Tribe , about how we should think about society through the framework of gardening, & how this approach should inform our decision making & actions. Clement Attlee said, “Socialism, like the garden, is always changing. Each plant, & the garden itself, is in a state of becoming.” Bloody Complicated is a new podcast series created by Compass which campaigns for a Good Society, now available on The Real Agenda Network. www.realagenda.o...
Sep 28, 2020•55 min•Season 11Ep. 17
Baroness Ruth Hunt former CEO of Stonewall, editor of The Book of Queer Prophets, and co-founder of Deeds and Words talks with Matt Hawkins, co-founder of Compassion In Politics about the changing perceptions of LGBT+ rights, the often toxic nature of Twitter, & the policies she would introduce if she became a government minister. What Matters? is a podcast from Compassion in Politics , the think tank that works to bring more compassion into public life, produced for The Real Agenda Network ...
Sep 26, 2020•59 min•Season 8Ep. 12
Should we raise or lower taxes, or just rebalance the tax system? Robert Palmer Exec Dir of Tax Justice UK talks with Tom Burgess about a new report called Talking Tax. There is now more support for a range of taxes on wealth especially amongst Tory voters, will the chancellor listen? Plus what did Frances O’Grady think was morally wrong and a Times columnist thought could put good businesses out of business. www.taxjustice.uk www.realagenda.org...
Sep 24, 2020•25 min•Season 12Ep. 1
Today we tell you about just some of the people you will be hearing in our new series of The Real Agenda , including: Jennifer Nadel, co founder of Compassion in Politics and former ITN Home Affairs editor, Dr Gail Bradbrook, co-founder of Extinction Rebellion, Gavin Esler, author and former BBC Newsnight presenter, Julian Richer, the entrepreneur and author, Robert Palmer from Tax Justice UK, Andrew Dixon, founder of Fairer Share, formerly with Goldman Sachs, Stephen Kinnock MP, now in Shadow C...
Sep 19, 2020•4 min
Catch Up: Compass talks to writer, political scientist and commentator Miatta Fahnbulleh. Miatta is a British economist and Chief Executive at the New Economics Foundation. She is also a key partner in our 350-strong coalition of civil society leaders demanding the Government to #BuildBackBetter, from unions to faith groups to NGOs. Our society can't afford for #BuildBackBetter to be a hollow proposition. With Miatta we dig into what a new social and economic settlement could look like and how w...
Sep 12, 2020•57 min•Season 11Ep. 15
