The Prospect Podcast

Two years on from the New York Times' publication of the Harvey Weinstein allegations, Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor join Prospect's Steve Bloomfield to discuss what it was like to report on the story—and how their article helped ignite a global movement.Plus: Stephanie Boland on Britain's #metoo moment and what comes next. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Germans have a word for it—can the rest of the world learn from them, too? Philosopher Susan Neiman joins the Prospect podcast to discuss her book Learning From the Germans. From her travels in the American South to the complex arguments over Vergangenheitsaufarbeitung, and from Hannah Arendt to the Enlightenment focus on happiness, Professor Neiman explores what it means to work with our history. Plus: Rebecca Liu and Stephanie Boland talk Rhodes Must Fall—and a strange Lithuanian tourist attraction. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Journalist Charles Moore has spent over 20 years mapping the life and work of former prime minister Margaret Thatcher. The final instalment of his trilogy of Thatcher’s life, Margaret Thatcher: Herself Alone is published this month.Editor Tom Clark talks to Moore about Thatcher’s contested legacy, her attitudes to the EU and referendums, and what he’s learned at the end of his long journey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

American social psychologist Jonathan Haidt joins the Prospect podcast to discuss political anger on both sides of the Atlantic, from Boris Johnson’s discussion of Brexit to the American 2020 election. Plus: how the internet is affecting today’s younger generations Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In recent months, the climate change movement reach new heights with global strikes and large-scale marches. Journalist and author of The Uninhabitable Earth David Wallace-Wells joins the Prospect podcast and takes stock of where the global climate movement is today, and what change needs to happen to avoid the alarming futures we may face.Plus: Tom Clark and Steve Bloomfield on the climate change proposals unveiled party conferences Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At the end of an extraordinary week for the British constitution, we've brought you an extraordinary podcast. The Institute for Government's Catherine Haddon and barrister Adam Wagner join the Prospect podcast to talk about this week's Supreme Court ruling and what that means for Brexit. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Critic and novelist Susan Sontag commanded postwar American intellectual life, capturing many minds with her sharp insights on photography, cinema, philosophy, literature, and more. A new biography by Benjamin Moser maps the life of the leading public intellectual. But does it focus on the right things?Prize-winning writer Lisa Appignanesi OBE joins the Prospect podcast’s 100th episode to talk about the life and work of Susan Sontag—as well as her own experiences meeting the commanding intellectual. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Shiller joins this week’s Prospect podcast to discuss what he calls “narrative economics”: the process of stories driving economic events. We often think our narratives – recessions, difficult jobs, bringing back jobs – come as a result of our economic realities. What if they also drove them?Robert Shiller’s Narrative Economics: How Stories Go Viral and Drive Major Economic Events is Out with Princeton University Press: https://press.princeton.edu/titles/14225.htmlPlus: Tom Clark and Sameer Rahim in today’s stagnated growth Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What's happening with Brexit, and what should we make of Scotland's Court of Session ruling the prorogation of parliament unlawful? Jolyon Maugham QC joins for a special edition of the Prospect podcast to explain everything going on in the courts in relation to Brexit, what he expects will happen in a no-deal Brexit and whether Boris Johnson's prorogation was unlawful. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Citizen journalist Waad al-Kateab was twenty-six years old when she picked up a camera to document the everyday violence of the Syrian war. She was also, at the time, juggling motherhood. Her work comes together in For Sama, an award-winning documentary that looks at the intimacy of familial love and the ravages of war. She joins the Prospect Podcast to talk about life in Aleppo, what the West forgets about the war, and settling into life in the UK.For Sama arrives in cinemas this week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.