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    How did we get into this mess? In conversation with Helen Thompson

    How did we get into this mess? In conversation with Helen Thompson

    FromReading Our Times

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    How did we get into this mess? In conversation with Helen Thompson

    FromReading Our Times

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    Length:
    34 minutes
    Released:
    May 24, 2022
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Description

    We live in strange, unsettling, perhaps even exceptional times. How did we get here? In particular, how have our dependence on energy, our need for economic growth and our distrust in politics combined to shape our unstable 21st century.

    In this episode, Nick Spencer speaks to Prof. Helen Thompson about her book Disorder: Hard Times in the 21st Century.
    Released:
    May 24, 2022
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    Reading Our Times is the podcast that explores the books and the ideas that are shaping us today. It is hosted by Nick Spencer, Senior Fellow at the think tank, Theos. We’re going to be talking to some of the world’s leading authors about issues like meritocracy, justice, populism, human rights, the brain, liberalism, and religion. Above all, we'll be exploring what these books have to say about the times we live in and about the people we are. So listen with us, and we’ll introduce you to authors, books and ideas that illuminate ourselves and our world today. For more information about the people and ideas behind the podcast, visit https://www.theosthinktank.co.uk/about/who-we-are or follow us on Twitter @theosthinktank and @theosnick.