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Former Labour Party leader Ed Miliband and Sony Award-winning radio host Geoff Lloyd unearth big ideas that can change society for the better.


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Reasons to be Cheerful with Ed Miliband & Geoff Lloyd Cheerful

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    • 4.8 • 2.5K Ratings

Former Labour Party leader Ed Miliband and Sony Award-winning radio host Geoff Lloyd unearth big ideas that can change society for the better.


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    CHATTEROO #16

    CHATTEROO #16

    The calm before the swarm, your email, and Ed shares his music lesson trauma.
    Email us! chat@cheerfulpodcast.com
    https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/mar/14/theres-joy-i-havent-felt-for-years-how-i-got-hooked-on-the-piano-craze

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    • 30 min
    CHATTEROO #15

    CHATTEROO #15

    A flurry of email prompted by last week's episode, plus cheerful nuggets from John Kerry's New York Times exit interview, the age at which jeans become inappropriate, and an Oscars-themed quiz.
    Send us an email: chat@cheerfulpodcast.com
    John Kerry: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/06/opinion/john-kerry-climate-change-china.html

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    • 35 min
    CHATTEROO #14

    CHATTEROO #14

    Voicenotes, lessons from the New England Patriots, your email, and our best quiz yet.
    Chat makes the world go round! We need your email - send us facts about hedgehogs, stories of sticking to your guns, rules for voice-note etiquette, ideas for quizzes, articles... anything you'd like to hear Ed turn his big ol' brain to:
    chat@cheerfulpodcast.com


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    • 33 min
    CHATTEROO #13

    CHATTEROO #13

    Sad owl news, happy hedgehog news, and an encounter in the Portcullis House cafeteria queue.
    Plus, your email - send us more, please! chat@cheerfulpodcast.com
    Liebreich: Net Zero Will Be Harder Than You Think – And Easier
    PART 1: https://about.bnef.com/blog/liebreich-net-zero-will-be-harder-than-you-think-and-easier-part-i-harder/
    PART 2: https://about.bnef.com/blog/liebreich-net-zero-will-be-harder-than-you-think-and-easier-part-ii-easier/

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    • 26 min
    CHATTEROO #12

    CHATTEROO #12

    Ed vs Mud, Geoff has the lung capacity of a slightly younger man, how to apologise, and a game of Know Your Station
    Apologise Like You Mean It: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/16/well/live/apology-tips.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
    Where Did Our Strange Use of 'Like' Come From? https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/15/opinion/casual-speech-like.html?searchResultPosition=2
    Email us! It makes Ed so happy... chat@cheerfulpodcast.com


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    • 19 min
    CHATTEROO #11

    CHATTEROO #11

    Tracy Chapman, the age of a Prime Minister, how Marx and Engels communicated, plus more aggressive birds.
    Seen anything you'd like us to talk about? Got a question? Someone you'd like to hear us talk to? Want to set us a quiz? chat@cheerfulpodcast.com

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    • 22 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
2.5K Ratings

2.5K Ratings

PineGroveCharlie ,

Reasons to be Cheerful / Just Brilliant

Congratulations on the 5th Anniversary and on your brilliant choice of guest for the celebratory episode. Absolutely love Marina and her journalism.

Your episodes are so worth listening to and I still enjoy the T shirt.

Thanks so much.

AlanJenki ,

Today show 🤦

Another moron with voice fry guest. Why do you people think i want to listed to some vocal fry/voice fry moron. They sound so dumb as opposed to intelligent as they’ve convinced themselves they sound

Allie the smiler ,

Cheerful for a change!!

I’ve come to this podcast very late after years of only listening to crime!! What breath of fresh air- my brain is working and my face is smiling. Oh and I have a crush on Ed lol Thanks for sharing so much interesting stuff. Merry Christmas guys 😊

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