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The Spark: Noreena Hertz and Loneliness

Noreena Hertz and Loneliness

BBC Radio 4 - The Spark, Noreena Hertz and Loneliness

Helen Lewis meets people offering radical solutions to the big problems of our times.

Helen Lewis interviews with people offering radical solutions for our times. In this edition, economist Noreena Hertz advocates a series of political solutions to loneliness.

Helen Lewis returns with a new series of interviews with people offering radical solutions to the big problems we face, and explores how their personal experiences drive their work and thinking.

In her book The Lonely Century, economist Noreena Hertz explains why she considers loneliness a pressing political problem. She tells Helen about her strange encounters while researching the subject, and outlines what she thinks are the necessary political solutions to fix a lonely society.

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