World Cup Podcast of Ideas, episode 4: after that semi-final
The Academy of Ideas team of Alastair Donald, Geoff Kidder and Rob Lyons are joined by Sebastian Moore from the Take Me Home podcast to disc...
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Controlling the narrative?
Recorded at the Battle of Ideas festival 2025 on Saturday 18 October at Church House and the Abbey Centre, Westminster. ORIGINAL INTRODUCTIO...
The problem with defining Islamophobia
Recorded at the Battle of Ideas festival 2025 on Saturday 18 October at Church House and the Abbey Centre, Westminster. ORIGINAL INTRODUCTIO...
Should there be a mental-health professional in every school?
Recorded at the Battle of Ideas festival 2025 on Saturday 18 October at Church House and the Abbey Centre, Westminster. ORIGINAL INTRODUCTIO...
Is Germany ready for revolt?
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 3
The AoI team of Geoff Kidder, Rob Lyons and Jake Weston are joined by Donald Clark, author, speaker and CEO of Wildfire Learning, to discuss...
From Saudi to Sheffield: is football still the beautiful game?
Recorded at the Battle of Ideas festival 2025 on Sunday 19 October at Church House, Westminster. ORIGINAL INTRODUCTION ‘I have the feeling t...
Jane Austen: spinster, feminist or just a good writer?
Recorded at the Battle of Ideas festival 2025 on Saturday 18 October at Church House and the Abbey Centre, Westminster. ORIGINAL INTRODUCTIO...
Religious fervour: the rise of faith or Cultural Christianity?
Lots of people are converting to Christianity and, across the country, church attendance is increasing. While the numbers vary, one survey s...
Never Again – for anyone? The new Holocaust relativism
Recorded at the Battle of Ideas festival 2025 on Saturday 18 October at Church House and the Abbey Centre, Westminster. ORIGINAL INTRODUCTIO...
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...
World 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...