One year on from the launch of The Social Review Podcast, Jasper looks back at the transformations and changes in British politics, what lessons we can learn, and what the future – uncertain as it is – may hold. iTunes
Jasper sits down with Robert Verkaik, journalist and author of ‘Posh Boys: How the English Public Schools Ruin Britain,’ discussing the history of private education, how it could be dissolved and what could replace it. Plus, Jasper chats to Callum O’Dwyer about his journey in suffering from Covid-19. iTunes Link
Jasper and Morgan sit down with A.M. Gittlitz, author of ‘I Want To Believe: Posadism, UFOs and Apocalypse Communism,’ to discuss the life and afterlife of Posadas, Ufology, and the history of revolutionary socialism and cosmism. Plus, in a new series on life in lockdown, Jasper chats to Kirsten Kurt-Elli about her work running a food bank and a baby bank. Buy…
Jasper meets Ben Fernando and Daniel A. Villar of Scientists for Labour to discuss their work on Covid-19, how a socialist response to the pandemic would look, what happens when scientists become politicians, and whether coronavirus really will change the world. iTunes
Joe and Jasper chat to Mathew Lawrence, Director of the think tank Common Wealth, to catch up on their work over the past year and their latest report on democratising private companies; they discuss the interplay between nation-states and international corporations, the future of air travel, and how Covid-19 will change globalisation. Commoning the Company: https://www.common-wealth.co.uk/reports/commoning-the-company iTunes
Jasper sits down with Bill Esterson, MP for Sefton Central and Shadow Minister for International Trade, to discuss the future of Labour’s trade policy; how coronavirus will impact globalisation, and what kind of story Labour needs to tell about Britain’s place in the world – as well as, of course, the most punk rock thing he’s ever done. iTunes
Jasper is joined by Maliha and Anisha to discuss Labour’s record on and attitudes towards BAME communities, its history of race relations legislation in government, and whether it lives up to its ideal of a political liberation party at all. iTunes
Miriam and Tess return to the Podcast to discuss what Keir Starmer’s election win means for the future of antisemitism in the Labour Party, the history of antisemitism, and how Labour can rebuild its image in the eyes of voters. iTunes