Stay ConnectedAn occasional series revisiting conversations and ideas from Reasons to be Cheerful (2017-2024), formerly hosted by ex-Labour Party leader Ed Miliband, and Sony Award-winning radio presenter Geoff Lloyd.
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Hello! It's the most wonderful time of the year... when everyone works double to earn enough to splurge on Christmas presents. But it is all worth it when the only person benefiting from your overtime is the company you work for? Torsten Bell and Heather Boushey join us to talk straight about where Britain is going wrong when it comes to overtime.
Geoff cries and Ed wins against Murdoch
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We're joined by Jessica Fostekew who's hacking human biology to create a forgetting serum, shaking up democracy and enjoying the sight of dancing babies
FURTHER READING
Resolution Foundation report: http://www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications/time-for-time-and-a-half-exploring-the-evidence-and-policy-options-on-overtime/
Washington Centre for Equitable Growth: http://equitablegrowth.org
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Hello! "Culture" noun: Relating to the arts and to intellectual achievements. But what does it really mean for the towns across the nation? Renowned artist Grayson Perry, Sharon Darley from Goodwin Trust in Hull & Dr Dave O'Brien share their thoughts.
Ed & Geoff are taking selfies, swapping awards and treading the boards.
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Helen Monks wants us to talk to each other, more empathy and free tea.
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Kevin the Cat!
FURTHER READING
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17530350.2016.1248474
https://policypress.co.uk/after-urban-regeneration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrkrvAUbU9Y
https://twitter.com/Drug_Science/status/937663875868176389
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/27/opinion/sunday/powerful-and-coldhearted.html
https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/AGMzBtXGoqC1?domain=tandfonline.com
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00729d9/episodes/downloads
https://www.facebook.com/TheSceneVideo/videos/1600937229973624/
https://hbr.org/2015/04/becoming-powerful-makes-you-less-empathetic
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Grayson Perry https://twitter.com/Alan_Measles
Sharon Darley https://twitter.com/GoodwinDevTrust
Dr Dave O'Brien https://twitter.com/DrDaveOBrien
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Hello! Time to debunk some myths about the millionaires and their tax habits. Spoilers... It's highly likely we can make them chip in a bit more without them upping and leaving. Cristobal Young has the stats to prove it, Karen Stewart is happy to pay more and Prem Sikka is our expert in the UK.
Ed & Geoff are reunited and sharing their holiday anecdotes, but NOT the presents that have been misplaced
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Angela Barnes joins us, pleading for - horn variety, flirting lessons, child-friendly carriages and a tour of the cold war bunkers
FURTHER READING
https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2017/nov/20/if-you-tax-the-rich-they-wont-leave-us-data-contradicts-millionaires-threats
https://patrioticmillionaires.org/who-we-are/
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0AMoBU7lFUA
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Hello! With Geoff in Chicago, the birthplace of modern community organising, we thought it’d be a great opportunity to discuss the transformative power of community organising and why it’s a Reason To Be Cheerful. We are joined by veteran community organiser Jerry Kellman, who gave a 24 year old Barack Obama his first job as an organiser in Chicago in 1985. We also speak to Dan Firth from We Can Win about the transformative power of community organising in the U.K.
Geoff talks grilled cheese and Thanksgiving with the inlaws and Ed discusses parental leave and feminist foreign policy in Sweden.
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We’re also joined by US comedian Emily Galati who pitches her ideas.
FURTHER READING
More on Jerry and Barack: https://mobile.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/us/17cncwarren.html
Want to be a community organiser? Contact We Can Win: http://www.wecanwin.co.uk
Swedish Feminist Foreign policy: http://www.government.se/information-material/2017/10/swedens-feminist-foreign-policy--examples-from-three-years-of-implementation/
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Hello! With increasing newspaper scare stories about transgender rights, we thought it might be an idea to give some airtime to the perspective and voice of trans people so those of us who aren't experts on the issue can understand a bit more. We talk to a parent of a trans child, Joe, award-winning writer Paris Lees, and Dr Helen Webberley, a doctor who works with trans young people who explain why advances in trans rights are Reasons To Be Cheerful.
Ed and Geoff open the listener art gallery and break up to travel the world.
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Miranda Kane joins us to recommend we haunt political buildings, get Benedict Cumberbatch to her house and shut everyone up after a million words
FURTHER READING
https://growinguptransgender.wordpress.com/
http://www.allabouttrans.org.uk/
http://www.mermaidsuk.org.uk/
http://www.wealthandwant.com/HG/the_condition_of_labor.htm
https://twitter.com/ShoKon/status/930369286589308928
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https://twitter.com/parislees
https://twitter.com/DadTrans
https://twitter.com/helenwebberley
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Hello! In Episode 8 we learn about the tax which has been advocated since the 1800s, was supported by Winston Churchill and is widely regarded by economists as the perfect tax despite being elusive to policy makers. Our guests Joe Sarling & Catherine Cashmore guide us through the pros, cons and challenges of introducing a Land Value Tax Geoff and Ed talk about firing people, getting lost with Boris, and reflect on the team outing
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David Axelrod with frank answers about the successes and failures of American politics. The stories from behind the scenes of Obama's running for office and reflections on Trump
FURTHER READING
https://commenttoday.org/category/land-value-tax/
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/business/behind-monopoly-an-inventor-who-didnt-pass-go.html
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Hello! 16-year-olds are allowed to have sex and are made to pay tax... so... should they have a say when it comes to who runs the country? We're joined by Professor Alan Lee Williams, who fought the original battle to bring the voting age down to 18 in the 1960s, Ruth Davidson MSP, who, as leader of the Scottish Conservative Party is pushing votes at 16 agenda, and Anna Barker, Chair of the British Youth Council, puts it the perspective of her youthful peers.
Award Nominated Ed and terrible risotto chef Geoff take their shoes off and reminisce about what they were doing at 16
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Tiff Stevenson wants men to be taught what a compliment is, a ban on the phrase "as a father of daughters", and thinks cat videos can change the world
FURTHER READING
Votes At 16 Briefing http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/SN01747
The debate in 1968 on the Bill to lower the voting age to 18 including Alan’s speech http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1968/nov/18/representation-of-the-people-bill#S5CV0773P0_19681118_HOC_525
And... Geoff mentioned the McCartney family’s new Meat Free Monday film ahead of this week’s UN climate change conference. More details here: https://www.meatfreemondays.com/mccartney-family-launches-new-film-one-day-week/
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Hello! Episode 6 is on drugs. Legally? Illegally? Is the war on drugs ever going to end? Niamh Eastwood, Executive Director at Release and Sam Kamin, Professor of Marijuana Law at the University of Denver join us to talk about the merits and pitfalls of decriminalisation. Ed and Geoff talk Cheesecake, Halloween fun and Your Sinclair magazine
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Comedian Ayesha Hazarika thinks the world would be better if we double our dishwashers, provide karaoke-for-all and have less choice.
FURTHER READING
Release report on decriminalisation (with some helpful infographics)
Portugal's model for decriminalisation
Home Report comparing different countries approaches to drugs
Home Office evaluation on the 2010 Strategy (check out Chapter 5)
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We were pretty comfortable on Sadiq's office sofa, overlooking Tower Bridge and The Thames, so we made the most of Sadiq's time and asked him a few more questions In this bonus, hear Sadiq talking about his all-time hero, wood burning stoves, Brexit and the tragic consequences of a no deal, the relationship between London and the rest of the country, housing, Uber, the strength of diversity, and London being a beacon of the world.
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Hello! Episode 5 is full of pollution, it's in the air and it's shortening lives. What can we do about it? Our wonderful guests this week have ideas. Hear from London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, Andrea Lee from ClientEarth & Jens Frolich Holte, Norway's Former Adviser to the Minister of Environment and Climate Geoff and Ed adventurously take on a GIANT revel, take a stroll and take a selfie.
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Comedian Amy Annette wants the world to listen, and us all to be allowed to take up a bit more space.
FURTHER READING
The Guardian suggests banning cars
The Financial Times on Norway's electric car dream
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