Chatter

Dr Katy Hayward on Brexit and The Irish Border

Dr Katy Hayward, author at QPol (Queen's University Belfast's policy unit), was our guest on this show. She is a political sociologist with a PhD on the subject of the impact of European integration on cross-border relations on the island of Ireland and she has written extensively about the difficulties surrounding the Irish border issue in the Brexit negotiations. We were keen to get her on to discuss these difficulties, how the British and Irish governments have handled the issue, and the potential for technology to provide a form of solution.
**Sponsor**
[https://www.change.org/p/richard-pengelly-fight-the-13-5-million-cuts-in-the-northern-trust](http://https://www.change.org/p/richard-pengelly-fight-the-13-5-million-cuts-in-the-northern-trust)
[https://www.unison.org.uk/](http://https://www.unison.org.uk/)
**Resources**
[https://twitter.com/hayward_katy?lang=en](http://https://twitter.com/hayward_katy?lang=en)
[http://qpol.qub.ac.uk/author/qpol_hayward/](http://http://qpol.qub.ac.uk/author/qpol_hayward/)
[http://pure.qub.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/katy-hayward(a22013b2-7ab5-47ff-bbe9-6683e46c35b8).html](http://http://pure.qub.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/katy-hayward(a22013b2-7ab5-47ff-bbe9-6683e46c35b8).html)
[http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexit/2017/07/10/a-hard-irish-border-is-possible-a-frictionless-one-is-an-oxymoron/](http://http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexit/2017/07/10/a-hard-irish-border-is-possible-a-frictionless-one-is-an-oxymoron/)
[https://sluggerotoole.com/author/katyhayward/](http://https://sluggerotoole.com/author/katyhayward/)
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Sam Ancliff On The Conservative Party Conference 2017

Sam Ancliff of Activate was the guest on today's podcast. We wanted to get Sam back on to discuss the Conservative Party Conference, the fringe events going on as well as the headline speeches, the tuitions fees freeze, the moral argument for free markets, Amber Rudd, Boris Johnson, and Theresa May's closing speech.
**Resources**
[http://www.imaginaryfutures.net/](http://http://www.imaginaryfutures.net/)
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D4MVrqjav4](http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D4MVrqjav4)
[http://www.thejist.co.uk/podcast/chatter-episode-9-sam-ancliff-activate-young-conservatives/](http://http://www.thejist.co.uk/podcast/chatter-episode-9-sam-ancliff-activate-young-conservatives/)
[http://www.activate.uk.net/](http://http://www.activate.uk.net/)
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Lisa-Maria Neudert On How Bots Are Influencing Elections

Lisa-Maria Neudert of the Computational Propaganda Project was our guest for today's show. The Computational Propaganda Project is a research group that has spent the last year looking at the way bots on social media and “junk news" (aka fake news) have affected and attempted to influence elections in Germany, France, the US, and the UK. Sadly she only had half an hour to talk, but the short conversation that we had was fascinating. We got talking about the influence bots can have on social media, where bots first started to be used as propaganda, and how governments and tech companies can start to fight back against this wave of digital propaganda.
Sponsor
[https://www.change.org/p/richard-pengelly-fight-the-13-5-million-cuts-in-the-northern-trust](http://https://www.change.org/p/richard-pengelly-fight-the-13-5-million-cuts-in-the-northern-trust)
[https://www.unison.org.uk/](http://https://www.unison.org.uk/)
Resources
Computational Propaganda Project - [http://comprop.oii.ox.ac.uk/](http://http://comprop.oii.ox.ac.uk/)
[http://www.thejist.co.uk/podcast/chatter-episode-14-bret-weinstein-evolutionary-implications-technology-modern-society/](http://http://www.thejist.co.uk/podcast/chatter-episode-14-bret-weinstein-evolutionary-implications-technology-modern-society/)
[http://www.thejist.co.uk/science-and-tech/russian-bots-us-election-trevors-axiom/](http://http://www.thejist.co.uk/science-and-tech/russian-bots-us-election-trevors-axiom/)
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Callum Curry On Sussd and Life As An Entrepreneur In Northern Ireland

Callum Curry was the guest on today's show ahead of the launch of his new polling company, Sussd. Sussd is a locally driven community polling platform that will allow people to give opinions on how local issues are being dealt with and give them the chance to impact real change in their community. We talked all about his app, his experience as an entrepreneur in Northern Ireland, the idea of Universal Basic Income, and the future of work.
**Resources**
[https://www.facebook.com/sussd.ni/](http://https://www.facebook.com/sussd.ni/)
[http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/new-social-media-app-hoping-to-get-northern-ireland-politics-sussd-35496335.html](http://http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/new-social-media-app-hoping-to-get-northern-ireland-politics-sussd-35496335.html)
[https://www.globalshapers.org/](http://https://www.globalshapers.org/)
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Bret Weinstein On The Evolutionary Implications Of Technology And Modern Society

Today's guest is Bret Weinstein. Bret is a former Evergreen State College Professor at the centre of a massive controversy and a tort claim (which he has just settled) surrounding a day of absence at the University, which you can read more about below. We got into numerous fascinating discussions about the nature and problems with the extreme left-right divide, the evolutionary implications of technology and modern society, the evolutionary reasons for both racism and multi-culturalism, and how we solve the current systemic problems with our political and economic order.
"Sign up to get early access to Bret's free primer on evolutionary
thinking here:[https://bretweinstein.net/early](https://bretweinstein.net/early)"
**Sponsor**
[https://www.change.org/p/richard-pengelly-fight-the-13-5-million-cuts-in-the-northern-trust](https://www.change.org/p/richard-pengelly-fight-the-13-5-million-cuts-in-the-northern-trust)
**Resources**
[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/01/opinion/when-the-left-turns-on-its-own.html?mcubz=1](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/01/opinion/when-the-left-turns-on-its-own.html?mcubz=1)
[http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/evergreen-professor-at-center-of-protests-resigns-college-will-pay-500000/](http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/evergreen-professor-at-center-of-protests-resigns-college-will-pay-500000/)
[http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/dennis-skinner-fired-row-journalist_uk_59c905dfe4b06ddf45f96a0b?vb](http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/dennis-skinner-fired-row-journalist_uk_59c905dfe4b06ddf45f96a0b?vb)
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq4Y87idawk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq4Y87idawk)
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G59zsjM2UI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G59zsjM2UI)
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Regional Secretary of UNISON Patricia McKeown On The Stealth Privatisation Of The Health Service

Patricia McKeown, Regional Secretary of UNISON, was our guest on the show today. Ever since we became politically aware and involved we have been horrified and terrified by the gradual privatisation of the health service in the UK that has gone largely under the radar to the general public. She took the time to lay out the decades-long battle that has gone on to keep the health service public against a concerted campaign for privatisation that began in the Thatcher era - one that they are fighting against the monied interests and most of the political establishment. We got to a lot of different issues, the GP issue, the public sector pay cap, private finance initiatives, the crucial role of Unions, the collapse of government at Stormont, the closing of hospitals in NI and the wider UK, and the miracle of the Cuban health service - which was modelled on the original NHS.
"I consider making any profit from the healthcare of people to be quite obscene" - Patricia McKeown
**RESOURCES**
[https://www.unison-ni.org.uk/whos-who](http://https://www.unison-ni.org.uk/whos-who)
[https://www.health-ni.gov.uk/publications/health-and-wellbeing-2026-delivering-together](http://https://www.health-ni.gov.uk/publications/health-and-wellbeing-2026-delivering-together)
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-37765758](http://http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-37765758)
[https://www.health-ni.gov.uk/publications/systems-not-structures-changing-health-and-social-care-full-report](http://https://www.health-ni.gov.uk/publications/systems-not-structures-changing-health-and-social-care-full-report)
[http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/globalassets/documents/raise/publications/2016-2021/2016/health/4016.pdf](http://http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/globalassets/documents/raise/publications/2016-2021/2016/health/4016.pdf)
[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/salim-lamrani/cubas-health-care-system-_b_5649968.html](http://http://www.huffingtonpost.com/salim-lamrani/cubas-health-care-system-_b_5649968.html)
[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/11/cuba-health/508859/](http://https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/11/cuba-health/508859/)
[https://weownit.org.uk/public-ownership/nhs](http://https://weownit.org.uk/public-ownership/nhs)
[https://fullfact.org/health/NHS-privatisation/](http://https://fullfact.org/health/NHS-privatisation/)
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Matthew Fulton and Scott Moore On Progressive Politics in Northern Ireland

The co-founders of Progressive Politics Northern Ireland,Matthew Fulton and Scott Moore, were our joint guests on the latest episode of Chatter. They founded the movement in the wake of the RHI scandal (Renewable Heating Incentive) in order to promote progressive ideals in Northern Ireland and fight to ensure Northern Ireland gets equal marriage rights, the same abortion rights as the rest of the UK, and oppose regressive political policies.
**RESOURCES**
[http://progpoliticsni.com/](http://http://progpoliticsni.com/)
[https://www.facebook.com/ProgPoliticsNI/](http://https://www.facebook.com/ProgPoliticsNI/)
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Luke Pollard On The Philosophy Of Life, Rick and Morty, and Game of Thrones

Philosophical YouTuber Luke Pollard of The Cogito was our guest on today's show. We got to cover the philosophy of life, death, political polarisation, mass incarceration, mass surveillance, as well as Rick and Morty and Game of Thrones (SPOILERS).
**Resources**
[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ_kt8BIwnXVUmRNNK5Ds8g](http://https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ_kt8BIwnXVUmRNNK5Ds8g)
[http://www.thejist.co.uk/science-and-tech/perfect-time-carbon-tax-uk/](http://http://www.thejist.co.uk/science-and-tech/perfect-time-carbon-tax-uk/)
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Elizabeth Vos On The DNC Lawsuit, Clinton, Trump, and Russia

Elizabeth Vos of Disobedient Media is our guest on today's show. Disobedient media have been doing a lot of fantastic coverage of the DNC hack, the DNC lawsuit, and Debbie Wasserman Schultz in general, so we highly recommend checking out their page if you want to read more from them! Below you'll find our piece on the DNC Lawsuit, which we would recommend you read before listening, it'll help you get a good grip on the outline of the case.
You can now find us on iTunes so you can give us a rating and review if you enjoy the show!
**Resources**
[https://disobedientmedia.com/](http://https://disobedientmedia.com/)
[http://www.thejist.co.uk/politics/dismissed-dnc-fraud-lawsuit-explained/](http://http://www.thejist.co.uk/politics/dismissed-dnc-fraud-lawsuit-explained/)
[http://www.thejist.co.uk/podcast/chatter-episode-5-andrew-smith-uk-arms-sales-global-arms-trade/](http://http://www.thejist.co.uk/podcast/chatter-episode-5-andrew-smith-uk-arms-sales-global-arms-trade/)
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Sam Ancliff on Activate and Young Conservatives

Sam Ancliff from Activate Britain was our guest on today's show, he has been at the centre of a huge storm of controversy and hacking over the past week since the launch of Activate. He came on the show to talk about that controversy, why he wanted to be a part of Activate, why he thought the group was necessary, and what he thinks the Conservative Party has to offer young people.
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**Resources**
[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jun/11/the-evidence-is-clear-increasing-the-minimum-wage-doesnt-cause-unemployment](http://https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jun/11/the-evidence-is-clear-increasing-the-minimum-wage-doesnt-cause-unemployment)
[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/university-vice-chancellor-increase-salaries-incomes-minister-jo-johnson-higher-education-a7814501.html](http://http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/university-vice-chancellor-increase-salaries-incomes-minister-jo-johnson-higher-education-a7814501.html)
[https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/feb/23/university-vice-chancellors-average-pay-now-exceeds-275000](http://https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/feb/23/university-vice-chancellors-average-pay-now-exceeds-275000)
[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/tuition-fees-interest-rate-increase-student-loans-university-graduates-pay-100000-a7202341.html](http://http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/tuition-fees-interest-rate-increase-student-loans-university-graduates-pay-100000-a7202341.html)
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