Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share Knowledge and Nostalgia: Why a University Education Should Be Free (Louisa Munch)
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
Knowledge and Nostalgia: Why a University Education Should Be Free (Louisa Munch)
What is the point of going to university? In this episode, Amol sits down with the critical theorist, academic and social media influencer Louisa Munch who thinks you shouldn’t have to pay for higher education.
With the graduate premium in decline, she explains why people should go to university to gain knowledge rather than get a job because she believes having an informed society is good for everyone in an era of competing narratives about the past.
She also reflects on why people of her generation feel disillusioned and what can be done to give them some hope for the future.
(00:05:04) What is critical theory?
(00:06:06) Why she believes university should be free
(00:12:50) University as a meritocracy
(00:18:45) Is student debt worth it?
(00:22:06) Thoughts on class divide
(00:26:23) Nostalgia and the far right
(00:37:28) Disenchantment about the future
(00:43:32) Nostalgia in contemporary politics
(00:47:30) Louisa's RADICAL ideas
(00:49:08) Political movements of the next generation
GET IN TOUCH:
* WhatsApp: 0330 123 9480
* Email: [email protected]
Episodes of Radical with Amol Rajan are released every Thursday and you can also watch them on BBC iPlayer: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m002f1d0/radical-with-amol-rajan
Amol Rajan is a presenter of the Today programme on BBC Radio 4. He is also the host of University Challenge on BBC One. Before that, Amol was media editor at the BBC and editor at The Independent.
Radical with Amol Rajan is a Today Podcast. It was made by Lewis Vickers with Anna Budd. Digital production was by Gabriel Purcell-Davis. Technical production was by Gareth Jones and Dafydd Evans. The editor is Sam Bonham. The executive producer is Owenna Griffiths.
View all episodes
By BBC Radio 4
5
1313 ratings
What is the point of going to university? In this episode, Amol sits down with the critical theorist, academic and social media influencer Louisa Munch who thinks you shouldn’t have to pay for higher education.
With the graduate premium in decline, she explains why people should go to university to gain knowledge rather than get a job because she believes having an informed society is good for everyone in an era of competing narratives about the past.
She also reflects on why people of her generation feel disillusioned and what can be done to give them some hope for the future.
(00:05:04) What is critical theory?
(00:06:06) Why she believes university should be free
(00:12:50) University as a meritocracy
(00:18:45) Is student debt worth it?
(00:22:06) Thoughts on class divide
(00:26:23) Nostalgia and the far right
(00:37:28) Disenchantment about the future
(00:43:32) Nostalgia in contemporary politics
(00:47:30) Louisa's RADICAL ideas
(00:49:08) Political movements of the next generation
GET IN TOUCH:
* WhatsApp: 0330 123 9480
* Email: [email protected]
Episodes of Radical with Amol Rajan are released every Thursday and you can also watch them on BBC iPlayer: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m002f1d0/radical-with-amol-rajan
Amol Rajan is a presenter of the Today programme on BBC Radio 4. He is also the host of University Challenge on BBC One. Before that, Amol was media editor at the BBC and editor at The Independent.
Radical with Amol Rajan is a Today Podcast. It was made by Lewis Vickers with Anna Budd. Digital production was by Gabriel Purcell-Davis. Technical production was by Gareth Jones and Dafydd Evans. The editor is Sam Bonham. The executive producer is Owenna Griffiths.
More shows like Radical with Amol Rajan
View all
Political Thinking with Nick Robinson
112 Listeners
Newscast
717 Listeners
Full Disclosure with James O'Brien
294 Listeners
Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
26 Listeners
Americast
768 Listeners
The Rest Is Politics
3,568 Listeners
The News Agents
1,224 Listeners
The Rest Is Politics: Leading
806 Listeners
The News Agents - USA
387 Listeners
The Rest Is Money
200 Listeners
The Rest Is Entertainment
930 Listeners
Electoral Dysfunction
110 Listeners
Political Currency
143 Listeners
The Rest Is Politics: US
2,370 Listeners
Rory Stewart: The Long History of...
78 Listeners