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Welcome to Empowered Belonging, a newsletter about how we can build societies which empower individuals to live fulfilling lives. For millennia, people have yearned for fulfillment. Not for wealth or acclaim, nor power or fame. Instead, they have yearned for far simpler things. I believe that fundamentally, people yearn simply to belong to a community of people that empowers them to go their own way in life. This is all, and it means something very important. Our desires are not insatiable; ...
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Racism in British society and Higher Education with Dr Nicole Rollock (Oxford PPE Society, released 29 Sept 2020)
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"For the listeners out there, this is a call to action. If you are going to a university and there are things that you see around you that are not happening in the way that you think they should be happening, ask those questions. Ask those questions. Because if we don't ask those questions, the status quo will remain, and that's for sure." The murd…
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The Future of Journalism with Diane Francis and Lois Heslop (Oxford PPE Society, released 19 June 2020)
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"In my 50 years observing leaders, he is the best communicator. He has the messaging power of a tabloid editor, he is so good at this. I force myself to watch his rallies: he's riveting — unfortunately! Because behind it, is a sociopath; he's the accidental president." Diane Francis is a journalist, political commentator, and Editor-at-Large at The…
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Modern Britain and the Labour Party, with Frank Field and Connie Bostock (Oxford PPE Society, released 12 June 2020)
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"The Labour Party could have gone to town and given me legal costs which would bankrupt me, so I accepted being thrown out the party." Frank Field served as the Labour MP for Birkenhead for 40 years, first entering Parliament when Margaret Thatcher became Prime Minister in 1979, and leaving it in 2019 following his resignation of the party whip a y…
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International diplomacy with Peter Ricketts and Musiab Bhat (Oxford PPE Society, released 5 June 2020)
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"I assume the Chinese plan is to get this law on the statute books and then to use it as a deterrent to try to force a reduction in the levels of protests, hoping that they won't have to use its full force, but that it will act as a deterrent." This week the Oxford PPE Society podcast is hosting Sir Peter Ricketts, one of Britain’s most esteemed di…
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Empowered Belonging: Inequality, Class, and Social Mobility with Dr Faiza Shaheen (Oxford PPE Society, released 29 May 2020)
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"One of the ways in which right wing ideas have been able to have such a strong grip is by lowering our expectations, and I really did feel that on the doorstep." This week we are joined by Faiza Shaheen, the Director of the Centre for Labour and Social Studies. She has been the Director since 2016, prior to which she worked as a senior researcher …
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Ethics, Evolution, and Neurophilosophy with Dr Pat Churchland and Alex O'Connor (CosmicSkeptic) (Oxford PPE Society, released 22 May 2020)
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Pat is one of the founders of neurophilosophy, which examines the relationship between neuroscience and philosophy. According to her, "to understand the mind, we must understand the brain," and she applies findings from neuroscience to common philosophical questions about knowledge, free will, consciousness, and ethics. This video discusses the ori…
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Empowered Belonging: The Labour Party today with Jess Phillips MP (Oxford PPE Society, released 15 May 2020)
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"I think that people have every right to protest, but freedom of speech is not there to defend the right to harm people with your words. People often mistake the idea of free speech as being 'you can say anything', but you can't." For our seventh episode, we were joined by Jess Phillips, the Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding, f…
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The pitfalls and promises of democracy with Prof John Dunn and Caiban Butcher (Oxford PPE Society, 8 May 2020)
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"If you've learnt your economics from Hayek, and you're let loose in 10 Downing Street, you can do a hell of a lot of harm very fast indeed. It's generally true that economists could do with acquainting themselves with more features of the world." This week we are joined by the immensely quotable Professor John Dunn, who has written prolifically on…
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Empowered Belonging: British Nationalism, Brexit, and Democracy with Bronwen Maddox (Oxford PPE Society, released 1 May 2020)
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"As the Prime Minister has said to a lot of the people working with him, what can I do for the people who voted for me. So what has happened is massively unhelpful." Bronwen Maddox is the Director of the Institute for Government and we were delighted to sit down with her for the fifth episode of our podcast series. The fate of Brexit, the integrity…
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Challenges to the Western World with Sir Peter Westmacott (Oxford PPE Society, released 24 April 2020)
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"In a way his election was a fluke because after all he only won by 76,000 votes in just three states, and lost the popular vote by 3 million." This week's episode with Sir Peter Westmacott is out now! Peter is a former British ambassador who has served in the United States, France, and Turkey. In this 40-minute listen, we explore the development o…
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Battle for the Soul of Turkey with Hannah Lucinda Smith (Oxford PPE Society, released 17 April 2020)
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"Islamist politics has been tried and failed. To be honest, I think Erdoğan's era is over." In this week's podcast we are joined by Hannah Lucinda Smith, the author of 'Erdoğan Rising: The Battle for the Soul of Turkey'. Hannah is also The Times' political correspondent in Turkey, where she is also responsible for their coverage of the Balkans and …
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Empowered Belonging: Labour and Government with Andrew Adonis (Oxford PPE Society, released 10 April 2020)
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"Labour also has to be very careful about two things with the electorate: are my taxes gonna go sky high and whether it's going to be strong enough on national security. To be absolutely blunt, Jeremy Corbyn didn't pass that test." Our latest episode with Lord Andrew Adonis is out now! In this 40-minute podcast, Andrew expressed his regrets over Br…
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Empowered Belonging: Uncertainty, UBI, and radical reform with Prof John Kay (Oxford PPE Society, released 3 April 2020)
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"If you have managed to reduce risk, then uncertainty is something you can welcome." Our first podcast is now live! We were delighted to host Professor John Kay for this 34 minute episode. Touching on a universal basic income, Groundhog Day, and green-washing, it is certainly a broad and entertaining discussion. In the episode, we discuss John's mo…
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