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NEW in Understand - The Growth Conundrum
Every UK government says it wants strong and sustained economic growth. But for almost 20 years none have managed it. Ben Chu asks why generating growth seems so difficult?
Episodes
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- The Growth Conundrum: 2. Growth Potential · 42 min · Season 16 Episode 2In recent decades the UK's growth has been deeply disappointing by its own historical standards. But some countries are booming. In the second episode of The Growth Conundrum BBC…
- The Growth Conundrum: 1. Growing Pains · 43 min · Season 16 Episode 1Economic growth is something every UK government, up to and including the current one, claims to want above all else. But for almost 20 years, not a single one has been able to…
- The Growth Conundrum: Trailer · 2 min · Season 16Every UK government, up to and including the current one, claims to want to achieve economic growth. But for almost 20 years not a single one has delivered sustained economic…
- Seven Ages of Man, with Michael Rosen: 7. Vittorio Angelone's in his 20s · 16 min · Season 15 Episode 7In the final episode of Michael Rosen’s series on masculinity and manhood, can comedian and podcaster Vittorio Angelone, following his tumultuous 20s, find his way to being a man…
- Seven Ages of Man, with Michael Rosen: 6. Marvin Sordell's in his 30s · 15 min · Season 15 Episode 6What’s it like to be a man in your 30s? In Episode 6 of Michael Rosen’s series about masculinity and manhood, filmmaker and former Premier League footballer Marvin Sordell puts…
- Seven Ages of Man, with Michael Rosen: 5. Lias Saoudi's in his 40s · 15 min · Season 15 Episode 5What’s it like to be a man in your 40s? In Episode 5 of Michael Rosen’s series about masculinity and manhood, singer and author Lias Saoudi reflects on his transition from chaos…
- Seven Ages of Man, with Michael Rosen: 4. Matthew Todd's in his 50s · 15 min · Season 15 Episode 4What’s it like to be a man in your 50s? In Episode 4 of Michael Rosen’s series about manhood and masculinity, journalist, activist and writer Matthew Todd talks about his…
- Seven Ages of Man, with Michael Rosen: 3. David Baddiel's in his 60s · 15 min · Season 15 Episode 3What’s it like being a man in your 60s? In Episode 3 of Michael Rosen’s series about manhood and masculinity, comedian and writer David Baddiel shares his experience. Like all of…
- Seven Ages of Man, with Michael Rosen: 2. Colm Tóibín's in his 70s · 15 min · Season 15 Episode 2What is it like being a man in your 70s? In Episode 2 of Michael Rosen’s series about manhood and masculinity, celebrated author and poet Colm Tóibín shares how he feels less and…
- Seven Ages of Man, with Michael Rosen: 1. Michael Palin's in his 80s · 15 min · Season 15 Episode 1Michael Palin doesn’t feel like a ‘man’ anymore in his 80s. But what does that mean and does it bring a new freedom? In conversation with Michael Rosen – who has recently turned…
- Seven Ages of Man, with Michael Rosen: Trailer · 3 min · Season 15What does being a ‘man’ really mean? From Michael Palin in his 80s to comedian Vittorio Angelone, just turned 30, seven men share their deeply personal experiences of manhood…
- The Value Crisis: 3. Prompting a Crisis? · 42 min · Season 14 Episode 3In this episode, Ros Atkins asks whether AI is solving our ‘value crisis’, or making it worse. He takes the optimistic case seriously - that AI could deepen our relationship with…
- The Value Crisis: 2. We've Been Here Before · 42 min · Season 14 Episode 2Technology is transforming what we value at breakneck speed. But is this really new? In this episode, Ros Atkins looks to four moments when earlier technologies forced a…
- The Value Crisis: 1. Crisis, What Crisis? · 43 min · Season 14 Episode 1Ros Atkins thinks technology is dramatically shifting what we value in the worlds of friendship, culture, finance and work. In this episode, he sets out to test whether that…
- The Value Crisis: Trailer · 3 min · Season 14Technology is changing our lives at breakneck speed. But what is it doing to what we value? From friendship and culture to finance and work, Ros Atkins explores how technology is…
- All Kinds of Minds: 3. Neurodivergence and Adulthood · 43 min · Season 13 Episode 3Across three episodes, author and mental health academic Nathan Filer explores neurodivergence: what it means, how children live with it, and how adults navigate its impact in…
- All Kinds of Minds: 2. Growing Up Neurodivergent · 42 min · Season 13 Episode 2Across three episodes, author and mental health academic Nathan Filer explores neurodivergence: what it means, how children live with it, and how adults navigate its impact in…
- All Kinds of Minds: 1. The Language of Neurodiversity · 43 min · Season 13 Episode 1Author and mental health academic Nathan Filer explores neurodivergence: what it means, how children live with it, and how adults navigate its impact in work, relationships and…
- All Kinds of Minds: Trailer · 3 min · Season 13Nathan Filer explores the complex and shifting terrain of neurodiversity, and what it means to be different. From neurodivergence in childhood, to navigating adulthood.
- Ten Fights That Made the Green Movement: 10. Rival Visions · 15 min · Season 12 Episode 10Facing climate fatigue and denial, a backlash against green policy, and increasingly urgent warnings from scientists, the green movement is shifting into a new era. Two…
