Episode 1 - An Introduction To Broken Custodians

In this first episode of Broken Custodians, lawyers and campaigners Molly and Ben Kingsley from UsForThem introduce the questions at the heart of the series: how are decisions affecting children being made, who benefits from those decisions, and what happens to those who challenge them.Drawing on their work during and after the pandemic, Molly and Ben discuss school closures, children’s health policy, censorship, debanking, government secrecy, corporate influence and the expansive presence of technology in education. They explain why ethics, transparency and free speech are not abstract principles, but safeguards that really matter when children’s interests are at stake.This opening episode sets out key themes Broken Custodians will return to throughout the series: ethics, transparency, censorship, free speech and corporate influence.Broken Custodians follows paper trails, interrogates official claims and asks what went wrong, who benefited, and what it would take to do better.Hosts: Molly Kingsley, Ben Kingsley Senior Producer: Francesca Gilardi Quadrio CurzioVideo Editor & Audio Producer: Andrija Klaric