<p>The Chair of the Social Mobility Commission on why she ‘came out’ as a conservative, the purpose of education and the perils of smartphones</p>

The Chair of the Social Mobility Commission on why she ‘came out’ as a conservative, the purpose of education and the perils of smartphones

The Katharine Birbalsingh One

<p>Nick Robinson talks to people who shape our political thinking about what shaped theirs.
 
Each episode of Political Thinking features an in-depth conversation with someone who is shaping our politics. The people who run our country (and those who want to), campaigners, business and union leaders, and people who run other countries. All of them join Nick in the studio, not for a news-y interrogation, but for an extended and relaxed conversation, delving into their past and how it shaped their worldview.
 
New episodes drop on Fridays on BBC Sounds.  You can also watch them on BBC Two at 12:15pm on Fridays or on BBC iPlayer.  And you can listen on BBC Radio 4 on Saturdays at 17:30.</p>

News

Politics

Nick Robinson talks to people who shape our political thinking about what shaped theirs. Each episode of Political Thinking features an in-depth conversation with someone who is shaping our politics. The people who run our country (and those who want to), campaigners, business and union leaders, and people who run other countries. All of them join Nick in the studio, not for a news-y interrogation, but for an extended and relaxed conversation, delving into their past and how it shaped their worldview. New episodes drop on Fridays on BBC Sounds. You can also watch them on BBC Two at 12:15pm on Fridays or on BBC iPlayer. And you can listen on BBC Radio 4 on Saturdays at 17:30.

Share The Katharine Birbalsingh One

Sign up to save your podcasts

The Katharine Birbalsingh One

The Katharine Birbalsingh One

More shows like Political Thinking with Nick Robinson

Global News Podcast

Newshour

In Our Time

The Documentary Podcast

6 Minute English

Learning English Conversations

Political Fix

Daily Politics from the New Statesman

Matt Forde's Political Party

Politics Unpacked

Newscast

You're Dead to Me

The Missing Cryptoqueen

Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government

Americast

The Bomb

The Rest Is Politics

The News Agents

The Rest Is Politics: Leading

The News Agents - USA

Electoral Dysfunction

How To Win An Election

Political Currency

Radical with Amol Rajan