S2E17: What Women Want? ft. Sophie Yates Lu - a podcast by Raj Thomas, Rowan Emslie and Warren Peace

The gang return, on time and on form, kicking off the latest episode with a continuation of last week's feminism theme, before drifting on to other matters...
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FEATURE
We chat with Sophie Yates Lu about the recently released What Women Want 2.0 survey - which asked British women the simple question "what do you want?", and analysed the data. Sophie discusses some of the key themes, her thoughts on what has and hasn't changed, and her hopes for how this data can be used by policymakers and advocates.

Check out the Survey: https://www.thisiswhatwomenwant.org/
Follow it on Twitter: https://twitter.com/whatwomenwantxx
Follow Sophie too: https://twitter.com/sophieyateslu
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MEANWHILE ON REDDIT
Last week's episode spliced together 8 Q&As with women in business, tech, media & advocacy to discuss what feminism is, and what it should be. It was one of our favourite episodes yet, truly affecting and packed with insight.

Be sure to check it out:
https://soundcloud.com/connectedanddisaffected/s2e16-womens-day-ft-women-in-business-tech-media-advocacy

The response to this episode on Reddit (a 75% male community) brought up some interesting questions. Should feminism be part of wider political discussion? Do the left-wing signal support for feminism more often than actually listening to women? We discuss what the voting and comments might signal about wider male attitudes to women.
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BIG THINKING
The EU Commission's recent report on fake news has been released, and comes out strongly in favor of self-regulation by the tech giants. Is this the right approach?

Check the report: https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/final-report-high-level-expert-group-fake-news-and-online-disinformation
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WEEK IN BULL****T

St. Vince (Cable) is in hot water after some of his comments on Brexit voters were misconstrued. We discuss the combination of empire nostalgia, free market psychopathy, and racism that drives Brexit's biggest cheerleaders.

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