Politics, As Usual
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Politics, As Usual
Despite wide-spread scepticism about politics and politicians, in every country around the world there are many representatives and officials driven by purpose and principle. Their stories are rarely heard, but talking to such individuals about how politics actually works in practice, and making ch...
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Episode 15: Saber Chowdhury
Saber Chowdhury is a Bangladeshi politician and former President of the Inter Parliamentary Union. The conversation between Greg and Saber was recorde...
Episode 14: Parliaments and Populism
We have something different for you this week on Politics, As Usual. The rise of populism has reshaped politics in countries around the world in recen...
Episode 13: Alistair Burt
Alistair Burt is a British politician and former Foreign Office Minister who served as a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Bedford...
Episode 12: Stephen Twigg
This week’s episode features former MP and Government Minister Stephen Twigg. In a wide-ranging interview Stephen tells us about how he first became p...
Episode 11: John Alderdice
Lord John Alderdice was the first Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly between 1998-2004. A pivotal figure in the search for peace in Northern Ire...
Episode 10: Gordana Čomić
Gordana Čomić is a politician in Serbia. She has served in the National Assembly of Serbia since 2001 as a member of the Democratic Party and is curr...
Episode 9: Ala Talabani
Ala Talabani is the head of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan bloc in the Iraqi Parliament and a three-time member of the Council of Representatives of...
Episode 8: Baroness Valerie Amos
Valerie Amos has had an extremely interesting and diverse political career. Working in local councils, becoming Chief Executive of the Equal Opportuni...
Episode 7: Helen Clark
The Politics, As Usual podcast is back for its second run of shows. This series will have a new episode every two weeks, so be sure to review, subscri...
Episode 6: London Recruits (Live)
In the late 1960’s a man named Ronnie Kasrils recruited a number of young people from the UK to travel to conduct covert missions in Apartheid South A...
Episode 5: Andrew Feinstein
Andrew Feinstein is a former member of the African National Congress (ANC) in South Africa where he served as a member of the South African Parliament...
Episode 4: David Halpern
David Halpern is a psychologist, an author and the Chief Executive of the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT). BIT, also known unofficially as the “Nudge...
Episode 3: Jacqui Smith
Jacqui Smith is a former Labour Party politician who served as MP between 1997 – 2010. She was the first female Home Secretary and the third woman to...
Episode 2: Thomas Carothers
Thomas Carothers is Vice President for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, an author and one of the most noted experts on inter...
Episode 1: Peter Hain
Peter Hain is a Labour Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament from 1991-2015. He served in the cabinets of both Tony Blair and Gordon B...