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The Progressive Britain Podcast

A platform for progressive voices and ideas— and some Labour history too!


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  • 37. Social Democracy with Eunice Goes

    55:13||Season 2, Ep. 37
    Host of the Progressive Britain History Project, Steven Fielding and Laura Beers, speak to author of 2024's 'Social Democracy', Eunice Goes. They discuss the origins of social democracy and its meaning throughout the 20th century; before turning to the dynamics and direction of social democracies around Europe and the world and examine the Labour Party and Rachel Reeves' recent budget through that lens.

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  • 36. Orwell's Ghosts, with Steven Fielding, Phil Tinline and Laura Beers

    50:02||Season 2, Ep. 36
    Host of the Progressive Britain History Project, Laura Beers, turns guest for this episode as she's quizzed on her new book, Orwell's Ghosts: Wisdom and Warnings for the 21st Century, by History Project host Steven Fielding alongside guest host and renowned author Phil Tinline.
  • 35. The modern politics of Britain's imperial history

    50:16||Season 2, Ep. 35
    Hosts, Laura Beers and Steven Fielding, speak to Charlotte Lydia Riley about the consequences of Britain's empire and colonialism for modern British politics. Get Charlotte's book, Imperial Island, here: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/442125/imperial-island-by-riley-charlotte-lydia/9781529923803
  • 34. The Wild Men of the first Labour Government

    48:29||Season 2, Ep. 34
    Laura and Steven, hosts of the Progressive Britain History Project, speak to David Torrance about his new book on the remarkable story of the first Labour Government of 1924.
  • 33. Clement Attlee and modern Britain

    49:03||Season 2, Ep. 33
    Laura and Steven talk to Professor Richard Toye about his new book 'Age of Hope', which focuses on Clement Attlee's 1945 Labour government and its contribution to modern Britain.
  • 32. What can Starmer learn from Blair?

    48:16||Season 2, Ep. 32
    Progressive Britain History Project hosts Steven Fielding and Laura Beers speak to former Political Secretary to Tony Blair, John McTernan. They discuss what Keir Starmer can learn from Tony Blair and what the current Labour Party can learn from New Labour.
  • 31. Education with Peter Mandler

    50:39||Season 2, Ep. 31
    Peter Mandler, Professor of Modern Cultural History at Cambridge, talks education policy with Progressive Britain History Project hosts, Laura Beers and Steven Fielding.