Alan is a professor of Leisure Studies at the University of Brighton in the UK. He is one of the important contributors to the sociology and history of sports and is particularly interested in large sports events such as the Olympics and the football World Cup. We discussed the history of the Olympics, the evolution of the games over the decades, and a range of related issues.

My guest in this episode is Professor Kate O’Neil. Kate is a professor in global environmental governance and global waste politics at the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management at the University of California in Berkeley. We discussed the governance of waste, the impact of COVID-19 on waste, the circular economy, and right to repair, and her latest (2019) book Waste.

My guest this week is Dr. Pritish Behuria, a lecturer at the Global Development Institute at the University of Manchester. We discussed the politics of economic development, industrialisation, and the challenges of late development.

My guest in this episode is Kathy Hochstetler who is a professor of international development at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). We discussed the politics of climate change, global environmental negotiations, the impact of the COVID-19 on climate change action, and her new book on energy transition in South Africa and Brazil.

A short trailer to introduce the podcast