Short Changed
Short Changed is the Intergenerational Foundation's new podcast series, where we speak to some of the UK’s leading experts about the issues that matter most to younger and future generations.
Across the series, we explore the policy challenges shaping young people’s lives today and the prospects of future generations tomorrow, from housing and democracy to taxation, student finance, and inheritance.
Short Changed builds on our previous podcast series, WhatIF?, which put young people’s voices at the centre of the policy debate.
Short Changed
Latest Episodes
Could youth clubs solve Britain's fairness problem? With Emma Warren
The decimation of youth clubs during austerity was a betrayal of young people, according to Emma Warren, a cultural documentarian and author of a recent book tracing the history and significance of youth clubs. At IF, we believe str...
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Why should we care about inequality? With Professor Danny Dorling
It's still a sad fact that where you are born in Britain, and which family you are born into, determines too many of your life's outcomes. Conor sits down with one of the UK's most eminent academics in this field to discuss how inheritance - in...
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Is housing at the heart of unequal Britain? With Anna Clarke
A few decades ago, it wouldn't be unreasonable to imagine that if you got a good education, worked hard, then after a couple of years of renting you could buy your first home.Not so in 2026. These days having a home increasingly depends ...
Should young people pay less tax? With Dr Julian Limberg
Nothing can be certain, except death and taxes. But our tax system can also shape inequality and increase gaps between generations.Conor sits down to talk with Dr Julian Limberg, ...
Are young people more alienated from politics now? With Cameron Garrett
This week Conor sits down with Cameron Garrett, Deputy Director of Research at More in Common, which tries to understand what Britons think and why.They discuss what younger people want from politics, why so many are voting Green, the st...
