Social Innovation: The Social Ideas Podcast

About Social Innovation: The Social Ideas Podcast

The Social Ideas podcast shares the impact of social innovation, its necessity and its capacity to challenge the status quo. Throughout this series, highly committed change makers in business, civil society, policy and academia will talk about their work, their ideas and their motivation to strive towards to a more equitable and sustainable world.The Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation at Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, acts as a platform for research and engagement with social innovators, academia and policy in UK and across the world.

Publisher

CJBS Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 Mar 2019

Latest episode

14 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

124 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   14 Sept 2026

   How To Train Your Lawyer - 'Equalising Deal Terms' in impact investment

   In this extended episode, we meet Sung Hyui Park, an Impact Lawyer with the law firm Bates Wells. Sung Hyui explains the problems arising from the power imbalance between investors and investees, and how her project 'Equalising Deal Terms' can help address them. The project looked into the experiences of impact investors and investees and this resulted in practical learnings and recommendations for both, including how to negotiate deals, how to simplify the terms, and how to get the best out ...

2. 

   25 Jul 2026

   The Social Ideas Podcast: Rethink Food - creating access to health food for families

   2026 Cambridge Social Innovation Prize winners Nathan Atkinson shares the story of how he became inspired to create Rethink Food and the National School Pantry Network, which now work with more than 650 schools and redistributes over 500 tonnes of food annually. Follow the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation on: Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Twitter YouTube

3. 

   22 Jul 2026

   The Social Ideas Podcast: How ‘Gina’ supports women

   2026 Cambridge Social Innovation Prize winner, Lucy Hebberts shares the story of Gina, a Community Interest Company which provides immediate specialist support to women who have experienced sexual violence and abuse of any kind. We also learn about their sister charity, RSVP, the Rape and Sexual Violence Project, and how listeners can get involved to support these initiatives. Follow the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation on: Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Twitter YouTube

Who has been a guest on Social Innovation: The Social Ideas Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Matt Pierri
• Sol Escobar
• Rachel Mostyn
• Camilla Rigby
• JR Josephs

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

3,853,916

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

4 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 82 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

91

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

89

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Books guests

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