The Edition

The house mafia: the scandal of new builds


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This week…Why should the first time buyer be so scared of new builds? (00:36)Plus… will the catholic church come to the defence of the word mother? (09:33) And finally… Why does it take so long to understand Japanese culture, even for the Japanese? (18:50)

With John Myers founder of YIMBY, Vickey Spratt housing correspondent of the I newspaper and author of the up coming book Tenants, Spectator Columnist Mary Wakefield, theologian Theo Hobson,  former editor of The Tablet and author of Martyrdom: Why Martyrs Still Matter Catherine Pepinster, Professor Philip Patrick and comedian Ollie Horn (@olliehorntweets).

Presented by Lara Prendergast.

Produced by Cindy Yu, Natasha Feroze and Sam Russell.

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