The Generations Game
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Richard Porritt, Cash Boyle and Matt Withers return to bring you the week’s news, politics, gags, gaffes and guests in The New Normal. This week they discuss the continuing fallout of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, the risk to those left behind and the rise of the regional arm of Islamic State. Bobby Duffy, director of The Policy Institute at King's College London, joins us to talk about Generations, his new book exploring whether when we’re born determines our attitudes to money, sex, religion, politics and much else. The government’s planned £20-a-week cut to universal credit is well and truly Cashed and burned. Plus there's an announcement. Music: 8 Bit Sauce by Mikey Geiger
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