COVID-19 has seen the Government spend hundreds of billions of pounds in order to protect primarily the health of older generations. In fact by March 2021, the total amount spent passed £400 billion. That’s the highest rate of government borrowing outside war time! In our final podcast episode we’re going to take a look back at a year of intergenerational injustice due to the pandemic. I’ll be taking you on a whistle-stop tour of key events since the first lockdown, discussing record breaking facts and figures, whilst also talking to young people and experts along the way. 

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Episode 6: What IF we analysed 'Generation Covid'?

Alisa Anwar is joined by Professor of Politics at Royal Holloway University (James Sloan) and digital campaigner at the Intergenerational Foundation (Liam Hill) to understand why young people are so underrepresented in British politics. With only 3% of 18-30 year olds becoming MPs, do young people even want to be involved? We talked to three young political enthusiasts (Ollie Lewis, Aisha Sembhi, and Tom Clabon) to find out more.  So, what IF British politics experienced a ‘youthquake’?

Episode 5: What IF British Politics experienced a 'youthquake'?

Young people have been hit with the triple threat of COVID-19, the recession, and Brexit. Alisa Anwar is joined by Economist and the Head of Research for Europe and the Americas at Standard Chartered Bank (Sarah Hewin), IF researcher (Lizzie Simpson), graduates (Katherine Cenaj and Susannah Cook), and IF co-founder (Ashley Seager) to understand the growing employment crisis amongst young people. What IF youth unemployment wasn’t so high?

Episode 4: What IF youth unemployment wasn't so high?

Alisa Anwar is joined by Rent Strike coordinators (Meg Day and Charlie Keller), Bristol SU Student Living Officer (Ruth Day), students (Emily Cole and Kit Sinclair), and IF co-founder (Ashley Seager) to dissect the housing crisis among young people. With 46% of young people returning to live at home with their parents and housing prices soaring, what can be done? What IF we solved the housing crisis?

Episode 3: What IF we solved the housing crisis?

Alisa Anwar is joined by former MP and longstanding Minister, as well as the chair for the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition (Sir Norman Lamb), IF researcher (Melissa Bui), Trevor Elliott MBE, and students (Ella Cotton and Emily Price) to offer a solution to the growing mental health crisis amongst younger generations.  What IF the Government invested more in young people’s mental health?

Episode 2: What IF the Government invested more in young people’s mental health?

In this first episode from the Intergenerational Foundation, Alisa Anwar is joined by students (Rhiannon Woolford and James Main) and a Professor of Economics at Manchester Metropolitan University Business School (Dr Kevin Albertson) to dissect the complex world of university tuition fees and loans. How do students feel with the transition to online learning? Are they getting their money’s worth? What was the government response to student uprisings and petitions? Is there a better alternative system? 

Episode 1: What IF we had no tuition fees?

In this Pilot episode, Alisa Anwar is joined by the co-founders of the Intergenerational Foundation: Liz Emerson, Angus Hanton, and Ashley Seager, for a crash course on intergenerational fairness. What brought about intergenerational inequality? Why do young people feel frustrated and let down today?  What IF we listened to younger generations?

Pilot: What IF we listened to younger generations?

What IF we listened to the voice of future generations? Alisa Anwar, in partnership with the Intergenerational Foundation, takes you on a crash course on intergenerational fairness. Each month we talk to experts, policy makers, and young people on a range of important issues that have divided the generations. From student debts and fees, the housing crisis, to even pensions and the pandemic, this whistle-stop tour will leave you questioning the status quo and fighting for equality.

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