Season 2
Episode 1: The Madness Of Our Times with Mark Blyth
What does a banking crash have to do with frontline services quietly collapsing a decade later? In this episode, Mark and Howard are joined by award-winning political scientist and economist Mark Blyth (Brown University) to trace the “breadcrumb trail” from 2008 to today’s brittle institutions, hollowed-out state capacity, and a politics increasingly powered by distraction — mostly in the UK, but with familiar echoes across the West.
Episode 2: Trust me, I'm a doctor: Return of Dr Jim Wilson
Dr. James Wilson is back—and this time the topic is trust. Jim shares what it’s like when families walk into the clinic sceptical, anxious, or armed with competing “expert” advice, and how he had to rethink his own approach: less authority-as-command, more humility, disclosure, and coaching.
Mark and Howard connect the dots to policing, courts, and the wider attention economy—where simple narratives spread faster than complex truths. Together, they ask a hard question: if trust is falling everywhere, how do we rebuild it without surrendering expertise?