Podcast

Hiraeth Podcast - US Election: What did we learn from Biden's win?

The dust is far from settled on the US Presidential Election 2020 but the clear Biden victory suggests a revived (and welcome) role for coherent policy making at home and abroad for the next four years.

What does this mean for Wales, the UK and the wider world and what did we learn about America during the election? To discuss with Matt and Ceri is political scientist Dr Jac Larner - a specialist in political psychology and Fullbright Fellow - and Jane Davidson, former Welsh Government Minister and author of #FutureGen, the story of the Wellbeing of Future Generations Act.

RSA - Bridges to the Future podcast: How do we find new ways to tackle historic problems?

EPISODE SUMMARY

As the footballer Marcus Rashford has shown, it's not just the power of celebrity that can bring about real change but the way that an issue is framed and presented. This week Matthew meets three individuals - a charity worker, a politician and a social entrepreneur - to hear their big ideas to reframe arguments for progressive change, and to help solve complex issues such as child poverty and inequality.

As the footballer Marcus Rashford has shown, it's not just the power of celebrity that can bring about real change but the way that an issue is framed and presented. This week Matthew meets three individuals - a charity worker, a politician and a social entrepreneur - to hear their big ideas to reframe arguments for progressive change, and to help solve complex issues such as child poverty and inequality.

EPISODE NOTES

Global crises cause big changes and reveal deep structural weaknesses.  

In this special interview series from the RSA its chief executive, Matthew Taylor, puts a range of practitioners on the spot - from scholars to business leaders, politicians to journalists - by asking for one big idea to help build effective bridges to our new future.

Kirsty McNeill is an Executive Director at Save the Children. To find out more about their latest report, Covid's Kids: Repaying our Debt to the Covid Generation click here. 

Jane Davidson is Pro Vice-Chancellor Emeritus at the University of Wales, a former politician, and now  author #futuregen. 

John Bird is an activist, social  entrepreneur and co-founder of The Big Issue. He's is a member of the House of Lords.  

You can read more about the Well-being of Future Generations Act by clicking here. 

In Conversation With Jane Davidson: Joyce and Nigel Gervis

In the latest episode of Jane Davidson in Conversation, Jane speaks to Joyce and Nigel Gervis of Ty Mawr Lime about their award-winning business – discovering how they've become a market leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of environmentally-friendly building materials and systems, discussing how the building industry in Wales is changing; and exploring the importance of bringing business into the country.

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From What If to What Next Podcast: What if governments factored future generations into law and policy?

In Episode 13 of Rob Hopkins’ podcast, From What If to What Next, Jane Davidson and Roman Krznaric discuss ‘What if governments factored future generations into law and policy?’

More information here: https://www.patreon.com/fromwhatiftowhatnext

In Conversation With Jane Davidson: David Hieatt

About David Hieatt

Bankrupt at 16. Thrown out of college at 18. Joined Saatchi and Saatchi at 21. Had a ball. Left advertising to go back to Wales. Started howies in 1995. Sold it to Timberland. Left. Started The DO Lectures, which was voted one of the top 10 ideas festivals in the world by the Guardian.

And in 2012 started a company making jeans called The Hiut Denim Co. in his home town of Cardigan. A town that used to have Britain’s biggest jeans factory. Its purpose is to get 400 people their jobs back. As of today, it now employs 30 people.

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Podcast: What Could Possibly Go Right? #16 Jane Davidson - Fairness to the Future

In this new interview series sponsored by Post Carbon Institute, Vicki Robin, activist and best selling author on sustainable living, talks with provocative thought leaders about emerging possibilities and ways humanity might step onto a better, post-pandemic path. https://bit.ly/pci-wcpgrseries

Jane Davidson is the author of #futuregen: Lessons from a Small Country, the story of why Wales was the first country in the world to introduce legislation to protect future generations. She is Pro Vice-Chancellor Emeritus at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David. From 2000-2011, Jane was Minister for Education, then Minister for Environment, Sustainability in the Welsh Government.

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