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All Episodes

The We Society — 88 episodes

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S11 Ep3: Why Britain should back more innovators with Saul Klein

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S11 Ep2: Placing the Right Kind of Attention on Women’s Health with Professor Sophie Harman

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S11 Ep1: Social policy solutions to the UK’s inequality crisis with Helen Miller and Sir Richard Blundell

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The We Society returns on Wednesday 15 July

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S10 Ep8: Harnessing Creative Destruction with Philippe Aghion

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S10 Ep7: Whoever holds our data holds the power with Carissa Véliz

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S10 Ep6: Climate action: small human acts can make a big difference with Tim Lenton

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S10 Ep5: AI and the Future of Public Services with Imogen Parker

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S10 Ep4: How happy is the world in 2026? With Jan-Emmanuel De Neve

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S10 Ep3: Using virtual reality to build a more inclusive NHS with Stephani Hatch

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S10 Ep2: What does it mean to be grown up today? with Bobby Duffy and Carey Oppenheim

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S10 Ep1: 'I’m not psychic, just very lucky!' With Professor Richard Wiseman

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The We Society Season 10 Trailer

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S9 Ep8: US and China: behind the rhetoric with Rana Mitter

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S9 Ep7: Investing in the Early Years: Can policy catch up with evidence? with Eleanor Ireland

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S9 Ep6: Can language convict a criminal? with Tim Grant

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S9 Ep5: Evidence for change: rethinking child poverty policy with Alex Beer

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S9 Ep4: Inoculating the mind: protecting against misinformation with Sander van der Linden

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S9 Ep3: Our Love Affair with Travel with journalist Simon Calder

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S9 Ep2: Saving the 86 bus and designing better cities for the old and young with Tine Buffell and Julia King

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S9 Ep1: Emergency planning is more about tea than being James Bond with Lucy Easthope

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S8 Ep9: The We Society Season 9 Trailer

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S8 Ep8: Solving the Productivity Puzzle with Ed Balls, Anna Stansbury and Dan Turner

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S8 Ep7: The Social Life of Pain with Tom Shakespeare

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S8 Ep6: Borders, Brexit, and Fault Lines with Katy Hayward

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S8 Ep5: Care or Incarceration? How some of the UK’s most vulnerable children are being failed with Lisa Harker

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S8 Ep4: Taking entrepreneurship beyond business with Eleanor Shaw

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S8 Ep3: Population, Data & Destiny with Andy Tatem

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S8 Ep2: Morality in UK prisons with Alison Liebling

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S8 Ep1: How to get work working for everyone with Gavin Kelly

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S7 Ep7: Keep Calm and Chill with Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

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S7 Ep6: Improving social mobility through education and language with Lee Elliot Major

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S7 Ep5: Tracking and stopping domestic abuse with Jane Monckton Smith

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S7 Ep4: Should the 9 to 5 be a thing of the past? with Clare Kelliher and Brendan Burchell

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S7 Ep3: Making a responsible budget with Sir Robert Chote

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S7 Ep2: Anxiety, Artificial Intelligence and work with Anthony Elliott

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S7 Ep1: The future of liberal democracy with Anand Menon

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S7 Ep1: The We Society Season 7 Trailer

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S6 Ep7: Stopping hate crime with Matthew Williams and Neil Chakraborti

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S6 Ep6: Why the war on drugs has failed with Alex Stevens

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S6 Ep5: Improving adult education with Anna Vignoles

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S6 Ep4: The hidden army of young carers with Saul Becker

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S6 Ep3: How to make housing fair with Vicky Spratt and Auriol Miller

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S6 Ep2: Separating emotion from Brexit with Professor Sarah Hall

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S6 Ep1: Election 24 special with Will Hutton

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S5 Ep7: A life of public service with Lord Chris Patten

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S5 Ep6: Exposing the underbelly of Britain with Ella Cockbain

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S5 Ep5: Protecting local councils with Andy Pike

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S5 Ep4: Is geography destiny? with Rosie McEachan

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S5 Ep3: We can't let our high streets fail with Ed Jones

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S5 Ep2: How society disables us with Anna Lawson and Shani Dhanda

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S5 Ep1: Should governments care about wellbeing? with Professor Richard Layard

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S4 Ep9: The We Society Season 5 trailer

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S4 Ep8: Levelling up isn't a pick n mix with Andy Haldane

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S4 Ep7: Helping children in a time of crisis with Lucie Cluver

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S4 Ep6: Food for thought with Minette Batters

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S4 Ep5: The case for public consumption with Sir Andrew Dilnot

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S4 Ep4: Cancelling the Global South's debt with Ann Pettifor

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S4 Ep3: Reframing the climate crisis narrative with Neil Adger

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S4 Ep2: Will Artificial Intelligence see us lose our jobs? with Daniel Susskind

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S4 Ep1: Do we value universities enough in Britain? with Vivienne Stern

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S3 Ep7: The We Society returns for Season 4

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7: Summer Recap: Hillary Clinton, Ai Weiwei, Gary Younge

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S3 Ep6: What does the future hold? With Ian McEwan

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S3 Ep5: The history of racism with Kenan Malik

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S3 Ep4: Artificial Intelligence and the next Industrial Revolution with Professor Nicholas Crafts

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S3 Ep3: Can sport change the wellbeing of the nation? With Professor Louise Mansfield

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S3 Ep2: Housing for living, not investment with Polly Neate

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S3 Ep1: Can migration drive development? With Professor Heaven Crawley

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S2 Ep9: The We Society Season 3 Trailer

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S2 Ep8: Ai Weiwei: You're either protecting humanity or hurting it

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S2 Ep7: Becky Francis: Education, Education, Education

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S2 Ep6: Ann Phoenix: It takes a village to raise a child

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S2 Ep5: Torsten Bell: The UK is a stagnation nation

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S2 Ep4: Mike Berners-Lee: Market forces won’t solve climate change

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S2 Ep3: Greg Clark: Cities are our future

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S2 Ep2: Linda Bauld: We must do better for the next pandemic

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S2 Ep1: Sir Lawrence Freedman: Military defeat happens gradually then suddenly

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S1 Ep9: We Society Season 2 Trailer

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S1 Ep8: The We Society Season 1 Recap

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S1 Ep7: Michael Bradshaw: You Can't Build a Plan Around Armageddon

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S1 Ep6: Mariana Mazzucato: Going To The Moon and Back

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S1 Ep5: Gary Younge: You Have to Take A Stand For What's Right

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S1 Ep4: Kate Pickett: We Are Connected To Each Other In Important Ways

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S1 Ep3: Sir Ian Diamond: Every Citizen In The Country Should Have A Voice In Our Data

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S1 Ep2: Hillary Clinton: They're Stoking People's Fears Rather Than Providing Hope

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S1 Ep1: Sir Cary Cooper: It's Not About Bean Bags, Ping Pong and Sushi At Your Desk

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