Synopsis
Vicky Frost, the Guardian’s deputy membership editor, will be working with Guardian podcast producers Stuart Silver and Rowan Slaney to bring you a monthly podcast full of conversation with our members, readers, journalist, and experts, to discuss the big news issues of the moment alongside the topics you feel are under-reported or deserve more attention. Most importantly, we’ll be featuring your questions. You can submit questions to me via email at weneedtotalkabout@theguardian.com. Do please leave us your phone number, whichever way you send your question – we might like to give you a ring, chew it over, and record it. For those who dive straight into the comments on the website, or go first to the letters section, this idea that readers have interesting and illuminating contributions to make to the Guardian will hardly be news. But through Membership we’ve been looking for ways to amplify Members’ voices, give them more active participation in the Guardian, and bring journalists and readers closer together
Episodes
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Guardian gaming night - Guardian Live event
03/03/2016 Duration: 01h23minJournalist Jordan Erica Webber hosts a panel to discuss taking games seriously, diversity, game-ifying love and new titles Firewatch and Fabulous Beasts. Contains strong language
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A Nation's Theatre looks at disability - Guardian Live event
29/02/2016 Duration: 01h25minWhy do so many venues still find it hard to open doors to disabled artists and audiences? At a Guardian Live event in Wolverhampton, Lyn Gardner and a panel discuss the opportunities and obstacles
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The health gap - Guardian Live event
18/02/2016 Duration: 01h42minSir Michael Marmot joins an expert panel to discusses the conclusions of his latest book, The Health Gap, on what the government should being doing to tackle the health inequality problem
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How do we pay for the NHS we want?
17/02/2016 Duration: 01h31minThe NHS is under pressure like never before with junior doctors united against the introduction of a new contract. At a Guardian Live event, the Guardian’s deputy editor Paul Johnson asked an expert panel how the NHS can continue to strive for and deliver quality care
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John Irving in conversation with Jeanette Winterson - Guardian Live
08/02/2016 Duration: 01h08minAt a Guardian Live event John Irving, one of America’s greatest living novelists, discusses his new book, Avenue of Mysteries, with author and professor of creative writing Jeanette Winterson
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Denis Goldberg on standing trial with Nelson Mandela - Guardian Live
30/01/2016 Duration: 01h36minDenis Goldberg is one of the last surviving defendants in the Rivonia Trial. At a Guardian Live event he joined Lord Joel Joffe, one of the lawyers who saved the ANC activists from the gallows, to share his extraordinary story
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This is the NHS - Guardian Live event
27/01/2016 Duration: 01h21minAs part our month-long investigation into the NHS, columnist Polly Toynbee chaired a Guardian Live panel debate in London to discuss the challenges of working in our most vital public service
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Frederick Forsyth with Mark Lawson - Guardian Live event
23/01/2016 Duration: 01h28minTo celebrate the publication of his autobiography The Outsider, Frederick Forsyth gives a rare public interview discussing his life as a bestselling novelist and Cold War spy
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A life in theatre with Antony Sher - Guardian Live podcast
19/01/2016 Duration: 51minOne of the finest classical actors of his generation, Sir Antony Sher joined the Guardian’s Mark Lawson to discuss his life in theatre at a Guardian Live event in London
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Is business action on climate change believable? - Guardian Live event
14/01/2016 Duration: 01h31minAre businesses still in denial about climate change or has the mood changed following the Paris talks? At a Guardian Live event, an expert panel question whether 2016 will be the year companies help kickstart a global movement to reduce climate emissions
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The ghost of Margaret Thatcher - Guardian Live event
13/01/2016 Duration: 53minWhy are the left and right still so obsessed with Thatcher? At the Guardian’s Alternative Party Conference, Anne Perkins chairs a panel debate to ask why the former Tory leader remains such an enigma
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Future of the union debate - Guardian Live event
11/01/2016 Duration: 49minSinger Billy Bragg takes on Spectator editor Fraser Nelson to decide whether Scotland should remain part of the UK. This Guardian Live and Soho Theatre event contains strong language
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Bill Bryson on Notes from a Small Island – books podcast
08/01/2016 Duration: 37minAs Bill Bryson returns to travel writing after 15 years with The Road to Little Dribbling, he joins John Mullan to discuss his voyages around the United Kingdom
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Women in Westminster - Guardian Live event
08/01/2016 Duration: 52minWith men still holding the majority of senior positions in parliament how do we get more women into the top jobs? At a Guardian Live event Zoe Williams asks what needs to happen to achieve gender equality in Westminster
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Ian Rankin in Manchester - Guardian Live event
05/01/2016 Duration: 01h26minAt a Guardian Live event in Manchester, the multi-award winning crime writer, Ian Rankin, discussed his sabbatical from writing and bringing much loved detective John Rebus out of retirement for his 20th novel, Even Dogs in the Wild
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The future of feminism - Guardian Live event
04/01/2016 Duration: 01h24minFeminism has more cultural power than ever – but what does this mean for women’s rights? At a Guardian Live debate chaired by broadcaster Jane Garvey, the panel discussed equality, responsibility and the meaning of the F word
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The future of football - Guardian Live event
01/01/2016 Duration: 01h29minIs the beautiful game in meltdown? At a Guardian Live event in London, Evan Davis chaired a panel of ex-players, writers and commentators to discuss money, diversity and corruption in football
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Burt Reynolds meets Hadley Freeman - Guardian Live event
31/12/2015 Duration: 01h13minTo celebrate his autobiography But Enough About Me, veteran actor Burt Reynolds joins Hadley Freeman at a Guardian Live event to talk candidly about his career, Sinatra, Monroe and who would play him in the film of his life
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An evening with Marlon James - books podcast
24/12/2015 Duration: 01h34minGangs, gay sex and pandering to the white woman. Man Booker prize winner Marlon James talks to Guardian books editor, Claire Armitstead, and answers audience questions at a Guardian Live event on A Brief History of Seven Killings
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London's housing crisis - Guardian Live event
23/12/2015 Duration: 01h30minWith the London average house price hitting £500,000 can anyone but the most wealthy afford to live in the city? At a Guardian Live event, Evan Davis chaired a discussion on private landlords, developers, architecture and responsibility