WORLD: we got this

What is populism? Does it threaten the foundations of democracy? Does Donald Trump’s defeat represent the high point for populism globally? And what should Democrats do next? In today’s episode we discuss these questions and much more with Professor Steve Levitsky, Professor of Government at Harvard University and leading scholar on populism. Register for Populism in Latin American and Beyond: htt...

We speak to Prof Phil Hubbard about how the pandemic has altered our urban environment and why these changes may be permanent. But why cities this moment presents an opportunity to reimagine how we use our urban space, in turn helping tackle climate change and inequality. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with o...

We discuss the need to ‘RESET’ and rethink how we manage the internet in the age of mass surveillance with Professor Ron Debit. As director of the Citizens Lab at the University of Toronto Ron and his team have been at the forefront of helping understand the internets impact on society, helping uncover human rights abuses and pull back the curtain to help teach us understand what’s really going on...

We speak with Dr Ann Kelly about the need for a truly global approach to the vaccine rollout. We discuss the need to build vaccine production and development capacity, including within developing countries, helping speed up vaccination and new variant detection. We also explore why the pandemic demonstrates the need to push for healthcare provision globally so that when pandemics hit, we can work...

We speak with Dr Gemma Knowles, the about the ground-breaking research being undertaken to understand and support young people's mental health. Speaking during children's mental health week, Dr Gemma Knowles joined the podcast to discuss the emerging challenges for young people's mental health and the recent challenges posed by COVID-19.Link to Centres Website: www.kcl.ac.uk/csmhLink to support fo...

We speak with political journalist Isabel Hardman about why her own experiences of mental health led her to write The Natural Health Service—in turn, helping to explore the benefits to our mental wellbeing of spending time in nature. Along the way, Isabel met others who had found the benefits of Nature to the health and spoke with researchers trying to understand the benefits of everything from fo...

In our first podcast of 2021, we are joined by Professor Anand Menon, Director of the UK in a Changing Europe to discuss that most complex of challenges – Brexit. We also discuss what other political and economic challenges lay in wait for the UK, why language, process and explanation are crucial to understanding complex challenges. And why the Union may become the defining issue of 2021. To read...

In our end of year Christmas special, we speak to Dame Louise Casey about her time in government, taking on some of the biggest challenges, from tackling homelessness under Tony Blair to leading the troubled families programme under David Cameron. We discuss why sound policymaking is a mixture of the 'blindingly obvious' and the very complex. Furthermore, Dame Louise explains why she thinks Boris...

We speak with Dr Alice Politi about her new paper 'Italy: a case study of the Silk Road Project in Europe'. The paper considers the recent bilateral agreement between Italy and China, examining what it can tell us about the role of Chinese foreign investment for Chinese trade and diplomacy. The paper is the first in a new Policy Series from the Lau China Institute titled 'China in the World'. To f...

We speak with Dr Rosa Heimer about her essay and research, looking at the impacts of COVID-19 on black and minoritized women facing gender-based violence. We discuss how housing, immigration and policing are currently failing to support many women escaping violence. We discuss why these issues will outlive the pandemic but also what we can do to bring about change. Show NotesOrganisations Rosa wor...

We speak with Nithya and Laurie about why the Brick industry in Cambodia has created a multigenerational workforce of adults and children trapped in debt bondage – one of the most prevalent forms of modern slavery in the world. This process of unfree labour has led them to coin the term 'blood bricks'. Working with other researchers they aim to highlight the injustices of modern day slavery, but a...

Brazil sits at the heart of some of the worlds biggest challenges from deforestation to inequality. Its ability to overcome these issues are not only critical to its future, but to the future of the entire planet. We speak with Professor Anthony Pereira about his new book Modern Brazil: A Very Short Introduction and why to understand Brazil today we must understand its contemporary formation. Host...

Bonus Episode. The podcast is taken from a live event we ran entitled 'Broken Cities: the Global Housing Crisis In Focus' in which Dr Deborah Potts and Prof Phil Hubbard spoke with Owen Hatherley, Editor at Tribune Magazine about the global housing crisis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers...

We speak with Sudhir Selvaraj about the persecution of Christians in India. The 2008 Kandhamal violence and why minority communities in India continue to face threats. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kingsglobalaffairs.substack.com

Water access and inequality in the US with Dr Katie Meehan by King's College London Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kingsglobalaffairs.substack.com

In the first episode in our new format we speak to Professor Martin Wooster about the importance of mapping wildfires, why not all wildfires are bad, and unique threat posed by fires in the tropics. Professor Martin Wooster is an expert on satellite Earth observation and the quantification of landscape fire. He was appointed Professor of Earth Observation Science at King's in 2005. He is currently...

We look back on our first season, exploring the global response to COVID-19. From testing to mental health we speak with the experts who have been responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kingsglobalaffairs.substack.com

In this special event with the Centre for Society and Mental Health and Department of Geography we discuss how nature and our environment is critical to our mental and physical wellbeing. Why this crisis has given us an opportunity to reflect on the importance of our green space and environment to our wellbeing. And why this crisis has further demonstrated inequalities of access to space. We are j...

In a special episode in partnership with the African Leadership Centre we put Africa In focus. We discuss the initial responses to the COVID-19; why representations of African leadership matter, the innovative approaches being taken to public health and the possible long-term impacts of COVID-19 on the political, economic, and cultural life of Africa. Our expert panel is chaired by Neil Munshi. He...

We speak with Mohamed Ali and Beauty Dhlamini, alumni of Global Health & Social Medicine, about the UK, and how COVID-19 has further highlighted how racism continues to be a health risk. They discuss their work to push for change in how global health is talked about and who gets to participate in the discussion. We also go on to speak about their podcast 'Mind The Health Gap', which acts as a sour...

We speak with Professor Anne Pollock (King’s College London) and Dr Melissa Creary (University of Michigan) about why racism is a health risk. And we ask whether COVID-19 and the protests led by the Black Lives Matter movement may have created a unique moment in which to tackle racial injustice in both health and wider society. In part two we will discuss the UK and why this COVID-19 crisis has on...

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across the world, one region stands out for its comparatively effective prevention and management response: East Asia. As of late May, the number of reported deaths per capita from COVID-19 across East Asia is lower than in other regions – most notably Western Europe and the United States. In addition, with the exception of the city of Wuhan where the p...

As cases continue to rise, an economy in decline and Bolsonaro's position looking fragile, we speak with our guests about how COVID-19 rocked Brazil. We discuss the initial response, the factors that led to the current crisis and what might happen next in South America's biggest economy. Chaired by Tom Phillips, Latin America Correspondent for The Guardian. With academic panel: Professor Anthony P...

How does a doctor know which patient to save during a pandemic, when resources can be limited? And how ethical is it to put everyone under lockdown? Does trust in our government predict whether we will socially distance ourselves? In this in conversation episode of WORLD: we got this, we speak with Dr Silvia Camporesi, Senior Lecturer in Bioethics and Society, and Caitlin Gardiner, an A&E doctor i...

We discuss the critical role social care is playing during COVID-19, particularly with the elderly. Our experts reflect on the current models of social care and their impact on care workers, as well as the unique challenges posed by COVID-19 and why we are seeing increased levels of mortality in care homes. Critically, we discuss we can do to improve our response and discuss what long-term changes...