PPE Unfiltered

In this week's episode, our Speakers Series Frep, Mikael, invites Clarisse and Cyrus to speak to Dr. Chee Soon Juan, the Secretary-General of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) to talk about the underlying issues behind Singapore's unique governance style and recent economic success. Together with Dr. Chee, our students discuss wealth inequality, the philosophies behind a career in civil...

In this episode, our Speakers Series Coordinators, Aditi and Freya, reflect on their tenure as department heads as the Warwick PPE Society elections are closing in. They talk about aspects of the society that they are most proud of in the past year, such as the Middle Ground debates and the PPE Society Symposium that was held in London earlier this year. They also reflect on arguably the society&#...

On today's episode, Speakers Series' Freps, Mikael and Renata, discuss how important government transitions are in the conversation of how good one government was. They reflect on two recent cases: Maduro's capture by the United States and Nepal's current transition into a new government after a massive protest.

Join Aditi and Freya as they discuss their recent speakers' event: a talk on biodiversity offsetting with Professor John O'Neill. They reflect on his insights into natural capital, and discuss whether they find his commitment to de-growth compelling. They share the key ideas that emerged in the recent PPE Middleground debate, and discuss how Governments and individuals can do their bit to...

2025 America looks more startling than ever before. In today's episode, we address Trump's relationship with the rest of the world. Looking specifically at Trump's tariffs, we explore the economic, political and philosophical repercussions of recent tariffs, and what it means for the future of America.

In the first episode of the 2025/2026 academic year, your new Speakers Series' Coordinators Freya Dooks and Aditi Chitale sit down and discuss all things PPE at Warwick, and university life in general. They are joined by PPE Director Kirk, who offers his advice on how to make the most of your first year studying PPE at Warwick.

In this special episode for PPE Unfiltered, Speaker's frep Charan had the wonderful privilege of interviewing Aashi Shah and Dylan Ireland (PPE Society's incumbent President and Vice-President) to discuss your most pressing questions with society elections looming. If you are thinking of running for exec or voting, this episode will provide useful insight and all the info you need. Good lu...

In this final episode of 2024, speakers head Felix Tammik & super Frep Charan Peddu are hosted by the wonderful Warwick EconSoc for a collaboration "PPE Unfiltered" x "Assumptions" Podcast! Joint with the great EconSoc team, we delve into a discussion of the UK autumn budget, a reflective post-mortem on the US election results and have a look at the recently proposed UK assisted dying bill.

In this episode German & Charan discuss their thoughts on the (surprising?) results of the 2024 US presidential election. Trumps wins, what comes next and who will be most affected in America & around the World? Answers to these questions and many more in this weeks episode!

In this thrilling third episode of the 24/25 academic year we meet Germán Ríos & Charan Peddu, the two new Speakers Freshers Representatives, and hear their views and predictions for the upcoming 2024 US presidential Election: Trump or Harris, who will America choose?

In episode 2 of the 24/25 academic year, co-hosts Felix Tammik & Laila Mitwally have a discussion with Warwick PPE Society's very own careers team Adya and Achyntia! The episodes discussion covers everything to know about spring weeks, internships and applications, with a slight focus on finance and the legal sector.

In this first epidsode of the 24/25 academic year, Laila Mitwally & Felix Tammik, the two new speakers series coordinators introduce an overview of the PPE degree at Warwick and give some general tips, tricks and advice for being succesfull throughout the course, in uni life and beyond! Feel free to listen to prior episodes to hear some interviews and talks with interesting figures related to...

Rachel Eden is the former Mayor of Reading, Councillor for Whitley Ward, and founder of Holy Brook Associates. Her and Ruby, our speaker series coordinator, discuss Rachel's pathway from PPE into Politics, how she manages caring duties with her career, and the best ways for uni students to get involved in Politics.

Reuben, Ruby, India and Aaron joined fellow PPE-er Sanjana in the studio for a PPE x Perspectives collaboration podcast! The main topics we discussed were the new legislations on vaping, whether Palestine should be recognised as a state by the UK government, and the Malaysian monarchy. We really enjoyed making it so we hope you enjoy listening!

In this episode Aaron Bird, PPE Society's speaker series freshers' representative, interviews Will Hague, a PHD student in Politics at Warwick. They discuss studying Politics at Warwick and the intricacies of extremism.

Mark Fabian, Politics professor at Warwick University, discusses his research on wellbeing in this episode as he is interviewed by Reuben and Ruby.

In this episode, Ruby and Reuben interviewed Lara and Owen who are the current and former presidents for PPE Society. We discuss all things PPE course, society, and being on exec!

This is an interview between Reuben Bye, one of PPE's speaker series coordinators, and Quassim Cassam, one of Warwick's most esteemed Philosophy professors. Reuben asks him some great questions about his most recent book on extremism - we hope you enjoy listening!

This is the fourth and final section of our interview with Kirk. This section centres on what life at Warwick is like outside of just the PPE course!

We have split our interview with Kirk into sections to help people find the parts they are most interested in listening to. This is the third section and may be of most interest to prospective students, as Ruby and Reuben ask Kirk his advice for those who want to study PPE at Warwick.

We have split our interview with Kirk into sections to make it easier for people to just listen to the bits they are most interested in. This is the second section and it is centred on the overview of the PPE course at Warwick.

We have split our interview with Kirk into parts to make it easier for those who just want to listen to one section. This is the first section and it includes an introduction to Ruby, Reuben and Kirk and an overview of Kirk's role as the PPE Director of Student Experience.

This interview was done by Ruby and Reuben, PPE Society's Speaker Series Coordinators for the 23/24 academic year. We hope that prospective students find this interview helpful to learn more about the PPE course structure and life at Warwick!

What is populism? Are there real-life examples of populism? Is populism good? Or is it a threat to democracy? Listen to this episode to answer these questions and many more. Théo Aiolfi completed his PhD thesis "Charting the Populist Style: Trump, Le Pen and the Populist Repertoire of Exclusionary Nationalism" in Warwick this year. In this episode, he provides an invaluable input on populism and i...

This week we talk with a Broadcast Journalist Rhal Ssan, a PPE alumni that has formerly worked at the BBC global services and is currently working at Euronews. Listen to this podcast to learn about journalism and how to pursue it as a career. It will also give you an insight into the challenges journalism faces. Forum coordinator: Miguel Jara de la Torre Interviewee: Rhal Ssan (Twitter: @RhalSsani...