Reasons to be Cheerful with Ed Miliband and Geoff Lloyd
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Sunday 26 June 2022 : Hello! Fungi are everywhere, but most of us have never given them much of a second thought. From mushrooms to moulds, they may have the...
Sunday 19 June 2022 : Hello! This week we’re talking about women in prison. Women make up a tiny proportion of the prison population - less than 5% - and yet...
Sunday 12 June 2022 : Hello! This week we’re revisiting a topic we’ve examined before: the role of the ultra-wealthy in our society. The Patriotic...
Sunday 05 June 2022 : Hello, as part of Cheerful Book Club we're welcoming our first ever Pulitzer Prize winner onto the show. Andrea Elliott talks about her new...
Sunday 29 May 2022 : Hello! This week we’re talking about the accessibility of public land and the Right to Roam campaign. Only 8% of land in England is...
Sunday 22 May 2022 : Hello! This week we’re talking about health inequalities. The evidence has long been clear that your life circumstances determine how long...
Sunday 15 May 2022 : Hello! This week we’re talking about dyslexia—how we need to improve its recognition in our society and understand the contribution...
Sunday 08 May 2022 : Hello! This week we’re looking at the government's proposal to sell off broadcaster Channel 4. Started in the 80s with a remit to...
Sunday 01 May 2022 : Hello! This week we’re looking at the huge cost of childcare, an often ignored part of the cost of living crisis. New research has found...
Sunday 24 April 2022 : Hello! America has seen a wave of recent union victories by Amazon and Starbucks workers, and this week we’re looking at why they’ve...
Sunday 17 April 2022 : Happy Easter! To celebrate, we have a special episode on the magic of the wildlife on our doorstep. 83% of us live in urban areas and are...
Sunday 10 April 2022 : Hello! This week we’re celebrating the 50th anniversary of Newsround, and finding out how the way our children get their news has changed...
Sunday 03 April 2022 : This week we’re going behind the headlines on the so-called Great Resignation - which has seen record numbers of job vacancies advertised...
Sunday 27 March 2022 : This week we’re giving Ed another reason to talk about his swimming, and diving into our rivers. Rivers are such an important part of our...
Monday 21 March 2022 : Hello! This week Ed and Geoff are off to the pictures, as they find out how cinemas have survived covid, and why they’re still so...
Monday 14 March 2022 : This week we’re looking at energy storage, and the technologies being developed to improve how we store and use renewable energy. Clean...
Monday 07 March 2022 : Hello! This week we’re joined by podcasting royalty, as David Runciman, host of Talking Politics, joins Ed and Geoff for his victory lap....
Monday 28 February 2022 : Hello! This week we're looking at the legislation passing through parliament which would have British Sign Language recognised as an...
Monday 21 February 2022 : Hello! This week we’re talking about the crisis of fuel poverty as people are hit by rocketing energy bills.Torsten Bell from the...
Monday 14 February 2022 : Hello! This week we're discussing the impacts of the climate crisis on our mental health, and how we can support ourselves and each other in...
Monday 07 February 2022 : Hello! This week we’re looking at the role of Magistrates in our justice system. Little is widely known about the volunteer system which...
Monday 31 January 2022 : Hello! This week we're looking at the circular economy, a system that could transform our lives and contribute mightily towards reducing...
Monday 24 January 2022 : Hello! This week we’re joined by the wonderful Jon Ronson for a special episode. The acclaimed journalist, documentary maker and author,...
Monday 17 January 2022 : Hello! This week we continue our foray into all things Web 3.0 by taking on NFTs, or Non-Fungible-Tokens. If you’re lost already then...
Monday 10 January 2022 : Hello! This week we head for the peatlands, get in the sea, and go in search of UK's lost rainforests to explore ecosystems beyond the...
Reasons to be Cheerful with Ed Miliband and Geoff Lloyd
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BREAKING THE MOULD: Ed and Geoff explore the hidden world of fungi
Hello! Fungi are everywhere, but most of us have never given them much of a second thought. From mushrooms to moulds, they may have the...
PRISON BREAK: Alternatives for women in the justice system
Hello! This week we’re talking about women in prison. Women make up a tiny proportion of the prison population - less than 5% - and yet...
FROM PHILANTHROPY TO JUSTICE: what the wealthy can contribute to society
Hello! This week we’re revisiting a topic we’ve examined before: the role of the ultra-wealthy in our society. The Patriotic...
Andrea Elliott: Invisible Child
Hello, as part of Cheerful Book Club we're welcoming our first ever Pulitzer Prize winner onto the show. Andrea Elliott talks about her new...
ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROAM: Making nature accessible to everyone
Hello! This week we’re talking about the accessibility of public land and the Right to Roam campaign. Only 8% of land in England is...
MIND THE (HEALTH) GAP: The postcode lottery of life
Hello! This week we’re talking about health inequalities. The evidence has long been clear that your life circumstances determine how long...
BRAIN POWER: Disentangling the narratives around dyslexia
Hello! This week we’re talking about dyslexia—how we need to improve its recognition in our society and understand the contribution...
DON'T CHANGE THE CHANNEL: the case against C4 privatisation
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Hello! This week we’re looking at the government's proposal to sell off broadcaster Channel 4. Started in the 80s with a remit to...
THE CHILDCARE CRUNCH - The Hidden Cost of Living Crisis
Hello! This week we’re looking at the huge cost of childcare, an often ignored part of the cost of living crisis. New research has found...
FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHTS: Learning from the US campaigns to organise at Amazon and Starbucks
Hello! America has seen a wave of recent union victories by Amazon and Starbucks workers, and this week we’re looking at why they’ve...
WILD CITY: Uncovering urban wildlife with Florence Wilkinson and the Urban Birder David Lindo
Happy Easter! To celebrate, we have a special episode on the magic of the wildlife on our doorstep. 83% of us live in urban areas and are...
WATCH ALL ABOUT IT! News for children as Newsround turns 50
Hello! This week we’re celebrating the 50th anniversary of Newsround, and finding out how the way our children get their news has changed...
I QUIT? - The real story behind the ‘Great Resignation’
This week we’re going behind the headlines on the so-called Great Resignation - which has seen record numbers of job vacancies advertised...
CRY ME A RIVER: How to save the UK’s rivers
This week we’re giving Ed another reason to talk about his swimming, and diving into our rivers. Rivers are such an important part of our...
BACK IN THE FRONT ROW: Cinema bounces back and Fiona Shaw talks Killing Eve spinoffs
Hello! This week Ed and Geoff are off to the pictures, as they find out how cinemas have survived covid, and why they’re still so...
HERE COMES THE SUN: storing clean energy
This week we’re looking at energy storage, and the technologies being developed to improve how we store and use renewable energy. Clean...
DAVID RUNCIMAN: TALKING ‘TALKING POLITICS’, POLITICS
Hello! This week we’re joined by podcasting royalty, as David Runciman, host of Talking Politics, joins Ed and Geoff for his victory lap....
ACT NOW: Recognising British Sign Language in the UK
Hello! This week we're looking at the legislation passing through parliament which would have British Sign Language recognised as an...
WARM HOMES FOR ALL: Tackling Britain's fuel poverty crisis
Hello! This week we’re talking about the crisis of fuel poverty as people are hit by rocketing energy bills.Torsten Bell from the...
ANXIETY AND AGENCY: How to respond to eco-anxiety in the face of climate change
Hello! This week we're discussing the impacts of the climate crisis on our mental health, and how we can support ourselves and each other in...
MAGISTRATES: the volunteers presiding over criminal courts
Hello! This week we’re looking at the role of Magistrates in our justice system. Little is widely known about the volunteer system which...
MAGIC ROUNDABOUT: why we need the circular economy
Hello! This week we're looking at the circular economy, a system that could transform our lives and contribute mightily towards reducing...
JON RONSON :The author, journalist and documentary maker talks to Ed and Geoff about his new series ‘Things Fell Apart’
Hello! This week we’re joined by the wonderful Jon Ronson for a special episode. The acclaimed journalist, documentary maker and author,...
DOT THE “I”S AND CROSS THE NFTs: the Wild West of crypto or an opportunity for change
Hello! This week we continue our foray into all things Web 3.0 by taking on NFTs, or Non-Fungible-Tokens. If you’re lost already then...
BACK TO NATURE: tackling the biodiversity and climate crises
Hello! This week we head for the peatlands, get in the sea, and go in search of UK's lost rainforests to explore ecosystems beyond the...
