What To Do About...

In this week's episode, Peter and Victor ask 'What to do About… Political Policing'.Political policing – the surveillance and disruption of lawful activism – has a long and troubling history in Britain. From the undercover operations of the Special Demonstration Squad targeting war protesters and animal rights activists, to the ongoing scrutiny faced by human rights advocates today, the question o...

Forget the doom spiral. Real solutions to serious problems already exist—we've just been talking to the people building them. From food systems to apprenticeships to breaking media monopolies, hear what actually works, why it works, and how to make it work for everyone. This is our best of season one.

In this week’s episode, Peter and Victor ask ‘What to do About… the Hostile Environment’. ‘Hostile environment’ – a phrase coined by Home Secretary Theresa May in 2012, but a lived reality for many immigrants and their children in the decades before and since.   As a granddaughter of Polish immigrants and a daughter of Windrush, Dr. Wanda Wyporska can talk about the ‘hostile environment’ of Britai...

In this week’s episode, Peter and Victor ask ‘What to do About… Media Representation’. Whether entertainment media or the news, whose stories get told and who gets to tell them is a live question in British culture – who has the money and power to decide what parts of our society we get to see, and who doesn’t. That’s a problem for all of us, because the less we understand, the easier it is to man...

This week, Victor and Peter are joined by Stephen Colegrave, co-founder and executive editor of Byline Times . Selling 30,000 PRINT copies a month (yes, still a thing!) on top of tens of thousands of digital subscriptions, Byline Times is a rare success story in modern British journalism. Even more impressive is the weight its reporting carries with politicians, commentators and other journalists,...

Is the fight against racism getting better, or has it just moved to a more pervasive, invisible front line? Welcome back to What To Do About, the podcast that trades systemic hand-wringing for grounded, frontline solutions. In this episode, hosts Peter Holbrook (CEO of Social Enterprise UK) and Lord Victor Adebowale sit down with Professor Patrick Vernon OBE to talk about what it actually takes to...

In this episode of What To Do About, Peter Holbrook and Lord Victor Adebowale sit down with Lisa Stepanovic MBE, the "talent spotter" and founder of Social Arc. Lisa shares her journey from market trader to community hero, discussing the "hard yards" of economic development in East London. The conversation dives deep into the "hidden discrimination" of the British cla...

Welcome to the latest episode of "What To Do About." We aren't here to just admire the problems; we’re here to talk to the "doers" who are actually navigating the challenges of the next generation. In this episode, Peter and Victor sit down with Dr. June O’Sullivan, CEO of the London Early Years Foundation (LEYF) and a leading expert on children and education. We tackle the...

Welcome to the latest episode of "What To Do About." We aren't here to just admire the problems; we’re here to talk to the "doers" who are actually navigating the challenges of the next generation. In this episode, Peter and Victor sit down with Jovan , an aspirational politician and Cambridge graduate , and Gustavo, a talented studio engineer at Sirlute Studios in Canning...

Welcome to the very first episode of What To Do About ! We’re kicking things off with a massive thank you for joining us on this journey. We aren't here to just admire the problems; we’re here to talk to the "doers" who are actually fixing things. In this episode, Peter and Victor sit down with the incredible Kresse Wesling (the force behind Elvis & Kresse) and Jennifer Ogolle (BANG Charity) t...

Stop admiring the problem and start fixing it. From luxury bags made of firehoses to the radical goal of making exploitation illegal , Peter and Victor talk nature, climate, and "net regeneration" with Kresse and Jennifer. It’s time for real action. Out this Friday.