Podcasts
The UK Pandemic Ethics Accelerator was a project to examine the ethical challenges faced during pandemics. It combined expertise from the Universities of Oxford, Bristol, Edinburgh, University College London, and the Nuffield Council on Bioethics. This six-part podcast series is hosted by David Edmonds and covers some of the themes that emerged from the research.
Audio and transcripts available at Oxford Podcasts.
| Jamie Webb | During the pandemic, there were social gatherings in Number 10. This seriously undermined trust in government. But what exactly is trust? And why is trust so vital during a pandemic? Jamie Webb explains. |
| Beth Kamunge-Kpodo and John Coggan | The pandemic had disproportionate impacts when measured by ethnicity, gender and geography. Beth Kamunge-Kpodo and John Coggan are both legal scholars, and both are interested in inequality. |
| Sarah Cunningham Burley | At the start of the covid pandemic there was little time for officials to consult the public. Sarah Cunningham Burley oversaw some public dialogues to assess public attitudes to the pandemic, and to the government’s response. |
| Melanie Smallman and James Wilson | During the height of the Covid pandemic we became accustomed to watching, listening to and reading about experts in health statistics. J. Wilson and M.Smallman have been researching the use, and sometimes misuse of pandemic data. |
| Jonny Pugh | Vaccines to combat Covid were developed in record time. Policy-makers then faced a tricky question. It was impossible to vaccinate everyone immediately: so who to inoculate first? Jonny Pugh says there were complex trade-offs. |
| Ilina Singh | The Pandemic Ethics Accelerator programme was led by Ilina Singh, an Oxford Professor of Neuroscience and Society. In this interview she explains what the programme was, what it was designed to achieve and whether it succeeded. |
The UK Pandemic Ethics Accelerator has commissioned a four-part podcast mini-series, focusing on pandemic ethics, in collaboration with the longstanding, successful Going Viral the Podcast, hosted by the medical historian and science writer, Mark Honigsbaum. Guests include Anjana Ahuja, Sarah Cunningham-Burley, Rev Charles Kwaku-Odoi, Christina Pagel, Charlotte Augst, Halima Begum, Pastor Mick Fleming, Beth Kamunge-Kpodo, Professor Sir Michael Marmot, Ceinwen Giles, Martin McKee, Matt Fowler, Dominic Wilkinson, Ilina Singh, James Wilson, Catherine Joynson and John Prideaux.
| Episode 1: Anjana Ahuja, Professor Sarah Cunningham-Burley, Rev Charles Kwaku-Odoi, Professor Christina Pagel | Who Do We Trust In a Pandemic? |
| Episode 2: Dr. Charlotte Augst, Dr. Halima Begum, Pastor Mick Fleming, Dr. Beth Kamunge-Kpodo, Professor Sir Michael Marmot | Were Unequal Outcomes Inevitable during Covid-19? |
| Episode 3: Anjana Ahuja, Ceinwen Giles, Martin McKee, Matt Fowler and Dominic Wilkinson | How Many Deaths Are Too Many? |
| Episode 4: Ilina Singh, James Wilson, Catherine Joynson and John Prideaux | What Would an Ethical Pandemic Look Like? |
| Bonus Episode: Professor Sir Michael Marmot | Interview With Sir Michael Marmot on Covid Inequalities |
