Archive - YIMBY Pod – formerly The Abundance Agenda

The BBC's anti-Universal theme park bias

Plus why we SHOULDN'T nationalise Thames Water

May 18 • James O'Malley and M. F. Robbins

32:45

The nuclear energy gender gap

Plus we check in on Britain's driverless vehicle progress

May 11 • James O'Malley, M. F. Robbins, and Tym (Self Driving Insights)

37:50

An expert debunks James's bad opinion

Plus what is Britain's AI strategy?

May 4 • James O'Malley and M. F. Robbins

39:29

April 2026

Martin visits the Bat Tunnel!

Plus why industrial-scale solar is good, and Dan Davies on the planning system

Apr 27 • James O'Malley, M. F. Robbins, and Dan Davies

52:26

NIMBYs vs... a cancer hospital

Plus how to fix Britain's crap phone signal

Apr 20 • James O'Malley and M. F. Robbins

38:20

I'm mad as hell about a tram

Plus why to fix the civil service, we need to build something new

Apr 13 • James O'Malley, M. F. Robbins, and Andrew Greenway

40:07

Save the Car Parks!

Plus AI pothole detection and the challenges of the EV charger buildout

Apr 6 • James O'Malley and M. F. Robbins

45:00

March 2026

British robo-wine and fixing rural transport

Some, er, good news because of climate change – and why we need a "Mini Switzerland"

Mar 30 • James O'Malley, M. F. Robbins, and Thomas Ableman

56:03

Let Mayors Cook

Plus more BBC NIMBY bias, and why we need to redraw London's boroughs and make everyone mad.

Mar 23 • James O'Malley and M. F. Robbins

43:58

Reform has a point (about this one, very specific thing)

Plus Martin's local playground woes, and we unwisely wade into the AI/copyright forever war.

Mar 16 • James O'Malley and M. F. Robbins

43:08

The NHS Data Goldmine

Plus why Net Zero makes energy pricing so complicated

Mar 9 • James O'Malley, M. F. Robbins, and Adam Bell

43:40

Some actual good news for once!

Cornish Lithium, an Oxford Street Monorail, and why astronomy funding is under threat

Mar 2 • James O'Malley and M. F. Robbins

46:05

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