The Green New Deal Podcast

Ben Phillips has spent a lifetime fighting injustice and his new book ‘How to fight inequality and why that fight needs you’ crystallises many of the lessons he’s learned. Ann Pettifor, author of The Case for the Green New Deal, said “Inequality would not be a major issue around the world without the work of Ben Phillips...this powerful book empowers readers with the data, information, arguments and advice they need to help bring an end to this crisis.”

What would a Green New Deal look like in Bristol? Kat, a social housing worker and Kieran 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿, a Civil engineer, talk to me about housing, gentrification and just a few of the amazing campaign groups that make Bristol such a vibrant city 💪

Environmental activist Lungisa Ngapi joins me to talk about colonialism, capitalism and how South Africa could be transformed by the efforts of the Green New Deal - through both social justice and climate justice.

Physics student Alex Champion clears up many of the questions that come up in opposition to the Green New Deal. Like, why don’t China and India produce more emissions than the UK? Will workers in the fossil fuel industry be left behind? And...what would a Green New Deal look like in North Norfolk?

Charity worker Radhika Bynon joins me to talk about what a Green New Deal would look like in Newham, East London. We talk about race, poverty, inequality and how all those things link to air pollution and the plans for the Silvertown Tunnel.

Andy the Fire-STARTER joins me to talk about socialism, fracking, free transport and the Green New Deal in Chester. Twitter: @gnd_the Insta: @thegndpodcast. Facebook: The Green New Deal Podcast. Sign up to the newsletter on our social media!!!

This is the first in a series of Big Ideas episodes! In this episode, Sadie DeCoste helps shed light on why understanding the UK’s historical responsibility is so valuable and important - especially in the context of fighting inequality, poverty and climate change. Follow us @greennewdealpodcast on T/I/FB for more.

Stroud is a hotbed for green activity. A transition town and the birthplace of Extinction Rebellion, Stroud is leading the way for the UK to go carbon neutral by 2030. Parish councillor Robin Layfield and Amplify Stroud’s Jamie O’Dell join me to talk about transport, Climate Action Networks and the elitism sometimes seen around the Green Movement - and why that’s rapidly changing. Find us on Twitter/FB/Insta @ The GND Podcast UK

Matt Stratford, coordinator for Greenwich and Bexley Green Party, joins me to talk about what a Green New Deal would look like in South East London. Whilst leaky boilers and trolley buses are essential components, Matt also explains the difficulties of making change at the level of borough, or even city, without government backing.

Activist, gardener and rebel Patrick Thelwell joins me for the first episode of a Green New Deal podcast, where we talk about communalism in York and how the Green New Deal can empower people at the local level.