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Hobson's choice (or the illusion of our freedom)

4/26/20261 hr 1 min

Food, fuel, political parties ... it can feel like we've never had so much choice. But how much choice do we REALLY have?

Naomi and Kenny ask whether the modern world gives us choice on one level ... only to utterly deny it on other levels.

And, talking of choice, they look at Ed Miliband's big policy speech on green energy, ask what it all means and wonder if it's time to stop calling it 'green' energy.

Plus ... building a Cabinet from podcasters and YouTubers. Who...

Clips

Miliband’s Energy Pivot
Why Your Bill Stays High
BBC Choice Is An Illusion
Tech Power Over Government
Monopolies And The ‘Revolution’
Chocolate Aisle, Four Owners
Is Miliband Eyeing Leadership?
Fuel: Price Choice Only

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Speaker 00:00

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  2. Kenny Campbell· Host0:26

    Save big money at Menards. Quiet Riot. Hello, and welcome to Quiet Riot Sunday School, the select committee hearing to our Thursday parliamentary debate. Hallelujah, Hallelujah. Hallelujah, Hallelujah. I'm Kenny.

  3. Naomi Smith· Host0:50

    And I'm Naomi. How are you, Kenny?

  4. Kenny Campbell· Host0:52

    Good. Good, good, good. The joys of Friday. The joys of Fri- and the joys of Saturday, as long as I don't have to go out and, and talk to people. I just- Oh, are you, are you needing a bit of decompression? Oh, totally. Totally. The thing is, like, if I, if I go out and try to decompress in public, I can't do small talk. Like, there are some people who are just brilliant at going out and doing that small talk thing. I can't do it.

  5. Naomi Smith· Host1:17

    Right.

  6. Kenny Campbell· Host1:18

    I'm absolutely hopeless. So is- I can do it.

  7. Naomi Smith· Host1:20

    I don't enjoy it.

  8. Kenny Campbell· Host1:21

    Well, you have to network. That's part of your... Mind you, I was a journalist for years. You'd figure that chatting to people- [laughs] ... would kind of be- But maybe you did a lifetime's worth in

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