'System Fail' - a conversation with Sam Freedman about the way Britain's broken politics can suffocate even the best intentions.
Politics on the Couch · Larchmont Productions
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Show Notes
Host Rafael Behr talks to author, policy expert and podcaster Sam Freedman about his new book Failed State: Why Nothing Works and How We Fix It
Sam Freedman is a senior fellow at the Institute for Government and an Ark Schools adviser.
He writes about policy and politics for numerous outlets, including the Financial Times, Sunday Times, Guardian and New Statesman.
With his father, he runs ‘Comment is Freed’, Britain’s most popular politics Substack.
He has spent his career working in different policy-focused roles around Westminster, including as an adviser to the then opposition leader, David Cameron, and as a senior policy adviser at the Department for Education for three years, working with (friends of the podcast) Michael Gove and Dominic Cummings.
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