The We Society
AcSS
Beyond the politics, beyond our geography are the intangible connections that hold us together – The We Society.
The We Society podcast is here to tell you about the thousands of ways the Social Sciences can help us understand and enhance this complicated and fascinating human network.
What can we do to fix the NHS? How can we better manage climate change? How do we end the cost of living crisis?
Brought to you by the Academy of Social Sciences in association with the Nuffield Foundation and Leverhulme Trust, this podcast tackles the big questions through a social science lens and brings you some of the best ideas to shape the way we live.
Join acclaimed journalist and Academy president Will Hutton, as he invites guests from the world of social science to explore the stories behind the news and hear their solutions to society’s most pressing problems.
Don’t want to miss an episode? Follow the show on your favourite podcast platform and you can email us on wesociety@acss.org.uk and tell us who we should be speaking to.
The We Society podcast is brought to you by the Academy of Social Sciences in association with the Nuffield Foundation and the Leverhulme Trust.
The We Society podcast is here to tell you about the thousands of ways the Social Sciences can help us understand and enhance this complicated and fascinating human network.
What can we do to fix the NHS? How can we better manage climate change? How do we end the cost of living crisis?
Brought to you by the Academy of Social Sciences in association with the Nuffield Foundation and Leverhulme Trust, this podcast tackles the big questions through a social science lens and brings you some of the best ideas to shape the way we live.
Join acclaimed journalist and Academy president Will Hutton, as he invites guests from the world of social science to explore the stories behind the news and hear their solutions to society’s most pressing problems.
Don’t want to miss an episode? Follow the show on your favourite podcast platform and you can email us on wesociety@acss.org.uk and tell us who we should be speaking to.
The We Society podcast is brought to you by the Academy of Social Sciences in association with the Nuffield Foundation and the Leverhulme Trust.
Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on The We Society podcast:
#1 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Social Mobility and Its Enemies
Steve Machen
#2 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Being a Human
Adventures in Forty Thousand Years of Consciousness
Charles Foster
#3 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Equity in Education
Lee Elliot Major OBE
#4 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Matter with Things
Our Brains, Our Delusions, and the Unmaking of the World
Iain Mcgilchrist
#5 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Algorithms of Anxiety, Fear in the Digital Age
Anthony Elliot
#6 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Power and progress
G. C. Thornley
#7 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Rise of the Meritocracy
Michael Young, Baron Young of Dartington
#8 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Women and Leadership
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Julia Gillard
#9 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Freud and man's soul
Bruno Bettelheim
#10 Mentioned in 1 episodes
In AI We Trust
Helga Novotny
