Tell Me Why

By Prospect Magazine

In an era of news fatigue and constant information, Prospect steps back from the daily news grind—asking not just what is happening, but why.

Join Prospect editors Alona Ferber, Imaan Irf

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November 28, 2019 Imperialism and the East India Company, with William Dalrymple
What really was the East India Company, and how does its legacy affect Britain today? Historian William Dalrymple joins the Prospect podcast this week to talk about Britain’s imperial legacy and how the company grew from being a silks and spices trader to an engine of colonialism.

William’s book, The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company is out with Bloomsbury.

Plus: Steve Bloomfield and Sameer Rahim on teaching history in schools
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27min
November 21, 2019 The Home Office’s Hostile Environment, with Maya Goodfellow
The Windrush scandal was just the tip of the iceberg. It was a result of, and part of a long-ranging Home Office strategy to create a hostile environment for Britain’s immigrants. Writer and researcher Maya Goodfellow joins the Prospect podcast this week to discuss the UK’s current and historic immigration policies, and what she learned from talking to migrants and asylum seekers while writing her book, Hostile Environment: How Immigrants Became Scapegoats.
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29min
November 14, 2019 The impeachment inquiry against Trump, with James Zirin
Donald Trump has a long history with the US courts – 3,500 cases, it has been estimated. Journalist and author James D. Zirin joins the Prospect podcast to discuss the president’s history with the law, and what that can tell us about how Trump views politics. Also—what can we expect from the impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump?

Plus: Steve Bloomfield and Stephanie Boland on the 2020 race
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24min
November 07, 2019 The Brexit election? A primer to the December vote
How will Brexit affect the vote this December? What about other burning issues, like the economy and the NHS? In this election special, Prospect’s editors debate whether this will truly be the “Brexit election,” and what seats to look out for.
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33min
October 30, 2019 Breaking the Harvey Weinstein story with Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor
Two years on from the New York Times' publication of the Harvey Weinstein allegations, Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor join Prospect's Steve Bloomfield to discuss what it was like to report on the story—and how their article helped ignite a global movement.

Plus: Stephanie Boland on Britain's #metoo moment and what comes next.
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31min
October 24, 2019 Susan Neiman on learning from the Germans
The Germans have a word for it—can the rest of the world learn from them, too? Philosopher Susan Neiman joins the Prospect podcast to discuss her book Learning From the Germans. From her travels in the American South to the complex arguments over Vergangenheitsaufarbeitung, and from Hannah Arendt to the Enlightenment focus on happiness, Professor Neiman explores what it means to work with our history. Plus: Rebecca Liu and Stephanie Boland talk Rhodes Must Fall—and a strange Lithuanian tourist attraction.
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39min
October 16, 2019 Charles Moore on Margaret Thatcher
Journalist Charles Moore has spent over 20 years mapping the life and work of former prime minister Margaret Thatcher. The final instalment of his trilogy of Thatcher’s life, Margaret Thatcher: Herself Alone is published this month.

Editor Tom Clark talks to Moore about Thatcher’s contested legacy, her attitudes to the EU and referendums, and what he’s learned at the end of his long journey.
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32min
October 09, 2019 Jonathan Haidt on political speech
American social psychologist Jonathan Haidt joins the Prospect podcast to discuss political anger on both sides of the Atlantic, from Boris Johnson’s discussion of Brexit to the American 2020 election.

Plus: how the internet is affecting today’s younger generations
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36min
October 02, 2019 The Uninhabitable Earth, with David Wallace-Wells
In recent months, the climate change movement reach new heights with global strikes and large-scale marches. Journalist and author of The Uninhabitable Earth David Wallace-Wells joins the Prospect podcast and takes stock of where the global climate movement is today, and what change needs to happen to avoid the alarming futures we may face.

Plus: Tom Clark and Steve Bloomfield on the climate change proposals unveiled party conferences
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43min
September 27, 2019 Catherine Haddon and Adam Wagner on the Supreme Court
At the end of an extraordinary week for the British constitution, we've brought you an extraordinary podcast. The Institute for Government's Catherine Haddon and barrister Adam Wagner join the Prospect podcast to talk about this week's Supreme Court ruling and what that means for Brexit.
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