Podcasts by Connected & Disaffected
A podcast about social change, technology and the future of politics with Rowan, Warren and Raj.
Further podcasts by Raj Thomas, Rowan Emslie and Warren Peace
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S3E42 Google's Chequebook & The Media [ft. Alexander Fanta] from 2021-05-12T11:00:16
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 m...
S3E41: The Public Wants Tax Justice, So Why Are Labour Dragging Their Feet? from 2021-04-08T11:00:21
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.
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S3E40 Silenced No More in Silicon Valley (feat. Ifeoma Ozoma) from 2021-03-16T12:00:13
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 organisation...
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S3E39 Can Capitalism Address Environmental Crisis? (feat Adrienne Buller, Common Wealth) from 2021-03-01T12:01:02
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 issu...
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S3E38 Health & Our Infosphere [ft. Jess Morley] from 2021-01-26T09:10:44
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 n...
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S3E37 Merry Christmas, Oh Wait, Actually, No Christmas from 2020-12-23T14:56:27
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 Eu...
S3E36: Is Electoral Reform The Key? with Jon Narcross of the Electoral Reform Society from 2020-11-13T16:26:29
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...
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EP35 Diversity in Economics, A Lack Of (feat. Fadekemi Abiru of The Black Economists Network) from 2020-10-30T09:40:21
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 t...
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S3E34 The Keir Starmer Review Pod from 2020-09-25T16:58:01
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 leadershi...
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S3E33 Diversity Isn't A Buzzword; It's A Matter Of Public Health (feat. Ifeoma Ozoma) from 2020-08-10T10:08:23
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 spok...
S3E32: "S**thole Countries" are dealing with C-19 surprisingly well... (W/ Michael Hobbes) from 2020-07-27T09:35:31
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...
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S3E31: The Not-So-Simple Search For Truth On Social Media from 2020-07-02T15:42:52
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.
S3E30: We Watched Plandemic So You Don't Have To from 2020-05-31T12:28:10
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 va...
S3E29: Two Pandemics - Examining the economics of Coronavirus from 2020-04-20T11:24:08
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 ...
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EP28 Are Political Parties Capable of Tackling Global Problems? from 2020-03-30T11:00:42
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?
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S3E27: Coronavirus, Online Health Misinformation and the Antivax Movement from 2020-02-24T12:00:30
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. T...
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S3E26: Can Europe get social media campaigning right? Feat. Richard Seymour and Marco Ricorda from 2020-02-05T11:55:49
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 ...
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S3E25: 24 Hour Sadcast/Optimismcast feat. Richard Seymour from 2020-01-06T12:01:13
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...
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S3E24: We Certainly Had An Election feat. Aline Muylaert from 2019-12-19T12:01:23
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...
S3E23 The 2019 UK Election Manifesto Mixtape from 2019-12-10T12:30:43
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 ...
S3E22 - The Nationalization Sensation - Elation or Indignation? (ft. Valentina Pavel) from 2019-11-26T19:47:18
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!!?1...
S3E21: Has Brexit Turned Us Into Tribal Voters? Feat. Samantha North from 2019-11-11T13:04:41
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 ...
S3E20 Missing Profits & Tax Avoidance Worldwide (feat. Ludvig Wier) from 2019-10-18T09:00:12
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 zer...
S3E19 The "Brexit CHAOS" Narrative from 2019-09-23T08:00:25
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 par...
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S3E18 McMindfulness - ft. Ron Purser from 2019-09-02T13:49:55
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...
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S3E17: The Extreme Weirdness of Facebook's Libracoin ft. Dan Murphy and Eline Chivot from 2019-08-19T11:00:26
Facebook are back in the news because they're launching a cryptocurrency. Despite missing the boat by about two years, we get some expert advice on what they're doing, why it's going to matter and ...
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S3E16: Everything You Wanted To Know About Housing (But Were Too Afraid To Ask) Feat. Michael Hobbes from 2019-07-30T08:23:49
For millennials housing has been a perpetual crisis. Our cities are getting more full and more expensive. If you aren't part of a booming sector you find yourself moving further from where you work...
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S3E15: What comes after Globalization? Feat. Michael O'Sullivan from 2019-07-15T07:40:36
We're talking a lot about the endings at the moment.
Last time we discussed the break down of normal political discourse in rich democracies and the polarization that underpins that.
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S3E14: The End of The End Of History — Feat. Emerson T Brooking from 2019-07-03T11:00:09
Warren is sunning himself in Glastonbury this week. In his absence, Raj and Rowan talk about political polarisation and what can be done about it. Why have major political parties drifted to the ri...
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S3E13: White Lines from 2019-06-17T15:57:42
This week it's a Tory special! We're so sorry. All the leadership candidates have been promising tax cuts - but is there any actual evidence that they work? Then, a fun look at the makeup and opini...
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S3E12: Good News For Once — Feat. Volt Europa from 2019-06-03T12:49:43
Raj and Rowan undertake a two-man mission to podcast. Rowan has been to a conference on misinformation, and we talk through the EU election results from a non-UK perspective. The fascists didn't do...
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S3 BONUS: Sir John Curtice on Local and MEP Elections from 2019-05-23T17:11:59
Poll wizard Sir John Curtice returns to the podcast to talk local election results, turnout, and what we can learn from the past about the EU elections.
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S3E11: Misinformation Station — Feat. Heidi Tworek from 2019-05-21T12:59:12
This week it's a special triple-feature on misinformation!
Warren talks us through the parties' MEP election manifestos (except the Brexit party, who don't have one).
We discuss the upco...
S3E10: European Elections For Dummies — Feat. #ThisTimeImVoting from 2019-05-06T12:08:55
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This week it's a European elections special. Rowan walks us through the European parliament, our predictions for the ...
S3E09: Climate Rules and Fake News — Feat. Mick ter Reehorst from 2019-04-24T18:40:57
Still reeling from getting our fist ever patron (you can support us at patreon.com/connectedanddisaffected), we sit down to discuss two topics that require huge governmental and societal change to ...
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S3E08: My Brexit Life So Far from 2019-04-01T14:44:10
After putting it off for the longest time, this week we talk about Brexit: where we are, how we got here, and what's next.
For our interview, Brendan from ECanvasser sits down with Rowan ...
S3E07 - Knife Crime and Punishment ft. Ken Banks from 2019-03-13T22:07:42
The team are back together this week for a discussion of knife crime. Is it really that bad? How did this happen? And what can be done?
For our interview, Rowan sits down with Ken Banks of...
S3E06: Cruel Britannia? w/Rianna Walcott & Genista Tate-Alexander from 2019-02-27T12:00:16
Raj is holidaying with bae this week, so Warren and Rowan are left to pick up the pieces - joined by friend-of-the-pod Genista Tate-Alexander.
We chat the new Independent Group of MPs; hig...
S3E05 - Where There's a Weyl, There's a Radical Market ft. Glen Weyl from 2019-02-11T17:45:57
The gang return with a single-issue episode - discussing Eric Posner and Glen Weyl's book "Radical Markets", bringing together ideas from the extremes of the political spectrum.
Ideas incl...
S3E04: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Credulous ft. Giusppe Porcaro from 2019-01-21T12:03:09
Covering things we missed in the last two weeks: The big vote of no confidence! We are referring of course to Greek president Alexis Tsipras, who survived a confidence vote this week, something tha...
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S3E03: Algorithms are Policy feat. Carla Hustedt (Bertelsmann Foundation) from 2019-01-07T13:58:17
After a few quick news hits we missed over Christmas, we launch straight into:
Right Wing Watch: the so called "migrant crisis", and how we do almost nothing to help refugees compared to ...
S3E02: Architecture is Policy with Cindy Cohn from 2018-12-24T11:59:36
In this slightly depressing pre-Christmas episode we talk to Cindy Cohn of the Electronic Frontier Foundation about her work in digital rights, how we can build a more free digital realm, and the E...
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S3E01: A Startling Return To Jaunes from 2018-12-10T13:20:08
We're back for another season! This week we're talking about the yellow jackets protest in France - where has this come from, an is this a movements progressives can support?
Brexit rumble...
BONUS: Season 1 Highlights, Part 2 from 2018-11-19T18:17:43
Raj walks us through the edited highlights of season 1 of Connected and Disaffected.
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S2BONUS: Dr. Elizabeth Economy and China's Third Revolution (FULL INTERVIEW) from 2018-08-27T17:37:16
Another Summer Holiday gift for you all - the extended version of Warren's interview with Dr. Elizabeth Economy, on her recent book 'The Third Revolution: Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State'.
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BONUS: Season 1 Highlights, Part 1 from 2018-08-14T18:34:55
Raj walks us through the edited highlights of season 1 of Connected and Disaffected.
We're on a break right now, but in the meantime you can support us by:
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S2BONUS: Kate Raworth & Doughnut Economics (FULL INTERVIEW) from 2018-07-30T11:00:25
Kate Raworth is an academic, historian and humanitarian who has become something of an economics superstar in the past couple of years.
Her arguments begin with a simple point: the economi...
S2E33: The Grand Finale from 2018-07-17T11:30:04
It's the last show of Season 2! We've had a blast producing episodes for the past year, and for our final episode we thought we'd do a retrospective of our favorite moments from this season. No it'...
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S2E32: NHS, Good or Bad Thing? from 2018-07-09T11:00:24
A: Good ;)
The gang are finally reunited for the penultimate show of the series! This week we're celebrating the 70th birthday of the NHS ("A slice of socialist utopia"); and calling out ...
S2E31: Millennial Politics ft. Nathan Rubin from 2018-07-02T11:30:04
The summer tag-teaming continues - this time Rowan's out, and Warren's back in - so we can keep you hydrated with with cool, refreshing glasses of podcasting goodness.
This week it's about...
S2E30: Where Are EU Now? ft. UK MEPs from 2018-06-25T11:00:24
Warren is away this week, but Raj and Rowan have a very special feature we've been working on for a few weeks!
What do British MEPs do now that Britain has decided they shouldn’t have a jo...
S2E29: Withdrawal Symptoms ft. Dr Elizabeth Economy from 2018-06-18T11:11:27
Raj is away having a nice time this week, but Warren and Rowan hold down the fort in his absence. Get ready to hear about:
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BREXIT WATCH - The EU Withdrawal Bill
Brexit ex...
S2E28: What's Happening With Rights? ft. Sajjad Karim MEP from 2018-06-11T11:15:04
Warren's sunning himself over in Europe, barking orders in slurred English with a Gin & Tonic in hand. Raj and Rowan are picking up the slack this week with a focus on rights. What's happening wi...
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S2E27: Will Podcast For Food ft. Jasmine Andersson from 2018-06-04T11:30:02
MEANWHILE ON TWITTER
James Cleverly continues to the be Britain's foremost public twitter idiot.
Chuka Umunna catches some heat from, er, the Labour party over his offer of an unp...
S2E26: Happy GDPR Day from 2018-05-28T12:11:06
The gang are delivering you a pure hit of C&D goodness this week, with no expert guests but plenty of wikipedia-based knowledge and agitated views.
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MEANWHILE IN YOUR INBOX...
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S2E25: "Polls Should Be Taken, Not Inhaled" ft. Sir John Curtice from 2018-05-21T11:15:02
We're back this week with another round from polling expert ("poll-lord") Sir John Curtice, plus we look into whether the 'national wage rise' is real (probably not), and why the government funding...
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S2E24: Poll Position ft. Sir John Curtice from 2018-05-14T11:15:02
Another week, another podcast! The gang are chatting Eurovision, gammon and votes for 16-17 years olds, but first they have a big feature...
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FEATURE
Raj sits down with Sir Joh...
S2E23: Marx's Grave - A Communist Plot ft. Lewis North from 2018-05-07T12:34:18
Another tasty episode of C&D out for you guys, now featuring Warren's new microphone, giving him a sexier voice than ever before
POLITICS WATCH
We cover the recent local elections here...
S2E22: Who's Developing Who? ft. Martin Kirk from 2018-04-30T11:30:06
This week we’re talking aid and international development, with returning champ Martin Kirk (/TheRules). Labour’s new policy vision for aid and development was released last week, and we talk about...
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S2E21: Citizens That Definitely Were, But Now Maybe Aren't ft. Genista Tate-Alexander from 2018-04-23T11:30:03
The gang are ditching regularly scheduled programming this week for a deep dive into the f***ing horror that is the Windrush scandal, with special guest Genista Tate-Alexander. We cover what its a...
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S2E20 A Better 'Doughnut' Economy ft. Kate Raworth from 2018-04-16T11:30:03
The boys are back in town, after a well-earned Easter break, bringing your fresh ideas and even fresher takes to resist the crushing anxiety of a world gone mad.
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S2 BONUS: The Critical History Of Neoliberalism from 2018-04-11T11:30:04
The gang are enjoying a well earned break for the fortnight, but don't worry - we've got that top-class content still rolling in for you.
This week we're releasing one of our most popular ...
S2 BONUS: Generation Screwed ft. Michael Hobbes from 2018-04-04T11:25:48
The gang are enjoying a well earned break for the fortnight, but don't worry - we've got that top-class content still rolling in for you.
This week it's the extended version of the excelle...
S2E19: The New Old Fear of Media ft. Dr Heidi Tworek from 2018-03-28T11:01:17
FEATURE - Historical fears of Mass Media Manipulation
Following last week's breakdown of the Cambridge Analytica/Facebook scandal, this week Rowan sat down with Dr. Heidi Tworek, a profess...
S2E18: Countering Hate ft. Jason Carmel from 2018-03-21T12:30:58
We're back for another week! After shouting out Vlad on his recent election victory (six more years baybee ), we move on to...
MEANWHILE ON FACEBOOK / RIGHT-WING WATCH
Rowan talk...
S2E17: What Women Want? ft. Sophie Yates Lu from 2018-03-14T13:43:26
The gang return, on time and on form, kicking off the latest episode with a continuation of last week's feminism theme, before drifting on to other matters...
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FEATURE
We chat w...
S2E16: Women's Day ft. Women in Business, Tech, Media & Advocacy from 2018-03-07T13:00:27
This week we've pulled together a really special podcast in celebration of International Women's Day. The gang held Q&As with 8 women in business, tech, media and advocacy roles to discuss what fe...
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S2E15: Why Are The Tabloids So Bad? ft. Martin Conboy from 2018-02-28T12:00:17
The Week in B******t returns as we dissect the 100% serious and accurate FACT that Jeremy Corbyn was a Soviet collaborator... and Tory MPs dignified responses to these allegations. Umm...
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S2E14: A New Dark Age ft. Anthony Skews from 2018-02-21T13:37:54
This week we discuss the Edelman Trust Barometer 2018, a global survey of trust in institutions and governments. Trust has been declining for the last 18 years running - we talk about why, includin...
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S2E13: Apocalypse Soon? (A Brief History of Neoliberalism Pt.5) from 2018-02-14T16:37:31
Rowan survives a house-fire and noxious fumes to join Warren and Raj this week for the grand finale of 'A Brief History of Neoliberalism'.
Last week we discussed how the political left em...
S2E12: Third Way to the Danger Zone (A Brief History of Neoliberalism Pt.4) from 2018-02-07T13:43:26
Rowan returns to the fold this week, still without a home but at least with an 'adequate' AirBnB. Get a degree they said. Do a masters they said. Get a white-collar job they say. It'll all work...
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S2E11: Voodoo Economics (A Brief History Of Neoliberalism Pt.3) from 2018-01-31T13:13:52
The gang are down to two this week, as Rowan walks the streets of Brussels in search of shelter. We'll keep you updated on his deteriorating life situation as events unfold.
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S2E10: Brutal "Freedom" (A Brief History Of Neoliberalism Pt.2) from 2018-01-24T17:37:08
Back by popular demand, we bring you "A Brief History of Neoliberalism pt.2"
Last week, Warren explained mainstream economics up to the 1970s. This week, he discusses Hayek, Friedman and ...
S2E09: Outsourcing Society (A Brief History of Neoliberalism Pt.1) from 2018-01-17T14:24:08
The Carrillion collapse is the big news of the week - how did it happen? Is this just the latest symptom of a neoliberal ideology gone too far?
Speaking of Neoliberalism, Warren is pleas...
S2E08: "Millennials Killed Napkins, Boomers Killed Housing..." ft. Michael Hobbes from 2018-01-10T12:53:32
We're back! Hope you enjoyed the holidays, we're kicking off with a feature on one of our favourite topics...
Millennials. We're vilified as spoilt, idle, and perpetually in childhood. ...
S2 BONUS: How can Millennials get work in politics? ft. Clement Nocos from 2018-01-03T12:53:14
For our second Christmas break interview release, we've got the full version of the interview Rowan did with Clement Nocos, an abridged version of which appears on Episode 2 (goo.gl/zUCTv1).
S2 BONUS: "We Need To Talk About Growth..." ft. Martin Kirk from 2017-12-27T13:54:26
A little bonus pod for you here - the full version of one of our favourite interviews of the series with Martin Kirk, co-founder of /TheRules; an international collective of activists and thinkers ...
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S2 BONUS: The Hungover Review of Politics in 2017 from 2017-12-20T13:03:58
After relaunching a few months back, we’ve spent a lot of time tightening up the podcast. We exhaustively write and research a feature every week and introduced a number of recurring segments. Warr...
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S2E07: Life After Neoliberalism "However you're thinking, think bigger" ft. Martin Kirk from 2017-12-13T10:41:47
A lot of time is spent trying to understand economic and political mechanisms. Deregulation, cutting tax, privatisation, GDP growth etc... But relatively little time is spent examining why those me...
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S2E06: Bonn Voyage ft. Hiro Ito from 2017-12-06T12:51:17
The UNFCCC COP23 in Bonn concluded a fortnight ago with little in the way of fanfare from the press... but is it fair to say that nothing happened? We chatted to Hiro Ito, climate adviser to the J...
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S2E05: Cryptocurrency Rules Everything Around Me from 2017-11-29T11:28:58
This week, we focus on cryptocurrency.
With the price of Bitcoin and Ethereum going through the roof, Raj decided to jump on that hype train and learn how it all works as he went along.
S2E04: "Premature Mortality is Sub-Optimal" ft. Peter Frase from 2017-11-22T17:19:49
It’s Bumper Episode Time!
We almost took a break from stupid news this episode… until the Telegraph plumbed new depths of unethical coverage for a broadsheet last week with the infamous ‘B...
S2E03: Make The Left Great Again? ft. Peter Frase from 2017-11-15T13:18:41
Make the Left Great Again?
This week we're giving you part 1 of our chat with Peter Frase, a writer and lapsed academic who is on the editorial board of Jacobin.
We spoke to Peter...
S2E02: How Can Millennials Actually Get Work with Politicians? ft. Clement Nocos from 2017-11-08T12:44:16
As long as we can remember, Millennials have been getting a bad rap. We’ve been called lazy, entitled, shallow, disengaged. We lived our lives online, not engaging with the real world or our own f...
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S2E01: The Grand Relaunch / Zombie Economics ft. John Quiggin from 2017-11-01T17:40:30
And we're back!
Welcome to Season 2 of Connected & Disaffected. After a couple of weeks for scheming and plotting, we're coming back with a bunch of changes. New segments, interviews, deep...