Moral Maze
Hosted by Michael Buerk and William Crawley · BBC Radio 4
4.7from 256 ratings
- 281
- Episodes
- 13
- Transcribed
- 256
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2015
- First episode
About Moral Maze
Combative, provocative and engaging live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. #moralmaze
- Publisher
- BBC Radio 4
- Category
- religion & spirituality · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 16 Jul 2015
- Latest episode
- 17 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
13 of 281 episodes have a transcript.
17 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
16/09/2026
10 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
How should we respond to warnings of end times and catastrophe?
3 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
How should we respond to rising mental distress?
Inside a recent episode
16/09/2026
Published 17 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] China is a much better place for having billionaires' aspiration and the incentive of making lots of money. Yes, but what I found with... unfortunate or sad about this comparison is that it assumes that there are only two possible worlds. One, the neoliberal version of capitalism that is combined with oligarchy that we have now, or oppressive communism. But we have many different possibilities, including the economic system that we had in Europe in the 60s and the 70s when economic growth was higher, And when people had higher quality of life. And we jettisoned it because it wasn't working anymore. […]
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- Leigh Price
- Elizabeth Oldfield
- Dr Ian Paul
- Dr Daniel Nilsson DeHanas
- Anne McElvoy
Reach and audience
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 53 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 203 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 55 / 100
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- Quality
- 72
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 98
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Michael Buerk and William Crawley host the show. Published by BBC Radio 4.
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