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Avraham Burg: Israel’s tyrannical leadership
Author, politician and former member of the Israeli Knesset Avraham Burg joins Ellen Halliday to discuss political leadership in Israel and the influence that extremist voices are having on Netanyahu. Burg argues Israelis must push for the change in leadership needed for the nation to pursue a more peaceful path.
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Broke Birmingham and the council crisis
Last year three councils in England went bust, and the BBC political research unit has reported that one in five councils have warned of effective bankruptcy in five years, unless there is reform. Contributing editor Tom Clark joins Ellen Halliday to unpick the deficit in local government funding, and to the chart the sorry course of Birmingham, a city that was once the cradle of municipal governance, which is now run by a bankrupt council that is forced to make unprecedented cuts.
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Margot Wallström: How Russia is wreaking environmental destruction in Ukraine
Prospect contributing editor Isabel Hilton is joined by Margot Wallström, a former Swedish foreign affairs minister and head of the High-Level Working Group on the Environmental Consequences of the War in Ukraine. They discuss the environmental damage Russia’s war has caused in Chernobyl and across the country. Also on the podcast, climate scientist Gavin Schmidt discusses the worrying news that climate models can’t explain 2023’s historic temperature high.
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The Americans defending democracy from Trump
Author and journalist Phil Tinline joins Ellen Halliday on the podcast to discuss the threat Trump poses to US democracy and the cross-partisan movement of lawyers, activists and politicians fighting to safeguard it.
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The gospel according to GB News
For our cover story this month, author, broadcaster and theologian Andrew Graystone explores media tycoon Paul Marshall’s God-driven mission to reshape Britain. He joins deputy editor Ellen Halliday to discuss Marshall’s life, faith and media empire—and why it matters for Britain.
Read Andrew Graystone's cover story here.
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Prospect Lives: Decisions, challenges and fresh starts
This month, OCD sufferer Sarah Collins faces her phobia of sleeping alone, while Gen Z-er Alice Garnett reflects on a search for a new job. Former England cricket captain Mike Brearley celebrates the many apprenticeships he's completed both in sport and in life.
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Customer Reviews
Steve Richards episode
Great episode! Such a warm podcast and coupled with Steve Richards razor sharp analysis it made for a great accompaniment to my walk to work!
World’s most annoying podcaster?
Dear Prospect, please stop Ms Collins from getting near a microphone. Her recent squeaky ramblings of her OCD were the last straw. Spoiler: we’re not interested in her neuroses or self obsession - and the timbre of that voice [insert scream emoji here]. She needs to grow up, hone a public speaking voice and stop doing such an incredible disservice to Gen Z, by reinforcing perceptions of that generation’s immaturity and fragility.
Poor
Unbalanced episode. The premise ignores the massive media bias favouring Israel and under representing the position of Palestinians living under brutal occupation.