This episode looks at how colourism affects people and their life chances, plus how research is helping to fill the gaps in our knowledge around this pervasive, but perhaps not widely known form of discrimination. Featuring Dr Aisha Phoenix, a social justice lecturer from the School of Education, Communication & Society at King’s College London, the episode also explores what lies behind colourism and hears about her research that is helping improve understanding around the prevalence and effects of colourism. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

The international community imposed far-reaching sanctions on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine in a bid to weaken its economic base and curtail its ability to wage war. However, the war continues. So, what has happened? Have the sanctions not worked as hoped? And if not, why not? In this episode, Dr Alexander Kupatadaze, Senior Lecturer at King’s Russia Institute, shares his new research which reveals how Russia is outmanoeuvring Western sanctions thanks to help from neighbouring countries and the “implicit approval” of producers in the West. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva ..read more

We speak with Nithya and Laurie about why the Brick industry in Cambodia has created a multigenerational workforce of adults and children trapped in debt bondage – one of the most prevalent forms of modern slavery in the world. This process of unfree labour has led them to coin the term 'blood bricks'. Working with other researchers they aim to highlight the injustices of modern day slavery, but also the wider political and economic forces which facilitate the blood brick system. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

Bonus Episode. The podcast is taken from a live event we ran entitled 'Broken Cities: the Global Housing Crisis In Focus' in which Dr Deborah Potts and Prof Phil Hubbard spoke with Owen Hatherley, Editor at Tribune Magazine about the global housing crisis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

We look back on our first season, exploring the global response to COVID-19. From testing to mental health we speak with the experts who have been responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

We speak with Mohamed Ali and Beauty Dhlamini, alumni of Global Health & Social Medicine, about the UK, and how COVID-19 has further highlighted how racism continues to be a health risk. They discuss their work to push for change in how global health is talked about and who gets to participate in the discussion. We also go on to speak about their podcast 'Mind The Health Gap', which acts as a source for accessible, reliable and uncensored global health discussions and debates affecting the general public, particularly marginalised communities. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor ..read more

We speak with Professor Anne Pollock (King’s College London) and Dr Melissa Creary (University of Michigan) about why racism is a health risk. And we ask whether COVID-19 and the protests led by the Black Lives Matter movement may have created a unique moment in which to tackle racial injustice in both health and wider society. In part two we will discuss the UK and why this COVID-19 crisis has once again laid bare the health inequalities within society.Find the reading list at www.kcl.ac.uk/worldwegotthis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

How does a doctor know which patient to save during a pandemic, when resources can be limited? And how ethical is it to put everyone under lockdown? Does trust in our government predict whether we will socially distance ourselves? In this in conversation episode of WORLD: we got this, we speak with Dr Silvia Camporesi, Senior Lecturer in Bioethics and Society, and Caitlin Gardiner, an A&E doctor in London and a King's master's student. We explore our personal experiences living and working in the UK, Italy and South Africa during this strange time and how bioethics comes into practice. Hos ..read more

In our first ‘WORLD: we got this | In conversation’ episode, we speak with Professor Alfredo Saad-Filho about his essay 'Coronavirus, Crisis, and the End of neo-liberalism'. We discuss why the COVID-19 crisis may bring about a radical shift in global economics but also how what comes next is far from certain. Alfredo is Professor of Political Economy and International Development in the Department of International Development at King’s College London. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

We talk with Professors Nikolas Rose and Craig Morgan from the Centre for Society & Mental Health about the challenges posed to our mental health by COVID-19.We explore how the pandemic and subsequent lockdown is demonstrating the importance of social networks and solidarity for wellbeing. And we discuss how this crisis demonstrates the need for a shift in wider government policy if we are to support both physical and mental health. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more