So long and thanks for all the cheerfulness: an end and a

Reasons to be Cheerful with Ed Miliband and...

So long and thanks for all the cheerfulness: an end and a beginning...

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For our last episode of Reasons to be Cheerful in its current form, Hannah Ritchie from Our World In Data tells us why things are more cheerful than we might think when it comes to the long-term trends and talks about her forthcoming book on what we do to make a sustainable world. Then Ed's podcast crush David Runciman reflects on our 6 years, what we have witnessed and how our political system can become fit for purpose. Plus tears, thank yous, Oscar-style tributes and emosh....but don't worry we'll be back in your feed next week with our cheerful chatteroo so we feel like it's not really properly goodbye.... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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