If you're looking for world-leading experts, you've taken a wrong turn somewhere. This is the People's Countryside Environmental Debate Podcast, where the questions are fresh and the opinions are under construction.
Jimmy, from Little Waldingfield, Suffolk, England asks - “I’ve heard getting people to the moon and back recently cost 80 billion, yet the delayed by 15 years HS2 thats only going as far as Birmingham, and slower speeds could cost in excess of 100 billion. Are we finishing HS2 because we started it, or because its needed?”
This episode goes full steam ahead into HS2, historical railway politics and eye-watering budgets. Expect discussions about Brunel, billion-pound infrastructure, moon rockets and the possibility that sustainability refuses to fit neatly into a spreadsheet.
Rick, Colgate, West Sussex, England - “Should Starmer go and get yet another new PM in? Can the UK move forward if it keeps changing leaders? If policy isn’t adaptable to a changing world, a new new leader can’t surely be the answer? What does our collective future look like?”
This week, we ask why we're so obsessed with replacing leaders before they've had time to unpack their boxes. From football managers to prime ministers, we explore whether constant change creates progress, or just a national game of political Hokey Cokey.
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This podcast's overall themes are nature, philosophy, climate, the human condition, sustainability, and social justice.
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