{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6462652801a21a001146cc01/66c79f6a0f3233b2d3a19ed5?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"'System Fail' - a conversation with Sam Freedman about the way Britain's broken politics can suffocate even the best intentions.","description":"<p>Host Rafael Behr talks to author, policy expert and podcaster Sam Freedman about his new book <a href=\"https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/sam-freedman/45817\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Failed State: Why Nothing Works and How We Fix It</a></p><p><br></p><p>Sam Freedman&nbsp;is a senior fellow at the <a href=\"Institute for Government\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Institute for Government</a> and an Ark Schools adviser. </p><p><br></p><p>He writes about policy and politics for numerous outlets, including the&nbsp;<em>Financial Times</em>,&nbsp;<em>Sunday Times</em>,&nbsp;<em>Guardian</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>New Statesman</em>. </p><p><br></p><p>With his father, he runs <a href=\"https://samf.substack.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">‘Comment is Freed’,</a> Britain’s most popular politics Substack. </p><p><br></p><p>He has spent his career working in different policy-focused roles around Westminster, including as an adviser to the then opposition leader, David Cameron, and as a senior policy adviser at the Department for Education for three years, working with (friends of the podcast) Michael Gove and Dominic Cummings. </p><p><br></p><p>Feedspot has chosen Politics on the Couch as one of the Top 25 UK Psychology and Political Science Podcasts on the web.</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://blog.feedspot.com/uk_psychology_podcasts\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://blog.feedspot.com/uk_psychology_podcasts</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://blog.feedspot.com/political_science_podcasts\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://blog.feedspot.com/political_science_podcasts</a></p>","author_name":"Larchmont Productions"}