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Brought to you by Bristol University Press and Policy Press, the Transforming Society podcast brings you conversations with our authors around social justice and global social challenges.

We get to grips with the story their research tells, with a focus on the specific ways in which it could transform society for the better.

by Nick Gibbs  |  17th January 2024

In this episode, Jess Miles speaks with Nick Gibbs about the rise in the use of image and performance enhancing drugs, why people take them and how they get them.…Read more

by Vanessa Beck and Jo Brewis  |  10th January 2024

Jess Miles speaks with Vanessa Beck and Jo Brewis, co-editors of Menopause Transitions and the Workplace, about how the menopause can impact work, what support organisations and individuals can offer and the key areas that researchers need to investigate next.…Read more

by Bristol University Press  |  14th December 2023

Listen to authors and editors talking about the key social challenges of the moment in our top ten Transforming Society podcast episodes from 2023.…Read more

by Ann-Marie Bathmaker  |  6th December 2023

Ann-Marie Bathmaker speaks about the changing nature of the graduate labour market, the promise of upper mobility that universities and governments failed to deliver on and the changes needed to allow future graduates from all backgrounds to benefit equally from the university experience.…Read more

by Alison Young  |  28th November 2023

In this episode of the Transforming Society podcast, Jess Miles speaks with Alison Young about the growth of governmental power and erosion of checks and balances over the last four years. …Read more

by Olivier De Schutter Hugh Frazer Anne-Catherine Guio and Eric Marlier  |  15th November 2023

In this episode of the Transforming Society podcast, Jess Miles speaks with Olivier De Schutter, Hugh Frazer, Anne-Catherine Guio and Eric Marlier about child poverty and intergenerational poverty and what we can do as individuals to make change.…Read more

by Arve Hansen Ulrikke Wethal Sophia Efstathiou and Johannes Volden  |  8th November 2023

In this episode of the Transforming Society podcast, Rebecca Megson-Smith speaks to Arve Hansen, Ulrikke Wethal, Sophia Efstathiou and Johannes Volden about the pressing need for us to reconsider our relationship with meat, particularly in light of its significant impact on climate change.…Read more

by Julia Mortimer  |  23rd October 2023

In this episode of the Transforming Society podcast, Jess Miles speaks with Julia Mortimer about recent developments in Open Access, community-led models and the direction Bristol University Press are heading in.…Read more

by Steve Cooke  |  18th October 2023

In this episode of the Transforming Society podcast, Steve Cooke talks with George Miller about how the field of animal rights evolved – and continues to evolve - as advances in the scientific understanding of animals’ lives expand the rights claims made on their behalf. …Read more

by Malcolm D. Evans  |  15th September 2023

In this episode of the Transforming Society podcast, Jess Miles speaks with Malcolm Evans, former Chair of the UN Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture and author of ‘Tackling Torture: Prevention in Practice’.…Read more