The Prospect Podcast

Former ambassador to NATO Peter Ricketts joins Alan Rusbridger to discuss Putin’s invasion of Ukraine—and what it means for Europe and the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Does artificial intelligence entrench inequality? Are the algorithms that shape our lives sexist, racist and ableist? And should we be trying just to fix the computers, or also the society that trains them? Leading academic, podcaster and all-round internet expert Ethan Zuckerman joins Sarah Collins to address these questions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Drawing on over 40 years experience of crime reporting, expert journalist Duncan Campbell joins Alan Rusbridger to explore why the police are under attack from left, right and centre. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Does the British constitution require that Boris Johnson goes? Famous for his “good chaps" theory of government, Britain’s most celebrated post-war historian, Peter Hennessy joins Tom Clark to provide a long view on this pressing question. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Would Boris Johnson be a better prime minister if he had a different haircut? Do we take sport too seriously? Can drinking alcohol ever be good for us? Our family of seven writers—including actor and writer Sheila Hancock, asylum seeker Jason Thomas-Fournillier, and psychiatrist Rebecca Lawrence—ponder the big questions in this month's new episode of Prospect Lives.Music Credit: “JUMBO” from the album “MUSIC FOR THE LEFT-HANDED” by Mick Bass & Tot Taylor Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is Boris Johnson a “Heineken” Prime Minister in a country that now has a hangover? Rachel Sylvester joins associate editor Sonia Sodha to tackle the question that's on everyone's mind: is it all over for Boris Johnson? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Who was Richard Rorty and did he believe that truth exists? Writer, historian and philosopher Jonathan Rée joins Sameer Rahim to discuss the American philosopher who—although he died in 2007— still exerts a powerful influence on modern debates about politics and the nature of truth-telling today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Award winning journalist and former Guardian Health editor Sarah Boseley joins Alan Rusbridger to tackle a pressing question: why won’t Big Pharma share the patents for the coronavirus vaccines? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is cancel culture the crisis of our times, or just the unsubstantiated grumble of professional provocateurs? How do we balance supporting freedom of speech with protecting people from hate and harm? Orwell Prize winning journalist and author Fintan O’Toole explores the agonising balancing act required to protect public discourse from both censorship and toxicity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The team discusses the good, the bad and the ugly in the year that's passed and gives tentative predictions for the year ahead, as well as celebrating the best of Prospect journalism from 2021. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.