What do the AoI team make of Makerfield - and what next?
So the ‘King of the North’ has cleared the first step in his quest to be prime minister of the UK. Andy Burnham’s victory in the Makerfield...
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20 of 408 episodesWorld Cup Podcast of Ideas: episode 2
We've had a full week of action now and every team has made its first appearance. In this episode, the regular team of Rob Lyons, Geoff Kidd...
Letters on Liberty: The Freedom to Blaspheme
Recorded at the Battle of Ideas festival 2025 on Saturday 18 October at Church House and the Abbey Centre, Westminster. ORIGINAL INTRODUCTIO...
Should the West get ready for war?
Recorded at the Battle of Ideas festival 2025 on Saturday 18 October at Church House and the Abbey Centre, Westminster. ORIGINAL INTRODUCTIO...
Comedy: is politics that funny?
Recorded at the Battle of Ideas festival 2025 on Saturday 18 October at Church House and the Abbey Centre, Westminster. ORIGINAL INTRODUCTIO...
World Cup Podcast of Ideas: episode 1
The World Cup is back – and so is the World Cup Podcast of Ideas. With the biggest-ever tournament kicking off on Thursday 11 June across th...
Rebuilding Britain: the infrastructure crisis
Recorded at the Battle of Ideas festival 2025 on Saturday 18 October at Church House and the Abbey Centre, Westminster. ORIGINAL INTRODUCTIO...
Racial grievance politics: how did we become so divided?
Vickrum Digwa, the killer of Henry Nowak, was convicted of murder last month. This week, the police released bodycam footage showing how Now...
Is there a right to die? The moral dilemmas of assisted death
Recorded at the Battle of Ideas festival 2025 on Saturday 18 October at Church House and the Abbey Centre, Westminster. ORIGINAL INTRODUCTIO...
Elections 2026: what next for populism, democracy, Starmer and the Union?
The implosion of the two traditional major parties and the widespread success of Reform (and, to a lesser extent, the Greens) have been wide...
Podcast of Ideas: Has Scottish devolution been a failure?
Ahead of the elections to the Scottish Parliament on Thursday 7 May, Alastair Donald and Rob Lyons talked to Dean Thomson, author of Scotlan...
Taking the PIP: who can reform welfare?
Recorded at the Battle of Ideas festival 2025 on Sunday 19 October at Church House, Westminster. ORIGINAL INTRODUCTION The government suffer...
Why is my energy bill so high?
The war in Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz have focused attention on skyrocketing energy prices, leading to demands to encourag...
Women and gender: Supreme Court ruling, one year on
This debate was part of Battle of Ideas North on 7 March 2026 in Manchester. ORIGINAL INTRODUCTION The Supreme Court judgement in April 2025...
Letters on Liberty: Abortion and the Freedom to Forge Our Own Fate
Following the vote in the House of Lords to approve the decriminalisation of women who have abortions after the legal limit of 24 weeks, the...
Net Zero or ‘drill, baby, drill’? The future of UK energy
With the war in Iran leading to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, preventing or restricting oil and gas being exported from many of the G...
Island of strangers: is Britain broken?
Recorded at Battle of Ideas North on Saturday 7 March 2026 at Pendulum Hotel, Manchester. ORIGINAL FESTIVAL INTRODUCTION From immigration to...
After Greenland: understanding the new geopolitics
This is an extract from the Academy of Ideas Economy Forum discussion 'After Greenland: understanding the new geopolitics', which took place...
Are the old political parties over?
Recorded at the Battle of Ideas festival 2025 on Saturday 18 October at Church House and the Abbey Centre, Westminster. Victory for the Gree...
The rise of the workplace speech police
Debate recorded at the Battle of Ideas festival 2025 on Saturday 18 October at Church House, Westminster. This week, Reform's Suella Braverm...