The Prospect Podcast

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.

Who is Geordie Greig and why has he been toppled as editor of Britain's most influential newspaper? What does this reshuffle mean for Boris Johnson? Why should we care about the Kremlinesque machinations at the top of the Daily Mail? Former FT Correspondent and Majorie Deane professor of financial journalism, Jane Martinson discusses her in depth reportage, with Prospect editor, Alan Rusbridger. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What does life look like for an 89-year old actor or a psychiatrist who suffers with bipolar? What does it feel like to be asylum seeker, or an Anglican Priest, or a farmer? Prospect Lives is a brand new bonus podcast chronicling seven disparate experiences of life in modern Britain. Music credit Jumbo · Tot Taylor · Mick Bass Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is leadership all that matters in modern politics? Andrew Adonis thinks so. With his new collection of profiles of leaders from Gladstone to Modi, Lincoln to Blair and Churchill to Biden, Adonis draws on his own three decades of political experience to advance his controversial argument. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When most people are decent, why do we get so many bad leaders, politicians and CEOs? Are despots made or born? After travelling the world and interviewing "the noblest to the dirtiest" leaders, renowned political scientist and podcaster Brian Klaas discusses his new book, Corruptible, with Tom Clark. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Self-described futurist and bestselling author Martin Ford joins Tom Clark to talk about his new book Rule of the Robots and the good, the bad and the ugly about the artificial intelligence which will soon be deeply embedded in our lives. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A year on from the dark winter of 2020, do we have Covid-19 under control? And what will the virus means for politics, economics and global health, for decades to come? Tom Clark is joined by leading science writer Philip Ball to tackle that most prescient question: how will the pandemic shape the future? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Leading human rights barrister, author and Labour member of the House of Lords, Helena Kennedy joins Tom Clark and Alex Dean to discuss a rather terrifying question — does the government respect the rule of law? In a wide-ranging conversation, the trio discuss judicial review, human rights and the perils of populism. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week managing editor Sameer Rahim is joined by war correspondent and author Janine di Giovanni to discuss the plight of Christianty in the Middle East. Christians have lived in the region for 2,000 years—but Giovanni thinks that modern war, religious persecution and economic uncertainty put their future under threat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.