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S9 Ep1: Emergency planning is more about tea than being James Bond with Lucy Easthope

S9 Ep1: Emergency planning is more about tea than being James Bond with Lucy Easthope

Update: 2025-10-01
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Professor Lucy Easthope is a leading authority on recovering from disaster and she joins our host Will Hutton in the first episode of Season 9 of the We Society.



They discusses the long-term implications of the COVID-19 pandemic and other disasters on societal resilience. Drawing from her experiences and insights in emergency planning, she highlights the importance of community responses and the emotional significance of preserving personal belongings after a disaster.  



To find out more about Lucy, and her two books - When the Dust Settles and Come What May - go to her website: https://whatevernext.info



In Season 9, continue to join acclaimed journalist and Academy president Will Hutton, as he invites guests from the world of social science to explore the stories behind the news and hear their solutions to society’s most pressing problems.



Don’t want to miss an episode? Follow the show on your favourite podcast platform and you can email us on wesociety@acss.org.uk and tell us who we should be speaking to. 



The We Society podcast is brought to you by the Academy of Social Sciences in association with the Nuffield Foundation and the Leverhulme Trust



Producer: Emily Uchida Finch

Assistant Producer: Emily Gilbert

A Whistledown Production 








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S9 Ep1: Emergency planning is more about tea than being James Bond with Lucy Easthope

S9 Ep1: Emergency planning is more about tea than being James Bond with Lucy Easthope

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