The Why? Curve Podcast

08/10/2026

The Greens in the UK narrowly passed a motion at their conference that adopted an anti-Zionist policy. Their argument is that anti-Zionism is not the same as antisemitism. Roger and Phil wade into the debate this week on the Why Curve, with Dr Matthew Bolton, of the School of Law, Queen Mary University of London.

The Greens have caused outrage by voting that Zionism is racism. Three years after the October 7 attacks in Israel, opinion is sharply polarised, and...

20/08/2026

Why does the UK have so many people in prison. Dr Jake Phillips from University of Cambridge says we should look to Norway for guidance: https://whycurve.com/episode/jail-fail-why-do-we-have-too-many-prisoners

14/08/2026

Was Infantino out of touch or does football need more investment? Phil and Roger ask Simon Chadwick from Emlyon Business School whether private equity is the way to fix it? https://whycurve.com/episode/football-for-sale

14/08/2026

Homing In on Homelessness -

Why do we still have people rough-sleeping in our cities? How can an advanced economy like ours allow people to slip through the net so far, they have to live on the street? Andy Burnham has promised to end rough-sleeping, but how can he do it? Jo Richardson, Professor of Housing and Social Inclusio...

03/08/2026

Why is the UK rubbish at building high speed railways? And will we ever see one? Christian Wolmar is gutted! https://whycurve.com/episode/why-cant-we-do-high-speed-rail

26/06/2026

Will Andy Burnham save the UK Labour party? Prof Mark Wickham-Jones from Uni of Bristol thinks not. https://whycurve.com/episode/the-mancunian-candidate

05/06/2026

Is President Trump mad, or simply applying madman theory? Dr James Boys From UCL on this week's podcast with Phil and Roger. https://whycurve.com/episode/trumpiran-madman-or-genius

28/05/2026

28/05/2026

Has reality TV gone too far this time. With the help of Helen Wood from Aston University we explore the motivations and frailties of the participations, producers and the TV companies. And to the audience too! https://whycurve.com/episode/too-real-tv

21/05/2026

Readying ourselves for the next global pandemic might be more to do with fixing up politics than needing advances in science. Dr Jeremy Rossman joins us on The Why Curve this week. https://whycurve.com/episode/ready-for-the-next-pandemic