Crossing Channels
By Bennett School of Public Policy & Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse
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Description
Monthly podcast series produced by the Bennett School of Public Policy (University of Cambridge) and Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (Toulouse School of Economics) to give interdisciplinary answers to today's challenging questions. Hosted by Richard Westcott (former BBC journalist and now the communications director for Cambridge University Health Partners and the Cambridge Biomedical Campus) with guest experts from both universities. Subscribe to the Crossing Channels podcast feed https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/1841488.rss & download each episode at the start of the month.
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Who can we trust online?
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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Is the future of money truly inclusive?
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May 11, 2026 |
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What can't money buy?
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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Can we make climate policy fair and effective?
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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Is intellectual capital the key to future prosperity?
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Nov 30, 2025 |
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What really drives inequality?
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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Are universities ready for the age of AI?
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Oct 05, 2025 |
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How does migration change our world?
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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What is the value of speaking other languages?
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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Why do we choose what we choose?
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May 05, 2025 |
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How can we make food that is good for health, societies, the planet and the economy?
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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Can Europe ever catch up to the US in technology?
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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How can green finance drive the clean transition?
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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How are data and algorithms impacting our lives?
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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Is the world becoming less democratic?
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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What is happening to young people’s mental health?
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Nov 03, 2024 |
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Does prison work?
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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Should there be a compulsory retirement age for society's leaders?
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Jun 30, 2024 |
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Who pays the price of colonialism today?
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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What's the point of a protest?
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May 06, 2024 |
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Can governments regulate AI without stifling innovation?
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Mar 31, 2024 |
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Why are women disadvantaged in the workplace?
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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Can economic growth and sustainability coexist?
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Feb 04, 2024 |
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How can universal basic infrastructure support growth?
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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Can technology rescue ailing health services?
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Dec 02, 2023 |
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The world’s problems are interdisciplinary – why is academic research so siloed?
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Nov 12, 2023 |
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How big a problem is short-termism in government?
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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What is the future of religion?
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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Are countries becoming harder to govern?
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May 01, 2023 |
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Are emerging technologies more hype than reality?
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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Should children have the right to vote?
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Mar 05, 2023 |
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Is technology changing our behaviour?
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Feb 05, 2023 |
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Why are stories important for society?
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Jan 20, 2023 |
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Ukraine war - how can academics apply their expertise?
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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How much do people care about inequality?
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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Wellbeing at work - whose job is it to fix it?
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Oct 30, 2022 |
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Has digital technology made us better off?
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Oct 02, 2022 |
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What can political leaders learn from history?
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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How might policy steer us towards better decision-making?
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May 30, 2022 |
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Can democratic political leaders ever meet our expectations?
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May 02, 2022 |
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Is it the government's job to make us happy?
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Apr 03, 2022 |
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Ukraine invasion: context, consequences and the information war
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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Will Levelling Up Work?
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Feb 27, 2022 |
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Broadband before bridges: can digital technologies leapfrog the obstacles to development?
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Jan 28, 2022 |
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Can artificial intelligence be ethical?
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Jan 02, 2022 |
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What is nature's role in the economy?
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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Why has it become so hard to run government? The role of civil servants and decision-making in society today.
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Oct 31, 2021 |
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Launching Crossing Channels
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Oct 24, 2021 |