Good Law Podcast
Good Law Project is a UK organisation dedicated to using the law to build a better world. Every month we host a livestream on an important political, social or cultural issue, featuring amazing guests and hosted by one of our team. This podcast is our way of letting you catch up in case you missed the action or just want to listen again. Find us on Spotify, Apple and all good podcast platforms.
In Conversation with Joanna Kusiak
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Nine Dots Prize winner Joanna Kusiak talks about her new book, Radically Legal, the story of a grassroots movement that convinced Berliners to pop the speculative housing bubble.
In Conversation with Dale Vince
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Our campaigner Rachel talks with Dale Vince, climate campaigner and founder of Ecotricity. We’ve previously worked with Dale as part of our fight to protect the environment, and we talked with him about his life and why he thinks Britain must have a change of government if it is to play its part in tackling climate change.
In Conversation with Dawn Butler
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Join Brent Central MP Dawn Butler and Good Law Project Executive Director Jolyon Maugham for a discussion of Butler’s new book ‘A Purposeful Life’.
As the first African-Carribean woman to become a Government Minister in this country, the lessons in this book are the culmination of a lifetime of breaking records and speaking up for some of the most marginalised people in society.
Butler has changed countless lives through taking on corruption in institutions such as the Met Police and the NHS, as well as in the corridors of powe...
Bringing Down Goliath: In Conversation with Jo Maugham
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Good Law Project founder Jo Maugham discusses his new book with Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu.
Bringing Down Goliath can be found at all good book shops.
If you'd like to find out more about the work we do or support us, please visit goodlawproject.org
The Cost of Living Crisis
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The UK is faced with massive inflation rises and millions of households are struggling to pay basic living costs alongside soaring energy prices.
Our panel of activists and experts explore some of the key issues, both social and political, around this Cost of Living Crisis, and discuss what can be done to resolve them.
The panel for the livestream was:
Bell Ribeiro-Addy – Labour MP for Streatham
Tom Brooke Bullard – Senior Policy Researcher, Energy Policy, Citizens Advice
Jan Shortt – General Secretary, National Pensioners Convention
Tamara Walter...
In Conversation with Adam Wagner
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Join us as our Director, Jo Maugham, chats to one of the UK's leading lawyers and experts on human rights, Adam Wagner.
We explore themes from his new book, 'Emergency State: How we Lost Our Freedoms in the Pandemic and Why it matters', as well as his life and work.
Trans Rights: Hopes and Challenges
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Join Good Law Project for 'Trans Rights: Hopes and Challenges in 2022', an open, positive event where a panel of activists and experts will explore some of the key issues, both social and political, facing trans people in 2022, and discuss what can be done to overcome them.
We apologise for poor audio quality due to technical issues on the day.
Featuring:
CN Lester - Musician, author and host.
Eva Echo - Activist
Katy Montgomerie - Activist
Ramses Underhill-Smith - Managing Director, Alternative Care Services
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The Power of Open-Source Investigation
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An online discussion on the power of open-source investigations to hold those in power to account.
Gemma Abbott, Good Law Project’s Legal Director and hostCarole Cadwalladr, Investigative JournalistEliot Higgins, Bellingcat’s Director Russell Scott, Investigator at Good Law ProjectThey will explore how open-source and citizen journalism can be used to hold powerful elites to account, how it should and shouldn't be used, and their hopes and fears for the future of this type of work.
This livestream was f...
Ending Violence Against Women
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Violence against women is a widespread and complex issue that needs to be addressed on many fronts. The four women on our panel will give their unique insights into the different ways people can join the movement to end it.
Our panel for the evening was:
Polly Jackman, Good Law Project legal team and host for the eventJamie Klingler, co-founder of Reclaim These StreetsEvie Muir, domestic abuse specialist and freelance journalistHarriet Johnson, author and barrister at Doughty Street Chambers<...Is the UK Shutting Down Dissent?
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The Government has changed the law to make it easier for the police to restrict where and how we protest, and it’s set to do so again in the coming months. For many, freedom of assembly is essential to a healthy democracy.
Is this the end of protests? Are the new policing laws an unprecedented power grab or a necessary corrective to protect public life? When the issue is as serious as the climate crisis, is there an argument for civil disobedience?
Our panel answer these questions and more...
The State of Citizenship in the UK
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We take a look at what it means to be a British citizen in the world right now, exploring issues including the hollowing out of UK citizenship rights, the protection they can expect from torture abroad, and how civil society and the legal profession should respond.
The exciting panel for this joint event with Redress was:
Jo Maugham, Good Law Project's Director and HostRichard Ratcliffe, Campaigner and husband of Nazanin Zaghari-RatcliffeYasmine Ahmed, UK Director of Human Rights WatchAyesha Christie, a...
