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Reasons Revisited

An occasional series revisiting conversations and ideas from Reasons to be Cheerful (2017-2024), formerly hosted by ex-LabourParty leaderEdMiliband, and Sony Award-winning radio presenter Geoff Lloyd. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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47:27

WILD CITY: Uncovering urban wildlife with Florence...

Reasons Revisited ·

2022/04/17

Happy Easter! To celebrate, we have a special episode on the magic of the wildlife on our doorstep. 83% of us live in urban areas and are surrounded by myriad known and not-so-well known wildlife wonders including birds, insects, hedgehogs and yes, foxes and rats.But our furry and flying city-dwellers are vital to our ecosystems, and there are untold joys and benefits of paying more attention to them, so says author of Wild City, Florence Wilkinson and the one and only David Lindo, also known as the

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59:18

WATCH ALL ABOUT IT! News for children as Newsround...

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2022/04/10

Hello! This week we’re celebrating the 50th anniversary of Newsround, and finding out how the way our children get their news has changed over the years. To celebrate the milestone, we’re joined by Newsround Editor Lewis James, and to hear more about other ways kids access current affairs, we’re joined by Anna Bassi, Editorial Director of The Week Junior, and founder of Picture News, Kate Harrison. PLUS we have a very special dispatch from our local correspondent, Gene (Geoff’s son).Email your

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53:31

I QUIT? - The real story behind the ‘Great Resignation’

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2022/04/03

This week we’re going behind the headlines on the so-called Great Resignation - which has seen record numbers of job vacancies advertised as people leave and move roles.Has Covid really revolutionised the world of work? And who is benefiting from the changes?To find out, we’re joined by Joe Fuller from Harvard Business School, David Zentler-Munro from the University of Essex, and Abigail Adams-Prassl from the University of Oxford.Plus Geoff is back (sat down) at a gig.Email your comments, questions

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47:33

CRY ME A RIVER: How to save the UK’s rivers

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2022/03/27

This week we’re giving Ed another reason to talk about his swimming, and diving into our rivers. Rivers are such an important part of our landscape, ecosystems and communities. They provide two thirds of our water supplies and support a vast array of wildlife, but are in bad shape. Only 14% of our rivers pass the bar for ecological health, and farming, water industry and the climate crisis are all making things worse.To find out more and hear what’s being done to protect and preserve our rivers,

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52:32

BACK IN THE FRONT ROW: Cinema bounces back and Fiona...

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2022/03/21

Hello! This week Ed and Geoff are off to the pictures, as they find out how cinemas have survived covid, and why they’re still so important to our communities and culture. To usher them through the episode they’re joined by Phil Clapp, CEO of trade body the UK Cinema Association, Kevin Markwick, who runs 2 independent cinemas successfully, and star of stage and screen, Fiona Shaw.Plus Ed and Geoff share their earliest cinema memories.Email your comments, questions and episode ideas

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49:57

HERE COMES THE SUN: storing clean energy

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2022/03/14

This week we’re looking at energy storage, and the technologies being developed to improve how we store and use renewable energy. Clean energy storage is vital to decarbonising the economy, so to get to grips with it we have Jillian Ambrose, energy correspondent at the Guardian, Simon Skillings from E3G, and NinaSkorupska from The Association for Renewable Energy and Clean technologies.Plus, Ed’s been bothering people on public transport (again).Email your comments, questions and episode ideas

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47:19

DAVID RUNCIMAN: TALKING ‘TALKING POLITICS’, POLITICS

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2022/03/07

Hello! This week we’re joined by podcasting royalty, as David Runciman, host of Talking Politics, joins Ed and Geoff for his victory lap. After 6 years, David and co-host Helen Thompson are hanging up their headphones on one of the smartest political podcast of our time. Ed and Geoff find out why they’re stopping in the middle of arguably one of the most important political moments of a generation, who David’s favourite interview was, and why his love for audio means this is far from the last we’ll

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48:32

ACT NOW: Recognising British Sign Language in the UK

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2022/02/28

Hello! This week we're looking at the legislationpassing through parliament which would have British Sign Language recognised as an official languagein the UK.Eighty-seven thousand people in the UK say BSL is theirpreferred language, but they are discriminated against in everydaylife, from using essentialservices to speaking to doctors, their local council or at work.To find out how this Bill could help make the UK more accessibleto BSL users, we're joined by David Buxton, Chair of the British Deaf

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55:48

WARM HOMES FOR ALL: Tackling Britain's fuel poverty...

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2022/02/21

Hello! This week we’re talking about the crisis of fuel poverty as people are hit by rocketing energy bills.Torsten Bell from the Resolution Foundation sets the incoming energy bill rises in context, Adam Scorer from National Energy Action tells us how people are facing the crisis up and down the country, and Dr Elizabeth Blakelock shares some interesting solutions which have been trialled to help those most in need.Plus Geoff drops a Wordle brag on Ed.And here's the link to Gabrielle Shammash's

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52:48

ANXIETY AND AGENCY: How to respond to eco-anxiety in...

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2022/02/14

Hello! This week we're discussing the impacts of the climate crisis on our mental health, and how we can support ourselves and each other in response.From the trauma of the effects of extreme weather events like floods and droughts, to worrying about climate change in our every day lives, there’s a growing body of evidence which shows more and more of us are struggling.To help us understand why we feel the way we do, and what we can do to help, we’re joined by Dr Emma Lawrence from Climate Cares,

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55:27

MAGISTRATES: the volunteers presiding over criminal...

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2022/02/07

Hello! This week we’re looking at the role of Magistrates in our justice system. Little is widely known about the volunteer system which presides over 90% of criminal cases, and as the government launches a campaign to get 4,000 new magistrates to apply, we find out how what more can be done to raise awareness and increase diversity. We’re joined by chair of the Young Magistrates Network, Luke Rigg, criminal lawyer Raj Chada and Penelope Gibbs, founder of Transform Justice.Email your comments,

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54:32

MAGIC ROUNDABOUT: why we need the circular economy

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2022/01/31

Hello! This week we're looking at the circular economy, a system that could transform our lives and contribute mightily towards reducing carbon emissions. In the UK, per person we produce the second highest amount of electronic waste by throwing away our unwanted phones and laptops.In a circular economy, we reduce usage of materials, reuse them and recycle. To help us understand the circular economy we're joined by Patrick Shroeder from Chatham House, Susan Evans from the Green Alliance, and Malena

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55:47

JON RONSON :The author, journalist and documentary...

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2022/01/24

Hello! This week we’re joined by the wonderful Jon Ronson for a special episode. The acclaimed journalist, documentary maker and author, talks to Ed and Geoff about his new podcast series ‘Things Fell Apart’, which explores the extraordinary human stories behind the origins of what have become known as the culture wars. Ed gets into the kitchen, and Geoff develops anunlikely crush.Email your comments, questions and episode ideas toreasons@cheerfulpodcast.comor atwww.cheerfulpodcast.comand follow us

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49:29

DOT THE “I”S AND CROSS THE NFTs: the Wild West of...

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2022/01/17

Hello! This week we continue our foray into all things Web 3.0 by taking on NFTs, or Non-Fungible-Tokens. If you’re lost already then don’t worry, so were we, until we spoke to our enlightened guests Anthony Cuthbertson from the Independent, Holly Jean Buck from Buffalo University, and Andrea Baronchelli, from City University and the Turing Institute. We uncover exactly what NFTs are, how they’re currently being used, and what potential they have for wider application across society. We discuss the

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43:36

BACK TO NATURE: tackling the biodiversity and climate...

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2022/01/10

Hello! This week we head for the peatlands, get in the sea, and go in search of UK's lost rainforests to explore ecosystems beyond the trees.Could restoring these habitats play a significant part in achieving net-zero? And what else needs to be done to tackle the UK's nature crisis?Joining us are Kate Jennings (with a canine cameo), Guy Shrubsole and Richard Unsworth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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47:10

JACK FOR GOOD: Rewriting the script on disability...

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2022/01/03

Happy New Year! To start 2022, Ed and Geoff talk to one of the UK’s most acclaimed and prolific scriptwriters, Jack Thorne (Help, Kiri, His Dark Materials, The End of History, This Is England.) Jack is a co-founder of Underlying Health Condition - a pressure group campaigning for proper inclusion and representation of disabled people in the entertainment industry. Jack talks about his own experience of disability, his career, his politics, and he gives Geoff a break from being Ed’s personal TV

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54:32

THE REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL 2021 TOP TEN

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2021/12/27

Hello! Well, what a year 2021 has been... thank you for being with us throughout. Here are some of 2021's very best bits for your delectation. Best wishes from your friends at Reasons to be Cheerful HQ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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51:02

WE WISH YOU A-M-A* XMAS 2021 (*Ask Me Anything with...

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2021/12/20

As last year's Christmas AMA was such a huge success *there were no major repercussions*, we thought we'd do it again. Ed and Geoff answer (and avoid) your questions, from sandwiches of choice in the make-your-own-sandwich shop to which cabinet member Ed would prefer to take on in a royal rumble. (Guess which of those Ed answered, and which he avoided... ) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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58:08

FIRST THEY IGNORE YOU: Part Four - The fight for a...

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2021/12/13

In the fourth and final episode about how progressive victories were won, we're taking a look at the introduction of the national minimum wage. It feels unthinkable now that there shouldn't be a minimum rate that workers are paid, but it wasn't too long ago that hourly rates of £1 or £1.50 were commonplace. The road to a national minimum wage was long and winding but campaigning, persuasive leadership,new academic thinking all helped to create something that's becomepart of the fabric of working

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58:14

FIRST THEY IGNORE YOU: Part Three - The Fight For...

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2021/12/06

In the latest episode of our series about progressive advances, we're taking a look at the history of the fight for race equality in the UK. It is one that goes back centuries but we want to explore what progresshas really been made in modern times and what have been the drivers--the combination of activism, movements, law and cultural change both in the UK and abroad.This week's guests are historian and activist Patrick Vernon, Sunder Katwala director of the think tank British Future and Diane

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