Politics on the Couch

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'System Fail' - a conversation with Sam Freedman about the way Britain's broken poli…

8/22/2024 • 59 min

Host Rafael Behr talks to author, policy expert and podcaster Sam Freedman about his new book Failed State: Why Nothing Works and How We Fix It Sam Freedman is a senior fellow at the Institute for Government and an Ark Schools adviser. He writes about policy and politics for numerous outlets, including the Financial Times, Sunday Times, Guardian and New Statesm… Play episode

‘The gen Z revolution’ - how a student protest toppled a corrupt and viole…
Is this what hope feels like? Rafael Behr's reflections on Labour's 2024 v…
Going Ape - a conversation about evolution, morality and political coopera…
Doom audit - a conversation with Jonathan Freedland about America, Israel,…
Moving the needle - Tom Gray of Gomez on swapping the recording studio for…
'Bonus Couch Chat'
'Beyond the Red Wall'
'Beyond parody' - a conversation with Rob Hutton about political journalis…
Trapped! Democracy's struggle to cope with modern life and what we can do …
Kindness - a conversation about political empathy, its power and its limit…
Contrarianism, social media and the future of culture wars - a conversatio…
Populism, democracy and the parliamentary battle over Brexit
Party People - a stroll around the grassroots of democracy
The French Connection - myth and misunderstanding across the Channel
'The world's a stage' - politics and storytelling with James Graham
Procrastination - the politics of putting off hard choices and why it's so…
'Putinophilia' - how America's radical right fell for a Kremlin strongman,…
'Bregret' - how is Britain coping with a Brexit that nobody loves?
Consciousness - a deep dive into the politics of brain science with Anil S…
The authoritarian personality - why some voters feel drawn to populism and…
The authenticity gap - can Labour seize the post-Boris moment? (recorded t…
The Megacrisis - how the world's problems piled up - a conversation with H…
Is Democracy Rational? A conversation with Steven Pinker
Order and chaos - why the left keeps losing
Empire State of Mind, with Sathnam Sanghera
Radicalisation - how minds go to extremes, and how to turn them back
Fear of Change - Matt d'Ancona on fixing a broken politics
Optimism - how we're drawn to the bright side, even in a pandemic
Identity – David Baddiel on Jewishness, antisemitism (and a bit about foot…
Anti-vaxxers – fear, anxiety and the psychology of misinformation
Goodbye 2020, Hello 2021: What happens next?
'Dissonance Theory' – why no-one says they were wrong
Nostalgia - canvassing the politics of memory lane
The Madness of King Don - a journey to the dark side of charisma, with Dre…
Election Anxiety - Trump, the media and fear for American democracy
The Political Animal - a breed apart?
Brexit and the revolutionary mentality, with Fintan O'Toole
Truth, lies and statistics - Rafael Behr meets Tim Harford
Farewell to normal?
We can log out but can we ever leave? Helen Lewis talks about the trouble…
Trust in the Time of Coronavirus
Has Cummings cut through - in all the wrong ways?
How does it feel ? In conversation with Parliament's only politician and p…
How pandemics affect our political brain

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