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Helen Lewis interviews people offering solutions for our times. Forensic psychologist Emily Alison explains how rapport can help transform difficult personal interactions. Show more
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Helen Lewis interviews people offering solutions for our times. Neurosurgeon Henry Marsh discusses how the law should deal with terminal illness, as he comes to terms with his own. Show more
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Helen Lewis interviews people offering solutions for our times. Science journalist Ehsan Masood explains what's wrong with GDP as a measure of success - and how it can be changed. Show more
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Shipping strategist Mark Williams tells Helen Lewis how examining the challenge of decarbonising shipping reveals a future which looks radically different to today. Show more
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Economist Sam Bowman tells Helen Lewis why he thinks building more houses will fix a surprising range of social problems - and how he thinks this can win wide democratic backing. Show more
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Julia Galef tells Helen Lewis how ‘motivated cognition’ blocks clear thinking, why that matters for our politics and personal lives alike - and what can be done to escape it. Show more
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Helen Lewis interviews people offering solutions for our times. Political psychologist Karen Stenner explains how liberal democracy can tackle the challenge of authoritarianism. Show more
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Helen Lewis meets the writers and thinkers who are breaking new ground. This week, Emily Oster on how to apply evidence-based decision-making to the fog of myth around parenting. Show more
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Helen Lewis meets the writers and thinkers who are breaking new ground. This week, Helen asks social entrepreneur Hilary Cottam how she thinks communities can transform welfare. Show more
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Helen Lewis meets the writers and thinkers who are breaking new ground. This week, Helen talks to economist Paul Krugman about the ideas he contends block the path to change. Show more
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Helen Lewis meets the writers and thinkers who are breaking new ground. This week, Helen meets social psychologist Roy Baumeister, co-author of The Power of Bad. Show more
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Helen Lewis interviews people offering solutions for our times. In this edition, economist Linda Scott argues liberating women's thwarted economic potential could change the world. Show more
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Helen Lewis returns with a new series of interviews with people offering radical solutions - from loneliness to philanthropy, liberating women's economic potential and what we eat. Show more
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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. Show more
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Helen Lewis talks to entrepreneur, CEO, and writer Margaret Heffernan about the perils of prediction and the importance of preparing for unforeseen events. Show more
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Artificial intelligence pioneer Stuart Russell tells Helen Lewis how we can make AI human compatible, keep it under our control - and so stop it destroying the world. Show more
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The sometime gardener, undertaker and former mayor of Frome Peter Macfadyen on how he and a group of independents took over their town council and pioneered a new kind of politics. Show more
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Helen talks to behavioural scientist Pragya Agarwal about our unintentional biases. Show more
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Helen Lewis asks two leading economists about their proposed alternative to the destructive which, they argue, dominates political thinking on left and right. Show more
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Helen Lewis meets the educationalist Kiran Gill, founder of The Difference, to hear how she is setting out to improve the life chances of pupils excluded from mainstream education. Show more
