The Abundance Agenda
The Abundance Agenda
Britain's weird hate for air conditioning
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Britain's weird hate for air conditioning

Plus HS2, integrated bus networks, and special guest Andrew Hunter Murray talks empty homes

On The Abundance Agenda this week, James explains why buses are cool – and shares depressing news about what appears to be another delay to HS2.

Then Martin digs deep into a new report packed with ideas for increasing Britain’s housing supply. The secret? More air conditioning and smaller homes!

And finally, we speak to writer, comedian and prolific podcaster Andrew Hunter Murray about the phenomenon of empty houses… and why they are actually good.

The Abundance Agenda is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and hopefully wherever you get your podcasts!

You can find James on Bluesky here, and Martin here.

You can find Andrew Hunter Murray’s novel, A Beginner’s Guide to Breaking and Entering here. He’s also on the Private Eye Podcast, and No Such Thing As A Fish.

The report Breaking the Bottlenecks by Centre for Cities can be found here.

James’s unwise wading in on Blue Labour and the politics of immigration is here.

Martin’s latest post about the nature of diagnosis is here.

Liz’s post on why we need seven bins is here.

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