Hello! Heigh ho, heigh ho, it’s off to Iceland they go. Geoff and Ed went for a weekend and came back with tales aplenty to be cheerful about. World-leading gender equality six-hour working day experiments, punk rockers turned politicians and stories of trolls, elves and the ‘hidden people’. Hear the lessons we should learn from the Icelandic Prime Minister, Katrin Jakobsdottir, and many others in this special episode.
Character education, education, education
Getting clarity on charity
Four Thousand Weeks: Oliver Burkeman
The Sound of Being Human: Jude Rogers
The Future of Food: How to achieve radical change with George Monbiot
Things Can Only Get Better: Professor Brian Cox
Plastic Not Fantastic: global, national and local approaches to tackle plastic pollution
Cabinet of Chaos
HOLDING OUT FOR A ZERO: assessing the UK’s climate progress
RTBC AT EPISODE 250: how museums shape our society
BREAKING THE MOULD: Ed and Geoff explore the hidden world of fungi
PRISON BREAK: Alternatives for women in the justice system
FROM PHILANTHROPY TO JUSTICE: what the wealthy can contribute to society
Andrea Elliott: Invisible Child
ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROAM: Making nature accessible to everyone
MIND THE (HEALTH) GAP: The postcode lottery of life
BRAIN POWER: Disentangling the narratives around dyslexia
DON'T CHANGE THE CHANNEL: the case against C4 privatisation
THE CHILDCARE CRUNCH - The Hidden Cost of Living Crisis
FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHTS: Learning from the US campaigns to organise at Amazon and Starbucks
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