Reasons to be Cheerful with Ed Miliband & Geoff Lloyd
News & Politics Podcasts
Former Labour Party leader Ed Miliband and Sony Award-winning radio host Geoff Lloyd unearth big ideas that can change society for the better.
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Location:
United Kingdom
Description:
Former Labour Party leader Ed Miliband and Sony Award-winning radio host Geoff Lloyd unearth big ideas that can change society for the better. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Twitter:
@CheerfulPodcast
Language:
English
Contact:
+447967388225
Episodes
CHATTEROO #22
4/28/2024
Vegetarian escalope at the Paris Olympics, energy nerds, The Boring Phone, Mid TV and your correspondence.
Join the Chatteroo! Email us with thoughts, questions and any fodder: chat@cheerfulpodcast.com
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Duration:00:34:28
CHATTEROO #21 England: Seven Myths That Changed a Country - And How To Set Them Straight
4/21/2024
Just in time for St George's Day, former Mili-gang members Marc Stears & Tom Baldwin join the Chatteroo to talk about their excellent new book 'England: Seven Myths That Changed a Country - And How To Set Them Straight'
Treat yourself to a copy - you deserve it! https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/england-9781526646231/
Email us: chat@cheerfulpodcast.com
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Duration:00:42:12
CHATTEROO #20
4/14/2024
Climate litigation in the 26 Cantons, the sense of smell in a digital world, Ed turns quizmaster, and your email.
Throw us a chatty bone! What would you like to hear in the Chatteroo? chat@cheerfulpodcast.com
PENGUINS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PwDFddpo4c
CAN A WILD ANIMAL MAKE YOUR HOUSE FEEL LIKE A HOME? https://science.anu.edu.au/news-events/news/can-wild-animal-make-your-house-feel-home?fbclid=PAAabIRLX2FP_IHykx-YjF75F2coLxbwYKDJv4U5NnMndw17bYa7qfcaQuxmQ_aem_AafVJaTzSreellMoKrLQZJrh5JYYNqpKYdJ7oZuPtj2iOQkJvm5zEvgI30s13GX9XTE
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Duration:00:27:35
CHATTEROO #19
4/7/2024
We lament the passing of Curb Your Enthusiasm, and delve into the Chatteroo postbag.
We'd love to hear from you - it's your Chatteroo, too: chat@cheerfulpodcast.com
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Duration:00:29:21
CHATTEROO #18 - Breaking The Habit(uation)
3/31/2024
Neuroscientist and author Tali Sharot has joined the Chatteroo to talk about her excellent new book, 'Look Again - The Power of Noticing What Was Always There' (co-written with Cass R Sunstein.) It's the habituation sensation that's sweeping the nation.
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Duration:00:54:10
CHATTEROO #17
3/24/2024
Includes a Presidential belch, life lessons from toddlers, the grace of a giraffe, and the Village People.
We need your email to fuel the Chatteroo! chat@cheerfulpodcast.com
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Duration:00:25:17
CHATTEROO #16
3/17/2024
The calm before the swarm, your email, and Ed shares his music lesson trauma.
Email us! chat@cheerfulpodcast.com
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/mar/14/theres-joy-i-havent-felt-for-years-how-i-got-hooked-on-the-piano-craze
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Duration:00:30:41
CHATTEROO #15
3/10/2024
A flurry of email prompted by last week's episode, plus cheerful nuggets from John Kerry's New York Times exit interview, the age at which jeans become inappropriate, and an Oscars-themed quiz.
Send us an email: chat@cheerfulpodcast.com
John Kerry: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/06/opinion/john-kerry-climate-change-china.html
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Duration:00:35:04
CHATTEROO #14
3/3/2024
Voicenotes, lessons from the New England Patriots, your email, and our best quiz yet.
Chat makes the world go round! We need your email - send us facts about hedgehogs, stories of sticking to your guns, rules for voice-note etiquette, ideas for quizzes, articles... anything you'd like to hear Ed turn his big ol' brain to:
chat@cheerfulpodcast.com
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Duration:00:33:13
CHATTEROO #13
2/26/2024
Sad owl news, happy hedgehog news, and an encounter in the Portcullis House cafeteria queue.
Plus, your email - send us more, please! chat@cheerfulpodcast.com
Liebreich: Net Zero Will Be Harder Than You Think – And Easier
PART 1: https://about.bnef.com/blog/liebreich-net-zero-will-be-harder-than-you-think-and-easier-part-i-harder/
PART 2: https://about.bnef.com/blog/liebreich-net-zero-will-be-harder-than-you-think-and-easier-part-ii-easier/
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Duration:00:26:36
CHATTEROO #12
2/19/2024
Ed vs Mud, Geoff has the lung capacity of a slightly younger man, how to apologise, and a game of Know Your Station
Apologise Like You Mean It: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/16/well/live/apology-tips.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Where Did Our Strange Use of 'Like' Come From? https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/15/opinion/casual-speech-like.html?searchResultPosition=2
Email us! It makes Ed so happy... chat@cheerfulpodcast.com
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Duration:00:19:52
CHATTEROO #11
2/12/2024
Tracy Chapman, the age of a Prime Minister, how Marx and Engels communicated, plus more aggressive birds.
Seen anything you'd like us to talk about? Got a question? Someone you'd like to hear us talk to? Want to set us a quiz? chat@cheerfulpodcast.com
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Duration:00:22:55
CHATTEROO #11
2/12/2024
Tracy Chapman, the age of a Prime Minister, how Marx and Engels communicated, plus more aggressive birds.
Seen anything you'd like us to talk about? Got a question? Someone you'd like to hear us talk to? Want to set us a quiz? chat@cheerfulpodcast.com
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Duration:00:22:55
CHATTEROO #10
2/5/2024
Donald Trump vs Taylor Swift, Ed vs wildfowl and your email.
Join the Chatteroo: chat@cheerfulpodcast.com
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Duration:00:30:42
CHATTEROO #9
1/29/2024
Où est le chatteroo? Voici le chatteroo!
Send us hamster facts, or anything else that's on your mind: chat@cheerfulpodcast.com
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Duration:00:25:35
CHATTEROO #8
1/22/2024
Life is a Chatteroo, old chum! Come to the Chatteroo.
Hello, and welcome to this week's catch-up, during which we discuss afternoon tea, including young voices in the climate conversation, a hat made of mushrooms, and workplace wellbeing and urban rewilding.
Send us an email: chat@cheerfulpodcast.com
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Duration:00:24:58
CHATTEROO #7 with climate scientist Emily Shuckburgh
1/15/2024
Brilliant climate scientist Emily Shuckburgh joins the Chatteroo to talk through the climate data for 2023.
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Duration:00:36:16
CHATTEROO #6
1/8/2024
Ed's new TV obsession leads to a chatteroo about therapy, including a mention of this twenty year-old essay by Nicholas Spice: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v26/n01/nicholas-spice/i-must-be-mad
Plus! Meet our famous new sidekick...
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Duration:00:27:31
... AND A CHATTEROO YEAR (with Ben Ansell)
1/1/2024
Hap-py New Year! We welcome our first guest of the Chatteroo-era, and what a guest: This year's BBC Reith Lecturer, Professor Ben Ansell - political scientist and former teaching assistant to Ed Miliband (as Ed mentions 5,000 time during the conversation.)
Listen to/read Ben's Reith Lectures: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00729d9
Buy Ben's book, 'Why Politics Fails': https://www.pagesofhackney.co.uk/webshop/product/why-politics-fails-ansell-ben-w/
Visit Ben's website: https://benwansell.com/
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Duration:00:54:38
A CHRISTMAS CHATTEROO
12/25/2023
A chatty accompaniment as your potatoes roast and your sprouts boil.
We wish you a cheerful Christmas!
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Duration:00:30:04