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Bottling Up Trouble: alcohol, workplaces, and the need for change

On this month’s podcast we spoke to Tabbin Almond, alcohol-freedom coach and author of the recent book: ‘Bottling Up Trouble: How alcohol is harming your business... and what to do about it’. Tabbin shares insights from her work helping people [...]

Tabbin Almond – Alcohol-freedom coach and author

February 2025

Bottling Up Trouble: alcohol, workplaces, and the need for change

On this month’s podcast we spoke to Tabbin Almond, alcohol-freedom coach and author of the recent book: ‘Bottling Up Trouble: [...]

Tabbin Almond – Alcohol-freedom coach and author

February 2025

The power of community in recovery: exploring Alcoholics Anonymous

In this episode, we dive into the history, structure, and impact of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). Our guests, Tim, a long-standing [...]

Tim – AA trustee
Dr Kieran Moriarty – AA trustee

January 2025

Gambling industry harms and parallels with the alcohol world

On this month’s podcast we spoke to Will Prochaska, Leader of the Coalition to End Gambling Ads and former Chief [...]

Will Prochaska – Coalition to End Gambling Ads

November 2024

Aveek Bhattacharya

Chancellor keeps off-trade duty in line with RPI while increasing Draught Relief

On this month's podcast we spoke to Dr Aveek Bhattacharya, Research Director at the Social Market Foundation, about the decisions [...]

Dr Aveek Bhattacharya – Social Market Foundation

November 2024

The history of temperance and IAS

In this month’s podcast we spoke to Dr James Kneale, Associate Professor in Geography at University College London, about the [...]

Dr James Kneale – University College London

September 2024

Killer Tactics: How tobacco, alcohol, and unhealthy food and drink industries hold back public health progress

In this month's podcast we spoke to Alfie Slade, Government Affairs Lead at the Obesity Health Alliance (OHA), about a [...]

Alfie Slade – Obesity Health Alliance

August 2024

Reasons for (cautious) optimism with the new government

On this month's podcast we spoke to Lisa Erlandsen, the Policy and Advocacy Manager at the Alcohol Health Alliance. We [...]

Lisa Erlandsen – Alcohol Health Alliance

July 2024

BMA calls for reduction in drink driving limit

In our podcast this month we spoke to liver doctor Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, who is also chair of the [...]

Professor Sir Ian Gilmore – BMA and Alcohol Health Alliance
Suzanne Wood – BMA

June 2024

Dr Katherine Severi

Alcohol harm costs England £27.4 billion a year

On this month's podcast we spoke to IAS's Chief Executive, Dr Katherine Severi, about our new research that found that [...]

Dr Katherine Severi – Institute of Alcohol Studies

May 2024

How Public Health England corresponded with The Portman Group and Drinkaware during the Drink Free Days campaign

In this month's podcast we spoke to Dr Katherine Severi about the rise in alcohol deaths, and Dr Nason Maani, [...]

Dr Nason Maani – University of Edinburgh

April 2024